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Jonas Sonnenschein (Photo: Blaž Samec) New research suggests that green growth climate mitigation policies are not sufficient for reaching the ambitious targets of the Paris Agreement, to limit global warming to well below 2°C by the end of the century. Green growth policies dominate the climate change mitigation discourse, but how much can they contribute to rapid decarbonisation? Jonas Sonnensch
Göran Jönsson and Cristian Bellodi. (Photo: Åsa Hansdotter) Almost 300,000 people worldwide develop malignant melanoma each year. The disease is the most serious form of skin cancer and the number of cases reported annually is increasing, making skin cancer one of Sweden’s most common forms of cancer. A research team at Lund University in Sweden has studied a protein that regulates a gene which is
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/protein-linked-aggressive-skin-cancer - 2025-08-25
Researchers at Lund University have contributed to creating a uniquely detailed global climate model that will increase our understanding of climate change. It is the first time that vegetation and land use, at this level of detail, are included in climate modeling within EC-Earth, a global climate and earth system model. Previous calculations have shown that vegetation and land use are important
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/unique-climate-model-includes-vegetation-developed - 2025-08-25
(Photo: Mostphotos) Opioids work against severe pain but the risks of side effects and addiction are high. In the USA alone, 26 people die every day from overdoses. Now researchers in an international collaboration have investigated how common opioid prescriptions are for osteoarthritis patients in Sweden. It emerged that every fourth patient was prescribed opioids at some point between November 2
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/high-rates-opioid-prescriptions-osteoarthritis - 2025-08-25
The crucian carp lower down has lived near predators, and is bigger (in height). Photo: Jerker Vinterstare Predators are not only a deadly threat to many animals, they also affect potential prey negatively simply by being nearby. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have studied what happens to the prey’s immune system when they are forced to expend a large amount of their energy on avoiding b
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/fear-predators-increases-risk-illness - 2025-08-25
Niklas Mattsson There are currently no drugs that stop or inhibit Alzheimer's disease. Despite drug trials showing plaque reduction in the brain, the patients' cognitive function did not improve. Would the results be different if it were possible to design studies that intervene much earlier on in the disease, before cognition is affected? This is what an international study, led by Lund Universit
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/larger-drug-trials-intervene-earlier-needed-alzheimers-disease - 2025-08-25
(Photo: Mostphotos) Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have investigated the link between osteoarthritis and mortality in an epidemiological study. It was shown that the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease was higher for people with osteoarthritis than for the rest of the population. Using population registers, the researchers studied approximately 469 000 people living in Skåne, Swede
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/osteoarthritis-linked-higher-risk-dying-cardiovascular-disease - 2025-08-25
More than half of our genome consists of transposons, DNA sequences that are reminiscent of ancient, extinct viruses. Transposons are normally silenced by a process known as DNA methylation, but their activation can lead to serious diseases. Very little is known about transposons but researchers in an international collaboration project have now succeeded for the first time in studying what happen
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/study-sheds-light-darker-parts-our-genetic-heritage - 2025-08-25
Photo: Mostphotos An extensive study has confirmed that the risk of developing coeliac disease is connected to the amount of gluten children consume. The new study is observational and therefore does not prove causation; however, it is the most comprehensive of its kind to date. The results are presented in the prestigious journal JAMA. In total, 6 600 children at increased risk of developing coel
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/association-between-coeliac-disease-risk-and-gluten-intake-confirmed - 2025-08-25
Fossil crane-fly from the 54-million-year-old Fur Formation of Denmark (overall width of specimen is about 50 mm). Note distinct compound eyes preserved as dark stains. (Photo: René Lyng Sylvestersen) Eumelanin – a natural pigment found for instance in human eyes – has, for the first time, been identified in the fossilized compound eyes of 54-million-year-old crane-flies. It was previously assumed
