Published 16 February 2024 "What we've made in our lab is much better than what can be found in stores today", Karolina Östbring and Jeanette Purhagen say (Photo: Hilde Skar-Olsen) Vegan food is often sidestepped due to its rubbery consistency. Food technology researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now developed a way to make vegan food more appetising by using new combinations of raw mater

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/unique-manufacturing-method-produces-more-appealing-vegan-meat - 2025-06-14

Published 23 February 2024 Lina Eklund is one of the researchers in the international team working to analyse satellite images of the destruction of Gaza. Physical geographer Lina Eklund is tracking the destruction of Gaza week by week using satellite images. Her analyses could be significant if, once the fighting between Israel and Hamas is over, questions of possible war crimes are raised at the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/destruction-gaza-monitored-space - 2025-06-14

Published 26 February 2024 Photo: Mostphotos 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 pare

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/recommendations-young-childrens-screen-time-do-more-harm-good - 2025-06-14

Published 27 February 2024 Rock formations with basalt Léa Lévy, researcher in engineering geology at Lund University, is receiving SEK 5.1 million from the Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation to investigate how much hope can be placed in capturing carbon dioxide directly from the air and storing it in the rock basalt. Can you tell us a bit about your project, what you are researching?“More

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/will-carbon-capture-stored-basalt-be-climate-savior - 2025-06-14

Published 1 March 2024 Part of the simulated universe. In the center, a galaxy is born through gas that later transforms into stars. The whole process takes billions of years but is simulated in just a few months by supercomputers (Photo: The AGORA Collaboration) Astronomers can use supercomputers to simulate the formation of galaxies from the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago to the present day. Bu

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-insights-how-galaxies-are-formed - 2025-06-14

Published 6 March 2024 Edvin Bågenholm-Ruuth At present, viscose textiles are made of biomass from the forest, and there is no such thing as fully recycled viscose. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now succeeded in making new viscose – from worn-out cotton sheets. Old textiles around the world end up at the rubbish tip and are often burned. In Sweden, they are generally burned to prod

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/completely-recycled-viscose-first-time - 2025-06-14

Published 20 March 2024 Photo: Arne Trautmann/Mostphotos Many of us know that Finland is steadily ranked as the happiest country in the world. The basis for this is the annual World Happiness Report, which is based on a simple question about happiness asked to people around the world. However, a new study led by Lund University in Sweden suggests that it makes people think more about power and wea

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/world-happiness-report-why-we-might-be-measuring-happiness-wrong - 2025-06-14

Published 26 March 2024 Marie Dacke, Mia Liinason, Heiner Linke, Martin Dribe, Tobias Uller, Vanya Darakchieva and Oksana Mont are the new Wallenberg Scholars Twelve researchers at Lund University have been appointed Wallenberg Scholars, a programme funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation that supports excellent basic research, primarily in medicine, technology and the natural sciences.

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-universitys-wallenberg-scholars-are-announced - 2025-06-14

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 25 July 2023 Senior citizens playing boule. Photo: Yvonne Åsell/SvD/SCANPIX. We usually associate ageing with a shrinking life span, sickness and death. The difficulty of imagining ourselves as old means that we go to great lengths to avoid planning for later life. Yet researchers argue that we have everything to gain

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-time-new-approach-ageing - 2025-06-13

By sanna [dot] trygg [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Sanna Trygg) - published 25 July 2023 “What are the fundamental mechanical causes of osteoarthritis? And how can we slow or reverse its progression? These are the questions asked by professors Martin Englund and Hanna Isaksson. Photo: Johan Persson. Through molecular studies of knee tissue and advanced synchrotron radiation imaging techniq

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/causes-osteoarthritis-mapped-new-biobank - 2025-06-13

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 22 June 2023 Barcelona is a vibrant hub for creative and cultural industries, boasting a thriving arts scene, renowned architecture, world-class museums, and a dynamic music and film industry. Photo: Erwan Hesry/Unsplash When Spain assumes the presidency of the European Union in July, cultural and creative in

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-leads-new-initiative-europes-cultural-and-creative-industries - 2025-06-13

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 25 July 2023 Man dances with woman. Photo: Maskot/TT. Despite a widespread and outdated view of older people, and an abundance of stereotypes, awareness of what is known as ageism is limited. A new short guide gives tips for how you can use your communication to counter discrimination against older people. The World He

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/6-ways-combat-ageism - 2025-06-13

Published 28 June 2023 Lund University has been ranked 85th in the world in the QS World University rankings, making it the top ranked comprehensive university in Sweden. QS has published university rankings annually since 2004 and the ranking is done in collaboration with Elsevier. On 27 June, QS published its latest list (Ranking 2024) in which 2,963 institutions were evaluated and 1,503 univers

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-top-100-qs-world-university-ranking - 2025-06-13

Published 29 June 2023 Photo: iStock/Scharvik 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 o

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/alarming-antibiotic-resistance-discovered-war-torn-ukraine - 2025-06-13

By marianne [dot] loor [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Marianne Loor) - published 29 June 2023 Researchers about to catch nightjars for logging. Photo: Aron Hejdström Different species of migrating bird have different genetically programmed procedures that signal when it is time to head off and when it is time to return. It may have to do with factors such as daylight, temperature, weather and the Ear

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ai-improving-understanding-migratory-birds-internal-clock-map-and-compass - 2025-06-13

Published 3 July 2023 The millimeter-sized chip on which the transistors are located. (Photo: Anton Persson) Transistors that can change properties are important elements in the development of tomorrow’s semiconductors. With standard transistors approaching the limit for how small they can be, having more functions on the same number of units becomes increasingly important in enabling the developm

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/cutting-edge-transistors-semiconductors-future - 2025-06-13

Published 3 July 2023 Photo: Tasnadi Erika/Mostphotos Gaining access to Brief Admission by self-referral reduced the need for emergency care in adolescents with severe self-harm. The method has previously been introduced for adults, and a study led by researchers from Lund University has now explored whether the method could also be used for children and young people. The results are published in

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/brief-admissions-self-referral-can-help-adolescents-self-harming-or-suicidal-behaviour - 2025-06-13

Published 4 July 2023 Image: RunwayML An international group of researchers has been studying a group of microorganisms called Asgard archaea for several years. According to the research, these unique organisms are the origin of all complex life forms that we see around us today. The first life forms that evolved on Earth were called prokaryotes – a group of single-celled organisms that include ba

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/were-all-asgardians-mysterious-microorganisms-unveiled-key-origin-complex-life - 2025-06-13

Published 6 July 2023 Photo: David Andréen The climate control used by termites in their mounds could inspire tomorrow’s climate-smart buildings. New research from Lund University in Sweden shows that future buildings inspired by the termites could achieve the same effect as traditional climate control, but with greater energy efficiency and without its carbon dioxide footprint. Termite mounds hav

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/climate-friendly-air-conditioning-inspired-termites - 2025-06-13

Published 18 July 2023 Illustration of a Lewy body (Image: istock.com/Marcin Klapczynski) Lewy body disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease. A research group from Lund University has now shown that the disease can be detected before symptoms appear, using a spinal fluid test. The studies are published in Nature Medicine, where the researchers also demo

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lewy-body-disease-can-be-detected-symptoms - 2025-06-13