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ERC grant for research on unusual quantum state
17 October 2019
Martin Leijnse, researcher in solid state physics at Lund University in Sweden, has received a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) synergy...
The moon determines when migratory birds head south
16 October 2019
A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that the presence or absence of moonlight has a considerable bearing on when migratory birds take...
What does the future of plastic look like?
14 October 2019
Plastic waste is a growing problem around the world, despite efforts to recycle or reduce plastic use. In order to really transform the recycling...
Researchers from Lund receive prize for publication of the year
10 October 2019
Lund researchers Anna Sundlöv and Katarina Sjögreen-Gleisner have developed a method to personalise treatment using a newly approved radioactive...
Intriguing discovery provides new insights into photoelectric effect
1 October 2019
The discovery that free electrons can move asymmetrically provides a deeper understanding of one of the basic processes in physics: the photoelectric...
Link between assisted reproduction and risk for prostate cancer
26 September 2019
In a new national register study from Lund University in Sweden, researchers have studied the link between prostate cancer and infertility. The study...
Aerosols from coniferous forests no longer cool the climate as much
25 September 2019
Emissions of greenhouse gases have a warming effect on the climate, whereas small airborne particles in the atmosphere, aerosols, act as a cooling...
Prestigious prize goes to pioneer of bioinformatics
23 September 2019
Professor Søren Brunak from Copenhagen has been awarded the grand Nordic Prize for 2019 by the Eric K. Fernström Foundation. It is one of the largest...
Fewer lymph node operations for breast cancer patients with new prediction models
20 September 2019
In recently published studies, researchers at Lund University and Skåne University Hospital in Sweden have produced new prediction models for...
Gigantic asteroid collision boosted biodiversity on Earth
18 September 2019
An international study led by researchers from Lund University in Sweden has found that a collision in the asteroid belt 470 million years ago...
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