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A new study led by Lund University in Sweden shows that cities negatively affect the diversity of birds. There are significantly fewer bird species in urban forests compared with forests in the countryside – even if the forest areas are of the same quality. The researchers examined 459 natural woodlands located in or near 32 cities in southern Sweden. They counted the occurrence of different bird

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/less-bird-diversity-city-forests - 2026-06-27

A study at Lund University reveals that traumatic brain injury alters the small vessels in the brain, resulting in an accumulation of amyloid beta — a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease. The findings suggest that vascular dysfunction could be an early driver in neurodegenerative disorders rather than being caused by neuronal damage. The study is published in Acta Neuropathologica. An increased risk o

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/cracking-alzheimers-code-how-brain-trauma-triggers-disease - 2026-06-27

Dr Colm Flaherty noticed that despite generally declining membership in Swedish political parties, political engagement is very much alive. He says it is observable in the mundane activities of everyday life, and studying it can teach us a lot about Swedish culture. Political engagement is changing form in Sweden. The place to find political action today is in everyday life, rather than solely in

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/creating-spaces-radical-social-change - 2026-06-27

On 27 May 2025, Formas announced the results for Explore— a highly competitive open call that supports ground-breaking sustainability research. This year, a mere 83 out of 1,117 submitted projects received funding, representing a success rate of just 7 %. One of these successful projects is IDLE – Investigating Doing Less in Everyday Life, led by associate professor Tullia Jack from Lund Universit

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/idleness-vice-or-virtue-tullia-jack-receives-formas-explore-funding-idle-project - 2026-06-27

Centre for European studies has awarded Katarina Bungerfeldt an honorary mention for her Master’s thesis “Money Talks: The potential of an EU financial conditionality mechanism linked to the rule of law”. The thesis is about rule of law conditionality in the EU. Is it possible to persuade political actors (such as the governments of certain EU member states) to respect fundamental principles of ru

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/katarina-bungerfeldt-receives-honourable-mention-her-thesis - 2026-06-27

A study at Lund University reveals that traumatic brain injury alters the small vessels in the brain, resulting in an accumulation of amyloid beta — a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease. The findings suggest that vascular dysfunction could be an early driver in neurodegenerative disorders rather than being caused by neuronal damage. The study is published in Acta Neuropathologica. An increased risk o

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/cracking-alzheimers-code-how-brain-trauma-triggers-disease - 2026-06-27

When we cough and speak we launch droplets and if the person launching these droplets is sick from some kind of virus disease, such as COVID19, the droplets can contain viruses. These viruses have been found to be one of the main contributors to the spreading of the pandemic disease. If we can further understand where these droplets end up we can make more effective protective measures during a pa

https://www.combustionphysics.lu.se/article/coughed-droplets-estimating-size-and-speed - 2026-06-27

Here follows the third and final part of our theme on osteoarthritis of the wrist and fingers, if you have missed the two previous parts you will find these at the bottom of the page. Since a lot of The Arthritis Portal's articles are about knee and hip OA, we took the opportunity to ask Katarina Mortazavi, Freya Kristjansdottir, and Sara Larsson also about training and advice on OA of the wrist/f

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/oa-wrist-and-fingers-part-iii - 2026-06-27

CMES Visiting Fulbright Professor Dalia Dassa Kaye has been interviewed about the war in Gaza and the need for new leadership as the only way forward. The war in Gaza will end when Israel realises that its two goals are mutually exclusive - it will not be able to both destroy Hamas and free the hostages. This is what the new visiting Fulbright professor at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern St

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-visiting-fulbright-professor-dalia-dassa-kaye-war-gaza - 2026-06-27

Name: Ashkan Sheikhi Time for disputation: September 19, 2025 Title of thesis: Scaling massive MIMO with imperfect transceivers It has been more than two decades since we passed the point when the majority of earth's population connected to the internet and gained full access to mobile communications. The number of connected devices, however, has been constantly and rapidly growing due to the emer

https://www.eit.lth.se/en/article/ashkan-sheiki-scalability-wireless-systems-5g-and-beyond - 2026-06-27

