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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. How do bees always find their way home, not to mention in a straight line? What is it about the insect brain that allows them to navigate so easily? Could we copy that function? A step in this direction has now been taken by a group of scientists in a project combining the fields of biology, physics, nanoscience and i

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/mimicking-navigation-insect-brain - 2026-07-15

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lu-student-named-global-swede-2019 - 2026-07-15

Iryna Tsunovska and Nataliia Kohutyuk from Ukraine are taking home many new insights on how they can contribute to the protection of human rights in their professional roles. They have just completed a training course at Lund University for young policymakers, public servants and civil society workers from selected countries in the Baltic Sea Region/EU Eastern Partnership. Almost two weeks packed

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/young-ukrainian-civil-servants-explore-human-rights-lund - 2026-07-15

The Arrival Days for international students who are to begin their studies at Lund University in the autumn of 2021 are Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 August. All the events during the reception days and introductory weeks have been adapted due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Lund University expects around 2 000 international students this autumn. This year it is anticipated that there will be somewhat fewer

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/adapted-arrival-days-lus-incoming-international-students - 2026-07-15

A cancer diagnosis often entails many hospital visits and intensive treatments that can be very tiring for the patient. In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, however, cancer patients were identified as an at-risk group, so forms of treatment were modified. Now a group of physicians at Lund University want to evaluate how these new forms of treatment were experienced by the patients themselve

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/wake-pandemic-new-methods-cancer-care - 2026-07-15

Cycling becomes a lot harder if you don’t oil the bicycle chain! Similarly, you can’t cut metal, turn metal on a lathe or press sheet metal without lubricant. Previously in engineering works there was a flow of lubricant that is hazardous for health and the environment, but now the technology exists to reduce consumption of lubricant. In time, the mineral oils used today may be replaced by vegetab

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/more-efficient-lubricants-using-sawdust - 2026-07-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. New research at Lund University in Sweden shows that the flight speed of birds is determined by a variety of factors. Among the most sensational is that the size of the flock has a significant impact on how fast the birds can fly. The larger the flock, the higher the speed. Researchers at the Faculty of Science in Lun

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/birds-fly-faster-large-flocks - 2026-07-15

Patients are often asked to rate their feelings using a rating scale, when talking to psychologists or doctors about their mental health. This is currently how depression and anxiety are diagnosed. However, a new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that allowing patients to describe their experience using their own words - is potentially viewed as more precise and preferred by the patients.

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ai-could-improve-mental-health-care - 2026-07-15

We usually associate ageing with a shrinking life span, sickness and death. The difficulty of imagining ourselves as old means that we go to great lengths to avoid planning for later life. Yet researchers argue that we have everything to gain by looking at life as a journey where preparations for the future provide opportunities for living a full life – until it really is over. We are all aware th

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-time-new-approach-ageing - 2026-07-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Leave your bag unsupervised without running the risk of thieves stealing it? That could be the case as a unique idea of a small, high-tech alarm from Master's students at Lund University is now coming to life. “I was by myself on a beach in Mexico and had to leave my bag unattended to take a swim. But while in the wat

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-students-invent-alarm-protects-your-unattended-bag - 2026-07-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have used a neuropeptide to successfully reduce seizure-like activity in tissue from patients with drug-resistant epilepsy. One challenge facing researchers who study brain diseases is that for understandable reasons it is difficult to obtain human brain tissue for experiments.

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/peptide-reduced-epileptic-seizures-human-brain-tissue - 2026-07-15

Christmas music is more than background noise to the hustle and bustle. From Mariah Carey’s Christmas cracker ‘All I Want For Christmas’ to Wham’s lost love in ‘Last Christmas’, each song tells its own story of why it belongs to the festive season. “The power of Christmas music lies in its ability to put us in touch with our emotions, from celebration to reflection. Although we may not feel that w

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-mariah-carey-and-wham-became-christmas-icons - 2026-07-15

Solo living in your own home places a greater strain on the planet’s resources than living with others, as everyone needs their own appliances – a toaster, a washing machine and so on. The Nordic countries stand out: almost half of all households are solo living households. Sustainability researcher Tullia Jack interviewed people who live alone about the reasons for this and hopes for new forms of

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/why-we-live-alone-and-what-it-means-climate-and-our-sense-community - 2026-07-15

Lund University continues to rise in the QS World University Rankings 2026 and is rated number 72 in the world. That is three places higher than last year and means that Lund University is the top-ranked higher education institution in Sweden. QS has published annual university rankings since 2004. In the latest QS rankings (2026), 8,467 higher education institutions were evaluated, of which 1,501

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-rises-qs-rankings-2026-now-ranked-72nd-world - 2026-07-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. With the increasing threat of antibiotic resistance, there is a growing need for new treatment strategies against life threatening bacterial infections. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden and the University of Copenhagen may have identified such an alternative treatment for bacterial meningitis, a serious infect

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-non-antibiotic-strategy-treatment-bacterial-meningitis - 2026-07-15

When young people who have turned their lives around talk about their criminal past, they are trying both to explain their actions and to forge a new identity. A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows how stories about honour among thieves, responsibility and coming of age play a key role in helping people move away from a life of crime. A person who has committed crimes but wants to turn

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-study-stories-young-people-leaving-life-crime - 2026-07-15

This summer, Lund University doctoral student Sofia Blomqvist will be investigating how pollinating insects such as bumblebees and solitary bees are faring in flower-rich roadside habitats. However, there is one problem: bumblebee nests are very difficult to find. Now she hopes to be able to train Ylle the dog to help her. Sofia Blomqvist’s objective is to repeat a previously criticized scientific

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/bumblebee-detection-dog-research-duty - 2026-07-15

Many of those who are genetically predisposed to develop atrial fibrillation, which dramatically raises the risk of stroke, can be identified with a blood test. This is shown by new research from Lund University in Sweden. The number of people affected by atrial fibrillation is rising rapidly, partly as a result of the ageing population. Over recent years, a research group at Lund University in Sw

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/genetic-test-reveals-risk-atrial-fibrillation-and-stroke - 2026-07-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new trend among the food-conscious is to adopt a gluten-free diet. However, according to LU researchers studying coeliac disease (gluten intolerance), the trend is not solely a good thing as it may blur the line between illness and health. “The fact that patients with coeliac disease now have more food products to c

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/gluten-riddle-searching-triggers-coeliac-disease - 2026-07-15

Consumers may say they look for high quality when they choose groceries at the supermarket - or that they would be willing to pay more for eco-friendly, locally sourced food products. However, what really drives our choices is the status of a product, according to new research from Lund University in Sweden.     "Consumers can't gauge what high quality is without the status of a brand guiding them

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/status-most-important-food-shoppers - 2026-07-15