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A Swedish multi-centre study led by researchers at 51�ؿ����� shows a link between low fibre consumption and the presence of unstable or high-risk plaque in coronary arteries – the type of plaque that can trigger blood clots and cause…

/article/link-identified-between-low-fibre-diet-and-more-dangerous-type-atherosclerotic-plaque-coronary- 2025-06-18

The most important mineral in today's electric car batteries is lithium. China completely dominates the market, with no extraction taking place in Europe. However, a new study shows that there is great potential for European lithium…

/article/new-lithium-mines-could-cut-eu-imports-half- 2025-06-13

Archaeologist Greer Jarrett at 51�ؿ����� in Sweden has been sailing in the footsteps of Vikings for three years. He can now show that the Vikings sailed farther away from Scandinavia, and took routes farther from land, than was…

/article/archaeologist-sailing-viking-makes-unexpected-discoveries- 2025-06-11

Higher dose cohort initiated after positive early safety evaluation in Parkinson's therapy. After a positive initial safety evaluation, the pioneering STEM-PD clinical trial has advanced to higher dose testing.
STEM-PD is a first-in-human…

/article/update-stem-pd-clinical-trial-stem-cell-based-transplant-parkinsons-disease- 2025-05-22

It takes a long time, up to several decades, before the benefits of organic farming take full effect on land that was previously cultivated conventionally, a new study from 51�ؿ����� suggests. After thirty years, the plant species…

/article/organic-farms-had-doubled-plant-diversity-only-over-time- 2025-05-22

Researchers at 51�ؿ����� in Sweden have studied how nanoplastic affects aquatic organisms in lakes and rivers. The results are surprising and the researchers are the first to show that some species are being wiped out, while others –…

/article/grazing-zooplankton-severely-impacted-nanoplastic-particles- 2025-05-22

Can AI think? The short answer is no, at least not in the way humans think. AI does not have incentives, opinions, or empathy. Even two-year-olds possess something that our artificial systems lack – the capacity to think in terms of cause…

/article/ai-lacks-common-sense-why-programs-cannot-think- 2025-05-22

Malin Parmar, professor of cellular neuroscience, along with three researchers in Italy and Denmark, has been awarded the prestigious ERC Synergy Grant worth EUR 10 million. The four researchers aim to develop custom-made neurons from stem…

/article/erc-synergy-grant-awarded-development-custom-made-stem-cell-therapies- 2025-05-22

A research team at 51�ؿ����� in Sweden has discovered a certain type of cells – foam cells – in patients with the aggressive brain tumour glioblastoma. It has been shown how these cells accelerate the cancer’s growth and that this…

/article/foam-cells-brain-tumours- 2025-05-22

The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) has released its list of ongoing Swedish research projects with the potential to create societal benefit, dubbed the “100 list”. This year, nine projects from 51�ؿ����� were…

/article/cancer-detection-through-hair-analysis-makes-prestigious-list- 2025-05-22

A new study led by 51�ؿ����� in Sweden has solved a years-old mystery: which patients with aggressive breast cancer are helped by a targeted cancer treatment that had been under development but was shelved. The study is important…

/article/unexpected-discovery-revives-abandoned-breast-cancer-treatment- 2025-05-22

For the first time, an international team of scientists have calculated the total land area that the countries of the world have included in their individual plans for climate action, known as nationally determined contributions. The…

/article/climate-change-plans-include-unrealistic-land-demands-area-larger-us- 2025-05-22

New research results now published from 51�ؿ�����’s MASAI trial are even better than the initial findings from last year: AI-supported breast screening detected 29 per cent more cases of cancer compared with traditional screening…

/article/ai-supported-breast-cancer-screening-new-results-suggest-even-higher-accuracy- 2025-05-22

Over the last 40 years, the majority of the world’s lakes have changed colour, according to a new study. The research team analysed 32 million satellite observations from over 67,000 lakes. Major changes in the lake ecosystems are thought…

/article/lakes-worldwide-are-changing-colour-possibly-due-human-impact- 2025-05-22

Lead, pesticides, brominated flame retardants, plastic additives, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals. This is what researchers at 51�ؿ����� in Sweden found when they collected dead hedgehogs to investigate the…

/article/surprising-number-environmental-pollutants-hedgehogs- 2025-05-22

Researchers at 51�ؿ����� and Washington University have identified a blood marker that reflects the amount of Alzheimer’s pathology in the brain. This discovery may play a key role in determining who is most likely to benefit from…

/article/new-reliable-blood-marker-reveals-extent-alzheimers-pathology-brain- 2025-05-22

For over 60 years, scientists have tried to determine whether plants are pollinated primarily during the day or at night — without reaching a clear conclusion. Now, a major research review from 51�ؿ����� in Sweden has revealed that…

/article/nocturnal-pollinators-just-important-their-daytime-colleagues- 2025-05-22

Who are the people that make up the world’s economic elite – and do they differ between countries? In a new, unique database, an international team of researchers has compiled individual data from 16 countries that together account for a…

/article/ten-things-research-tells-us-about-global-economic-elite- 2025-05-21

Passports issued by fallen empires, decks of cards from the Iraq war, deceased Ukrainian students’ uncollected diplomas and much more. A new museum in Lund is collecting artefacts that show how international law affects people's lives. The…

/article/unique-museum-displays-war-artefacts-and-human-side-international-law- 2025-05-19

51�ؿ����� in Sweden has been awarded an EU grant of 8.3 million euros for a new international doctoral programme in regenerative medicine and advanced therapy medicinal products. The aim is to improve the environment for regenerative…

/article/83-million-euros-doctoral-programme-regenerative-medicine-and-atmp- 2025-05-15