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The lab that will take us closer to the aviation fuel of the future has now opened. The Jet Engine Lab at Lund University makes it possible to conduct full-scale studies on how engines are affected by new fuels – knowledge that will become increasingly important when fossil-based aviation fuels are phased out and replaced by more sustainable alternatives. The Jet Engine Lab is at LU's School of Av

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-aviation-fuel-lab-opened - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Arctic climate change research relies on field measurements and samples that are too scarce, and patchy at best, according to a comprehensive review study from Lund University in Sweden. The researchers looked at thousands of scientific studies, and found that around 30% of cited studies were clustered around only two

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/scientists-lack-vital-knowledge-rapid-arctic-climate-change - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Sea urchins lack eyes, but can see with their tentacle-like tube feet instead, previous research has indicated. Now, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have tested their vision in a new study, and shown that while sea urchins have fairly low resolution vision - it is good enough to fulfil their basic needs. “Sea

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/sea-urchins-see-their-feet - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. It’s a known fact that cells can move around the body, but how they do it has been unknown – until now. Researcher in Infection Medicine Pontus Nordenfelt at Lund University in Sweden has managed to describe and visualise cell migration on a molecular level. In time, this could become significant in the treatment of i

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-cells-move - 2026-05-29

There are currently a large number of newcomers in Sweden from countries such as Syria, Iraq and the Ukraine that hold highly interesting academic degrees. To benefit from their expertise, Lund University in cooperation with Folkuniversitetet are offering the programme Korta vägen (“The shortcut”) – a project funded by the Swedish Public Employment Service. On 8 September, some 80 academic newcome

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/shortcut-academics-international-degree - 2026-05-29

Many claim that people too easily anthropomorphise animal behaviour. But what’s the story regarding laughter – is it something unique to humans? Cognitive scientist Peter Gärdenfors explains why we often overlook the laughter of a parrot and why slapstick is a type of humour appreciated by both humans and animals. ”Aristotle thought that it was only humans who laugh, but he was wrong,” says Peter

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/can-animals-laugh - 2026-05-27

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 example of its kind from the medieval period – as both ship and weapons are nearly identical to those of the early Spanish and Portuguese explorers. The new study tells the story of how early modern maritime adventurers

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/uniquely-preserved-artillery-offers-clues-european-colonisation - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. It has been established that not all cancer cells are equally aggressive – most can be neutralised with radiation and chemotherapy. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now discovered that some cancer cells can accumulate fat droplets, which appear to make them more aggressive and increase their ability to sp

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/cancer-cells-become-more-aggressive-fat-storage - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Today, transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) is the leading cause of death following a blood transfusion. So far, it has not been treatable, but a researcher at Lund University in Sweden, Rick Kapur, has now discovered that an anti-inflammatory drug cures the disease in mice. For his achievement, he is awarded

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/breakthrough-dangerous-blood-transfusion-related-disease - 2026-05-29

What happens when we get out of the driver's seat and our vehicles become autonomous? Mathematician Viktor Larsson is developing methods to enable cars and drones to see their surroundings. This is his insight into the self-driving present and future. Cameras, satnav, laser, radar and sensors. To earn the prefix ‘self-driving’, or ‘autonomous’, vehicles need a range of technologies capable of both

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/road-self-driving-future - 2026-05-27

For six months, artist Jennifer Rainsford will be exploring MAX IV – one of the world’s largest research laboratories for synchrotron light. Inside the ring-shaped MAX IV building on the outskirts of Lund, extremely intense X-ray light known as synchrotron light is produced. The light, which is not visible to the naked eye, is used by researchers from around the globe to study materials, molecules

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/artist-takes-residency-max-iv - 2026-05-27

LU researchers Lea Fünfschilling and Carmelo D’Agostino have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant each, for their research on innovation and knowledge dynamics and automated vehicles respectively. The ERC Starting Grant is aimed at researchers in the early stages of their career, and scientific excellence is the only selection criterion. This year, more than 4,000 researchers in Europe applied for t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/two-lu-researchers-receive-erc-starting-grants - 2026-05-29

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 by looking at life as a journey where preparations for the future provide opportunities for living a full life – until it really is over. We are all aware th

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-time-new-approach-ageing - 2026-05-27

The HLF gene is necessary for maintaining our blood stem cells in a resting state, which is crucial for ensuring normal blood production. This has been shown by a new research study from Lund University in Sweden published in Cell Reports. “The study confirms several previous studies that show the HLF gene’s significance in blood formation”, says Mattias Magnusson who led the new study. The result

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/hlf-gene-protects-blood-stem-cells-maintaining-them-resting-state - 2026-05-29

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered that sugar beets produce haemoglobin. They now hope that this haemoglobin could serve as a blood substitute – a substance that is currently in short supply.   Watch on YouTube: How to produce haemoglobin from sugar beets “Previously, it has been presumed that certain plants produce this iron protein only when stressed, such as in drought or

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/sugar-beets-could-become-blood-substitute - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Together with his research team, Lars-Erik Wernersson, professor of nanoelectronics at Lund University in Sweden, has developed a technology for smarter transistors which could be used in electronics that operate on low energy, such as sensors for the Internet of Things. Using the new transistors on a large scale coul

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/smarter-transistors-could-be-three-times-more-energy-efficient - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new study from Lund University in Sweden has, for the first time, reconstructed solar activity during the last ice age. The study shows that the regional climate is influenced by the sun and offers opportunities to better predict future climate conditions in certain regions. For the first time, a research team has b

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/suns-activity-influences-natural-climate-change - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Harvard professor Nathan Nunn, creative economist, is the 2020 recipient of the Jan Söderberg Family Prize in Economics and Management. Professor Nunn will receive the Prize on SEK 1 million in Lund, Sweden, and give a lecture on his research on 25 March. Experimental economics and development economics are hot topics

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/prize-pioneering-knowledge-africas-development - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers have long sought treatments that can slow the progression of Parkinson's disease. Current treatments have for decades been only symptomatic in nature, supplying the neurotransmitter dopamine, which the dying nerve cells can no longer produce. Results from a recent clinical study offer hope that future ther

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-growth-factor-indicates-possible-regenerative-effects-parkinsons-disease - 2026-05-29

It takes a long time, up to several decades, before the benefits of organic farming take full effect on land that was previously cultivated conventionally, a new study from Lund University suggests. After thirty years, the plant species richness around the cultivated crop had doubled on organic farms compared to conventional farms. It is well known that organic farming benefits biodiversity and ca

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/organic-farms-had-doubled-plant-diversity-only-over-time - 2026-05-27