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There are currently no drugs that stop or inhibit Alzheimer's disease. Despite drug trials showing plaque reduction in the brain, the patients' cognitive function did not improve. Would the results be different if it were possible to…

/article/larger-drug-trials-intervene-earlier-needed-alzheimers-disease- 2020-09-15

Eumelanin – a natural pigment found for instance in human eyes – has, for the first time, been identified in the fossilized compound eyes of 54-million-year-old crane-flies. It was previously assumed that melanic screening pigments did not…

/article/composition-fossil-insect-eyes-surprises-researchers- 2020-09-15

The 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ School of Economics and Management has been accredited for five years by both EQUIS and AMBA, placing the school in the top 1 per cent of business schools globally that hold both accreditations. “This really shows the…

/article/lund-university-school-economics-and-management-receives-double-accreditation- 2020-09-15

Over the past 50 years, the water in lakes and watercourses has turned increasingly brown. The so-called browning has a negative impact on both drinking water production and ecosystems. If nothing is done, the water is likely to turn even…

/article/how-changes-land-use-could-reduce-browning-lakes- 2020-09-15

Researchers from Sweden, Germany, Brazil and the USA have developed a financial mechanism to support the protection of the world’s natural heritage. In a recent study, they developed three different design options for an intergovernmental…

/article/what-if-we-paid-countries-protect-biodiversity- 2020-09-15

Ultrasound that detects rare cells in a drop of blood. Business models for a circular economy. Laser technology that can film at almost the speed of light, and another that can map insects from several kilometres away. Four promising…

/article/four-lund-university-researchers-awarded-erc-starting-grants- 2020-09-15

For three weeks the royal warship Gribshunden (1495) has been excavated on the seabed of the Baltic Sea off the coast of southern Sweden. Among others things, a very early firearm - one of the earliest to be found on a ship anywhere in the…

/article/spectacular-discoveries-during-excavation-unique-flagship-gribshunden- 2020-09-15

51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ has climbed from #98 to #96 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020, once again securing a place among the top 100 universities in the world. The ranking includes almost 1,400 universities across 92…

/article/lund-university-world-top-100-ranking- 2020-09-15

This year’s Fernström Prize for young, particularly promising and successful researchers at 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ is awarded to Professor Johan Malmström. He wins the award and prize of SEK 100 000 for his world-leading work on proteomics, a…

/article/lunds-fernstrom-prize-research-interaction-proteins- 2020-09-15

An international study led by researchers from 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ in Sweden has found that a collision in the asteroid belt 470 million years ago created drastic changes to life on Earth. The breakup of a major asteroid filled the entire…

/article/gigantic-asteroid-collision-boosted-biodiversity-earth- 2020-09-15

In recently published studies, researchers at 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ and SkÃ¥ne University Hospital in Sweden have produced new prediction models for improved personalised treatment of lymph nodes in breast cancer patients. The latest results that…

/article/fewer-lymph-node-operations-breast-cancer-patients-new-prediction-models- 2020-09-15

Professor Søren Brunak from Copenhagen has been awarded the grand Nordic Prize for 2019 by the Eric K. Fernström Foundation. It is one of the largest Scandinavian research prizes in medicine and Søren Brunak receives the award for his work…

/article/prestigious-prize-goes-pioneer-bioinformatics- 2020-09-15

Emissions of greenhouse gases have a warming effect on the climate, whereas small airborne particles in the atmosphere, aerosols, act as a cooling mechanism. That is the received wisdom in any case. However, new research from Lund…

/article/aerosols-coniferous-forests-no-longer-cool-climate-much- 2020-09-15

In a new national register study from 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ in Sweden, researchers have studied the link between prostate cancer and infertility. The study, published in the British Medical Journal, includes over one million Swedish men. “Men…

/article/link-between-assisted-reproduction-and-risk-prostate-cancer- 2020-09-15

The discovery that free electrons can move asymmetrically provides a deeper understanding of one of the basic processes in physics: the photoelectric effect. It was first described by Albert Einstein and explains how high frequency light…

/article/intriguing-discovery-provides-new-insights-photoelectric-effect- 2020-09-15

Lund researchers Anna Sundlöv and Katarina Sjögreen-Gleisner have developed a method to personalise treatment using a newly approved radioactive cancer drug – by taking images of the drug’s dispersion inside the patient. Their article won…

/article/researchers-lund-receive-prize-publication-year- 2020-09-15

Plastic waste is a growing problem around the world, despite efforts to recycle or reduce plastic use. In order to really transform the recycling process, more attention needs to be paid to the composition of plastic, according to a new…

/article/what-does-future-plastic-look- 2020-09-15

Extensive power outages and satellite blackouts that affect air travel and the internet are some of the potential consequences of massive solar storms. These storms are believed to be caused by the release of enormous amounts of stored…

/article/breakthrough-method-predicting-solar-storms- 2020-09-10

Heart failure is an endemic disease affecting 250 000 Swedes. Despite new treatments such as modern medicines and defibrillators, the mortality rate is still high and the prognosis worse than for certain cancers. A new study from Lund…

/article/link-between-cognitive-impairment-and-worse-prognosis-heart-failure-patients- 2020-08-28

Researchers at 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ in Sweden can now reveal what the Danish King Hans had planned to offer when laying claim to the Swedish throne in 1495: a two-metre-long Atlantic sturgeon. The well-preserved fish remains were found in a…

/article/atlantic-sturgeon-kings-pantry-unique-discovery-baltic-sea-wreck-1495- 2020-08-28