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When the late summer sun falls over Ireland’s Wicklow Mountains, the slopes turn purple with blooming heather. Honeybees are moved to the heathlands for the sought-after heather honey, but their presence affects wild bumblebees. An Irish-Swedish research team has shown in a new study that wild bumblebees change their behaviour and are smaller in size when the number of beehives increases. The rese

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/honeybees-crowd-out-bumblebees-even-flower-rich-heathlands - 2026-05-09

A research team at Lund University in Sweden has succeeded in producing two molecules that are otherwise only formed by microorganisms from extremely contaminated wastewater in an abandoned mine in South Korea. The method, which took four years to develop, could pave the way for new types of drugs. The study is published in Journal of the American Chemical Society. Glionitrin A and B are two molec

https://www.science.lu.se/article/researchers-crack-synthetic-code-rare-molecules-sought-after-drug-development - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The first round of applications for strategic funding to develop commissioned education closed on Thursday 14 May. “We are very satisfied with the large number of submitted applications, especially in the prevailing Covid-19 situation. The great interest in the call for applications shows that there is an increased am

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-departments-show-considerable-interest-developing-new-commissioned-education-courses - 2026-05-09

A large collaborative project focused on understanding and treating dysfunctions of cortico-basal ganglia circuits in Parkinson´s disease (PD) has been awarded 35 million DKK from the Lundbeck Foundation. Angela Cenci Nilsson, coordinator of MultiPark, leads one of the three included research teams. Her group, the Basal ganglia pathophysiology, will conduct studies in animal models providing a bas

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/new-transnational-collaboration-target-circuit-dysfunctions-parkinsons-disease - 2026-05-09

The University Board has decided on a new Crisis and Contingency Plan. It rests on the principle laid out by the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) that organisations are to be run according to normal practice even in crisis situations, to the extent possible. The decision means that all faculties need to review their existing crisis management organisation and plans to make them consistent

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-crisis-and-contingency-plan - 2026-05-10

The ecological consequences of animal agriculture present an acute challenge for how we legislate to protect cows, pigs, and other farmed animals. Research at the Sociology of Law Department suggests abandoning human-centred perspectives, thus calling for a new paradigm that recognizes the ethical significance of all animals as world-making beings. It has been estimated that about 72 billion land

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/laws-failure-protect-farmed-animals-has-dire-consequences-both-human-and-nonhuman-life - 2026-05-09

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. I den jättelika partikelacceleratorn Large Hadron Collider, LHC, vid CERN-laboratoriet i Schweiz och Frankrike når protonerna nästan ljusets hastighet innan de krockar med varandra. Resultaten ger oss ny kunskap om universums skapelse, dess minsta beståndsdelar, mörk materia och kanske ledtrådar om mörk energi. Part

https://www.lu.se/artikel/allt-ljus-pa-den-morka-sektorn - 2026-05-09

Genom att omprogrammera tumörceller så att de i stället blir till kroppens försvarsceller, vill Filipe Pereira och hans kollegor förbättra dagens cancerbehandlingar. Just nu patrullerar några av immunförsvarets viktigaste spelare, de dendritiska cellerna, din kropp i jakt på främmande ämnen. Hittar de något misstänkt bryter de ned ämnet i mindre bitar, antigen, som visas upp för kroppens lymfocyte

https://www.lu.se/artikel/programmerar-om-cancerceller-till-immunforsvarare - 2026-05-10

Professorn och melanomexperten Christian Ingvar har sett soltrender komma och gå. Personligen tar han lätt på ungdomstrenden med att ”maxa” solningen med hjälp av UV-appar. Men han är tydlig med sakfrågan: att bränna sig är skadligt, och svenskar måste behålla sin medvetenhet om nackdelar med solandet. Det farliga melanomet tror han är här för att stanna – men förhoppningsvis så tunt att det kan o

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/experten-om-ungas-soldyrkan-sakert-solande-finns-inte - 2026-05-10

Eldhärjade skogsområden i Norden fortsätter att avge koldioxid långt efter att lågorna slocknat. Utsläppen är till och med betydligt högre efter en brand, än medan den pågår. Det visar en ny unik studie från Lunds universitet, där effekten av den omfattande skogsbranden i Ljusdal den torra sommaren 2018 har studerats. Att klimatförändringen, med stigande temperaturer som följd, ökar risken för sko

https://www.lu.se/artikel/skogsbrander-i-norden-kalla-till-stora-koldioxidutslapp-langt-efter-att-branden-ar-over - 2026-05-10

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 and member of BECC, offers tips on how to create a non-toxic environment in your own garden, benefiting all its inhabitants, big and small.

