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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. If you have ever sniffed yourself dizzy at a perfume counter, you have perhaps also come across claims that pH values, fragrance notes and pheromones affect the scent. Are these and other claims true? And what is it that actually makes us smell nice – or nasty? Chemistry Professor Ulf Ellervik separates the scents fro

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/facts-and-fallacies-about-perfumes-and-body-odours - 2026-05-29

An increasing number of people want to help bees and other pollinators by growing flowers that are rich in pollen and nectar. But which flowers are the most beneficial? If the point is to aid threatened bee species and biodiversity, then a variety of native plants is the way to go. If you are a farmer, with large areas of insect-pollinated crops, it might be easiest to aim for a few species of flo

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/flowers-benefit-both-bees-and-biodiversity - 2026-05-29

Even though childhood cancer is rare, it affects around 350 children and adolescents under the age of 18 each year in Sweden. That is almost one child every day. Due to improved treatment, 80 per cent of these children survive their cancer. Why do children develop cancer? That mystery has yet to be solved. Children suffer from other types of cancer than adults and the determining factor is the gen

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/high-survival-rate-after-childhood-cancer-what-cost - 2026-05-29

Professor Marianne Bertrand at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business is the first recipient of the Jan Söderberg Family Prize in Economics and Management. Professor Bertrand will receive the prize and hold a lecture on 12 March in Lund, Sweden. “Marianne Bertrand is one of the world’s most prominent applied micro-economists,” says Fredrik Andersson, dean at Lund University School of E

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/economist-focus-inequality-receives-new-swedish-prize-economics-and-management - 2026-05-29

Martin L. Olsson has received the International Society for Blood Transfusion (ISBT) Presidential Award, the highest international honour in transfusion medicine. The award is presented every two years to a researcher who has made outstanding contributions to transfusion medicine. Martin L. Olsson is recognised for translational research on red blood cells, following 35 years of work mapping the g

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/prestigious-international-award-martin-l-olsson - 2026-05-30

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. IT IS HIGH TIME that we start thinking about how we define life, according to a group of Lund University researchers. An army of intelligent robots is growing in front of us, but also opportunities to alter people’s DNA, create super babies and, perhaps, to encounter life in space.“Human beings have always dreamed of

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/designer-babies-and-intelligent-robots-how-new-life-challenging-humankind - 2026-05-29

A new research strategy is now in place, effective from 1 January. It is based on the Strategic Plan and the findings of the RQ20 project. The Strategy will guide the University’s research and describe the core values of research and the conditions necessary for achieving world-class research excellence. The Research Strategy has been developed by the Research Board and has been discussed by all f

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/universitys-new-research-strategy-2023-2026 - 2026-05-30

On 10 July and 19 July, two LUSEMs alumni are featured on the radio show Sommar i P1, a popular programme broadcasted by the Swedish public service radio. Sommar i P1 is a popular programme broadcasted by the Swedish public service radio. It features a range of storytellers and each host create their own 1.5 hour-long show – choosing their own music and what to talk about. Being a host on Sommar i

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusem-alumni-amongst-swedish-summer-radio-hosts - 2026-05-29

Lund University has installed 24 new charging points placed in the parking areas outside Kemicentrum, Geocentre 2 and the Department of Electrical and Information Technology. In order to charge your car, you must first pay the relevant parking fee. The price for charging your car does not replace the parking fee. Read more about parking fees here. To charge your car, you need to download the Mer C

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/24-new-charging-posts-and-running - 2026-05-30

Lung patients die for lack of organs healthy enough for donation. The project called "The bridge - lungs for life" aim to create a centralized Danish-Swedish "revitalizing facility" for damaged lungs – the first in Europe! Lung transplantation is the only treatment for patients with severe lung disease, but the organs are not enough, resulting in patients dying while waiting for organs. Increasing

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/project-bridge-lungs-life-receives-eu-funding - 2026-05-29

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. I ett internationellt samarbete mellan forskare i Sverige, Danmark och Spanien undersöktes om barns gener programmeras annorlunda om den gravida kvinnan med ett BMI på över 30 genomgick livsstilsinterventioner. Resultaten publicerades nyligen i tidskriften Diabetes. Under det senaste decenniet har kunskapen ökat om

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/kan-livsstilsinterventioner-hos-gravida-med-fetma-paverka-fostrets-gener - 2026-05-29

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. I ett internationellt samarbete mellan forskare i Sverige, Danmark och Spanien undersöktes om barns gener programmeras annorlunda om den gravida kvinnan med ett BMI på över 30 genomgick livsstilsinterventioner. Resultaten publicerades nyligen i tidskriften Diabetes. Under det senaste decenniet har kunskapen ökat om

https://www.lu.se/artikel/kan-livsstilsinterventioner-hos-gravida-med-fetma-paverka-fostrets-gener - 2026-05-30

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/wwwluse-website-has-been-audited-digg - 2026-05-30

Lund University is the best university in the world in the QS World university rankings: Sustainability 2026. Lund University has just achieved a historic milestone: ranked No. 1 in the world in the QS Sustainability Rankings 2026, making it the most sustainable university globally. This comes only six months after the previous QS World University Rankings placed Lund 72nd among more than 2,900 un

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/we-are-number-one-sustainability-worldwide - 2026-05-30

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Nya e-resurser Frantext HT har startat en prenumeration på Frantext; Frantext är en corpus med franska texter från medeltiden till 2000-talet. Texterna omfattar flera genrer, som till exempel romaner, dikter, journalistik och essäer. Ca 80 % av texterna är litterära, resten är vetenskapliga. Databasen består f n av

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-februari-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation-0 - 2026-05-29

This year we are organising support activities on how to write a competitive proposal for an ERC grant. And we are happy to see so many taking part in the first workshop with a deep-dive into the finer points of how to effectively present and position yourself as the PI of a high-impact research grant. Researchers from NanoLund are welcome to participate in support activities on how to write a com

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/erc-proposal-writing-support-2026-kicked - 2026-05-29

Onsdagen den 5/6-2024 disputerade vår doktorand Jamie Woodworth med avhandlingen Our Deaths, Ourselves - An exploaration of care, community, and dying in the Swedish welfare state. Här berättar Jamie mer sitt forskningsprojekt. Can you shortly describe what your research is about?My research is about how we relate to one another and ourselves in the end-of-life, in the Swedish welfare state contex

https://www.genus.lu.se/artikel/mot-var-nydisputerade-doktorand-jamie-woodworth - 2026-05-29

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Andres Rios Lam fick årets stipendium på 25 000 kr av Sparbanksstiftelsen Skåne för sin masteruppsats från service management, ”Exploring the Use of Freight Exchange E-marketplaces in Sweden: The Perspective of the Transport Service Provider”. Motiveringen lyder:The topic addressing electronic market places is highl

https://www.ses.lu.se/artikel/masteruppsats-om-elektroniska-marknadsplatser-fick-sparbanksstiftelsen-skanes-stipendium - 2026-05-29

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/moving-towards-unified-web-experience-students - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Death in the form of a skeleton with a scythe is a familiar figure of dread, but death and dying do not have to be frightening. “Death does not have to be marked by fear; it can just as often be characterised by calm and quiet. There can be a lot of joy even during the last days of a person’s life!” Carl Johan Furst.

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-palliative-centre-improve-skills-end-life-care - 2026-05-29