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A project at Lund University in Sweden has trained an AI model to identify breast cancer patients who could be spared from axillary surgery. The model analyses previously unutilised information in mammograms and pinpoints with high accuracy the individual risk of metastasis in the armpit. A newly completed study shows that the model indicates that just over 40 per cent of today’s axillary surgery

https://www.science.lu.se/article/ai-model-lund-university-indicates-four-out-ten-breast-cancer-patients-could-avoid-axillary-surgery - 2026-06-25

Solar energy stored in the form of fuel is something scientists hope could partially replace fossil fuels in the future. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden may have solved a long-standing problem that has hindered the development of sustainable solar fuels. If solar energy can be used more efficiently using iron-based systems, this could pave the way for cheaper solar fuels. “We can now see

https://www.science.lu.se/article/solar-fuel-conundrum-nears-solution - 2026-06-25

The sound of tawny owls makes young European robins eat less during their southward migration. A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows how the threat from nocturnal predators affects the birds’ behaviour – and by extension their survival. When young robins embark on their first southward migration in the autumn, they make regular stops along the way to rest and replenish their energy rese

https://www.science.lu.se/article/hostile-hoots-make-robins-eat-less-night - 2026-06-25

By analysing over 100,000 field measurements as well as environmental data, an international research team has created maps that show how and when naturally regrowing forests bind most carbon. To fulfil climate goals and avoid the most serious consequences of global heating, we need to both reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and remove carbon dioxide that is already in the atmosphere. Naturally

https://www.science.lu.se/article/secondary-forests-could-be-key-factor-climate-management-if-we-protect-them-time - 2026-06-25

High above us, the atmosphere is teeming with life. Birds, bats and insects share the airspace, but divide it into different lanes of traffic. New research from Lund University in Sweden reveals how the atmosphere is an ecosystem, with complex ecological processes that affect how animals move between different altitude levels. We must understand that the air is an arena for ecological processes th

https://www.science.lu.se/article/hidden-highways-sky-mapped - 2026-06-25

Armin Tavakoli, Associate Senior Lecturer at the Department of Physics at Lund University and researcher at the Wallenberg Centre for Quantum Technology (WACQT), has been appointed associate editor for Physical Review Letters (PRL) – one of the world’s most prestigious journals in physics. 'It’s an honour to take on this role,' says Tavakoli. “PRL holds a unique position in the physics community,

https://www.science.lu.se/article/lund-physicist-appointed-associate-editor-physical-review-letters - 2026-06-25

Antibody-based drugs often become too thick to be injected at high concentrations. Now, new research can explain why this happens—knowledge that could eventually lead to easily injectable medications. Antibody-based drugs are currently used to treat cancer, autoimmune diseases, and inflammatory conditions. To be administered as a simple injection under the skin, they need to be concentrated, but a

https://www.science.lu.se/article/researchers-take-step-towards-improved-antibody-therapy - 2026-06-25

A new instrument on the four-metre VISTA telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile has recently captured its first starlight. This marks the beginning of a new era in astronomy, as researchers prepare to map the sky in unprecedented detail. The instrument does not take ordinary images of the night sky. Instead, 4MOST – the Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope – collects spectra, that

https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-eye-universe-opens-chile - 2026-06-25

Environmental pioneer Henrik Smith has won a major international ecology prize. He is also keen to emphasise the importance of research activity’s interaction with society – gone are the days when writing an extensive study and then leaving it to gather dust was enough. Henrik Smith, professor of animal ecology at Lund University, has been awarded the internationally renowned Marsh Awards for Ecol

https://www.science.lu.se/article/award-environmental-pioneer-has-message-academia - 2026-06-25

What keeps spaghetti from disintegrating in boiling water? The answer, according to new research, is gluten. The amount of salt in the water also has an unexpected significance. Using advanced techniques, researchers examined the internal structure of regular and gluten-free spaghetti – straight off the shelf. The results show that gluten has a crucial role in protecting the structure of pasta dur

https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-study-reveals-innermost-secrets-spaghetti - 2026-06-25

