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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Previous research has shown that there may be a connection between daily physical education and improved study performance. A new extensive study from Lund University in Sweden has shown the same connection, but for boys in particular. The project involved several primary school classes in which the pupils participate

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/boys-more-physical-education-school-had-better-grades - 2026-05-19

Two Lund University climate scientists, Kimberly Nicholas, who has acted as an observer at two global climate summits, and Markku Rummukainen, Sweden’s IPCC representative, talk about what comes next following the recent IPCC report. What do you view as the next steps following what was concluded in the IPCC report? Kimberly: Something the report makes absolutely clear is that to stop warming, hum

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/what-comes-next-after-ipcc-climate-change-report - 2026-05-19

Biology researchers Courtney Stairs and Sissel Sjöberg have been awarded just over SEK 15 million each in starting grants from the European Research Council, ERC. Their five-year projects will study marine interactions between microorganisms and complex migratory bird behaviour. Congratulations Courtney! Can you tell us a little bit about your project? - If we look through a microscope at a single

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/two-lund-university-biologists-awarded-erc-starting-grants - 2026-05-19

Researchers at Lund University have developed a new framework that can lead to the Öresund Link, thanks to the right maintenance at the right time and smart monitoring, having a total lifespan of 200 years. This is twice as long as envisaged when the bridge was inaugurated 25 years ago. The results come from the interdisciplinary research project EXTEND, which is led by Sebastian Thöns and Ivar Bj

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-research-lifespan-oresund-bridge-can-be-doubled - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Compared with other migratory birds, the common swift follows a very unusual pattern when it migrates from the breeding areas in Europe to its wintering locations south of the Sahara. This is what researchers have observed in a major eleven-year international study of the birds. “Our study is very significant for unde

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/rare-pattern-observed-migrating-common-swifts - 2026-05-19

Small sensors do a big job. Increasing numbers of things can now be controlled and measured, detected and regulated via small sensors on machines, in nature or in and on our bodies. These sensors gather and transmit large amounts of information via wireless communication, while requiring very little electrical power. To reduce electricity consumption, researchers must work with each tiny electroni

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/tiny-savings-big-results-energy-efficient-electronics - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. James Surmeier, professor at Northwestern University, recently visited Lund University where he gave the 2018 Segerfalk Lecture. In this interview, he talks about how technology is helping brain research to advance, about almost giving up research altogether – and the discovery that could slow the progression of Parki

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/exciting-times-brain-researchers - 2026-05-19

Accumulation of the substance amyloid beta in the brain impairs the memory and cognitive ability in people with Alzheimer’s. New findings from Lund University in Sweden show that the cause of amyloid beta pathology might be more versatile than previously known. Researchers believe that these new findings may be of significance to the development of new medications. The accumulation of the protein

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/alzheimers-more-versatile-previously-known - 2026-05-19

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 - 2026-05-19

In a study led by Lund University and the Amsterdam University Medical Center, researchers used PET to analyse aggregates of tau pathology in more than 12,000 people from all over the world. The study – the largest ever of its kind – examines the connection between genetic predisposition, gender and age in relation to tau pathology in Alzheimer’s disease. The study is published in Nature Neuroscie

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/largest-ever-taupet-study-alzheimers-deepens-understanding-disease - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The amount of gluten could be a more important clue than breast-feeding or the timing of the introduction of gluten for continued research into the causes of celiac disease (gluten intolerance). This is one of the findings from several extensive studies of children with an increased genetic risk of celiac disease cond

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-research-delimits-possible-causes-celiac-disease - 2026-05-19

Men with severely reduced fertility are at greater risk of developing other health conditions later in life. A research team from Lund University in Sweden has now shown that these men are also more likely to develop colorectal cancer and thyroid cancer. The link between male infertility and an increased risk of disease is a relatively new area of research in reproductive health. Previous studies

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/link-between-male-infertility-and-increased-risk-cancer - 2026-05-19

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/better-knowledge-needed-about-handling-nanoparticles - 2026-05-19

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 - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. When physical geographer Daniel Metcalfe explains what he does in the simplest possible way, he says he examines holes in leaves. However, the project is far more sophisticated than that, and could lead to a better way of caring for the forests of the world in the future. Daniel Metcalfe is an associate senior lecture

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/project-finds-ways-better-care-worlds-forests - 2026-05-19

Virtual reality might be the closest we can get to a time machine. For instance, it can be used to experience historical communities – such as the Iron Age city of Uppåkra in southern Sweden, according to LU researcher Mattias Wallergård. Mattias Wallergård has done research on virtual reality and its applications for the past 20 years. He works at the Virtual Reality Lab at Lund University, and b

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/vr-helps-us-experience-historical-places - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Both Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degrees at the Faculty of Engineering at Lund University have been labelled as “success stories” by the European Commission. The Master’s programme in Fire Safety Engineering (IMFSE) already received this label of quality last summer and the Master’s in Food Innovation and Product De

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/two-joint-masters-programmes-engineering-are-labelled-success-stories - 2026-05-19

So far, the way dolphins navigate, find food and socialise using sound signals has baffled researchers. Josefin Starkhammar, senior lecturer at the Division for Biomedical Engineering, together with colleagues, has now developed an algorithm which brings us closer to understanding the cetaceans’ phenomenal signalling system. In future, the new algorithm could be used to protect dolphins and to dev

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-algorithm-brings-us-closer-dolphin-communication - 2026-05-19

Francisca Skoogh, an international concert pianist, psychologist and researcher at the Malmö Academy of Music, wants to support tomorrow's trained musicians to get to know themselves better, thereby enabling them to manage stage fright. "We must dare to talk about stress in order to get past it", is her advice to music students taking the course 'The Performing Person', which examines psychologica

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/getting-butterflies-fly-formation-art-managing-performance-anxiety - 2026-05-19

Yuliya Voytenko Palgan is one of the driving spirits at the University who are doing everything they can to help Ukraine and the people who are fleeing. Since the war started, she has succeeded in helping her parents and a colleague escape the inferno of the war. Now, she and her father have met Vice-Chancellor Erik Renström and Pro Vice-Chancellor Per Mickwitz. Yuliya Voytenko Palgan is a Senior

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/yuliya-fighting-ukraine - 2026-05-19