Published 7 February 2017 Ice landscape (Photo: Svante Björck) In the beginning, planet Earth was a very inhospitable place with no oxygen and only single-celled bacteria as inhabitants. According to a new study, the oxygen content in the air began to increase about 2.4 billion years ago, at the same time as the global glaciation and when all continents were gathered in a single huge landmass, or

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/oxygen-content-increased-when-earth-was-covered-ice - 2025-07-03

Published 7 February 2017 Jitesh Jayakumar, Anna Telfser and Iliana Karasa A group of engineering students at Lund University in Sweden noticed that there were no vegan cake mixes available on the Swedish market. They set to work and came up with a dry mix that only requires the addition of oil and water. The final product contained no eggs or wheat flour, making it vegan as well as gluten-free –

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-students-develop-vegan-gluten-free-mud-cake-mix - 2025-07-03

Published 7 February 2017 Mary Kelly (Photo: Aasa Lunden) Artist Mary Kelly will receive an honorary doctorate degree from the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts at Lund University in Sweden at a doctorate conferment ceremony in May. Mary Kelly is a legendary artist, feminist and educator. Her Post-Partum Document (1973–79) is one of the first research-based works in an international context. It

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-awards-honorary-doctorate-mary-kelly - 2025-07-03

Published 9 February 2017 Picture: Sabeen Survery and Urban Johanson Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have taken an important step on the road to understanding the underlying mechanism of how and why animals can feel pain in connection with cold or heat. However, according to the study, temperature is just one triggering factor – horseradish, mustard, cinnamon and wasabi have a similar eff

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-malaria-mosquitos-sensitive-horseradish - 2025-07-03

Published 10 February 2017 Frida Fåk Hållenius New research from Lund University in Sweden has shown that intestinal bacteria can accelerate the development of Alzheimer’s disease. According to the researchers behind the study, the results open up the door to new opportunities for preventing and treating the disease. Because our gut bacteria have a major impact on how we feel through the interacti

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/gut-bacteria-may-play-role-alzheimers-disease - 2025-07-03

Published 20 February 2017 Photo: Yitzchak Ben Mocha Through cooperation, animals are able to colonise harsher living environments that would otherwise be inaccessible, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden, together with researchers in England and USA. The research community has long believed this was the other way around - that species in tough environments had to cooperate to

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/those-who-help-each-other-can-invade-harsher-environments - 2025-07-03

Published 21 February 2017 Federico Gomez (Photo: Kennet Ruona) Certain dried herbs, such as basil, dill and coriander, can be a sad affair. But this could change. A group of researchers in Food Technology at Lund University in Sweden have discovered that by subjecting basil leaves to electric shock, the dried version both tastes and smells almost as if it were fresh. Federico Gomez (Photo: Kennet

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-electric-shocks-make-dried-herbs-taste-better - 2025-07-03

Published 22 February 2017 Cajsa Davegårdh (Photo: Sara Liedholm) Obesity is associated with reduced muscle mass and impaired metabolism. Epigenetic changes that affect the formation of new muscle cells may be a contributing factor, according to new research from Lund University, Sweden. In a new study, doctoral student Cajsa Davegårdh has studied so-called DNA methylation in muscle stem cells in

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/obesity-reprogrammes-muscle-stem-cells - 2025-07-03

Published 22 February 2017 On Wednesday 22 February, the Governor General of Canada David Johnston will visit Lund together with King Carl XVI Gustaf in the context of a major Canadian state visit. In Lund, the King and the Governor General will attend a presentation of the MAX IV and ESS research facilities. There will also be a round-table discussion on the theme "Where to next? The benefits and

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/king-sweden-and-canadas-governor-general-visit-lund - 2025-07-03

Published 23 February 2017 David Bryder (Photo: Gunnar Menander) Our blood stem cells generate around a thousand billion new blood cells every day. But the blood stem cells’ capacity to produce blood changes as we age. This leads to older people being more susceptible to anaemia, lowered immunity and a greater risk of developing certain kinds of blood cancer. Now for the first time, a research tea

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-blood-can-be-rejuvenated - 2025-07-03

