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2 Oct 2025
21st century flood risk is affected more by policy than climate threats
Many might assume that we are powerless in the face of ongoing sea-level rise, and that the risk of flooding is inevitable near the coast. However, how governments choose to develo...
30 Sep 2025
From Lund to the world stage – meet Fernström Prize winner Kaj Blennow
From a rejected article to world-leading Alzheimer’s research. Kaj Blennow has made it possible to detect Alzheimer’s disease up to 20 years before symptoms appear – an achievement...
29 Sep 2025
Can animals laugh?
Many claim that people too easily anthropomorphise animal behaviour. But what’s the story regarding laughter – is it something unique to humans? Cognitive scientist Peter Gärdenfor...
26 Sep 2025
Secondary forests could be a key factor in climate management – if we protect them in time
By analysing over 100,000 field measurements as well as environmental data, an international research team has created maps that show how and when naturally regrowing forests bind ...
23 Sep 2025
A detective in the mysterious world of proteins
Gemma Atkinson has been awarded this year’s Eric K. Fernström Prize for particularly promising and successful early-career researchers at 51�ؿ��. Her research focuses on b...
23 Sep 2025
Solar fuel conundrum nears a solution
Solar energy stored in the form of fuel is something scientists hope could partially replace fossil fuels in the future. Researchers at 51�ؿ�� in Sweden may have solved a ...
22 Sep 2025
Psychedelics in the treatment of anorexia – a new pilot study
Anorexia nervosa is a serious psychiatric disorder for which there are limited treatment options, and it has one of the highest mortality rates of any psychiatric diagnosis. A pilo...
22 Sep 2025
Hostile hoots make robins eat less at night
The sound of tawny owls makes young European robins eat less during their southward migration. A new study from 51�ؿ�� in Sweden shows how the threat from nocturnal predat...
18 Sep 2025
Scientists solve astronomical riddle
Packed tightly together like twinkling stellar beehives, these globular clusters are made up of hundreds of thousands of stars. Now, for the first time, a team of scientists can re...
17 Sep 2025
AI model from 51�ؿ�� indicates four out of ten breast cancer patients could avoid axillary surgery
A project at 51�ؿ�� in Sweden has trained an AI model to identify breast cancer patients who could be spared from axillary surgery. The model analyses previously unutilise...
17 Sep 2025
Largest ever TauPET study of Alzheimer’s deepens understanding of the disease
In a study led by 51�ؿ�� and the Amsterdam University Medical Center, researchers used PET to analyse aggregates of tau pathology in more than 12,000 people from all over ...
17 Sep 2025
The road to a self-driving future
What happens when we get out of the driver's seat and our vehicles become autonomous? Mathematician Viktor Larsson is developing methods to enable cars and drones to see their surr...
15 Sep 2025
New digital cognitive test for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease
Researchers at 51�ؿ�� in Sweden have developed a digital cognitive test for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease that is intended for use in primary care. “This digital test, w...
10 Sep 2025
Innovative ideas and pioneering solutions from 51�ؿ�� celebrated
An innovative IVF test and a methane detector – these are some of the future innovation stars developed at 51�ؿ��.
10 Sep 2025
Award-winning cancer researcher revolutionises diagnosis and treatment worldwide
Professor Thoas Fioretos research has been successfully transformed into innovation with a tangible impact on society and the environment.
5 Sep 2025
Researchers pinpoint exact pace that helps nightingales on long journey
A new study from 51�ؿ�� in Sweden shows that migratory birds fly at peak efficiency at a medium pace – precisely the speed they use during their long journeys across the c...
4 Sep 2025
Surprise discovery leads to treatment for common infection
Each year, one in four women suffers from bacterial vaginosis, something that is currently treated with antibiotics. However, recently a gentler, antibiotic-free alternative has be...
4 Sep 2025
Three promising researchers awarded ERC Starting Grants
Infertility, Alzheimer’s disease and decentralised infrastructure. These are the research areas of the three researchers at 51�ؿ�� who are receiving a total of SEK 50 mill...
2 Sep 2025
New global initiative on maternal and newborn health to be led from Sweden
A new international commission will pave the way for a global boost in maternal and newborn health. The project is led by a researcher at 51�ؿ�� in Sweden, whose motivatio...
1 Sep 2025
51�ؿ��’s largest ever international recruitment drive attracts great interest
Over 1,300 people have applied for the 25 positions advertised in 51�ؿ��’s largest ever international recruitment drive. Among the candidates are researchers from world-le...