Lund University is returning to Almedalen with a broad programme to strengthen the public discussion about higher education and research. Since the university's first participation in 2009, the commitment has grown, and this year around 50 employees are participating. The programme offers discussions on everything from preparedness and AI to the future of food. As in previous years, LTH has a well

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2025/ai-crisis-and-quantum-almedalen - 2026-06-27

Lund University researchers have been awarded SEK 19 million in funding from Cancerfonden as part of a national investment of SEK 114 million to advance cancer research across Sweden. Among the recipients is Associate Professor Sofie Mohlin, whose work focuses on understanding neuroblastoma, a rare and aggressive childhood cancer. Cancerfonden, the Swedish Cancer Society, is investing in researche

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/sofie-mohlin-receives-cancerfonden-senior-investigator-award-advance-childhood-cancer-research - 2026-06-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We know that noise affects our ability to learn as well as generating irritation and stress. This, in turn, reduces efficiency and well-being in the workplace. Some research findings indicate that workplace efficiency could increase by as much as 50% with the right sound environment.     Memory researchers and cogniti

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/less-noise-more-efficient-brain-work - 2026-06-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. David Gisselsson is a researcher on a roll. In the autumn, he was awarded Lund’s ‘local Fernström Prize’, which goes to a promising young researcher in medicine, and he has recently had an article published in one of the most prestigious journals in the field, Nature Communications. David Gisselsson with two of his re

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/attention-new-findings-childhood-cancer - 2026-06-27

Last Tuesday, our PhD Candidate Lisa Heldt “nailed” her freshly printed PhD thesis. This traditional “spikning” takes place three weeks and three days before the official defense and it involves the PhD Candidate nailing (att spika in Swedish) their physical thesis to a public board where it can be read and scrutinized by the public before the official defense ceremony. At the same time, the spikn

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/spikning-doctoral-thesis-lisa-heldt - 2026-06-27

We tend to attribute today's zoological menagerie of dog breeds to Victorian gentlemen with a penchant for selective breeding. The truth, however, goes back much further. An international study shows that the rich morphological variety among dogs began to take off 11,000 years ago – long before nineteenth century kennel clubs. Look at the dogs of today: the dainty Chihuahua, which most resembles a

https://www.science.lu.se/article/dog-diversity-thousands-years-older-we-thought - 2026-06-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Research in collaboration with vulnerable groups, and scientist and citizen involvement are some of the ways forward to address the environmental risks that experts believe will have the most impact in the next ten years. Emily Boyd, Director at LUCSUS, comments on the recently released Global Risks Report 2018.Accord

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/collaboration-and-scientist-involvement-emily-boyd-comments-global-risks-report-2018 - 2026-06-27

Since the discovery of graphene twenty years ago, physicists have been looking for materials that consist of two-dimensional layers. This study is about a newly emerging family, the transition metal halides. “Transition metal halides are a new class of van der Waals materials that we have identified as an ideal platform for many-body engineering. We are very enthusiastic about this class of materi

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/robust-and-versatile-platform-many-body-engineering - 2026-06-27

More than four out of ten doctoral students experience stress, anxiety and depression. This autumn, the doctoral students’ union will redouble efforts to improve wellbeing and prevent poor mental health. Measures include the establishment of a new role, which will focus on preventing and tackling ill health and will work closely with the doctoral student ombudsman and the occupational health servi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/steps-prevent-mental-ill-health-among-doctoral-students - 2026-06-28

The names of the 45 new assistant professors (associate senior lecturers) and visiting professors who will become our colleagues have been published. University Management has previously written about the remarkable interest these initiatives have generated. This resulted in a total of 1,327 applications. We now have the opportunity to get to know our new colleagues Our new colleagues come from ma

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/welcoming-our-new-colleagues-around-world - 2026-06-28