Published 8 May 2017 Photo: Stig-Åke Jönsson/MalmöBild Previous research has demonstrated that saturated fat is more fattening and less muscle building than polyunsaturated fats. A new study shows that the choice of fat causes epigenetic changes which in turn could contribute to differences in fat storage. The so-called “muffin study” received a lot of attention when it was published in 2014. In t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-findings-may-explain-advantages-polyunsaturated-fat - 2025-04-25

Published 12 May 2017 Photo: Johan Persson A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that the behaviour of stem cells in plants and animals is surprisingly similar. The researchers were able to produce mathematical equations that reveal very small differences in the behaviour of the proteins. The results can hopefully be used in stem cell research involving humans. “The plant and animal kin

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/stem-cells-plants-and-animals-behave-surprisingly-similarly-study - 2025-04-25

Published 14 May 2017 Global Swede 2017 recipient Rajeshwari Yogi with Ann Linde, the Swedish Minister for EU Affairs and Trade Congratulations to Rajeshwari Yogi, a student in the Master’s in Wireless Communications at Lund University, who was awarded the title Global Swede at a ceremony at the Swedish Institute last week. Rajeshwari Yogi, from India, is one of 22 international students in Sweden

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lu-student-named-global-swede-2017 - 2025-04-25

Published 18 May 2017 Photo: Atticus Pinzón-Rodríguez Not only migratory birds use a built-in magnetic compass to navigate correctly. A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that non-migratory birds also are able to use a built-in compass to orient themselves using the Earth’s magnetic field. The researchers behind the current study have received help from a group of zebra finches to stud

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/even-non-migratory-birds-use-magnetic-compass - 2025-04-25

Published 23 May 2017 The illustration shows sheets of perovskite, side view. The coloured pattern represents perovskite and the grey lines symbolise the water-repelling surfaces. Researchers from Lund University in Sweden and from Fudan University in China have successfully designed a new structural organization using the promising solar cell material perovskite. The study shows that solar cells

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/solar-cells-more-efficient-thanks-new-material-standing-edge - 2025-04-25

Published 24 May 2017 Anders Arborelius (Photo: Per Englund) “I was somewhat shocked when I received the message”, says Bishop Anders Arborelius who, in addition to his degree in theology from Rome, has a Master’s degree in modern languages from Lund University. His studies in Lund have enabled him to translate books and give sermons in other languages as a priest and a bishop. What did you gain f

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-alumnus-anders-arborelius-become-swedens-first-cardinal - 2025-04-25

Published 24 May 2017 Therése Geber-Bergstrand (Photo: Björn Martinsson) In accidents or terror attacks which are suspected to involve radioactive substances, it can be difficult to determine whether people nearby have been exposed to radiation. But by analysing mobile phones and other objects which come in close contact with the body, it is possible to retrieve important information on radiation

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/your-mobile-phone-can-reveal-whether-you-have-been-exposed-radiation - 2025-04-25

Published 29 May 2017 Photo: Bengt Hansson, Qinyang Li, Lukas Schärer There are significant gaps in our knowledge on the evolution of sex, according to a research review on sex chromosomes from Lund University in Sweden. Even after more than a century of study, researchers do not know enough about the evolution of sex chromosomes to understand how males and females emerge. Greater focus on ecologi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/knowledge-gap-origin-sex - 2025-04-25

Published 29 May 2017 Photo: Maria Lindh Individual neurons can learn not only single responses to a particular signal, but also a series of reactions at precisely timed intervals. This is what emerges from a study at Lund University in Sweden. “It is like striking a piano key with a finger not just once, but as a programmed series of several keystrokes”, says neurophysiology researcher Germund He

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/neurons-can-learn-temporal-patterns - 2025-04-25

Published 29 May 2017 Malin Lindstedt (Photo: Charlotte Carlberg-Bärg) Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a method which determines not only whether a chemical or substance is allergenic, but also how strong its potential for causing hypersensitivity is. This will aid in the establishment of so-called threshold values – or how much of a substance is safe to use in a product. U

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-test-method-aims-predict-allergenic-potency-chemicals - 2025-04-25

