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Researchers at 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ in Sweden have conducted a clinical study to show how a woman’s genetic profile provides information on which hormone treatment is most effective for in vitro fertilisation (IVF). The researchers have now…

/article/higher-success-rate-using-simple-oral-swab-test-ivf- 2025-05-14

What if we could fight climate change using bacteria that live on air? That’s the vision behind a newly funded international research project led by scientists from 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ, the University of Tromsø, and Harvard Medical School…

/article/living-air-scientists-enlist-arctic-bacteria-fight-climate-change- 2025-05-14

Ten years’ work has paid off – UNESCO has added the unique archive of 500 in-depth interviews with Holocaust survivors to the Memory of the World Register. This means the Ravensbrück Archive is recognised as an example of cultural heritage…

/article/ravensbruck-archive-lund-receives-memory-world-status- 2025-05-14

A consortium helmed by 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ in Sweden has been awarded a major EU grant to establish an international doctoral programme on the theme of society and law in authoritarian states in Central Asia. The aim is to promote…

/article/sek-60-million-doctoral-programme-authoritarian-asian-states- 2025-05-12

Me time, couple time and more free time in everyday life. Many people wish they had more time – but is there a sustainable approach to time? Historian David Larsson Heidenblad is looking for the answer. In many Swedish homes there is a…

/article/sustainable-relationship-time-it-possible- 2025-05-08

Humans and animals are not the only ones affected by viruses. Unicellular organisms can also be attacked. In a new study, scientists establish that green algae can carry latent giant virus DNA in their genome. Biology researchers at Lund…

/article/unicellular-green-algae-may-carry-giant-virus-dna-their-genome- 2025-05-07

Patients suffering from myocardial infarction who receive early add-on lipid-lowering medication have a significantly better prognosis than those who receive add-on treatment late, or not all. Based on the results of a study from Lund…

/article/simple-medication-can-save-lives-cardiac-patients- 2025-04-25

About 540 million years ago, our planet suddenly erupted with life, filling our oceans with a diversity of complex life. This is known as the Cambrian explosion, and for a long time scientists agreed it was triggered by a rise in oxygen…

/article/how-animal-life-exploded-earth- 2025-04-11

Reptiles living in open habitats generally have brighter colouration than species living in denser vegetation. This is shown in a new study from 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ in Sweden. The results suggest that changes in habitat and climate over…

/article/reptiles-are-brightest-open-habitats- 2025-04-09

A simpler method of analysing blood samples for Alzheimer’s disease has been tested in a large multicentre study, led by 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ in Sweden. “This is a major step in bringing simple blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease into the…

/article/more-opportunities-test-alzheimers-using-new-analytical-method- 2025-04-09

Most women will experience menopause at some point in their working lives. How can a workplace be set up to make things easier for employees going through their menopausal transition? A pilot project at 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ is investigating the…

/article/how-can-lund-university-become-more-menopause-friendly-workplace- 2025-04-09

Vegan food is often sidestepped due to its rubbery consistency. Food technology researchers at 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ in Sweden have now developed a way to make vegan food more appetising by using new combinations of raw materials. So far, the…

/article/unique-manufacturing-method-produces-more-appealing-vegan-meat- 2025-04-09

Léa Lévy, researcher in engineering geology at 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ, is receiving SEK 5.1 million from the Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation to investigate how much hope can be placed in capturing carbon dioxide directly from the air…

/article/will-carbon-capture-stored-basalt-be-climate-savior- 2025-04-09

At present, viscose textiles are made of biomass from the forest, and there is no such thing as fully recycled viscose. Researchers at 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ in Sweden have now succeeded in making new viscose – from worn-out cotton sheets. Old…

/article/completely-recycled-viscose-first-time- 2025-04-09

During the unusually dry year of 2018, Sweden was hit by numerous forest fires. A research team led from 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ in Sweden has investigated how climate change affects recently burnt boreal forests and their ability to absorb carbon…

/article/unique-field-study-shows-how-climate-change-affects-fire-impacted-forests- 2025-04-09

Climate researchers often emphasise the fact that reducing carbon emissions is in everyone’s best interest, and should involve all of us. But how good are they at minimising their own carbon footprint? A new study carried out jointly by…

/article/conferences-make-scientists-climate-transgressors- 2025-04-09

51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ has risen to 75th place in the prestigious QS annual ranking. This is an improvement of ten spots on the previous year, placing Lund as the top ranked comprehensive university in Sweden. In addition, the University has been…

/article/lund-university-climbs-global-ranking-wins-sustainability-award- 2025-04-09

Global warming has meant that diseases such as West Nile fever, NTM infections, and new tick-borne viruses are on their way or have already taken hold in Sweden. People are being affected by new diseases, and challenges for the health…

/article/new-diseases-tropical-sweden- 2025-04-09

51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ and the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) are establishing a joint hub, focusing on water. The initiative will strengthen 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ’s connection with the UN, and also…

/article/lund-university-start-new-un-collaboration-focusing-water- 2025-04-09

Fermented seaweed? Those who have tried it think it is much tastier than it sounds, and researchers at 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ in Sweden are now hoping that acidified seaweed, rather than today’s dried version, will signify a major breakthrough…

/article/fermenting-seaweed-could-boost-consumption- 2025-04-09