Published 20 June 2018 Carbonised germinated grains found at Uppåkra, Sweden (Photo: Mikael Larsson) Archaeologists at Lund University in Sweden have found carbonised germinated grains showing that malt was produced for beer brewing as early as the Iron Age in the Nordic region. The findings made in Uppåkra in southern Sweden indicate a large-scale production of beer, possibly for feasting and tra

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/swedes-have-been-brewing-beer-iron-age-new-evidence-confirms - 2025-04-19

Published 20 June 2018 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 Design (FIPDes) recently received the same distinction from

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/two-joint-masters-programmes-engineering-are-labelled-success-stories - 2025-04-19

Published 21 June 2018 Bogong moth A major international study led by researchers from Lund University in Sweden has proven for the first time that certain nocturnally migrating insects can explore and navigate using the Earth’s magnetic field. Until now, the ability to steer flight using an internal magnetic compass was only known in nocturnally migrating birds. WATCH: The incredible journey of t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-insects-also-migrate-using-earths-magnetic-field - 2025-04-19

Published 25 June 2018 The study provides a clearer idea of how molecules of this type, known as ion transporters, reduce the percentage of cancer stem cells in a cell population. A team of researchers at Lund University in Sweden has developed a fluorescent variant of a molecule that inhibits cancer stem cells. Capturing images of when the molecule enters a cell has enabled the researchers, using

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/fluorescent-molecules-reveal-how-cancer-stem-cells-are-selectively-inhibited - 2025-04-19

Published 26 June 2018 Jan and Åsa Söderberg (Photo: Håkan Röjder) A prize worth SEK 1 million for outstanding and groundbreaking research, and a full day dedicated to popular science and interdisciplinary lectures in economics. This is the result of the generous donation from the Jan and Åsa Söderberg family to the School of Economics and Management at Lund University, Sweden. “For several years,

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-international-prize-lund-university-school-economics-and-management - 2025-04-19

Published 6 July 2018 Barrels used in the experiment (Photo: Gábor Horváth) Susanne Åkesson, a biologist at Lund University in Sweden, refutes the theory that zebras have striped fur to stay cool in the hot sun. That hypothesis is wrong, she and her colleagues show in a study recently published in Scientific Reports. There has been an ongoing discussion among researchers, dating back to Darwin, on

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/stripes-may-be-cool-they-dont-cool-zebras-down - 2025-04-19

Published 12 July 2018 Magnus Lindgren, District physician and researcher at the Centre for Primary Healthcare Research, Lund University/Region Skåne Heart failure is known to be more common in certain families but whether this familial transition is caused by genetic or lifestyle factors. By studying adoptees in relation to both their biological parents and adoptive parents, a new population stud

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/study-highlights-genetic-risk-heart-failure - 2025-04-19

Published 12 July 2018 Rick Kapur, John W. Semple and Johan Rebetz (Photo: Tove Smeds) Knowledge that the gastrointestinal flora affects both healthy physiological processes and various disease mechanisms has increased in recent years. A study conducted at Lund University in Sweden is now published in one of the leading haematology journals, Blood Advances, and reveals a previously unknown link be

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/gastrointestinal-flora-culprit-severe-lung-damage-after-blood-transfusion - 2025-04-19

Published 16 July 2018 Martin L Olsson (Photo: Apelöga) Ever since the blood type was discovered in 1962, no one has been able to explain why some people become Xga positive while others are Xga negative. But now, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have finally solved the mystery, and their study is being published in the scientific journal Blood. In case of a blood transfusion, it is import

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-crack-code-final-blood-group-system - 2025-04-19

Published 18 July 2018 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 research stations in the vast Arctic region. The Arctic i

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/scientists-lack-vital-knowledge-rapid-arctic-climate-change - 2025-04-19

Published 30 July 2018 Great tit (Photo: Johan Nilsson) Biologists at Lund University in Sweden have in a recent study shown that the great tit, a common European songbird, has a tremendous capacity for self-control. Up to now, such impulse control has been primarily associated with larger cognitively advanced animals with far larger brains than the great tit. According to the new results, the gre

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/great-tit-birds-have-much-impulse-control-chimpanzees - 2025-04-19

Av lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - publicerad 16 april 2024 I år arrangerades CASE-dagen på Campus Helsingborg. Foto: Lill Eriksson Runt 160 personer gästade CASE-dagen den 16 april, som i år arrangerades på Campus Helsingborg. Tema för dagen var goda levnadsvillkor för den åldrande befolkningen. Vad hoppas ni få ut av dagen?– Mer kunskap, då kan vi i PRO driva på.

