Published 4 October 2021 A globe skimmer dragonfly (Photo: Johanna Hedlund) Can dragonflies migrate thousands of miles across the Indian Ocean, from India via the Maldives to Africa, and back again? An international research team led by Lund University in Sweden has used models and simulations to find out if the hypothesis could be true. In 2009, marine biologist Charles Anderson put forward a hyp

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/study-supports-theory-dragonflies-migrate-across-indian-ocean - 2025-07-07

Published 5 October 2021 Christer Betsholtz (Photo: Göran Ekeberg) Christer Betsholtz, professor at Uppsala University, has been awarded the major Nordic Prize for 2021 by the Eric K. Fernström Foundation. This is one of Scandinavia’s largest research prizes in medicine, and Christer Betsholtz is being recognised for his research into vascular structure and function. The motivation for the award s

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/prestigious-prize-awarded-leading-blood-vessel-researcher - 2025-07-07

Published 8 October 2021 Photo: Mostphotos An international study led by Lund University in Sweden has revealed that a small reward of $24 increased the vaccination rate by 4 percent - from 72 to 76 percent. The study involved 8,286 Swedes, and is published in the journal Science. Around the world, there have been numerous examples of incentives for those who have not yet vaccinated themselves aga

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/more-swedes-had-covid-jab-when-they-were-paid - 2025-07-07

Published 8 October 2021 Photo: Mostphotos Our DNA is very similar to that of the chimpanzee, which in evolutionary terms is our closest living relative. Stem cell researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now found a previously overlooked part of our DNA, so-called non-coded DNA, that appears to contribute to a difference which, despite all our similarities, may explain why our brains work di

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/what-makes-us-human-answer-may-be-found-overlooked-dna - 2025-07-07

Published 11 October 2021 As more and more e-commerce services are adapted for cities, rural areas risk being forgotten. Photo: Unsplash/David Baraldi What does online shopping mean for those living in rural areas? A lot, according to researchers in logistics at Lund University. Poorer access to products and services in the countryside makes shopping online an important option. But with an increas

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/rural-areas-risk-being-forgotten-e-commerce - 2025-07-07

Published 13 October 2021 Matilda Forni with the ultra-thin microelectrodes during production (Photo: Agata Garpenlind) Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a completely new stimulation method, using ultra-thin microelectrodes, to combat severe pain. This provides effective and personalised pain relief without the common side effects from pain relief drugs. The study, which was

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/pain-relief-without-side-effects-promising-technique - 2025-07-07

Published 13 October 2021 Detroit Electric ad in 1912 (Wikimedia Commons) New research from Lund University shows that insufficient infrastructure was key in American car manufacturers choosing gasoline cars over electric cars in the early 20th century. If electricity grids had spread just 15 or 20 years earlier, a majority of producers would have likely opted for electric cars, according to the s

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lack-power-grids-sealed-fate-early-electric-cars - 2025-07-07

Published 19 October 2021 Photo: TeamDAF/Istockphoto On October 31st, representatives from across the globe will gather in Glasgow for two weeks to attend the UN climate change conference COP26. Expectations are high following last year's cancelled conference, and the IPCC report released in August. What can we expect from the meeting? Five Lund researchers give answers. How far do countries' clim

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/glasgow-climate-summit-what-it-about-and-why-does-it-matter - 2025-07-07

By bodil [dot] malmstrom [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Bodil Malmström) - published 19 October 2021 Annika Wallin, associate professor of cognitive science, and Trond Tjöstheim, doctoral student in cognitive science, investigate with the help of a new calculation model for attention and memory what lies behind our decisions in a regular grocery store. You rush into the supermarket; your mother-in-la

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/what-happens-your-brain-when-you-take-decision-new-research-shows-way - 2025-07-07

Published 20 October 2021 The recovery was a technically challenging mission (Photo: Steve Jones) A World War II pilot has been laid to rest in his hometown in Maine, following a complex recovery mission led by Lund University archaeologist Brendan Foley. US Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Ernest N. Vienneau was on a B-17 bomber that came under attack in 1944, and sank off the coast of Croatia. 77 years l

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-marine-archaeologist-leads-wwii-pilot-recovery - 2025-07-07