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/composition-fossil-insect-eyes-surprises-researchers - 2025-08-25
The Lund University School of Economics and Management has been accredited for five years by both EQUIS and AMBA, placing the school in the top 1 per cent of business schools globally that hold both accreditations. “This really shows the competitive strength of the school. Being accredited by both EQUIS and AMBA demonstrates our international prominence”, say John Abrahamson, Chair of the faculty
Filipe Pereira, research team leader and Molecular Medicine Fellow at the Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM), Lund University. (Photo: Kennet Ruona) The first evidence was recently presented demonstrating how the immune system can be controlled by directly reprogramming connective tissue cells into immune cells. The discovery provides the opportunity to develop an entirely new strateg
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/research-project-develop-innovative-strategy-cancer-therapy - 2025-08-25
The water in the glasses comes from natural waters within a distance of 35 kilometers in the county of Jönköping, southern Sweden. (Photo: Stefan Löfgren) Over the past 50 years, the water in lakes and watercourses has turned increasingly brown. The so-called browning has a negative impact on both drinking water production and ecosystems. If nothing is done, the water is likely to turn even browne
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-changes-land-use-could-reduce-browning-lakes - 2025-08-25
Photo: Mikael Risedal Researchers from Sweden, Germany, Brazil and the USA have developed a financial mechanism to support the protection of the world’s natural heritage. In a recent study, they developed three different design options for an intergovernmental biodiversity financing mechanism. Asking what would happen if money was given to countries for providing protected areas, they simulated wh
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/what-if-we-paid-countries-protect-biodiversity - 2025-08-25
Mikkel Brygdegaard, Nancy Bocken, Per Augustsson and Andreas Ehn Ultrasound that detects rare cells in a drop of blood. Business models for a circular economy. Laser technology that can film at almost the speed of light, and another that can map insects from several kilometres away. Four promising researchers from Lund University have been awarded starting grants from the European Research Council
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/four-lund-university-researchers-awarded-erc-starting-grants - 2025-08-25
For three weeks the royal warship Gribshunden (1495) has been excavated on the seabed of the Baltic Sea off the coast of southern Sweden. Among others things, a very early firearm - one of the earliest to be found on a ship anywhere in the world - as well as a beautifully formed drinking tankard, with a crown-like engraving, have been found. Gribshunden is considered the world’s best-preserved shi
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/spectacular-discoveries-during-excavation-unique-flagship-gribshunden - 2025-08-25
Kinga Gawlik, researcher at the Dep. of Experimental Medical Science. Photo: Agata Garpenlind A new technology has brought researchers one step closer to a future cure for Congenital Muscular Dystrophy type1A, a devastating muscle disease that affects children. The new findings are based on research by Kinga Gawlik at Lund University, Department of Experimental Medical Science, and were recently p
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/reversing-muscle-dystrophy - 2025-08-25
Photo: Kennet Ruona Lund University has climbed from #98 to #96 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020, once again securing a place among the top 100 universities in the world. The ranking includes almost 1,400 universities across 92 countries, placing Lund University in the top 0,4% of the universities included.THE uses 13 performance indicators that are grouped into five ar
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-world-top-100-ranking - 2025-08-25
“It is extremely momentous for me to be awarded the prize and it’s flattering not least because many significant researchers at the faculty have won the prize previously”, says Johan Malmström, this year’s winner of the Fernström Prize This year’s Fernström Prize for young, particularly promising and successful researchers at Lund University is awarded to Professor Johan Malmström. He wins the awa
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lunds-fernstrom-prize-research-interaction-proteins - 2025-08-25
Illustration: Don Davis An international study led by researchers from Lund University in Sweden has found that a collision in the asteroid belt 470 million years ago created drastic changes to life on Earth. The breakup of a major asteroid filled the entire inner solar system with enormous amounts of dust leading to a unique ice age and, subsequently, to higher levels of biodiversity. The unexpec
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/gigantic-asteroid-collision-boosted-biodiversity-earth - 2025-08-25
