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A study led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden shows that ravens are as clever as chimpanzees, despite having much smaller brains, indicating that rather than the size of the brain, the neuronal density and the structure of the birds’ brains play an important role in terms of their intelligence. “Absolute brain size is not the whole story. We found that corvid birds performed as well as g

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-ravens-just-clever-chimps-despite-having-mini-brains - 2025-12-17

A recently published paper identifies a new therapeutic target for the treatment of bacterial infections that regulates the immune response. Researchers at Lund University have now found an "off" switch for destructive inflammation in infected kidneys that does not impair the anti-bacterial defense Infections continue to threaten human health. With remarkable genetic flexibility, pathogenic organi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/possible-substitute-antibiotics-treat-dangerous-infections - 2025-12-17

In many parts of the world, grass and forest fires pose a threat to animals and humans. According to a new study from Lund University in Sweden, while climate change is likely to cause more and larger fires, in the future, more and more people will become directly affected as a result of demographic changes. Wolfgang Knorr at Lund University, together with colleagues from Germany and China, has st

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/demographic-changes-increase-risk-natural-fires - 2025-12-17

When physical geographer Daniel Metcalfe explains what he does in the simplest possible way, he says he examines holes in leaves. However, the project is far more sophisticated than that, and could lead to a better way of caring for the forests of the world in the future. Daniel Metcalfe is an associate senior lecturer at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science. A couple of mont

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/project-finds-ways-better-care-worlds-forests - 2025-12-17

In the late 1980s and over the 1990s, researchers at Lund University in Sweden pioneered the transplantation of new nerve cells into the brains of patients with Parkinson’s disease. The outcomes proved for the first time that transplanted nerve cells can survive and function in the diseased human brain. Some patients showed marked improvement after the transplantation while others showed moderate

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/transplanted-nerve-cells-survive-quarter-century-parkinsons-disease-patient - 2025-12-17

Long-eared bats are assisted in flight by their ears and body, according to a study by researchers at Lund University in Sweden. The recent findings improve researchers’ understanding of the bats’ flying technique and could be significant for the future development of drones, among other things. Contrary to what researchers have previously thought, Christoffer Johansson Westheim and his colleagues

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-how-studying-bats-flight-technique-could-lead-drone-development - 2025-12-17

Researchers at Lund University have used a completely new preclinical technique and analysis of tissue from patients to show exactly what happens when certain patients with Parkinson’s disease are restored as a result of nerve cell transplants. They have also identified what makes many of the transplant patients develop serious side effects in the form of involuntary movements. The treatment of Pa

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-technique-can-provide-better-cell-transplants-against-parkinsons-disease - 2025-12-17

Deputy Vice-Chancellor Eva Wiberg represents Lund University all over the world – from Europe to Indonesia and Saudi Arabia. She argues that global challenges and dwindling EU funding call for more intense collaborations with a few carefully selected international partners. The internationalisation activities at LU will be supported by a new international council, where deans from all faculties wi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/deputy-vice-chancellor-eva-wiberg-international-collaboration-strengthens-economy - 2025-12-17

Artisanal interpretation of ceramics from the Bronze Age shows that a nine-year-old child could be a highly skilled artisan. This was one of the discoveries presented in a new thesis from Lund University. The thesis explores how an artisanal perspective can contribute to archaeology by providing new insights into archaeological artefacts. “I have found that even the most simple household receptacl

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-archaeological-method-finds-children-were-skilled-ceramists-during-bronze-age - 2025-12-17

A new experimental and clinical study from Lund University in Sweden shows that the sleep hormone melatonin impairs insulin secretion in people with a common gene variant. “This could explain why the risk of type 2 diabetes is greater among, for instance, overnight workers or people with sleeping disorders”, says Professor Hindrik Mulder who is responsible for the study. Melatonin is a naturally o

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-findings-explain-connection-between-melatonin-and-type-2-diabetes - 2025-12-17

On 21 June, at 13:08:55, when the sun peaks in the sky, it is time for Sweden to inaugurate its biggest ever investment in national research infrastructure – MAX IV Laboratory in Lund. Journalists are very welcome during all parts of the inauguration week to get a unique peek into the laboratory and its research. The laboratory is the most modern synchrotron radiation facility in the world and wil

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/press-invitation-inauguration-max-iv-laboratory-worlds-most-modern-synchrotron-facility-make - 2025-12-17

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 - 2025-12-17

Climate change creates more shrub vegetation in barren, arctic ecosystems. A study at Lund University in Sweden shows that organisms, such as bacteria and fungi, are triggered to break down particularly nutritious dead parts of shrubbery. Meanwhile, the total amount of decomposition is reducing. This could have an inhibiting effect on global warming. A large amount of the Earth’s carbon and nitrog

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/increased-vegetation-arctic-region-may-counteract-global-warming - 2025-12-17

After creating space for biodiversity on street fronts, streets and roofs, it is time for architects and urban planners to utilise the space indoors to increase diversity among plant and animal species, argues Wiktor Bergh, one of the around 40 architecture students estimated to leave the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) at Lund University with a degree this spring. Wiktor Bergh will leave his archite

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/degree-project-contributes-debate-sustainable-construction-and-biodiversity - 2025-12-17

Researchers at Lund University have successfully explained how iron-based dyes work on a molecular level in solar cells. The new findings will accelerate the development of inexpensive and environmentally friendly solar cells. The goal is to be able to use iron-based dyes in solar cells in the future. By using iron instead of other more expensive and rare metals, the production of solar cells and

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-solar-cells-future-could-be-based-iron-molecules - 2025-12-17

Researchers at Lund University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States have developed a method to analyse and separate cells from the blood. Ultimately, the method, which goes under the name iso-acoustic focusing, can become significant to measure the efficiency of cancer treatments for individuals. In brief, the new method involves exposing cells to ultrasound when they

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-ultrasound-method-increases-awareness-about-cancer-cells - 2025-12-17

Plastic accounts for nearly eighty per cent of all waste found in our oceans, gradually breaking down into smaller and smaller particles. New research from Lund University investigates how nanosized plastic particles affect aquatic animals in different parts of the food chain. “Not very many studies have been done on this topic before. Plastic particles of such a small size are difficult to study”

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/study-finds-nanoplastics-negatively-affect-aquatic-animals - 2025-12-17

Congratulations to Stephanie Jenny Angeraini, a student of the Energy-Efficient and Environmental Building Design Master’s programme at Lund University, who was awarded the title Global Swede at a ceremony at the Swedish Institute last week. Stephanie Jenny Angeraini, a student of the Energy-Efficient and Environmental Building Design Master’s programme at the Faculty of Engineering LTH, is one of

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lu-student-selected-global-swede-2016 - 2025-12-17

Rather than spreadable chocolate, future consumers will perhaps be spreading a bean-based paste on their toast. This is thanks to a group of innovative students in Food Technology at Lund University, who recently developed a bean paste called Le Cobean. Healthier, tastier and eco-friendly – these are some of the arguments supporting the bean-based spread. The students came up with the idea for the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-masters-students-come-nutritious-chocolate-flavored-bean-spread - 2025-12-17

Through a computer-simulated study, astronomers at Lund University in Sweden show that it is highly likely that the so-called Planet 9 is an exoplanet. This would make it the first exoplanet to be discovered inside our own solar system. The theory is that our sun, in its youth some 4.5 billion years ago, stole Planet 9 from its original star. Watch video of how the new Planet 9 was stolen by our s

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-theft-behind-planet-9-our-solar-system - 2025-12-17