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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new study from Lund University in Sweden increases knowledge of how boundaries and barriers are maintained between different species in the animal world. According to theory, crosses between two species, known as hybrids, may not survive encounters with natural predators to the same degree as their parents. Now, res

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/predators-preserve-existing-animal-species - 2026-07-09

A small proportion of women who receive anti-estrogen treatment after breast cancer surgery have worse outcomes. This is associated with mutations in the estrogen receptor gene, according to a study from Lund University now published in JNCI Cancer Spectrum. “If our results are confirmed in further studies, it would be relevant to screen for these resistance mutations already at diagnosis, and the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/mutations-can-reduce-effect-hormonal-treatment-early-breast-cancer - 2026-07-09

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 - 2026-07-09

All particles that reach the atmosphere cause different chemical reactions. Particles come partly from natural sources such as volcanic eruptions and forest fires, and partly from pollution and emissions. Aerosol researcher Johan Friberg studies particles at high altitudes. He fears that the global increase in forest fires could have a significant impact on the ozone layer. “I study the air in the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/increase-forest-fires-may-damage-crucial-ozone-layer - 2026-07-09

A Swedish multi-centre study led by researchers at Lund University shows a link between low fibre consumption and the presence of unstable or high-risk plaque in coronary arteries – the type of plaque that can trigger blood clots and cause heart attacks. The study also links dietary pattern to the composition of the plaques, i.e. how potentially dangerous they are. Using advanced cardiac imaging,

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/link-identified-between-low-fibre-diet-and-more-dangerous-type-atherosclerotic-plaque-coronary - 2026-07-09

We were all small, newborn infants once. But some of us were perhaps too small as newborns? A child that is born “small for gestational age” means that they have not grown according to their normal curve during the foetal period. By studying the group of small newborns in epidemiological, or register, studies, researchers follow what happens to these infants later in life. This knowledge is of gre

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/even-sprat-can-thrive-being-born-small-gestational-age - 2026-07-09

As Tova Mark’s presidency comes to an end, she is getting ready to hand over the reins to Agnes Ask. We got a chance to speak with both of them about the past year and expectations of what is to come. Tova, you had been very active in the student life and LundaEkonomerna ever since you started here in Lund. This last year you stepped it up a level and became president just in time for your 30 year

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/one-president-next-one-lundaekonomerna - 2026-07-09

The election process has now been completed for members of the Electoral College regarding the term of office 2024-2027. The task of the Electoral College is to select academic staff representatives for the University Board and act as a collegial body in the recruitment and consultation process for a new Vice-Chancellor and deputy vice-chancellor. The election process has now been completed for me

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/these-are-medfaks-new-reps-electoral-college - 2026-07-09

Extreme poverty is still an urgent issue around the world. Four universities have initiated a new research school on sustainable development and poverty reduction to address the challenge. The research school will be coordinated via Lund University. The new research school, which has been granted six million SEK from the Swedish Research Council, aims to offer novel, interdisciplinary and high-qua

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-research-school-strengthens-focus-poverty-reduction - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Carbon offsetting can be strongly questioned as an environmental strategy, due to major challenges in reconciling climate benefits with local needs, participation and development. This is the view taken by researchers from Lund University in Sweden, who studied a tree-planting project in Uganda, through which a number

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/planting-trees-africa-dubious-environmental-strategy-study - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Tropical rainforests have long been considered the Earth’s lungs, sequestering large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and thereby slowing down the increasing greenhouse effect and associated human-made climate change. Scientists in a global research project now show that the vast extensions of semi-arid l

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/savannahs-slow-climate-change - 2026-07-09

There has been a fear that the swine flu vaccine, Pandemrix, would increase the risk of autoimmune diseases other than narcolepsy. However, a new study of children from Sweden and Finland shows that the vaccine increased neither the risk of developing autoantibodies against insulin-producing beta cells nor the occurrence of type 1 diabetes. “On the contrary, the risk was reduced among vaccinated c

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/risk-type-1-diabetes-not-increased-swine-flu-vaccine-pandemrix - 2026-07-09

For the first time, researchers have identified a previously unrecognized metabolic defence mechanism in aggressive brain tumours: a sugar-rich shield that surrounds tumour cells and protects them against a particularly destructive form of cell death. Aggressive brain tumours grow in an extreme environment characterised by oxygen and nutrient deficiencies, low pH and chronic cellular stress. Insid

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/aggressive-brain-tumours-build-protective-sugar-shield-survive-extreme-stress - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. New book on Innovation for Sustainability Nancy Bocken, Professor in Sustainable Business at the IIIEE, has co-edited a new book: Innovation for Sustainability: Business Transformations Towards a Better World, available hereThe aim of the book:The aim of this edited book is to provide a comprehensive overview of the o

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/innovation-sustainability-business-transformations-towards-better-world - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers already know that gelatin-covered electrode implants cause less damage to brain tissue than electrodes with no gelatin coating. Researchers at the Neuronano Research Centre (NRC) at Lund University in Sweden have now shown that microglia, the brain’s cleansing cells, and the enzymes that the cells use in t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/gelatin-accelerates-healing-blood-brain-barrier-acute-brain-injury - 2026-07-09

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 - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The night vision of frogs and toads appears to be superior to that of all other animals. They have the ability to see colour even when it is so dark that humans are not able to see anything at all. This has been shown in a new study by researchers from Lund University in Sweden. Most vertebrates, including humans, hav

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/frogs-have-unique-ability-see-colour-dark - 2026-07-09

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have created a method that makes it possible to transform the brain’s support cells into parvalbumin-positive cells. These cells act as the brain’s rapid-braking system and are significantly involved in schizophrenia, epilepsy and other neurological conditions. Parvalbumin cells play a central role in keeping brain activity in equilibrium. They control nerv

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-create-cells-help-brain-keep-its-cool - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For the first time ever, researchers have differentiated the risks of developing indolent or aggressive prostate cancer in men with a family history of the disease. Researchers from the Swedish universities of Lund, Uppsala and Umeå now present new and somewhat surprising results. It is a well-known fact that men with

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-findings-concerning-hereditary-prostate-cancer - 2026-07-09

How did we end up here? What do we do to get out of it? In climate research, it is important to understand how the world works if we are to change our behaviour and prevent future catastrophes. Researchers use mathematical formulas to try and visualise reality, in order to find out what changes we need to make. “We build models in an attempt to represent nature’s behaviour using mathematical equat

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/mathematic-visualize-climate-changes - 2026-07-09