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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A professor at Lund University in Sweden has created the world’s first 3D-printed saxophone. WATCH: The world’s first 3D-printed saxophoneOlaf Diegel, Professor of Product Development at Lund University, developed the prototype in just six months.The saxophone was printed in nylon from 41 different components, weighin

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/worlds-first-3d-printed-saxophone - 2026-08-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The body’s assailants are cleverer than previously thought. New research from Lund University in Sweden shows for the first time how bacteria in the airways can help each other replenish vital iron. The bacteria thereby increase their chances of survival, which can happen at the expense of the person’s health. The bac

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/smart-bacteria-help-each-other-survive - 2026-08-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A study of individuals who have been adopted has identified genetics as the dominant risk factor in ‘familial’ breast, prostate and colorectal cancers. Researchers at the Centre for Primary Health Care Research at Lund University and Region Skåne in Sweden have presented the new research findings based on studies of p

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/genetics-dominant-risk-factor-common-cancers - 2026-08-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Thinking about doing business with countries in the EU? Want unique lessons in greening the global economy from the cutting edge of sustainability - Scandinavia? Or perhaps you're interested in reproductive and sexual health rights perspectives from experts with global, hands-on field experience? Then you should sign

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-launches-moocs - 2026-08-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Meet Ivanna Read: the Master's student in Strategic Communication who is putting Lund University on the map as a blogger on Studyinsweden.se. In addition to being a high achiever academically, she is also the University's latest global ambassador - on 8 May she will be named as Lund University's Global Swede at a cere

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-universitys-new-global-ambassador - 2026-08-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Agroecology is a better alternative than large-scale agriculture, both for the climate and for small farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to researcher Ellinor Isgren from Lund University in Sweden. This agricultural model preserves biodiversity and safeguards food supply while avoiding soil depletion. “We must co

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/agroecology-better-alternative-sub-saharan-africa - 2026-08-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Sustainable, biological filters called slow sand filters have been used to filter drinking water since the 1800s. They don’t use any chemicals, create no waste and use very little energy. However, technologies that meet modern requirements for control, monitoring and time-efficiency have become popular, while biologic

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/eco-friendly-water-treatment-works-best-experienced-bacterial-flora - 2026-08-03

For human beings to function socially, they need to be able to perceive, understand, and talk about others’ mental states, such as beliefs, desires and intentions. There is no consensus among researchers as to when children develop this ability. Previous research indicates that it emerges around the age of four, but research at Lund University in Sweden shows that children can demonstrate this abi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/attentive-adults-increase-childrens-ability-empathise - 2026-08-03

One of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, Novo Nordisk, are starting a new stem cell program for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease in close collaboration with Lund University. Over the last ten years, Professor Malin Parmar and her research team at the Biomedical Centre in Lund have conducted successful, clinically relevant, basic and translational research on Parkinson’s disease. Th

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/collaboration-between-lund-university-researchers-and-novo-nordisk-paves-way-large-scale-cell - 2026-08-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For decades, researchers have thought that access to food determined the brood size of birds. Now, biologists at Lund University in Sweden have discovered a completely new explanation: the body temperature of small birds can increase by more than 4°C to exceed 45°C when they are feeding their young. Larger broods woul

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/small-birds-almost-overheat-while-feeding-their-young - 2026-08-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. James Surmeier, professor at Northwestern University, recently visited Lund University where he gave the 2018 Segerfalk Lecture. In this interview, he talks about how technology is helping brain research to advance, about almost giving up research altogether – and the discovery that could slow the progression of Parki

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/exciting-times-brain-researchers - 2026-08-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. What makes for a successful transition to a low-carbon energy system? Local involvement, perceived fairness and information sharing, according to new research from Lund University in Sweden. The researchers studied two cases, one in Samsø (Denmark) and one in Feldheim (Germany) of successful implementation of low-carb

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-local-communities-can-transition-sustainable-energy-systems - 2026-08-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Since 2012, the EU project Sandlife has worked to restore open sandy habitats in southern Sweden. Overgrown environmentally-protected areas, known as Natura 2000 areas, on sandy land in Skåne, Halland and Öland, have been opened up to become more accessible to both the public and rare plants and animals. The first res

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/biodiversity-increased-after-open-sandy-habitat-restoration - 2026-08-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In Tanzania, girls on their period avoid going to school, something that affects their opportunities for education. A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that the menstrual cup could be a step towards better school attendance, and a life with more freedom. As a young woman in Tanzania, having your period is

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/menstrual-cups-could-help-girls-attend-school-tanzania - 2026-08-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new doctoral thesis from Lund University in Sweden shows how fruit flies use their sense of smell and humidity to find food, avoid dehydration and discover the best place to lay their eggs – in overripe marula fruits. Faeces from herbivores are also suitable, but the flies reject carnivore excrement. Summer is high

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/fruit-flies-fear-lion-faeces - 2026-08-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The EU biofuel regulation does not guarantee a reduced climate impact – nor does it address the core issue of substantially reducing transport emissions, according to a new doctoral thesis from Lund University in Sweden. “On a smaller scale, biofuels can be a good alternative for public transport, but we cannot solve

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/eu-biofuel-regulation-not-sustainable-long-term - 2026-08-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Millions of years of evolutionary fine-tuning have made dolphins phenomenally good at using echolocation to orient themselves, find food and communicate with one another. But how do they actually do it? New research from Lund University in Sweden shows that they emit two intertwined ultrasound beam components at diffe

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/dolphin-algorithm-could-lead-better-medical-ultrasounds - 2026-08-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This year, Sweden celebrates a century of democracy and fair elections are seen as self-evident. How did our democracy develop and how did we get rid of election fraud? A political scientist at Lund University in Sweden has now examined the country’s election fraud history and its underlying causes – from 1719 to the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-sweden-became-one-worlds-most-stable-democracies - 2026-08-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. What would happen if all petrol and diesel-powered vehicles were removed from a smaller European city? Up to 4% of all premature deaths could be prevented, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. The researchers used Malmö, Sweden, as a case study to calculate the health costs of inner city traffic. E

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/health-effect-air-pollution-traffic - 2026-08-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Cancer cells in children tend to develop by following four main trajectories – and two of them are linked to relapse of the disease, research led by Lund University in Sweden shows. The four strategies can occur simultaneously in a single tumour, according to the study that is now published in Nature Genetics. The res

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/childhood-cancer-four-survival-strategies-tumour-cells - 2026-08-03