Published 7 April 2021 The bundle had been squeezed under the mattress in the coffin (Photo: Gunnar Menander) Bishop Peder Winstrup died in 1679, and is one of the most well-preserved human bodies from the 1600s. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden may now have solved the mystery of why a foetus was hidden in his coffin in Lund Cathedral. DNA from the bishop and the foetus, along with kinship

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/foetus-bishops-coffin-was-probably-his-grandson - 2025-07-25

Published 9 April 2021 Coal tit (Photo: Andreas Nord) Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered that bird blood produces more heat in winter, when it is colder, than in autumn. The study is published in The FASEB Journal. The secret lies in the energy factories of cells, the mitochondria. Mammals have no mitochondria in their red blood cells, but birds do, and according to the resea

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/birds-blood-functions-heating-system-winter - 2025-07-25

Published 13 May 2014 Imagine a fresh, crunchy salad that has been… frozen and defrosted? A unique method of freezing vegetables and fruit that keeps cells alive has been developed, and patented, at Lund University in Sweden. The researchers say that within a year, fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables could be available in the middle of winter. Spinach is frozen, defrosted – and remains fres

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/veggies-fruits-stay-fresh-new-freezing-method - 2025-07-25

Published 14 April 2014 Paying for a coffee or lunch by simply scanning your palm still sounds like science fiction to most of us. However, an engineering student at Lund University in Sweden has made it happen - making his the first known company in the world to install the vein scanning technique in stores and coffee shops. WATCH VIDEOFredrik Leifland got the idea for his start-up two years ago

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/buy-lunch-pay-your-hand - 2025-07-25

Published 13 March 2014 A group of engineering students at Lund University in Sweden noticed there was a rather lacklustre range of veggie burgers available in supermarkets, despite a growing demand for green products. And sure enough - too many additives, no flavour, and no texture, were common complaints they came across when they asked consumers. The food technology students didn’t stop at vege

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-create-ultimate-veggie-burger - 2025-07-25

Published 22 April 2021 Sergii Gladchuk, Anthony George, Malin Dahlgren, Christian Brueffer, Lao Saal and Yilun Chen. (Photo: Olle Dahlbäck) A small proportion of women who receive anti-estrogen treatment after breast cancer surgery have worse outcomes. This is associated with mutations in the estrogen receptor gene, according to a study from Lund University now published in JNCI Cancer Spectrum.

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/mutations-can-reduce-effect-hormonal-treatment-early-breast-cancer - 2025-07-25

Published 11 March 2014 Thylakoid, a compound hidden away in spinach and other green leaves, slows down food digestion and therefore makes us feel fuller, according to research at Lund University in Sweden. A spinach extract high in thylakoids triggered a release of satiety hormones in the intestine, the researchers found. WATCH VIDEO: “MY CRAVINGS WERE GONE FROM DAY ONE”Eating spinach isn't enoug

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/spinach-extract-curbs-appetite-sugar-cravings - 2025-07-25

Published 22 April 2021 Lars-Erik Wernersson Lars-Erik Wernersson, professor of nanoelectronics, has received an ERC Advanced Grant for the integration of new materials into the high-performance, energy-efficient transistors and circuit solutions of the future. Silicon is the current material of choice for most transistors and other components. The problem is that in certain cases these parts cons

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/erc-advanced-grant-research-ferroelectric-transistors - 2025-07-25

Published 23 April 2021 Photo: Mostphotos People with type 2 diabetes tend to have poorer muscle function than others. Now a research team at Lund University in Sweden has discovered that in type 2 diabetes, a specific gene is of great importance for the ability of muscle stem cells to create new mature muscle cells. The findings are published in Nature Communications. “In people with type 2 diabe

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/muscle-gene-linked-type-2-diabetes - 2025-07-25

Published 16 December 2013 Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer had a very shiny nose, goes the holiday classic. And now, a Lund University research team in Sweden has captured the phenomenon with a thermographic camera. The video footage was filmed at the Zoo of Nordic Animals in Sweden, the world’s largest zoo for Nordic animals.WATCH VIDEODutch and Norwegian researchers have previously discovered why

