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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Remember the periodic table from chemistry class in school? Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have presented fresh evidence that confirms the existence of a previously unknown chemical element. The new, super-heavy element has yet to be named. An international team of researchers, led by physicists from Lund

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/existence-new-element-confirmed - 2026-06-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For the first time, a unique study conducted at Lund University in Sweden has tracked the meteorite flux to Earth over the past 500 million years. Contrary to current theories, researchers have determined that major collisions in the asteroid belt have not generally affected the number of impacts with Earth to any gre

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/earths-meteorite-impacts-over-past-500-million-years-tracked - 2026-06-27

During the pandemic, the free COVID Symptom Study app has helped researchers understand the complexity and spread of the corona virus better. “The study has exceeded our expectations since its launch in Sweden in April 2020. Participants from all over Sweden got involved and many of them have spent one minute every day answering questions about their health”, says Maria Gomez, Professor of physiol

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/study-tracks-spread-covid-19-sweden - 2026-06-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University has been ranked 87th in the world, climbing 10 spots in the QS World University Rankings 2022. This makes Lund the top ranked university in Sweden, and one of two Swedish universities currently in the top 100. QS evaluates just over 1,600 of the world's universities and ranks 1,300 of them. In total, t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-climbs-global-top-100-ranking - 2026-06-27

Universal school lunch programs make students healthier, and increase their lifetime income by 3%, according to a unique study from Lund University in Sweden published in The Review of Economic Studies. Health disparities arise early in life and play a major role in economic outcomes among adults. Yet there are few studies on the long-term effects of school-based nutrition policies aimed at counte

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/free-and-nutritious-school-lunches-help-create-richer-and-healthier-adults - 2026-06-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. An international group of clinicians and scientists from MIT and Lund University, among others, have analysed how individual genetic changes affect the heart muscle. The researchers have created a new computer tool that could help tailor treatments for heart patients with inherited heart disease. The study is publishe

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/computer-method-help-predict-outcomes-heart-patients - 2026-06-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Since 2005, the guidelines for the care of unconscious cardiac arrest patients have been to cool the body temperature down to 33 degrees Celsius. A large, randomised clinical trial led by Lund University and Region Skåne in Sweden has shown that this treatment does not improve survival. The study is published in the N

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/induced-hypothermia-after-cardiac-arrest-did-not-improve-survival - 2026-06-27

Three research projects involving a total of 10 postdocs received a total of SEK 23.5 million in the first round of Lund University’s research programme for excellence, focusing on Agenda 2030 and sustainable development. In March this year, Lund University announced SEK100 million in funding for a research programme for excellence,focusing on Agenda 2030 and sustainable development.  The aim of t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ten-postdocs-kick-excellence-programme-sustainable-development - 2026-06-27

“It’s 2050. Selma is dead. But before she is buried, she wants to talk to a person from 2021 and show them how, in Malmö, everything is possible. That person is you.” That is the dramatic beginning of a climate soundwalk that gives the listener the opportunity to imagine how Malmö, Sweden, might be affected by climate change over the coming 30 years. The project is a collaboration between research

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/soundwalk-future-imagines-climate-transition - 2026-06-27

Extreme differences in flight altitude between day and night may have been an undetected pattern amongst migratory birds – until now. The observation was made by researchers at Lund University in Sweden in a study of great snipes, where they also measured a new altitude record for migratory birds, irrespective of the species, reaching 8 700 metres. Great snipes are shorebirds that breed in Sweden,

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/astonishing-altitude-changes-marathon-flights-migratory-birds - 2026-06-27

When researchers at Lund University in Sweden performed advanced analyses of sputum from the airways of severely ill Covid-19 patients, they found high levels of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). It is already a known fact that NETs can contribute to sputum thickness, severe sepsis-like inflammation and thrombosis. After being treated with an already existing drug, the NETs were dissolved and

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/drug-dissolved-net-structures-airways-severely-ill-covid-19-patients - 2026-06-27

To counter the effects of antibiotics, bacteria constantly evolve resistance mechanisms. In order to develop new antibiotics that could overcome the resistance, it is essential to understand its workings. Using so-called cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) researchers at Lund and Hamburg universities have uncovered the molecular details of an important antibiotic resistance mechanism. This is

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/nobel-prize-winning-microscopy-technique-uncovers-mechanisms-bacterial-antibiotics-resistance - 2026-06-27

Newborn babies are already being screened for mutations and genetic tests help families with hereditary breast cancer. Genomic-driven precision medicine (GDPM) is an emerging approach for disease treatment. Around 30 Swedish researchers suggest a direction forward in a review article in Journal of Internal Medicine (JIM). "At the moment newborns are screened for a small number of mutations. In the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/precision-medicine-emerging-approach-complex-diseases - 2026-06-27

For the first time, researchers have been able to prove that city lights limit the ability of nocturnal animals to navigate by natural light in the night sky. Instead, they are forced to use streetlamps, neon light or floodlights to orient themselves. The findings are published in Current Biology. Some animals, including migratory birds, seals and moths, use light from the moon, stars and Milky Wa

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/artificial-light-disrupts-dung-beetles-sense-direction - 2026-06-27

Two Lund University climate scientists, Kimberly Nicholas, who has acted as an observer at two global climate summits, and Markku Rummukainen, Sweden’s IPCC representative, talk about what comes next following the recent IPCC report. What do you view as the next steps following what was concluded in the IPCC report? Kimberly: Something the report makes absolutely clear is that to stop warming, hum

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/what-comes-next-after-ipcc-climate-change-report - 2026-06-27

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 - 2026-06-27

An experimental study from Lund University in Sweden has revealed that the Alzheimer’s protein amyloid-beta accumulates inside nerve cells, and that the misfolded protein may then spread from cell to cell via nerve fibres. This happens at an earlier stage than the formation of amyloid-beta plaques in the brain, something that is associated with the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. The study in

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/does-alzheimers-disease-start-inside-nerve-cells - 2026-06-27

People have a hard time grasping the potential severity of psychological abuse and women's violence against men, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. The research reveals discrepancies in how victims – in contrast to the rest of society - evaluate different types of violence. ”Our study could have implications for how we assess violent crimes, for instance”, says Sverker Sikstr

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/these-two-types-abuse-are-often-taken-less-seriously - 2026-06-27

In a new study, researchers at Lund University and Uppsala University have seen a clear connection between how long a person sleeps and a number of biomarkers linked to cardiometabolic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. “With greater knowledge of the actual mechanisms of disease development, the possibilities for a more specific and targeted treatment increase, says Sölve

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/hours-you-sleep-mean-more-you-think - 2026-06-27

Using a supercomputer simulation, a research team at Lund University in Sweden has succeeded in following the development of a galaxy over a span of 13.8 billion years. The study shows how, due to interstellar frontal collisions, young and chaotic galaxies over time mature into spiral galaxies such as the Milky Way. Soon after the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago, the Universe was an unruly place.

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-disorderly-young-galaxies-grow-and-mature - 2026-06-27