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How are we going to reach climate targets? That is an ever-present question for many of us. A major new EU project, CLIMB-FOREST, will create an overview of European forests and forestry over a period of four-and-a-half years. The aim is to be able to guide the forestry industry and decision-makers through these complex issues using tools and models. There is a lot of expertise in each individual
A research group at Lund University has been able to show that bile acid is transferred from the mother to the foetus via the placenta to enable the foetus to produce blood stem cells. Bile acids are normally found in adults, to help digest food, but in studies with pregnant mice, a research team has found large amounts of bile acids also inside the foetus.“Foetuses produce small amounts of bile a
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/bile-acid-supports-production-blood-stem-cells - 2025-12-01
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have utilised nanotechnology to create a biological computer that can solve certain mathematical problems far faster and more energy-efficiently than conventional electrical computers. The research results have now been published in the prestigious publication Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Conventional computers have contributed to
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/using-nanotechnology-create-parallel-computers - 2025-12-01
Certain cows’ milk is excellent for cheesemaking, whereas others’ is considerably less suitable. This has been shown in a new thesis from Lund University in Sweden, as part of a Swedish-Danish milk genomics initiative. The findings could possibly lead to certain cows’ milk being used entirely for cheese, and others’ milk for drinking. WATCH: Why certain cows make better cheese“No one knew this. At
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/moo-ve-over-findings-pave-way-cheese-cows - 2025-12-01
Tri-national team of researchers from NanoLund, the Russian Academy of Science, and the Technical University of Dresden in Germany has developed a new methodology for the study of lead halide perovskites. Metal halide perovskites have been under intense investigation over the last decade due to the remarkable rise in their performance in optoelectronic devices such as solar cells or light-emitting
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/lead-halide-perovskites-horse-different-color - 2025-12-01
With the arrival of spring, bumblebee queens take their first wing beat of the season and set out to find new nesting sites. But they are flying earlier in the year, as a result of a warmer climate and a changing agricultural landscape, according to new research from Lund University in Sweden. “We risk losing additional bumblebee species, and having less pollination of crops and wild plants”, says
https://www.science.lu.se/article/earlier-take-could-lead-fewer-bumblebees-and-less-pollination - 2025-12-01
A research team that includes researchers from Lund University in Sweden, the University of California Santa Cruz, Cornell University and the University of São Paulo, has discovered that the scent of flowers of the same species can be completely different - despite growing only some10 kilometres apart. The study is now published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. “At o
https://www.science.lu.se/article/scent-flower-varies-locally - 2025-12-01
The giant planet Jupiter was formed four times further from the sun than its current orbit, and migrated inwards in the solar system over a period of 700.000 years. Researchers found proof of this incredible journey thanks to a group of asteroids close to Jupiter. It is known that gas giants around other stars are often located very near their sun. According to accepted theory, these gas planets w
https://www.science.lu.se/article/jupiters-unknown-journey-revealed - 2025-12-01
Diabetes researchers Allan Vaag and Lena Eliasson are the new coordinators of Lund University Diabetes Centre (LUDC) and the strategic research area EXODIAB (Excellence of Diabetes Research in Sweden). Over the next years, they will work to strengthen and further develop ongoing collaborations. Coordinator Allan Vaag and Vice Coordinator Lena Eliasson are new leaders since the beginning of the yea
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-coordinators-strategic-research-area-diabetes - 2025-12-01
Professor Charlotte Ling at Lund University Diabetes Centre (LUDC) has been awarded a Proof of Concept Grant by the European Research Council, ERC, for the further development of her successful research on epigenetic biomarkers. The innovation-driven research project will investigate biomarkers for predicting who benefits from metformin in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. In her research, Charlot
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/erc-grant-research-diabetes - 2025-12-01
Last year, researchers Tobias Cronberg and Niklas Mattsson at Lund University in Sweden published a study showing serum tau levels to be a new and promising marker for identifying patients with severe brain damage after cardiac arrest. Together with Marion Moseby Knappe, they have now discovered that the protein Neurofilament light (NFL) in serum constitutes an even better marker to identify the d
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-and-better-marker-assessing-patients-after-cardiac-arrest - 2025-12-01
Agroecology is a better alternative than large-scale agriculture, both for the climate and for small farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to researcher Ellinor Isgren from Lund University in Sweden. This agricultural model preserves biodiversity and safeguards food supply while avoiding soil depletion. “We must consider other, alternative models for developing agriculture, particularly in coun
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/agroecology-better-alternative-sub-saharan-africa - 2025-12-01
GENOMIC EPIDEMIOLOGY BRANCH / INTEGRATIVE EPIDEMIOLOGY TEAM We are looking for two enthusiastic and motivated postdocs to join the Integrative Epidemiology Team (IET) at the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France. Ideal candidates will have training in biostatistics, epidemiology, and/or genomics and applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. The IET is embedded in the
https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/postdoctoral-opportunity-iarc-lyon - 2025-12-01
As certain tumor cells are able to conceal themselves in the body, it often means that patients with aggressive cancers experience a recurrence of the cancer after treatment. By programming genetically modified killer immune cells to seek and destroy the hiding tumor cells and tumor stem cells, it is hoped that we can develop more effective treatment options. An international research project, wit
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/eu-funding-killer-cells-fight-cancer - 2025-12-01
The Polar regions play a crucial role in balancing global climate – with the poles heating up much faster than the rest of the world. Yet, climate projections for the Polar regions still have significant uncertainties. This is hampering efforts to curb climate change and deal with the effects we already see at play not only within the Polar regions, but also in Europe and the rest of the world. Po
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/exploring-future-climates-polar-regions - 2025-12-01
Down in the basement of the Department of Physics, the now world-famous short laser pulses are fired almost daily. This is home to Sweden’s cutting-edge research in attosecond physics. According to Per Eng-Johnsson, professor in atomic, molecular and optical physics, the research field is currently in the midst of a paradigm shift. The term “DIY” may appear to be an unlikely description of a high-
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/everyday-laser-flashes-and-real-world-attosecond-physics - 2025-12-01
The discovery that dung beetles use the light of the Milky Way to navigate in the world has received much praise. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now taken a new step in understanding the existence of these unique beetles: when the beetles dance on top of a ball of dung, they simultaneously take a photograph - a snapshot - of how celestial bodies are positioned. Then they know where
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/when-dung-beetles-dance-they-photograph-firmament - 2025-12-01
The heads of the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC), the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science (INES), and the Department of Geology have agreed on a proposed name for a joint department, contingent upon a co-organisation decision in September. Below is a background on how the departmental representatives, tasked with developing name proposals, have crafted the pre
https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/name-suggestions-potential-joint-department - 2025-12-01
The common and highly resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterium is a fatal threat to weakened and ill patients. A new study from Lund University in Sweden now shows that a combination treatment using two different types of antibiotics can reduce mortality up to five times. The findings are part of a new doctoral thesis, which also describes some of the bacterium’s ingenious survival strategies in
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/combining-antibiotics-proves-more-effective-against-common-infection - 2025-12-01