Published 1 June 2017 Emma Sparr (Photo: Gunnar Menander) Cholesterol, a naturally occurring compound at the lung surface, has been shown to have a clear effect on the properties of this nanoscale film that covers the inside of our lungs. Cholesterol levels in this system may affect the lung’s function, according to researchers at Lund University in Sweden who have published a new study on the sig

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/cholesterol-key-player-lung-surface - 2025-04-25

Published 2 June 2017 IT IS HIGH TIME that we start thinking about how we define life, according to a group of Lund University researchers. An army of intelligent robots is growing in front of us, but also opportunities to alter people’s DNA, create super babies and, perhaps, to encounter life in space.“Human beings have always dreamed of playing God. With the help of new technology, we are able t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/designer-babies-and-intelligent-robots-how-new-life-challenging-humankind - 2025-04-25

Published 13 June 2017 Albert Salehi (Photo: Sara Liedholm) There has been no known link between diabetes and vitamin A – until now. A new study suggests that the vitamin improves the insulin producing β-cell´s function. The researchers initially discovered that insulin-producing beta-cells contain a large quantity of a cell surface receptor for vitamin A.“There are no unnecessary surface receptor

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Published 13 June 2017 Equipment used to study the silver nanoclusters. Photo: Marcelo Alcocer Researchers have now managed to pinpoint what happens when light is absorbed by extremely small nanoclusters of silver atoms. The results may have useful application in the development of biosensors and in imaging. By combining chemistry and nanotechnology, the research community in recent years has deve

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/silver-atom-nanoclusters-could-become-efficient-biosensors - 2025-04-25

Published 15 June 2017 Researchers have identified an antioxidant – richly occurring in broccoli – as a new antidiabetic substance. A patient study shows significantly lower blood sugar levels in participants who ate broccoli extract with high levels of sulforaphane. “There are strong indications that this can become a valuable supplement to existing medication,” says Anders Rosengren, Docent in M

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/broccoli-focus-when-new-substance-against-diabetes-has-been-identified - 2025-04-25

Published 21 June 2017 Photo: August Thomasson Biologists at Lund University, together with their colleagues from Portugal and the UK, have now proven that the endangered São Tomé grosbeak is the world’s largest canary – 50 per cent larger than the runner-up. The São Tomé grosbeak is one of the rarest birds in the world and can only be found on the island of São Tomé in the West African Gulf of Gu

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/worlds-largest-canary - 2025-04-25

Published 26 June 2017 Photo: Kennet Ruona Important pieces of the puzzle to understand what drives diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s are still missing today. One crucial obstacle for researchers is that it is impossible to examine a living brain cell in someone who is affected by the disease. With the help of a new method for cell conversion, researchers at Lund University in Sweden ha

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/large-scale-production-living-brain-cells-enables-entirely-new-research - 2025-04-25

Published 26 June 2017 Minchao Wu The ongoing deforestation around the fringes of the Amazon may have serious consequences for the untouched deeper parts of the rainforest. A new research study shows that it is not only the climate that is adversely affected by deforestation. In fact, the very stability of the ecosystem in the entire Amazon region is altered when deforestation takes place in the o

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/deforestation-amazon-basin-could-disrupt-distant-rainforest-remote-climate-connection - 2025-04-25

Published 29 June 2017 Dan-Anders Jirenhed and Anders Rasmussen Almost everything we do – walking, talking, or drinking coffee – is completely dependent on accurate timing when activating many muscles at once. The prevailing theory has been that the exact timing of this type of movement is not voluntarily controlled, and the timing has therefore been assumed to be fully automated when learning mov

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/surprisingly-exact-timing-voluntary-movements - 2025-04-25

Published 30 June 2017 Photo: Michelle Wille An influenza infection in birds gives a good protection against other subtypes of the virus, like a natural vaccination, according to a new study. Water birds, in particular mallards, are often carriers of low-pathogenic influenza A virus. Researchers previously believed that birds infected by one variant of the virus could not benefit from it by buildi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/birds-become-immune-influenza - 2025-04-25