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/video-rudolphs-glowing-nose - 2025-07-25

Published 28 April 2021 A strike in Gothenburg in 1909 (Photo: Museum of Gothenburg, archives) Areas in Sweden with early access to electricity at the start of the 1900s underwent rapid change. Electrification led to more strikes, but it was not those who were threatened by the new technology who protested. Instead, it was the professional groups who had acquired a stronger negotiating position –

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/may-day-how-electricity-brought-power-strikes - 2025-07-25

Published 27 November 2013 A recently discovered HIV strain leads to significantly faster development of AIDS than currently prevalent forms, according to new research from Lund University in Sweden. Patrik Medstrand The period from infection to development of AIDS was the shortest reported among HIV-1 types, at around five years.There are over 60 different epidemic strains of HIV-1 in the world,

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-aggressive-hiv-strain-leads-faster-aids-development - 2025-07-25

Published 29 April 2021 The four subtypes (Image: Jacob Vogel) Alzheimer's disease is characterized by the abnormal accumulation and spread of the tau protein in the brain. An international study can now show how tau spreads according to four distinct patterns that lead to different symptoms with different prognoses of the affected individuals. The study was published in Nature Medicine. “In contr

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/alzheimers-disease-composed-four-distinct-subtypes - 2025-07-25

Published 3 May 2021 Lund University is organising its first ever all-faculty research conference on sustainable development. The pro-vice chancellor for research, sustainability and campus development, Per Mickwitz, and Emily Boyd, Director of Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies, are both moderating sessions at the conference which aims to highlight how research can contribute to ch

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-lund-university-can-contribute-sustainable-development - 2025-07-25

Published 16 October 2013 New research from Lund University, Sweden, has shown for the first time that chimpanzees catch yawns from humans, and that the susceptibility to contagious yawning develops gradually with age – just like it does in humans. While juvenile chimpanzees (5-8 years of age) catch human yawns, infant chimpanzees seem immune to yawn contagion. Aside from humans, cross-species yaw

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/chimpanzees-and-yawn-contagion - 2025-07-25

Published 6 May 2021 Photo: Mostphotos More people working from home does not necessarily mean less travel. On the contrary, leisure travel may increase to compensate for sedentary work in the home, according to transport researcher Lena Winslott Hiselius. This can become a challenge for public transport. There are strong indications that remote working is here to stay, at least in part and in cer

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/leisure-travel-appears-increase-alongside-working-home - 2025-07-25

Published 9 October 2013 Four researchers at Lund University have been awarded SEK 73 million in prestigious grants from the European Research Council (ERC). The grants go to research on Alzheimer’s disease, self-constructing nanoparticles, electron studies using ultrafast camera flashes, and nanowires. In the announcement of the ERC grants, Lund University topped the league among Swedish universi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/prestigious-grants-lu-researchers - 2025-07-25

Published 7 May 2021 Great reed warbler (Photo: niclasahlberg.se) Great reed warblers normally migrate by night during its month-long migration from northern Europe to Sub-Saharan Africa. However, researchers have now discovered that during the few occasions when it continues to fly during daytime, it flies at extremely high altitudes (up to 6300 meters). One possible explanation for this unexpect

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/migratory-songbirds-climb-extreme-altitudes-during-daytime - 2025-07-25

Published 7 October 2013 Archaeologists at Kalmar County museum, in collaboration with Lund University, have found what they describe as a “moment frozen in time” by a brutal massacre. “Sandby borg ring fort is also reminiscent of Pompeii in that all the bodies and houses have remained abandoned for 1,600 years after the massacre”, says project manager Dr Helena Victor at Kalmar County Museum. VID

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/archaeologists-discover-swedish-pompeii - 2025-07-25

Published 12 May 2021 Photo: Mostphotos In a new study from Lund University and the University of Gothenburg, patients were interviewed about their experiences ten years after undergoing obesity surgery. The results show that the effect on eating and weight regulation persisted, whereas other problems, such as feelings of guilt about still not being healthy enough, remained. “This is one of few fo

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/10-years-after-obesity-surgery-how-did-life-turn-out - 2025-07-25