Published 17 January 2019 Human models used in the experiment (Photo: Gabor Horvath) A study by researchers from Sweden and Hungary shows that white, painted stripes on the body protect skin from insect bites. It is the first time researchers have successfully shown that body-painting has this effect. Among indigenous peoples who wear body-paint, the markings thus provide a certain protection agai

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/body-painting-protects-against-bloodsucking-insects - 2025-05-03

Published 22 January 2019 The image to the right was taken with the specially designed camera (Photo: Cynthia Tedore) Using a specially designed camera, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have succeeded for the first time in recreating how birds see colours in their surroundings. The study reveals that birds see a very different reality compared to what we see. Human colour vision is based o

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/unique-camera-enables-researchers-see-world-way-birds-do - 2025-05-03

By Pia [dot] romare [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Pia Romare) - published 23 August 2018 “We must understand the ageing process itself in order to help people with conditions such as Alzheimer’s and dementia, and to possibly enable us to prevent these diseases from arising”, says Henrik Ahlenius of the Stem Cell Centre at Lund University. His aim is to develop an experimental model for human nerve c

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-do-dementia-diseases-affect-our-brains - 2025-05-03

By Pia [dot] romare [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Pia Romare) - published 23 August 2018 Our health in later life is shaped not only by the way we live, what our childhood was like or our time in our mothers’ wombs. Even our parents’ health and lifestyle at the time of our conception may affect our health. Peter M Nilsson, professor of clinical cardiovascular research at Lund University, is calling

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/live-healthily-sake-your-future-children - 2025-05-03

By catrin [dot] jakobsson [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Catrin Jakobsson) - published 23 August 2018 Parkinson’s disease, a condition whose complications worsen as the years go by, can mean that getting older becomes particularly challenging. How can life be made easier for these individuals, so that they can continue to be active and participate in society? This is the aim of a multi-year study tha

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/living-parkinsons-challenge-everyday-life - 2025-05-03

By bodil [dot] malmstrom [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Bodil Malmström) - published 23 August 2018 Even though childhood cancer is rare, it affects around 350 children and adolescents under the age of 18 each year in Sweden. That is almost one child every day. Due to improved treatment, 80 per cent of these children survive their cancer. Why do children develop cancer? That mystery has yet to be sol

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/high-survival-rate-after-childhood-cancer-what-cost - 2025-05-03

By Pia [dot] romare [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Pia Romare) - published 23 February 2018 Lao Saal wants to understand the special aberrations that occur in our genetic material, that causes and promotes different types of cancer. Lao Saal has a mission; to make it possible to – just by testing a blood sample – reveal, not only if you have cancer, but also which therapies may be most effective, and

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/service-cancer-patients - 2025-05-03

By catrin [dot] jakobsson [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Catrin Jakobsson) - published 23 February 2018 In the major population survey, Malmö Offspring Study, researchers are trying to discover how our intestinal flora is affected by diet and the consequences this has on health. “We have about one and a half kilos of bacteria in our intestines”, says Louise Brunkwall – doctoral student in the researc

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/bacteria-important-gut-feeling - 2025-05-03

Published 23 February 2018 Birgitta Svenningsson and Paul Miller with their collegues at MERGE combine experimental data from local-level studies with advanced ESMs, thereby improving the ability to predict the climate for larger areas in the next 100 years. The climate issue is one of the biggest global societal challenges of our time. Research on where the climate is heading is an important part

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/climate-models-point-way-towards-future - 2025-05-03

By Pia [dot] romare [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Pia Romare) - published 23 February 2018 The robot at the hospital somewhere in Sweden is connected and ready to operate. The surgeon, who is in another country, controls the advanced surgery. This is the future: wireless surgery via the internet. But will we be able to trust the speed and security of this wireless connection through the cloud?It sho

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/fast-and-secure-computer-power-when-needed - 2025-05-03

By Pia [dot] romare [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Pia Romare) - published 23 August 2018 We were all small, newborn infants once. But some of us were perhaps too small as newborns? A child that is born “small for gestational age” means that they have not grown according to their normal curve during the foetal period. By studying the group of small newborns in epidemiological, or register, studies, r

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/even-sprat-can-thrive-being-born-small-gestational-age - 2025-05-03

Published 23 February 2018 Refugee camp in the Beqaa, with Mashaal Hamoud and Doha Adi (Sawa) and Helen Avery, MECW. When war is over it is crucial to make the right infrastructure decisions to avoid future conflicts and social tensions. At MECW the research project “Infrastructure choices in post-conflict situations: Opportunities for sustainability and resilience?” looks into the rebuilding proc

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/learning-past-looking-towards-future-mending-societies-after-fighting-stops - 2025-05-03

By Pia [dot] romare [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Pia Romare) - published 23 February 2018 The CT-scanned feather details (left) need to be converted to a complete 3D model of the feather (right) in order to develop numerical tools to realise a geometric model of the feather. This model in turn will be the basis for the development of a highly Birds are masters of flight and can even outperform airc

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/making-aircraft-wing-feather - 2025-05-03

By catrin [dot] jakobsson [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Catrin Jakobsson) - published 23 February 2018 Photo: Shutterstock Variations and changes in the genetic code in our cells are of great significance for many of the most widespread diseases. In recent years, researchers have made important progress in finding new ways to correct the genes that are causing problems. They have developed a techniq

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-gene-technique-inspired-bacterias-immune-defence - 2025-05-03

By Pia [dot] romare [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Pia Romare) - published 23 February 2018 Faster, more efficient, thinner, more energy-saving! These are some of the watchwords used in the development of better mobiles, solar cells and LED lighting. The common denominator for improving transistors in electronics or lighting diodes are ultra-small semi-conductors known as nanowires. Using a new “supe

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-technology-shows-how-nanowires-are-born - 2025-05-03

By Pia [dot] romare [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Pia Romare) - published 23 February 2018 Mike Olsson is developing the right tools for materials that are difficult to process, such as: pure copper, tungsten, niobium, tantalum and molybdenum. Photo: Kennet Ruona If you use your tools correctly, they last longer and you will not have to throw them out and buy new ones. Many of us agree with this sus

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/optimisation-tools - 2025-05-03

By Sara [dot] Liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - published 23 February 2018 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 La

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/gold-diabetes-researchers - 2025-05-03

By Sara [dot] Liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - published 23 August 2018 Bo Hansson was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes when he was 64. His elevated blood sugar was discovered during a routine visit to the Occupational Health Service. A mapping conducted at Lund University shows that 40 per cent of all adults that has the disease got it at an average age of 67. Bo Hansson receiv

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/risk-type-2-diabetes-increases-age - 2025-05-03

Published 23 August 2018 MERGE research team has studied drill cores up to three kilometres deep taken from the Greenland ice sheet. Photo: NEEM gallery A three-kilometre-long cylinder of ice sheds light on what the climate was like one hundred thousand years ago. The ice contains traces of periods of higher or lower temperatures on Earth, but also of whether there were violent volcanic eruptions

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/tracing-climate-back-100-000-years-greenland - 2025-05-03

By bodil [dot] malmstrom [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Bodil Malmström) - published 23 August 2018 I-Ju Chen, Yang Chen and Xulu Zeng are all on the track to find better ways of harvesting sunlight using solar cells made of nanowires. Photo: Kennet Ruona Increased use of solar cells in the future requires higher efficiency and lower production costs. Innovative research from the interdisciplinary ce

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/sunhunters-knowledge-collect-light - 2025-05-03