Search results

Olof the bird – a stuffed bird of prey with a stern expression – currently stands in the heart of The Science Student Union (LUNA), keeping watch over students’ discussions and union activities. But few are eager to get too close. A sign next to him warns that his plumage contains arsenic.  The warning has become a talking point – is Olof really so toxic that he should be placed behind protective

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/stuffed-bird-olof-full-arsenic-new-measuring-device-gives-us-answers - 2026-06-11

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/heat-action-plans-urban-cities-risks-excluding-most-vulnerable - 2026-06-11

The jury was out for a long time. But now, we can announce the winner in both categories: “Best visual communication of scientific content” and “Most aesthetically appealing image”. “Not far from the manners of Lennart Nilsson, Sara Davidsson Bencker has captured two pancreatic cells at the end of their cell division cycle, connected to the top of nanotubes. The image clearly visualizes both the c

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanolund-image-competition-we-have-winner - 2026-06-11

The Planetary Health Diet. That's the diet that will keep us healthy and put food on the table for a future world population of 10 billion. But will it reduce strokes, premature deaths and greenhouse gas emissions? To find out, Agenda 2030 PhD student Anna Stubbendorff compared different dietary indices. Her own index came out on top, and the results are now published in the prestigious Lancet Pla

https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/stubbendorffs-index-paves-way-sustainable-healthy-diets - 2026-06-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Every year Birger Schmitz, Fredrik Terfelt and Ellinor Martin dissolve five to ten tonnes of limestone with highly dangerous chemicals. The aim is to find microscopic grains from fossilised meteorites that are many millions of years old, which can provide important clues to the development of life on Earth.  LUM was g

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/chemically-empowered-hunt-space-grains - 2026-06-11

Malin Parmar, Professor of Cellular Neuroscience at Lund University and Director of the Lund Stem Cell Center, has been elected Vice President of the International Society for Stem Cell Research, the world’s leading organisation for stem cell science and regenerative medicine. The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) is an independent, global, nonprofit organization that brings tog

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/professor-malin-parmar-elected-vice-president-international-society-stem-cell-research - 2026-06-11

After graduation from the master's programme in International Strategic Management (ISM) in 2021, Marc Leon started his career in the fast paced world of consultancy at Porsche Consulting in Hamburg, Germany. Today, he thrives in the role as senior consultant where he manages workflows, junior colleagues and advice clients in the life sciences sector. Editor's note: this interview is from 2024.Hi

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/marc-leon-willemsen-alumnus-international-strategic-management-2021 - 2026-06-12

CMES affiliated researcher Sarah Anne Rennick has authored the article "‘2011 unshackled the space’: spatial analysis of diverging youth political agency in the Syrian conflict", published in the journal Conflict, Security and Development. Despite the passing in 2015 of UNSCR 2250 on Youth, Peace, and Security, the study of young people’s political agency in conflict, and the possibilities for emp

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/youth-political-agency-syrian-conflict - 2026-06-11

Climate change is a global problem, but not all countries are equally committed to solving it. Will it be much more difficult to stop global warming if not everyone fully cooperates? In a letter published in Nature Climate Change, Aleh Cherp reflects on recent scientific advances in answering this question. In theory, climate change mitigation is least expensive under a universal carbon tax paid b

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/cost-realistic-climate-policies - 2026-06-11

For the first time, researchers have shown that bird populations in Europe and the Unites States respond similarly to climate change. BECC researcher Åke Lindström is one of the authors of the study. This is the first time ever that a comparative study of this magnitude has been executed. The study is based on data that have been collected over 30 years in the US and Europe. Åke Lindström, profess

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/major-study-how-climate-change-affects-birds - 2026-06-11

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/worlds-best-morning-digital-dos-and-donts - 2026-06-11

In the efforts to combat climate change, much attention has been focused on external solutions such as technological innovations, policy changes, and industry shifts. However, a new study conducted by researchers Gustav Osberg from IIIEE together with Mine Islar and Christine Wamsler from LUCSUS sheds light on an often-overlooked aspect of the transition: the role of citizens as active agents of c

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/empowering-citizens-agents-climate-action-insights-new-research - 2026-06-11

On 1 December, the University’s insurance with Kammarkollegiet was renewed, which means changed rules for the storage and handling of all lithium-ion batteries used for transportation, such as electric bicycles, scooters etc, and other lithium-ion batteries with a capacity of more than 10 Ah. The new rules mean, among other things, that if you ride an electric bike to work, you must store your bat

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/if-you-ride-e-bike-work - 2026-06-12

From 1 January 2026, a new collective bargaining agreement on working hours for researchers and associate researchers at the University will take effect. As part of the agreement, these groups will transition to annual working hours. The annual working hours entail a total of between 1,700 and 1,756 hours over the course of a calendar year, depending on the number of annual leave days. The workloa

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-collective-bargaining-agreement-working-hours-researchers - 2026-06-12

During her thesis project, Elin Byman discovered a role of alpha-amylase in Alzheimer’s disease. January 21, she defends her Ph.D. work supervised by Malin Wennström in the Preclinical memory research group at MultiPark. Here, she tells about the journey and major breakthroughs. Tell us about your research! The enzyme alpha-amylase has long been known to be abundant in saliva and the gastrointesti

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-elin-byman - 2026-06-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. One of the main purposes of Mohammadhassan Safavi’s PhD thesis is to leverage machine learning algorithms to predict where users activities should be done to incur minimum cost. Cost could be energy consumption, service quality degradation, service delay and so on. The thesis also covers many other aspects from reduci

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/how-use-machine-learning-decide-where-do-what-edge-networks-0 - 2026-06-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Kelly Dorkenoo is a PhD student in the project DICE, Recasting the Disproportionate Impacts of Climate Change Extremes. In this interview, she talk about her interest in the field of loss and damage, and her views on sustainability research. Why are you interested in the field of loss and damage? There is a need to im

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/research-interview-my-work-focuses-issues-disproportionality-and-inequalities-relation-loss-and - 2026-06-11

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Professorn i sociologi Anders Kjellberg kommenterar det svenska valet och LO i tidningen Arbetet och i många tidningar världen över. Den franska nyhetsbyrån AFP intervjuade Anders Kjellberg före valet och frågade vilka som röstar på Sverigedemokraterna:– På landsbygden, långt ifrån Sveriges tillväxtområden och innov

https://www.soc.lu.se/artikel/manga-av-sds-valjare-ar-lo-medlemmar - 2026-06-11

Forskare från Lunds universitet har tillsammans med företaget Roche använt en metod för att utveckla en ny blodmarkör som kan upptäcka om en person har Alzheimers sjukdom eller inte. Om metoden godkänns för klinisk användning hoppas forskarna att den på sikt kan användas som diagnostiskt verktyg inom primärvården. Till hösten påbörjar de en studie i primärvården för att testa tekniken. I dag diagn

https://www.lu.se/artikel/ny-metod-att-med-enkelt-blodprov-upptacka-alzheimer - 2026-06-12

PhD student Valentina works in the FORMAS-funded project Environmental Human Rights Defenders – Change Agents at the Crossroads of Climate change, Biodiversity and Cultural Conservation. She hopes her research will contribute to an understanding and visibilization of the transformative role that Environmental Human Rights Defenders can play within multiple crises, focusing not only on their experi

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/phd-student-valentina-lomanto-explores-role-environmental-human-rights-defenders-agents-change - 2026-06-11