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Apokalyptiska föreställningar är lika gammalt som människan själv. Så varför dras vi till berättelser om alltings ändlighet? En grupp forskare försöker förstå frågan. – Faktum är att vi alltid har varit lika nära eller lika långt ifrån en apokalyps, om vi med det menar en global katastrof som utraderar eller radikalt förändrar livet. Tanken på att det mänskliga livet är bräckligt och kan få ett ab
https://www.lu.se/artikel/ar-apokalypsen-nara - 2026-06-04
Vilka framgångsfaktorer finns bakom lyckat teamwork? Vad är det som gör att en ny kreativ idé slår igenom? Och hur kan företag jobba med öppen innovation tillsammans med andra för att skapa värde? Det är några frågor som Berlinprofessorn Linus Dahlander söker svaret på. Den 11 maj besöker han Lund som 2022 års mottagare av Familjen Jan Söderbergs pris i ekonomi. Innovation, entreprenörskap och idé
https://www.lu.se/artikel/lagom-sjalvbestammande-pa-jobbet-ar-bast-visar-forskning-av-arets-mottagare-av-familjen-jan - 2026-06-04
Researchers at Lund University, together with colleagues at the NIST Synchrotron Facility in the USA, have mapped on an atomic level what happens in a virus particle when the temperature is raised. “When the temperature rises, the virus’s genetic material changes its form and density, becoming more fluid-like, which leads to its rapid injection into the cell,” says Alex Evilevitch who led the stud
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/temperature-increase-triggers-viral-infection - 2026-06-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Professor Stina Oredsson and the owner of the women’s underwear store Kvinnligt under, Carolina Le Prince, have together created a calendar of partially nude women. This unusual way to raise money for cancer research resulted in SEK 235,000. Stina Oredsson (right) receives the collected money from Carolina Le Prince (
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/calendar-girls-promote-cancer-research - 2026-06-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Swedish nature is teeming with wild edible plants. Some taste good, others don’t. A group of biologists from 11 different countries got to learn which plants are edible, and what they taste like, when the department’s SACT (Scientific Activities) group organised a herbal excursion to Abusa Valley outside Södra Sandby
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/biologists-feasting-spring-abusa-valley - 2026-06-03
Have you made adjustments to your garden to make it more welcoming for pollinators? If so, you have probably made a valuable contribution, according to a new study from Lund University. The researchers evaluated the national ‘Operation: Save the Bees’ campaign, and their results indicate that what private individuals do in their gardens really can make a positive difference. The fact that pollinat
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/what-you-do-your-garden-help-pollinators-works - 2026-06-03
Have you made adjustments to your garden to make it more welcoming for pollinators? If so, you have probably made a valuable contribution, according to a new study from Lund University. The researchers evaluated the national ‘Operation: Save the Bees’ campaign, and their results indicate that what private individuals do in their gardens really can make a positive difference. The fact that pollinat
https://www.science.lu.se/article/what-you-do-your-garden-help-pollinators-works - 2026-06-03
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Det finns en mängd faktorer som ökar risken att drabbas av åderförkalkning och därmed också hjärtinfarkt och stroke. En del kan man själv påverka och behandla - exempelvis höga blodfetter, högt blodtryck eller rökning – medan andra är förutbestämda – som ålder och kön. Till den senare kategorin hör också ärftlighet.
