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High above us, the atmosphere is teeming with life. Birds, bats and insects share the airspace, but divide it into different lanes of traffic. New research from 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ in Sweden reveals how the atmosphere is an ecosystem, with…

/article/hidden-highways-sky-mapped- 2025-10-13

Today, Times Higher Education (THE) published its latest ranking and 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ has retained its position at 95. “It’s very gratifying that we have retained our position, despite tougher global competition. A university is never…

/article/lund-university-top-100-times-higher-education-ranking- 2025-10-09

A research team at 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ in Sweden has discovered a mechanism that helps acute myeloid leukemia cells to evade the body’s immune system. By developing an antibody that blocks the mechanism, the researchers could restore the…

/article/new-mechanism-revealed-how-leukemia-cells-trick-immune-system- 2025-10-03

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 pilot study is now underway at 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ in Sweden, where…

/article/psychedelics-treatment-anorexia-new-pilot-study- 2025-10-02

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 Gärdenfors explains why we often overlook the laughter of a parrot…

/article/can-animals-laugh- 2025-10-02

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 that has not only transformed research but also laid the…

/article/lund-world-stage-meet-fernstrom-prize-winner-kaj-blennow- 2025-09-30

Gemma Atkinson has been awarded this year’s Eric K. Fernström Prize for particularly promising and successful early-career researchers at 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ. Her research focuses on bacterial proteins in order to understand the protective…

/article/detective-mysterious-world-proteins- 2025-09-23

Researchers at 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ in Sweden have developed a digital cognitive test for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease that is intended for use in primary care. “This digital test, which patients perform on their own with minimal involvement…

/article/new-digital-cognitive-test-diagnosing-alzheimers-disease- 2025-09-23

The sound of tawny owls makes young European robins eat less during their southward migration. A new study from 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ in Sweden shows how the threat from nocturnal predators affects the birds’ behaviour – and by extension their…

/article/hostile-hoots-make-robins-eat-less-night- 2025-09-22

A project at 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ in Sweden has trained an AI model to identify breast cancer patients who could be spared from axillary surgery. The model analyses previously unutilised information in mammograms and pinpoints with high…

/article/ai-model-lund-university-indicates-four-out-ten-breast-cancer-patients-could-avoid-axillary-surgery- 2025-09-22

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 reveal how the ancient and mysterious star systems actually…

/article/scientists-solve-astronomical-riddle- 2025-09-22

In a study led by 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ and the Amsterdam University Medical Center, researchers used PET to analyse aggregates of tau pathology in more than 12,000 people from all over the world. The study – the largest ever of its kind –…

/article/largest-ever-taupet-study-alzheimers-deepens-understanding-disease- 2025-09-17

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 surroundings. This is his insight into the self-driving present…

/article/road-self-driving-future- 2025-09-17

51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ archaeologists have revealed details of late medieval artillery from the wreck of the royal Danish-Norwegian flagship, Gribshunden. The shipwreck is the only known example of its kind from the medieval period – as both ship…

/article/uniquely-preserved-artillery-offers-clues-european-colonisation- 2025-09-17

Over 1,300 people have applied for the 25 positions advertised in 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ’s largest ever international recruitment drive. Among the candidates are researchers from world-leading universities such as Harvard and Oxford. “The…

/article/lund-universitys-largest-ever-international-recruitment-drive-attracts-great-interest- 2025-09-16

An innovative IVF test and a methane detector – these are some of the future innovation stars developed at 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ. They are now being recognised by the University and Sparbanken SkÃ¥ne. Since its launch in 2017, the Future…

/article/innovative-ideas-and-pioneering-solutions-lund-university-celebrated- 2025-09-11

Professor Thoas Fioretos is the first recipient of Lunds Innovatörspris (the Lund Innovator Award), a newly established prize that recognises research that has been successfully transformed into innovation with a tangible impact on society…

/article/award-winning-cancer-researcher-revolutionises-diagnosis-and-treatment-worldwide- 2025-09-10

A new study from 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ 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 continents. Now, at the end of the summer, when the thrush…

/article/researchers-pinpoint-exact-pace-helps-nightingales-long-journey- 2025-09-05

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 been authorised for sale in the EU. The chance discovery…

/article/surprise-discovery-leads-treatment-common-infection- 2025-09-04

A simple urine test that can assess the risk of kidney cancer recurrence at an early stage could spare patients from frequent imaging scans, e.g. CT-scans, and thus reduce the associated radiation, anxiety and costs. This has been shown in…

/article/urine-test-can-assess-risk-kidney-cancer-recurrence- 2025-09-04