Published 28 February 2017 Photo: Carola Yovanovich The night vision of frogs and toads appears to be superior to that of all other animals. They have the ability to see colour even when it is so dark that humans are not able to see anything at all. This has been shown in a new study by researchers from Lund University in Sweden. Most vertebrates, including humans, have two types of visual cells l

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/frogs-have-unique-ability-see-colour-dark - 2025-07-03

Published 5 March 2017 Lund University celebrates its 350th anniversary by organising the first out of five science weeks, starting with the topic: Is the World Becoming a Better Place? The week takes place 6–12 March 2017 in Lund, Sweden, and includes almost 20 open seminars, activities and debates. It almost seems as if there is no end to the major global challenges that we face, including globa

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/science-week-world-becoming-better-place - 2025-07-03

Published 8 March 2017 Photo: Blekinge Museum A unique trove of bone material from the 9,200 year old coastal settlement Norje Sunnansund in Blekinge, Sweden, has revealed that surprisingly sophisticated hunting strategies were used at the time. One key find was that the early Mesolithic humans practiced so-called selective hunting – seemingly in order to maximise gain and preserve the local popul

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/fish-selective-hunting-strategies-and-delayed-return-lifestyle-among-ancient-foragers - 2025-07-03

Published 8 March 2017 In the QS World University Rankings by Subjects 2017 released today, Lund University once again reinforces its position as a top 100 University. Four Lund University subjects are ranked in the top 50 in the new QS 2017 subject ranking: geography (26th) environmental sciences (38th) development studies (32nd) nursing (49th) An additional 16 subjects are ranked in the top 100

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/top-100-rank-20-lund-university-subjects-new-qs-subject-ranking - 2025-07-03

Published 8 March 2017 David Gisselsson Nord (Photo: Kennet Ruona) When David Gisselsson Nord, a cancer researcher at Lund University in Sweden, read a history book last summer, he was struck by the similarities between how cancer and insurgencies evolve over time. Could military strategy be used as inspiration for cancer treatment? He teamed up with Robert Egnell at the Swedish Defence University

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-what-cancer-research-can-learn-military-strategy - 2025-07-03

Published 13 March 2017 Illustration: Per Uvdal Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have used the MAX IV synchrotron in Lund – the strongest of its kind in the world - to produce images that predate the formation of toxic clumps of beta-amyloid, the protein believed to be at the root of Alzheimer’s disease. The unique images appear to contradict a previously unchallenged consensus. Instead of

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/never-seen-images-early-stage-alzheimers-disease - 2025-07-03

Published 15 March 2017 Johan Hollander Rarely do we encounter a scientific fact that stirs public controversy and distrust in science as much as climate change. However, the theory is built on honest reporting of facts. This emerges from a new study from Lund University in Sweden. The study in question investigates whether there is a so-called publication bias within climate research, i.e. a stat

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/no-publication-bias-found-climate-change-research - 2025-07-03

Published 20 March 2017 Illustration of a network-based biocomputer (Till Korten) Crashing computers or smartphones - and security loopholes that allow hackers to steal millions of passwords - could be prevented if it were possible to design error-free software. To date, this is a problem that neither engineers nor current supercomputers have been able to solve. A major reason for this is the comp

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/biological-supercomputers-be-powered-molecular-motors - 2025-07-03

Published 21 March 2017 Samuel Bengtsson and Johan Mauritsson in the laser lab We may soon get better insight into the microcosm and the world of electrons. Researchers at Lund University and Louisiana State University have developed a tool that makes it possible to control extreme UV light - light with much shorter wavelengths than visible light. The new method uses strong laser pulses to direct

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/electrons-used-control-ultrashort-laser-pulses - 2025-07-03

Published 22 May 2014 European Platform of Women Scientists NEWSLETTER, issue 35, May 2014 Read the newsletter here (pdf)Content2 Message from the Vice-President 2 EPWS Executive Committee and Board of Administration 3 EPWS Seventh General Assembly 2014 Announcement 4 EPWS Conference: “New Perspectives for Women Scientists’ Careers in Europe” 5 Innovation Summit Fringe Session, March 2014 “Bridgin

https://www.wings.lu.se/article/epws-newsletter-may-2014 - 2025-07-03