Continuous-cover forestry methods are gaining attention as a way to enable forests to deliver a broader range of benefits. The aim is to make forestry more sustainable, but significant challenges remain. These will now be addressed in a new project where five organizations are testing continuous-cover forestry in practice. In Bockeboda, just outside Kristianstad, the future of continuous-cover for

https://www.science.lu.se/article/continuous-cover-forestry-testing-methods-future - 2026-06-25

We tend to attribute today's zoological menagerie of dog breeds to Victorian gentlemen with a penchant for selective breeding. The truth, however, goes back much further. An international study shows that the rich morphological variety among dogs began to take off 11,000 years ago – long before nineteenth century kennel clubs. Look at the dogs of today: the dainty Chihuahua, which most resembles a

https://www.science.lu.se/article/dog-diversity-thousands-years-older-we-thought - 2026-06-25

Through the DNA analysis of old air samples collected by the Swedish Armed Forces, researchers at Lund University in Sweden can show that spore dispersal of northern mosses has shifted over the past 35 years. It now starts several weeks earlier, revealing how quickly nature’s calendar can reset in line with a warmer climate. When the Swedish military began collecting air samples in the 1960s to re

https://www.science.lu.se/article/old-air-samples-hint-effects-climate-change - 2026-06-25

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Annika Bergman Rosamond har nyligen publicerat kapitlet ”Celebrity global motherhood: Maternal care and cosmopolitan obligation” i den redigerade boken ”Troubling Motherhood Maternality in Global Politics” (redaktörer: Lucy B. Hall, Anna L. Weissman, and Laura J. Shepherd), Oxford University Press, 2020. Om bokkapit

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/bergman-rosamond-om-kandisars-globala-moderskap - 2026-06-25

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Johan Matz har publicerat boken ”Stalin’s Double-Edged Game: Soviet Bureaucracy and the Raoul Wallenberg case 1945-1952”. The Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series, Lexington Books, Rowman and Littlefield, 2020. Om boken (på engelska)Raoul Wallenberg, the courageous Swedish financier and trade executive turned diplom

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/ny-bok-av-johan-matz - 2026-06-25

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Nina Wilén har tillsammans med Lindy Heinecken (Stellenbosch University) publicerat artikeln ”No Place Like Home? Postdeployment Reintegration Challenges Facing South African Peacekeepers” i tidskriften ”Armed Forces and Society”. Artikeln handlar om integrationssvårigheterna som fredsbevarande soldater upplever eft

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/wilen-om-utmaningar-fredsbevarare - 2026-06-25

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Catarina Kinnvall har publicerat en forumartikel “Multiplicity, Discipline and the Political” I tidskriften “New Perspectives: Interdisciplinary Journal of Central and East European Politics and International Relations” (redigerad av Benjamin Tallis). Publikationen kan du läsa på perspectives.iir.czCatarina Kinnvall

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/kinnvall-med-ny-publikation - 2026-06-25

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Kommuner, företag, föreningar och andra intressenter i Sverige får allt mindre inflytande när regeringen utformar sin EU-politik. Det visar en ny rapport från Lunds universitet som föreslår en omtolkning av grundlagen – eller till och med en grundlagsändring. EU får allt större makt och många berörs av de beslut som

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/regeringens-eu-politik-forankras-allt-samre - 2026-06-25

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Jan Teorell har tillsammans med Michael Coppedge, John Gerring, Adam Glynn, Carl Henrik Knutsen, Staffan I. Lindberg, Daniel Pemstein, Brigitte Seim, Svend-Erik Skaaning, skrivit boken ”Varieties of Democracy: Measuring Two Centuries of Political Change” (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020). “Varieties of D

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/ny-bok-om-varianter-pa-demokrati - 2026-06-25

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Stina Melander har tillsammans med Benjamin Claréus genomfört en studie för att få fram en fördjupad kunskap om Försäkringskassans låga förtroendesiffror genom att undersöka hur smärtdrabbade individer upplever mötet med myndigheten. Denna studie har nu resulterat i artikeln ”Det bräckliga förtroendet – om Försäkrin

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/hur-upplever-smartdrabbade-individer-sitt-mote-med-forsakringskassan - 2026-06-25