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10 Sep 2025
Award-winning cancer researcher revolutionises diagnosis and treatment worldwide
Professor Thoas Fioretos research has been successfully transformed into innovation with a tangible impact on society and the environment.
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5 Sep 2025
Researchers pinpoint exact pace that helps nightingales on long journey
A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that migratory birds fly at peak efficiency at a medium pace – precisely the speed they use during their long journeys across the c...
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4 Sep 2025
Surprise discovery leads to treatment for common infection
Each year, one in four women suffers from bacterial vaginosis, something that is currently treated with antibiotics. However, recently a gentler, antibiotic-free alternative has be...
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4 Sep 2025
Three promising researchers awarded ERC Starting Grants
Infertility, Alzheimer’s disease and decentralised infrastructure. These are the research areas of the three researchers at Lund University who are receiving a total of SEK 50 mill...
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2 Sep 2025
New global initiative on maternal and newborn health to be led from Sweden
A new international commission will pave the way for a global boost in maternal and newborn health. The project is led by a researcher at Lund University in Sweden, whose motivatio...
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1 Sep 2025
Lund University’s largest ever international recruitment drive attracts great interest
Over 1,300 people have applied for the 25 positions advertised in Lund University’s largest ever international recruitment drive. Among the candidates are researchers from world-le...
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1 Sep 2025
Urine test can assess risk of kidney cancer recurrence
A simple urine test that can assess the risk of kidney cancer recurrence at an early stage could spare patients from frequent imaging scans, e.g. CT-scans, and thus reduce the asso...
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25 Aug 2025
Why repetitive DNA matters for human brain evolution and disease
For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as ‘junk’ and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study in Cell Genomics, researchers at Lund University in Swede...
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22 Aug 2025
Uniquely preserved artillery offers clues of European colonisation
Lund University archaeologists have revealed details of late medieval artillery from the wreck of the royal Danish-Norwegian flagship, Gribshunden. The shipwreck is the only known ...
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21 Aug 2025
Bid the 1990s fare well
Donald Trump’s trade wars have dominated the news cycle for quite some time. According to economist Fredrik NG Andersson, we risk becoming blind if we only focus on the short term....
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20 Aug 2025
Children waiting for a new heart –study shows marked improvement in survival rates and the importance of Nordic cooperation
In a new observational study, researchers at Lund University in Sweden looked at all children listed for heart transplants in the Nordic countries between 1986 and 2023. A total of...
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18 Aug 2025
Lund University welcomes this autumn’s international students
Around 1,500 students from all over the world are now arriving at Lund University. During Arrival Day they receive a warm welcome and practical help with everything from SIM cards ...
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16 Jul 2025
Ancient giant marine reptile relied on stealth while hunting in darkness
Investigation of a metre-long front flipper, uniquely preserved with fossilized soft tissues, has revealed that the giant ichthyosaur Temnodontosaurus was equipped with flow contro...
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14 Jul 2025
Two researchers receive ERC Proof of Concept grants
Carmelo D’Agostino, a researcher in traffic safety and behaviour, and stem cell researcher Paul Bourgine receive ERC Proof of Concept grants for their research into developing a ne...
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7 Jul 2025
Tiny, fatty and vital – meet the medicine courier of the future
When the Covid-19 pandemic swept across the world in 2020, the mRNA vaccines came to the rescue of many people – but in the background there was another, lesser known, hero: the li...
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2 Jul 2025
Aggressive skin cancer driven by mitochondrial processes –existing drugs offer promising treatment path
A new study led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden, reveals that melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, can in some cases be driven by mitochondrial processes, which...
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2 Jul 2025
SEK 30 million awarded for research on ultrashort laser pulses and quantum mechanics
Anne-Lise Viotti and Armin Tavakoli will each receive SEK 15 million grants as part of the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research’s investment in Future Research Leaders.
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23 Jun 2025
Gaps in vaccine information for new arrivals to Sweden during the pandemic
A new study shows that during the Covid-19 pandemic, new arrivals to Sweden were excluded from information, despite good intentions.
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19 Jun 2025
Moths use stars and Earth’s magnetic field as a compass
A groundbreaking study from Lund University in Sweden shows that the Australian Bogong moth uses the stars and the Milky Way as a compass during its annual 1,000-kilometre journey ...
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19 Jun 2025
Lund University rises in the QS Rankings 2026 – now ranked 72nd in the world
Lund University continues to rise in the QS World University Rankings 2026 and is rated number 72 in the world. That is three places higher than last year and means that Lund Unive...