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Huntington’s disease is hereditary, genetic and usually begins between the ages of 30 and 50. In Sweden, around 1,000 people have the diagnosis and several thousand live with the risk of getting the disease. Even more people have a connection to the disease as its symptoms also affect those close to the patient to a high degree. The disease leads to premature death and there are no treatments that

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/huntingtons-complex-brain-disease-affects-movement-thoughts-and-feelings - 2025-12-30

The risk of being exposed to Covid-19 particles increases with shorter physical distance to a patient, higher patient viral load and poor ventilation. Measurements taken by researchers at Lund University in Sweden of airborne virus in hospitals provide new knowledge about how best to adapt healthcare to reduce the risk of spread of infection. Researchers hope current international guidelines in he

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-knowledge-about-airborne-virus-particles-could-help-hospitals - 2025-12-30

On April 29, Lund University presented the strengths with which it aims to contribute to the world’s largest investment in cultural and creative sectors. The ‘Buzz of Europe’ conference showcased opportunities that the broad University can offer. Held in a packed university auditorium, the event was aimed at anyone interested in joining the Creatives & Friends network, which has now been establish

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-creative-and-cultural-expertise-can-serve-force-solve-significant-social-challenges - 2025-12-30

A research team led by Lund University in Sweden has investigated a meteorite from Mars using neutron and X-ray tomography. The technology, which will probably be used when NASA examines samples from the Red Planet in 2030, showed that the meteorite had limited exposure to water, thus making life at that specific time and place unlikely. In a cloud of smoke, NASA's spacecraft Perseverance parachut

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-study-indicates-limited-water-circulation-late-history-mars - 2025-12-30

At the end of March, the first cases of acute severe hepatitis of unknown origin in children were reported in the UK. Since then, the number has increased to more than 300 in around 20 countries; there are now reports of nine suspected cases in Sweden. The acute liver infection mainly affects otherwise completely healthy children under the age of 16, which puzzles researchers who are now searching

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-search-answers-increase-acute-severe-hepatitis-children - 2025-12-30

After many years, a research team led by Lund University in Sweden has sequenced and characterized the entire genome of oats. This opens up for breeding healthier oats with even better nutritional content, and growing oats in a more environmentally sustainable way. The detailed genetic analyzes also strengthen the evidence that oats are safe in a gluten-free diet. The results are published in Natu

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/entire-oat-genome-mapped - 2025-12-30

A 30-year-old genetic mystery has been solved. It has previously been established that touch can trigger stress reactions in plants. However, the molecular models for explaining this process have been quite spartan so far. Now researchers at Lund University in Sweden have found genetic keys that explain how plants respond so strongly to mechanical stimuli. Cracking this code could help lead to hig

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/what-happens-when-plants-have-stress-reactions-touch - 2025-12-30

A new study by researchers at Lund University supports the notion that patients with type 2 diabetes patient should be divided into subgroups and given individualised treatment. The study demonstrates that there are distinct epigenetic differences between different groups of patients with type 2 diabetes. The epigenetic markers are also associated with different risks of developing common complica

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/epigenetic-markers-predict-complications-patients-type-2-diabetes - 2025-12-30

The ostrich is genetically wired to adapt to rising or falling temperatures. However, when the temperature fluctuates more often, as it does with climate change, the flightless bird with a 40-gram brain finds it much more difficult. A research team at Lund University has shown that the ostrich is very sensitive to fluctuating temperatures in terms of whether it reproduces. If the temperature rises

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ostriches-can-adapt-heat-or-cold-not-both - 2025-12-30

The emergence of a mysterious area in the South Atlantic where the geomagnetic field strength is decreasing rapidly, has led to speculation that Earth is heading towards a magnetic polarity reversal. However, a new study that pieces together evidence stretching back 9,000 years, suggests that the current changes aren’t unique, and that a reversal may not be in the cards after all. The study is pub

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/earths-magnetic-poles-not-likely-flip-study - 2025-12-30

The year is 2072, and the worst storm in two hundred years is about to hit Scania, in the south of Sweden. In Skanör-Falsterbo, a family is celebrating Christmas when the storm alarm sounds. The waves draw closer to the house, and the family dash towards the nearby church. What happens next is the result of many decades of decisions: did we work together, or did the lines of conflict become even d

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/soundwalk-imagines-climate-future - 2025-12-30