Published 21 October 2021 Drepanoistodus iommii (Model and photo: Esben Horn) In a recent study, a group of geology researchers at Lund University unveiled three newly discovered species of conodonts, a type of jawless ancient fish. One of the species has been named Drepanoistodus iommii - a tribute to Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi. About 470 million years ago, eel-like fish swam around in th

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-name-ancient-eel-species-after-black-sabbath-guitarist - 2025-07-07

By monica [dot] svenselius [at] telia [dot] com (Monica Svenselius) - published 27 October 2021 The trend towards autonomous aids for the driver can help keep track of the roadsides to detect animals. Photo: iStockphoto If you wander off the lane or touch the lane marking, your car tells you about it, and the most recent models can even gently take you back to the middle of the lane. Research in E

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/leaving-avoidance-manoeuvres-car-reduces-risk-accident - 2025-07-07

Published 28 October 2021 Yana Litins'ka, Jonas Björk and Malin Inghammar.(Photo: Åsa Hansdotter) Researchers at Lund University want to use AI methods, population registers, mobile data and novel data sources to develop and evaluate applications that can be used to detect and combat pandemics in the future. A large collaborative project is funded by Vinnova, Sweden’s innovation agency. During the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ai-help-combat-future-pandemics - 2025-07-07

Published 10 November 2021 The most common tests for COVID-19 are PCR tests, involving a nose and throat sample taken with a cotton swab. The procedure is often unpleasant, and the tests results require laboratory analysis. In a new study from Lund University in Sweden, researchers have now investigated whether rapid antigen testing can be used on saliva instead of swabbing the nasal cavity. The r

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/rapid-covid-19-tests-using-saliva-could-be-easier-alternatives - 2025-07-07

By Petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 11 November 2021 Charlotte Ling leads a research group in epigenetics and diabetes at Lund University. Emma Nilsson and Jones Ofori are two of the team members. Photo: Kennet Ruona Metformin is often described as the first-line medication for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. However, not all patients respond to the drug.

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/diabetes-research-collaboration-can-pave-way-innovation - 2025-07-07

By Liselotte [dot] fritz [at] gmail [dot] com (Liselotte Fritz) - published 15 November 2021 3-D photo of nerve cells that produce dopamine and which slowly disappear in Parkinson's disease. Photo: iStockphoto Presently many of Sweden’s 20,000 Parkinson’s patients are not receiving the treatment they need, and many of the most seriously ill receive incorrect or inappropriate therapy. With the new

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/faster-and-better-treatment-parkinsons-disease-manage-pd-tool - 2025-07-07

Published 26 August 2020 Martin Magnusson (Photo: Kennet Ruona) Heart failure is an endemic disease affecting 250 000 Swedes. Despite new treatments such as modern medicines and defibrillators, the mortality rate is still high and the prognosis worse than for certain cancers. A new study from Lund University in Sweden now shows a link between cognitive impairment and an increased risk for rehospit

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/link-between-cognitive-impairment-and-worse-prognosis-heart-failure-patients - 2025-07-07

Published 27 August 2020 Wooden barrel with parts of the sturgeon (in orange) Photo: Brett Seymour Researchers at Lund University in Sweden can now reveal what the Danish King Hans had planned to offer when laying claim to the Swedish throne in 1495: a two-metre-long Atlantic sturgeon. The well-preserved fish remains were found in a wreck on the bottom of the Baltic Sea last year, and species iden

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/atlantic-sturgeon-kings-pantry-unique-discovery-baltic-sea-wreck-1495 - 2025-07-07

Published 4 September 2020 Upper row, from the left: Paul Bourgine, Alison Gerber, Pablo Villanueva Perez. Lower row, from the left: Emma Hammarlund, Rik Ossenkoppele, Nathalie Feiner. Colourful common wall lizards, an innovative X-ray microscope and advanced research on Alzheimer’s, leukaemia, photographic evidence and the origin of life. Six researchers from Lund University in Sweden have been g

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/six-lu-researchers-receive-erc-starting-grants - 2025-07-07

Published 7 September 2020 Photo: Alexios Matamis If silence is golden, speech is silver – and singing the worst. Singing doesn’t need to be silenced, however, but at the moment the wisest thing is to sing with social distancing in place. The advice comes from aerosol researchers at Lund University in Sweden. They have studied the amount of particles we actually emit when we sing – and by extensio

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/could-singing-spread-covid-19 - 2025-07-07