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/five-ways-create-toxin-free-garden - 2026-05-09

For a researcher to be successful, he or she not only needs to produce good research – it also has to gain exposure. However, there is competition for space in scientific and popular science journals. This has led to the growth of a grey area with unprofessional journals that take payment from researchers who want their work to appear. Kristoffer Holmqvist recommends the information on the Univers

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/unprofessional-open-access-publishing-new-industry - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The travel group Ggumtle Airplane recently ‘landed’ at Lund University to discuss core values in education and their relation to wider values in society with the students at the Centre of East and South-East Asian Studies. On the 16th of January 2020, the Centre of East and Southeast Asian Studies of Lund University h

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/visit-south-korea-opened-discussion-core-values-swedish-education-system - 2026-05-09

There were fewer cases of breast cancer between two screening rounds, and of the cancers that did develop, fewer were advanced or aggressive. The final results from Lund University's MASAI trial are now available, and they show further benefits of AI-supported breast cancer screening. The study has already shown that AI support in mammography screening contributes to a 29 percent increase in detec

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/ai-support-breast-cancer-screening-fewer-missed-cancer-cases - 2026-05-09

The basis of the legislation is that permanent employment becomes an even stronger norm and fixed-term employment is more quickly converted to permanent employment. The time is 1 year of fixed-term employment instead of the previous 2 years and is counted retroactively from the first of March this year. What do the new rules mean for our various employment types? General fixed-term employment (ALV

https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/article/new-employment-rules-come-force-first-october - 2026-05-09

Forskare vid Lunds universitet har utformat ett nytt biobläck som gör det möjligt att använda 3D-bioskrivning för att skapa luftvägar i naturlig storlek och med hjälp av mänsklig vävnad. De utskrivna luftvägarna är biokompatibla och forskarna har i djurmodeller sett att materialet stöder tillväxt av blodkärl inne i luftvägens vägg. Detta är ett viktigt första steg på vägen mot att skriva ut biokom

https://www.lu.se/artikel/nytt-bioblack-ett-steg-narmare-3d-printade-manskliga-organ - 2026-05-10

A new year is approaching and when the Faculty enters 2025, it will be with nine departments instead of the current eleven. The Faculty of Social Sciences will gradually develop towards fewer units over the next six years, according to a policy decision from 2023. After initial preparatory work, it is now time for the first changes to take place at the end of the year:The Department of Communicati

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/eleven-departments-nine-turn-year - 2026-05-09

Att det är en konst att skriva bra flervalsfrågor är det nog många lärare som håller med om. Flervalsfrågor, på engelska kallade Multiple Choice Questions eller MCQ, är så kallade stängda frågor, där den som svarar får välja bland ett antal givna svarsalternativ istället för att själv formulera ett svar. Foto: Ashley Batz på unsplash.com. MCQ När man skapar sina flervalsfrågor måste man reflektera

https://www.education.lu.se/artikel/konsten-att-formulera-flervalsfragor-till-ett-quiz - 2026-05-09

Christmas is approaching and we’re all starting to look forward to some relaxation and Christmas spirit. But before you wind down, here are a few reminders. It is high time to apply for annual leave for the Christmas and New Year periodIf you are planning to take annual leave days in the Christmas and New Year period, it is high time to put in your application. Bear in mind that your manager must

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/christmas-coming-first-few-tips-ahead-break - 2026-05-10

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Harvardprofessorn Nathan Nunn är årets mottagare av Familjen Jan Söderbergs pris i ekonomi. Nunn besöker Ekonomihögskolan vid Lunds universitet den 25 mars för att ta emot priset på en miljon kronor och hålla en föreläsning om sin forskning. Obs! Nytt datum för prisceremoni är 24 mars 2021 – då får Nathan Nunn prise

https://www.lu.se/artikel/banbrytande-kunskap-om-afrikas-utveckling-far-lundapris - 2026-05-10