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/en-dag-goda-levnadsvillkor - 2025-04-19

Av lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - publicerad 6 maj 2024 Foto: Rasmus Gerdin/Unsplash Nu börjar kanadensiska forskningsprojektet ta form, där CASE-forskarna Oskar Jonsson och Björn Slaug ska utforska hem- och närmiljöer som inte inkluderar personer med funktionsnedsättningar. Hem- och närmiljöer som tillgodoser behov hos personer med olika funktionella begränsninga

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Av lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - publicerad 8 maj 2024 Marianne Granbom, Marianne Kylberg, Susanne Iwarsson och Frida Nordeström var några av forskarna som presenterade resultat från forskningsprogrammet RELOC-AGE. Foto: Lill Eriksson Vilken betydelse har en flytt och val av boende för ett aktivt och hälsosamt åldrande? Det svarade forskarna i forskningsprogramme

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/starka-kanslor-hemmet-ger-aktivt-aldrande - 2025-04-19

Av lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - publicerad 13 maj 2024 Foto: Steven HWG/Unsplash CASE-anslutna doktoranden Carina Tordai har en fot kvar i verkligheten på jobbet som arbetsterapeut inom psykiatrin. I dagarna publicerades resultaten från hennes studie, med både väntade och förvånande resultat. – Mycket var väntat, jag arbetar deltid inom specialiserade psykiatrin

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/aldre-med-allvarlig-psykisk-sjukdom-forsummas-av-kommunerna - 2025-04-19

Av lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - publicerad 17 maj 2024 LU:s tematiska samverkansinitiativ Sociala rättigheter och boende för den åldrande befolkningen träffades en sista gång. Foto: Lill Eriksson På torsdagen samlades forskare och parter i ett av Lunds universitets 13 tematiska samverkansinitiativ, Sociala rättigheter och boende för den åldrande befolkningen, fö

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/jag-har-natt-ut-med-forskningen-till-kommunen - 2025-04-19

Av lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - publicerad 30 maj 2024 Oskar Jonsson tränar inför en forskningsturné på cykel nästa vår. Foto: Lill Eriksson Som forskare får man ibland ligga i lite extra för att nå ut med sin kunskap. Framöver lär det bli mer hårdträning på cykeln för CASE-forskaren Oskar Jonsson. Nu är det nämligen klart att han ska genomföra en 80 mil lång fö

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/laddar-80-mil-lang-forskningsturne-pa-tandemcykel - 2025-04-19

Av lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - publicerad 28 maj 2024 Doktoranden Afsaneh Taei (t.v) grillades av opponenterna Carita Håkansson (t.h) och Sofi Fristedt i ett kappaseminarium på BMC. Foto: Lill Eriksson På tisdagen presenterade CASE-doktoranden Afsaneh Taei hur långt hon kommit med sin avhandling om att åldras i utsatta bostadsområden, i ett kappaseminarium på F

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/aldre-i-utsatta-omraden-kampar-aktivt-och-tanker-inte-flytta - 2025-04-19

Av lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - publicerad 3 juni 2024 CASE-forskare är i Shanghai för kunskapsutbyte på Fudan universitets nordiska center. Foto: Susanne Iwarsson CASE-forskarna Arlind Reuter och Susanne Iwarsson var inbjudna att delta i ett expertmöte om åldersvänliga miljöer i Shanghai förra veckan. Mötet hölls på Nordic Center och arrangerades av postdoktorn

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Av lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - publicerad 19 juni 2024 Hindrar eller möjliggör omgivningen för äldre individer med olika typer av funktionsnedsättningar? Nu fördjupas ett kanadenssvensk forskningssamarbete för att lära mer om detta. Foto: Lill Eriksson Även om Sverige har kommit långt, finns det alltid mer att göra för att skapa ett mer inkluderande samhälle. D

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/de-minst-horda-ar-de-verkliga-tillganglighetsexperterna - 2025-04-19