https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/riskgener-hjartsjukdom-och-svar-pa-behandling - 2026-06-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The greatest threat to biodiversity today is different species losing their habitats. To reverse this trend will require action on many societal levels, and there are simple things you can do in your own garden to help, according to Lund University researchers Anna Persson and Caroline Isaksson. In many countries, fac
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/gardening-tips-five-easy-ways-contribute-biodiversity - 2026-06-03
Deadline for application is noon on Friday 10 October 2025. InvitationeSSENCE@LU now invites proposals for new projects. Applicants may request 2 years of funding, starting 1 January 2026. We anticipate being able to fund at least five grants with a maximum of 600 kSEK/year (including overhead). The funding could be used, for example, for part-financing a PhD student or a postdoc in Lund.The resea
https://www.compile.lu.se/article/essencelu-call-proposals-autumn-2025 - 2026-06-03
We would like to invite you to the 17th annual conference of the Nordic Association for the Study of Contemporary Japanese Society (NAJS), which will be held at, the European Institute of Japanese Studies, Stockholm School of Economics, 15-16 June 2023. For our 2023 Stockholm conference we invite paper proposals on topics related to modern and contemporary Japanese society, including economy and b
https://www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/article/call-papers-17th-najs-conference-15-16-june-2023 - 2026-06-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC) now announces funding for one doctoral studentship, where the doctoral student is admitted to the PhD programme in Environmental Science at the Faculty of Science, and is enrolled in the Agenda 2030 graduate school. The Centre for Environmental and Climate Science
To address the lack of evidence regarding the links between housing, relocations, and health along the process of ageing, CASE-researchers for the first time linked comprehensive person and housing data available from population registers in Sweden. Associate Professor Giedre Gefenaite, affiliated with CASE and the profile area Proactive ageing, recently published a cohort profile paper on this, t
https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/first-comprehensive-personal-and-housing-data-sweden - 2026-06-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Tuesday September 11 at 4-5:30 pm at Gamla Kirurgen R236 Dr. Martin J. Bayly will give a talk entitled "Taming the Imperial Imagination: How the British Came to Know Afghanistan and Why it Matters" Abstract of the talk:Colonial knowledge played a key role in shaping the practices of colonial rule in South Asia and
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/lecture-british-colonial-administrators-afghanistan - 2026-06-03
Research Data in Transition: Infrastructure and Support at Lund University. An event that introduces the new Research Data Office (RDO), the growing network of data stewards, and the strategic initiatives at LU to help researchers meet these demands with confidence. Lund University is currently strengthening its support for research data management through the new Research Data Office (RDO) and a
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-escience-hub-30-october-data-management-solutions-lund-university - 2026-06-04
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Zaal Kokaia, professor of neurology at the Department of Clinical Sciences in Lund and former chairman of Lund Stem Cell Center, is this year's winner of the Bengt Falck Prize in Neuroscience. He receives the award for his many years of research on stroke, presented to him by the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Erik
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/stroke-researcher-receives-bengt-falcks-award - 2026-06-03
A unique long-term study, in which samples were collected from the same population of blue tits over a 30-year period, shows that rising spring temperatures have doubled the incidence of avian malaria in southern Sweden. Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have collected samples every year from hundreds of blue tits in a single population at a local breeding area outside Lund. This has prov
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/warmer-nordic-springs-double-incidence-avian-malaria - 2026-06-03
“Lundensare” Nobel Prize winner Arvid Carlsson (1923-2018) did not receive the prestigious Nobel Prize while living or working in Lund – but he is an alumnus! Carlsson grew up in Lund (which could clearly be heard in his Lund accent) and in 1951 he became a doctor of medicine at Lund University. He was employed as an associate professor of pharmacology and in 1959 he left for Gothenburg, where he
During two snowy half-days, we organised the conference Ett LU för alla (One LU for everyone) at Stadshallen in Lund. Approximately 110 participants listened to presentations on accessibility and inclusion in teaching and work. The presentations were given by teachers, researchers, students and representatives from the world of work. You can read more about the various presentations in the link be
https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/summaries-ett-lu-for-alla-one-lu-for-everyone-2025 - 2026-06-03
Toxins and chemicals are a major threat to our environment. The "third crisis" - the chemical crisis - is often forgotten when we talk about the climate and endangered species. Ahead of Biodiversity Day on 22 May, Maria Hansson, a researcher at Lund University, offers tips on how to create a non-toxic environment in your own garden, benefiting all its inhabitants, big and small. Synthetically prod
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/five-ways-create-toxin-free-garden - 2026-06-03
