Published 10 September 2013 Illustration: Stefan Sølberg An ancient marine lizard in remarkable condition has been uncovered by a Lund University-led research team in Jordan. Its fish-like tail fin tells an evolutionary story about the species previously unknown to scientists. One of history’s most fearsome predators, the mosasaur Prognathodon, lived during the Cretaceous Period some 70 million ye

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/unique-fossil-marine-lizard-discovered - 2025-07-03

By fritzliselotte [at] gmail [dot] com (Liselotte Fritz) - published 25 May 2021 Kajsa Brolin, doctoral student in Translational Neurogenetics at Lund University, is using the biobank in her doctoral thesis. Photo: Kennet Ruona Around 20 000 Swedes are currently suffering from Parkinson’s disease, yet there are still only treatments to alleviate symptoms. Through a new biobank, researchers gain ac

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Published 26 May 2021 Albin Kjellbom New research could enable better healthcare for patients with benign tumours of the adrenal glands. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have identified the levels of cortisol produced by the tumours which are associated with higher mortality rates. Up to half of benign adrenal tumours produce excessive amounts of the hormone cortisol. Until now, researcher

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By monica [dot] svenselius [at] telia [dot] com (Monica Svenselius) - published 31 May 2021 Fredrik Tufvesson, Professor at Lund University, steers Volvo Cars' research car. For ten years, the research group at ELLIIT has collaborated with various vehicle manufacturers on vehicle communication. Photo: Kennet Ruona For ten years, researchers in communications engineering in Lund have worked in clos

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Published 3 September 2013 Is it time for a new nutritional supplement during pregnancy to prevent type 1 diabetes in the unborn child? Two new scientific studies, one from Lund University in Sweden, and another from Finland, suggest so. The research groups have analysed blood samples from umbilical cords and compared the level of a group of fats known as phospholipids. The results of the studies

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Published 1 June 2021 Photo: Wavebreakmedia Many school pupils are in daily contact with bullying – as victims, bullies or witnesses. We know that the reactions of people around them are very significant, but what determines whether or not other pupils come to the victim’s rescue? According to a group of Lund University researchers, the witnesses’ own anxiety is a crucial factor. In two new studie

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By Noomi [dot] Egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 3 June 2021 Lisa Strömbom is a peace and conflict researcher driven by the very complexity of the conflict. Photo: Kennet Ruona Few conflicts today seem as difficult to resolve as the one between Israel and Palestine – a conflict concerning territory, religion and historical claims reaching back a thousand years. The recent vi

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Published 10 September 2013 Lund University has strengthened its position as a world top 100 university, with a 67th place ranking in the 2013 QS World University Rankings, released today. Lund’s four-notch improvement places it safely in the global top 100 for the 6th year running, retaining the spot as Sweden’s top university.The QS World University Rankings evaluate 800 of the world’s top unive

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Published 4 June 2021 The middle spotted woodpecker has disappeared from Sweden, while the European fire-bellied toad has been reintroduced. (Photos: Wikimedia Commons) Researchers in Lund, Copenhagen and Norwich have shown that harmful mutations present in the DNA play an important – yet neglected – role in the conservation and translocation programs of threatened species. “Many species are threa

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Published 27 August 2013 Remember the periodic table from chemistry class in school? Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have presented fresh evidence that confirms the existence of a previously unknown chemical element. The new, super-heavy element has yet to be named. An international team of researchers, led by physicists from Lund University, have confirmed the existence of what is cons

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Published 8 June 2021 Fredrik Terfelt and Birger Schmitz dissolved almost ten tonnes of sedimentary rocks from ancient seabeds. (Photo: Johan Joelsson) For the first time, a unique study conducted at Lund University in Sweden has tracked the meteorite flux to Earth over the past 500 million years. Contrary to current theories, researchers have determined that major collisions in the asteroid belt

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By bodil [dot] malmstrom [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Bodil Malmström) - published 9 June 2021 Since April 2020, volunteer participants 18 years and older who reside in Sweden have been eligible to report daily their health status in the free app. Photo: iStockphoto During the pandemic, the free COVID Symptom Study app has helped researchers understand the complexity and spread of the corona virus

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Published 9 June 2021 Lund University has been ranked 87th in the world, climbing 10 spots in the QS World University Rankings 2022. This makes Lund the top ranked university in Sweden, and one of two Swedish universities currently in the top 100. QS evaluates just over 1,600 of the world's universities and ranks 1,300 of them. In total, there are about 26,000 universities in the world. Lund Unive

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Published 14 June 2021 Photo: Ragnhild Haarstad, Stockholm City Museum Universal school lunch programs make students healthier, and increase their lifetime income by 3%, according to a unique study from Lund University in Sweden published in The Review of Economic Studies. Health disparities arise early in life and play a major role in economic outcomes among adults. Yet there are few studies on t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/free-and-nutritious-school-lunches-help-create-richer-and-healthier-adults - 2025-07-03

Published 15 June 2021 Photo: Mostphotos An international group of clinicians and scientists from MIT and Lund University, among others, have analysed how individual genetic changes affect the heart muscle. The researchers have created a new computer tool that could help tailor treatments for heart patients with inherited heart disease. The study is published in NPJ Genomic Medicine. (TEXT: Agata

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Published 16 June 2021 The results were presented at a press conference in Lund Since 2005, the guidelines for the care of unconscious cardiac arrest patients have been to cool the body temperature down to 33 degrees Celsius. A large, randomised clinical trial led by Lund University and Region Skåne in Sweden has shown that this treatment does not improve survival. The study is published in the Ne

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/induced-hypothermia-after-cardiac-arrest-did-not-improve-survival - 2025-07-03

Publicerad 16 april 2021 Pressmeddelande från Uppsala universitet: I år är det 100 år sedan insulinet upptäcktes. Diabetes som tidigare inneburit en säker död blev plötsligt behandlingsbart. Sedan dess har insulinläkemedlen och även metoderna för att mäta blodsocker förbättrats. I framtiden hoppas forskarna kunna bota sjukdomen med hjälp av stamceller. Om 10–15 år kan det vara fullt möjligt att tr

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/diabetesbehandling-fran-insulin-till-transplantationer - 2025-07-03

Publicerad 20 april 2021 Risken för diabeteskomplikationer varierar kraftigt mellan olika individer. Några lever relativt friska med sjukdomen i flera decennier, andra drabbas betydligt snabbare och av allvarliga hälsoproblem. Enligt forskare är det de typ 2 diabetiker som fick sin diagnos tidigt, som har högt fasteblodsocker och stort midjemått. I en artikel i tidskriften Journal of Diabetes and

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Publicerad 27 april 2021 Personer med typ 2-diabetes har sämre muskelfunktion än friska personer. Nu har forskare sett att vid typ 2-diabetes har genen VPS39 stor betydelse för muskelfunktionen och muskelstamcellernas förmåga att bygga nya muskelceller. Det framkommer i en ny internationell studie ledd från Lunds universitet. Studien är publicerad i Nature Communications. – Hos personer med typ 2-

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Publicerad 27 april 2021 ”Diabetes är en underlig sjukdom”. Så sa en grekisk läkare för nästan 2 000 år sedan. Dagens diabetesforskare skulle kanske inte använda ordet underlig men fortfarande finns många angelägna frågor som väntar på ett svar. En av dem är varför den egna insulinproduktionen ganska snabbt helt slås ut hos de flesta nyinsjuknade i typ 1 diabetes men inte hos alla. De behåller en

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/forsok-att-radda-kvarvarande-insulinproduktion - 2025-07-03