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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new doctoral thesis from Lund University in Sweden shows how fruit flies use their sense of smell and humidity to find food, avoid dehydration and discover the best place to lay their eggs – in overripe marula fruits. Faeces from herbivores are also suitable, but the flies reject carnivore excrement. Summer is high

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/fruit-flies-fear-lion-faeces - 2026-06-25

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have carried out the most detailed mapping to date of the epigenome in the cells that regulate the body’s blood sugar levels. The study, published in Nature Metabolism, shows how chemical changes to DNA affect both insulin-producing beta cells and glucagon-producing alpha cells – and how these patterns change in type 2 diabetes. All cells in the body have t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-research-shows-how-blood-sugar-regulating-cells-change-type-2-diabetes - 2026-06-25

Diabetes, cardiovascular disease, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease make up the world’s most common diseases. A new biobank at Lund University in Sweden - the largest of its kind - with stem cells from both those affected and healthy individuals, will contribute to an increased understanding of how these diseases arise. “The goal is for researchers to be able to develop new treatments that can p

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/worlds-largest-stem-cell-biobank-launched - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In a unique experiment, researchers have clocked how long it takes for an electron to be emitted from an atom. The result is 0.000 000 000 000 000 02 seconds, or 20 billionths of a billionth of a second. The researchers’ stopwatch consists of extremely short laser pulses. Hopefully, the results will help to provide ne

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/unbelievable-speed-electron-emission-atom - 2026-06-25

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-ranked-third-world-qs-sustainability-ranking - 2026-06-25

Controlling smartphones by a simple swipe of your hand is the latest innovation to be introduced to phone owners. However, radar sensors with higher accuracy would take the concept from gimmick to practical usefulness, according to researchers at Lund University in Sweden. They have developed a method that could detect much finer gestures – while also using a lot less power – opening up to new app

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-unique-technology-will-make-gesture-control-more-accurate - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The mummified remains of Peder Winstrup are one of the best-preserved human bodies from the 1600s. Preliminary investigations reveal a sensational find: the internal organs are still in place. WATCH: Mummified bishop undergoes medical investigations“We can now observe that Winstrup’s mummy is one of the best-preserved

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/mummified-bishop-unique-time-capsule-17th-century - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In the run-up to Christmas, a lot of us consider donating to charities. But what motivates us to actually follow through? Too much focus on encouraging sympathy in potential charity donors can actually have the opposite effect, according to new research from Lund University in Sweden. Our willingness to help others is

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/donating-charity-not-only-about-sympathy - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered well-preserved pigments and other biomolecules in a 54 million-year-old baby sea turtle. The molecular analyses show that the turtle’s shell contained pigments to protect it from harmful UV rays of the sun. The researchers investigated the microscopic and molecu

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/exceptionally-preserved-sea-turtle-reveals-ancient-sun-protection - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/demographic-changes-increase-risk-natural-fires - 2026-06-25

Using global satellite data, a research team has mapped the tree cover of the world’s protected areas. The study shows that regions with abundant large herbivores in many settings have a more variable tree cover, which is expected to benefit biodiversity overall. Maintaining species-rich and resilient ecosystems is key to preserving biodiversity and mitigating climate change. Here, megafauna – the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/large-herbivores-such-elephants-bison-and-moose-contribute-tree-diversity - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a method that enables them to use donated brain tissue from people with epilepsy for 48 hours. Previously, the researchers only had 12 hours to test new treatments before the structure of the cells started to break down. The research has now been published in the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-method-increases-life-span-donated-brain-tissue - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers have managed to show how the cells in a plant, a multicellular organism, determine their size and regulate their growth over time. The findings overturn previous theories in the field and are potentially significant for the future of agriculture and forestry - as it reveals more about one of the factors wh

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-plant-cells-regulate-growth-shown-first-time - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. There are significant gaps in our knowledge on the evolution of sex, according to a research review on sex chromosomes from Lund University in Sweden. Even after more than a century of study, researchers do not know enough about the evolution of sex chromosomes to understand how males and females emerge. Greater focus

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/knowledge-gap-origin-sex - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University (Sweden), Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich (Germany), Porto University (Portugal), Szeged University (Hungary) and Université Paris-Saclay have decided to join forces to create a pilot project of a European University, an “Alliance for Global Health,” committed to higher education in global healt

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-and-four-other-major-research-universities-create-european-alliance-global-health - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Edouard Berrocal, a researcher in combustion physics at Lund University, has been awarded one of the most prestigious grants available to young researchers: an ERC Starting Grant. The grant is worth EUR 1.5 million and will enable him to spend the next five years investigating what happens in the crucial moment at the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/erc-starting-grant-researcher-combustion - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. New research findings from Lund University, Sweden show that a simple analysis of chromosomal breaks in sperms can help guide choice of fertility treatment and, thereby, increase chances of successful assisted reproduction for involuntary childless couples. Sperm DNA Fragmentation Index (DFI) is a method for analysing

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/extra-sperm-analysis-could-help-involuntary-childless-couples - 2026-06-25

Parkinson's disease may start in the gut Parkinson's disease is strongly linked to the degeneration of the brain’s movement center. In the last decade, the question of where the disease begins has led researchers to a different part of the human anatomy. In 2003, the German neuropathologist Heiko Braak presented a theory suggesting that the disease begins in the gut and spreads to the brain. The i

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/disputed-theory-parkinsons-origin-strengthened - 2026-06-25

Research at Lund University in Sweden has found a new way to create nano-sized magnetic particles using ultrafast laser light pulses. The discovery could pave the way for new and more energy-efficient technical components and become useful in the quantum computers of the future. Magnetic skyrmions are sometimes described as magnetic vortices. Unlike ferromagnetic states - which occur in convention

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-create-exotic-magnetic-structures-laser-light - 2026-06-25

The cells that produce insulin and glucagon are difficult to access, as they are located inside the fragile pancreas. Researchers looking to understand how they function and what underpins the development of diabetes are therefore often advised to conduct their experiments on animals. The Human Tissue Lab, on the other hand, provides researchers with access to cells from deceased human donors; thi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/gold-diabetes-researchers - 2026-06-25