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Every year, traffic accidents account for more than 1.3 million deaths worldwide. In an effort to reduce this figure, Lund University offers international courses in road safety management for professionals. In August this year, Lund University was privileged to welcome participants from Botswana, Uganda, Zambia, Malawi and South Africa. Over the past 35 years, Lund University has developed and ru
For the first time, researchers have measured what is known as the ground effect of flying animals - and it turns out that they save a lot more energy by flying close to the ground than previously believed. The study from Lund University in Sweden supports one of the theories on how birds began to fly. “Our measurements show that the ground effect saves animals twice as much energy as models have
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-study-may-provide-clues-how-birds-began-fly - 2025-12-13
How does the brain process information that is generated when we touch different things with our hands – the mirror of deeper intelligence? Could that knowledge teach us to better understand and diagnose brain diseases? An EU grant of SEK 32 million will go towards studying what happens in the brain when we interact with the world around us. The SEK 32 million grant is awarded by the EU Future and
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/grant-awarded-visionary-research-how-brain-predicts-outside-world - 2025-12-13
Efforts to combat climate change tend to focus on supply-side changes, such as shifting to renewable or cleaner energy. In a Special Issue in the Energy Efficiency Journal that follows the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 ˚C, researchers argue that demand-side approaches can play a crucial role given the aspirational target outlined in the Paris Agreement. “We need to aggressively redu
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/can-we-limit-global-warming-15-degc - 2025-12-13
Researchers from Lund University in Sweden, among others, have developed a more effective technique in the search for clues about dark matter in the universe. They can now analyse much larger amounts of the data generated at CERN. At the CERN research facility, a long series of experiments is underway on protons colliding in the LHC accelerator at almost the speed of light. The amount of data is c
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/scientists-refine-search-dark-matter - 2025-12-13
Last year, researchers Tobias Cronberg and Niklas Mattsson at Lund University in Sweden published a study showing serum tau levels to be a new and promising marker for identifying patients with severe brain damage after cardiac arrest. Together with Marion Moseby Knappe, they have now discovered that the protein Neurofilament light (NFL) in serum constitutes an even better marker to identify the d
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-and-better-marker-assessing-patients-after-cardiac-arrest - 2025-12-13
The world’s smallest flightless bird can be found on Inaccessible Island in the middle of the South Atlantic. Less than 100 years ago, researchers believed that this species of bird once wandered there on land extensions now submerged in water, and therefore named it Atlantisia. In a new study led by biologists at Lund University in Sweden, the researchers have now shown that the ancestors of the
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-solve-mystery-bird-atlantis - 2025-12-13
A study published in The Lancet HIV shows that HIV-2 is more pathogenic than previously demonstrated. The new findings indicate that early treatment should be applied to all patients with HIV, not only to those with HIV-1. “The study is unique in that we have followed cohort of study participants frequently over a long period, which enabled us to determine when the patients became infected by HIV,
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/long-term-study-shows-hiv-2-deadlier-previously-thought - 2025-12-13
For the first time, researchers have succeeded in directly measuring the aerodynamics of flying animals as they manoeuvre in the air. Previously, the upstroke of the wings was considered relatively insignificant compared to the powerful downstroke but, in a new study, biologists at Lund University in Sweden have observed that it is on the upstroke of the wings that bats often turn. “Until now, we
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/unique-study-shows-how-bats-manoeuvre - 2025-12-13
In order to avoid water conflicts and to stimulate food production in sub-Saharan Africa, large-scale land acquisition should be regulated and focus on food production. These are the conclusions of a new doctoral thesis from Lund University in Sweden. Emma Johansson’s thesis investigates how land use is affected by large-scale land acquisition, also referred to as land grabbing, mainly in Tanzania
With research at eight different faculties, Lund University has a unique opportunity to look at future problems from all possible perspectives. LU Futura, the University’s new think-tank, will take an interdisciplinary approach to important future issues. LU Futura operates in the interface between the University and wider society. Using the University’s combined knowledge as a basis, LU Futura a
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-lund-university-think-tank-looks-future - 2025-12-13
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have studied flight routes to determine how far willow warblers migrate in the autumn. The results show that the willow warbler holds a long-distance migration record in the ten-gram weight category – with the small birds flying around 13 000 kilometres or longer to reach their destination. The recently completed study investigated willow warblers that bree
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/songbirds-set-long-distance-migration-record - 2025-12-13
As part of a three-day state visit to Sweden, His Excellency Sergio Mattarella, President of Italy, came to Lund University where he gave a lecture to a packed auditorium. The aim of the official visit was to further promote the long-standing and excellent relations between Sweden and Italy. The three-day official visit included events in Stockholm, Lund and Malmö.The themes of the visit were digi
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/italian-president-sergio-mattarella-visits-lund-university - 2025-12-13
Studies have repeatedly linked maternal smoking during pregnancy with reduced sperm counts in male offspring. Now a research team at Lund University in Sweden has discovered that, independently of nicotine exposure from the mother, men whose fathers smoked at the time of pregnancy had half as many sperm as those with non-smoking fathers. The study was conducted on 104 Swedish men aged between 17 a
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/sperm-count-50-lower-sons-fathers-who-smoke - 2025-12-13
Lund University in Sweden has received prestigious grants of EUR 4 million from the European Research Council (ERC). The funding is allocated to two new projects in biology and environmental research respectively. One project concerns gaining insights into one of the animal world’s most sensitive biological compasses. The other will examine the continuing decline of pollinating insects. Lund Unive
For the first time, researchers have succeeded in creating an iron molecule that can function both as a photocatalyst to produce fuel and in solar cells to produce electricity. The results indicate that the iron molecule could replace the more expensive and rarer metals used today. Some photocatalysts and solar cells are based on a technology that involves molecules containing metals, known as met
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/brilliant-iron-molecule-could-provide-cheaper-solar-energy - 2025-12-13
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden, in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Amsterdam, examined how 18 years of drought affect the billions of vital bacteria that are hidden in the soil beneath our feet. The results show that this type of extreme weather determines how soils respond to future climate change. According to the study, microorganisms that have been subjected to l
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/historical-climate-important-soil-responses-future-climate-change - 2025-12-13
In certain forms of cancer, connective tissue forms around and within the tumour. One previously unproven theory is that there are several different types of connective tissue cells with different functions, which affect the development of the tumour in different ways. Now, a research team at Lund University in Sweden has identified three different types of connective tissue cells. In studies of b
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/wrong-connective-tissue-cells-signal-worse-prognosis-breast-cancer-patients - 2025-12-13
Researchers have succeeded in converting human skin cells into blood stem cells in an international collaboration project. “This is a first step on the way to generating fully functional blood stem cells in a petri dish which, in the future, could be transplanted into patients with blood diseases”, says Filipe Pereira, the researcher from Lund University in Sweden who led the study now published i
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/mechanism-turning-skin-cells-blood-stem-cells-uncovered - 2025-12-13
The remains of an 180 million-year-old ichthyosaur (literally ‘fish-lizard’) have been analysed, and the fossil is so well-preserved that its soft-tissues retain some of their original pliability. The study, published in Nature, contributes to our understanding on how convergent evolution works, and shows that ichthyosaurs adapted to marine conditions in a way that is remarkably similar to that of
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/remarkably-preserved-fossil-sea-reptile-reveals-skin-still-soft - 2025-12-13
