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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lingonberries almost completely prevented weight gain in mice fed a high-fat diet, a study at Lund University in Sweden has found - whereas the ‘super berry’ açai led to increased weight gain. The Scandinavian berries also produced lower blood sugar levels and cholesterol. VIDEO: Is the Scandinavian lingonberry the re

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lingonberries-halt-effects-high-fat-diet - 2026-05-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In order to drive a car, you need a good balance between accelerator and brake. The same applies to a part of the brain – the striatum - that controls our movements. Research at Lund University in Sweden has led to new findings on the interaction between the “accelerator” and the “brake” in the striatum. These finding

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/both-accelerator-and-brake-are-required-normal-movement - 2026-05-13

In an international collaboration led by Lund University in Sweden, researchers have used synchrotron light to study what happens to the nerves in diabetes. The technique shows the 3D-structure of nerve fibers in very high resolution. “This knowledge can be used to map mechanisms for how nerve fibers atrophy and grow back. It means that we can better understand how diabetes affects the nerves in t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/unique-3d-images-reveal-architecture-nerve-fibers - 2026-05-13

A team of international researchers led by Professor Johan Jakobsson at Lund University has secured a 52 million SEK grant from the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) initiative, in partnership with the Michael J Fox Foundation, to investigate how mobile genetic elements —commonly referred to as "jumping genes"—contribute to neuroinflammation and the progression of Parkinson’s disease. Jum

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/52-million-sek-towards-uncovering-genetic-drivers-parkinsons-disease - 2026-05-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. ‘With age comes wisdom’ is an old proverb well suited to Björn Jonson, professor emeritus in clinical physiology who is about to turn 80. He is working day and night to develop a ventilator specifically adapted to the treatment of those suffering the most from COVID 19. Björn Jonson has worked as a researcher in pulmo

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/rapid-development-ventilator-covid-19 - 2026-05-13

Two Lund researchers have received the prestigious European Research Council’s (ERC) Advanced Grant of approximately SEK 25 million each: Anne L’Huillier, professor of Atomic Physics and Olle Melander, professor of Internal Medicine and consultant at Skåne University Hospital. The grants are for research on atomic physics and quantum mechanics, and diabetes and cardiovascular disease respectively.

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/two-erc-advanced-grants-awarded-lund-university-researchers - 2026-05-13

To find out why so many people have left their farms in north-eastern Syria, physical geographer Lina Eklund uses both satellite data and interviews. ‟It is important to understand what can be linked to climate change and what are societal factors, so that we can better equip ourselves for the future.” Lina Eklund has specialised in remote sensing, which enables her to determine what happens over

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/knowledge-about-climate-stress-could-counteract-conflicts - 2026-05-13

By reprogramming tumour cells to become the body’s defenders, Filipe Pereira and his colleagues hope to improve current cancer treatments. Right now, some of the immune system’s most important players, the dendritic cells, are patrolling your body in search of foreign substances. If they find something suspicious, they break it down into smaller pieces, called antigens, which are presented to the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/reprogramming-cancer-cells-immune-defenders - 2026-05-13

Today's energy system is not equipped to deal with the extreme weather of the future, according to an international research group that tested 13 potential climate change scenarios on 30 cities in four different climate zones in Sweden. A growing share of renewable energy makes the system even more vulnerable, according to the projections published in Nature Energy. The climate is changing, and we

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/extreme-weather-could-increase-power-outages - 2026-05-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Sea urchins lack eyes, but can see with their tentacle-like tube feet instead, previous research has indicated. Now, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have tested their vision in a new study, and shown that while sea urchins have fairly low resolution vision - it is good enough to fulfil their basic needs. “Sea

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/sea-urchins-see-their-feet - 2026-05-13

Francisca Skoogh, an international concert pianist, psychologist and researcher at the Malmö Academy of Music, wants to support tomorrow's trained musicians to get to know themselves better, thereby enabling them to manage stage fright. "We must dare to talk about stress in order to get past it", is her advice to music students taking the course 'The Performing Person', which examines psychologica

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/getting-butterflies-fly-formation-art-managing-performance-anxiety - 2026-05-13

Just over two weeks after the UN climate summit in Egypt, the leaders of the world’s countries are meeting again, this time to address another acute crisis facing humanity – the loss of biodiversity. The issue is less well-known than the climate crisis and no framework corresponding to the Paris agreement is in place – something that many people hope the December summit in Montreal will rectify. S

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/un-conference-it-time-biodiversity-take-centre-stage - 2026-05-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers can now explain how asteroids are formed. According to a new study led by Lund University in Sweden, our own planet also has its origins in the same process, a cosmic ocean of millimetre-sized particles that orbited the young sun. WATCH VIDEO STORYFragments of asteroids regularly land on Earth as meteorite

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-millimetre-sized-stones-formed-our-planet - 2026-05-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Teenagers suffering from severe obesity generally feel worse than their peers, but after undergoing gastric bypass nearly all experience improved mental health. One in five, however, still suffers from symptoms of depression – some quite seriously. These are the results of a new study from Lund University in Sweden, p

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/most-adolescents-feel-better-after-gastric-bypass - 2026-05-13

Over millions of years retroviruses have been incorporated into our human DNA, where they today make up almost 10 per cent of the total genome. A research group at Lund University in Sweden has now discovered a mechanism through which these retroviruses may have an impact on gene expression. This means that they may have played a significant role in the development of the human brain as well as in

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/viruses-genome-important-our-brain - 2026-05-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. By performing a few simple physical exercises daily, and receiving information about their disease regularly, 500 osteoarthritis patients were able to on average halve their pain in 6 months - and improve their physical function. The participants in the study from Lund University in Sweden used a newly developed mobil

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/app-helps-reduce-osteoarthritis-pain - 2026-05-13

Researchers led by Lund University in Sweden have assisted microbiologists in Ukraine in investigating bacterial resistance among the war-wounded patients treated in hospitals. The results, which were recently published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, reveal that many of the patients were affected by bacteria that exhibited an extremely high level of antibiotic resistance. “I am quite thick-ski

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/alarming-antibiotic-resistance-discovered-war-torn-ukraine - 2026-05-13

Recommendations from the WHO on limiting screen time for children under the age of five are almost impossible to follow, and risk causing unnecessary anxiety and stigmatisation of parents of young children. This according to a study from Lund University in Sweden on the digital media habits of young children. Instead, the researchers recommend that parents support their children by exploring digit

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/recommendations-young-childrens-screen-time-do-more-harm-good - 2026-05-13

Indian women are younger and leaner than Swedish women when they develop gestational diabetes, a new study from Lund University shows. The researchers also found a gene that increases the risk of gestational diabetes in Swedish women, but which, on the contrary, turned out to have a protective effect in Indian women. Gestational diabetes is characterized by impaired insulin production and insulin

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/gestational-diabetes-india-and-sweden - 2026-05-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For the first time, a research team led by Lund University in Sweden has mapped out exactly what happens when spruce bark beetles use their sense of smell to find trees and partners to reproduce with. The hope is that the results will lead to better pest control and protection of the forest in the future. The Eurasian

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/breakthrough-fight-against-spruce-bark-beetles - 2026-05-13