Astronomers at Lund University in Sweden have found a group of stars in the Milky Way disk, that are most likely remnants from an unknown baby galaxy that was swallowed by the Milky Way over 10 billion years ago. Nothing like it has been discovered in the galaxy disk before. After the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago, space was a veritable Wild West. Stars formed inside huge gas clouds that collide

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-find-ten-billion-year-old-ghost-stars-swallowed-galaxy - 2025-12-30

On-trend clothes that you only wear a few times – in the beginning of the 2000s the fashion industry started speeding up production. Today, it accounts for around 10 per cent of global carbon dioxide emissions and criticism is being directed at the industry for not taking responsibility for its social and environmental impact. The big question is; can fashion become sustainable? Technological deve

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/fast-fashion-has-huge-impact-environment - 2025-12-30

15 till 20 maj är det dags för Hållbarhetsveckan i Lund. På ett unikt sätt samarbetar Lunds universitet och Lunds kommun tillsammans med en stor mängd företag, organisationer och offentliga verksamheter i arbetet för ett hållbart samhälle. Veckan innehåller över 40 programpunkter med framstående forskning, seminarier, debatt och festival. Hållbarhetsveckan är en del av Lunds universitets 350-årsju

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lund-kraftsamlar-en-hallbar-framtid - 2025-12-29

Hudforskare vid Lunds universitet tror sig ha knäckt gåtan om varför vi på ett snabbt sätt lyckas hindra en infektion från att okontrollerat sprida sig i kroppen i samband med sårskador. En kunskap som de tror kan få klinisk betydelse för att utveckla nya sätt att motverka bakterier. – Vi kanske inte behöver döda dem med antibiotika utan bara samla ihop dem så att kroppen bättre kan ta hand om inf

https://www.lu.se/artikel/ny-forsvarsmekanism-mot-bakterier-upptackt - 2025-12-29

Ökad livslängd och en större andel äldre i Sverige och andra länder leder också till en ökad användning av läkemedel. En ny avhandling från Lunds universitet belyser för första gången på ett mer omfattande vis nyttan av att redan i primärvården jobba strukturerat med äldres läkemedelsintag. Trots olika initiativ för att minska felaktig och onödig förskrivning av läkemedel till äldre i Sverige ökar

https://www.lu.se/artikel/primarvarden-har-potential-att-minska-aldres-lakemedelsanvandning - 2025-12-29

Allt är inte bara elände i skolans värld – det finns också mycket som skapar meningsfullt och välbefinnande i lärarnas arbete. Sådana hälsobringande faktorer bör lyftas fram mer, menar Marie Nilsson, folkhälsopedagog vid Högskolan Kristianstad som nu disputerar vid Lunds universitet. Hennes avhandling handlar om hur man kan öka välmåendet i lärarnas vardag. Marie Nilssons avhandlingsarbete började

https://www.lu.se/artikel/halsoframjande-inslag-i-lararjobbet - 2025-12-29

En ny avhandling i utbildningsvetenskap visar att de senaste årens skrivkrisdebatter bygger på myter och överdrifter och att dessa till och med kryper in i styrningen av skolan. Våra studenter kan inte skriva! Så löd titeln på en uppmärksammad tidningsartikel för några år sen. Den triggade doktoranden Martin Malmström att skriva avhandlingen ”Synen på skrivande. Föreställningar om skrivande i medi

https://www.lu.se/artikel/elevers-och-studenters-skrivande-standigt-i-kris - 2025-12-29

Tack vare en privat donation kan forskare som studerar infektionssjukdomar och folkhälsa i låginkomstländer utöka och vidareutveckla sin forskning. Just nu pågår forskningsprojekt kring hiv och tuberkulos i Etiopien. 2015 startade Medicinska fakulteten en donationskampanj för forskning om global hälsa. Kampanjen har haft två grenar – en inriktad mot kvinnor, barn och unga och en mot infektionssjuk

https://www.lu.se/artikel/8-miljoner-i-privat-donation-till-forskning-om-hiv-och-tuberkulos-i-etiopien - 2025-12-29

Stamceller hos växter och djur uppför sig förvånansvärt likartat. Det visar en ny forskningsstudie från Lunds universitet. Forskarna har lyckats ta fram matematiska ekvationer som avslöjar mycket små skillnader i proteinernas beteende. Resultaten kan förhoppningsvis vara till nytta i stamcellsforskning för människor. Stamceller är ett hett ämne i medicinska sammanhang, inte minst vad gäller cancer

https://www.lu.se/artikel/vaxters-stamceller-ger-nya-ledtradar - 2025-12-29