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The most important mineral in today's electric car batteries is lithium. China completely dominates the market, with no extraction taking place in Europe. However, a new study shows that there is great potential for European lithium production, which would bring improvements in competitiveness, the climate and security. The study also points out that there are complex international trade dependenc

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-lithium-mines-could-cut-eu-imports-half - 2025-11-06

We were all small, newborn infants once. But some of us were perhaps too small as newborns? A child that is born “small for gestational age” means that they have not grown according to their normal curve during the foetal period. By studying the group of small newborns in epidemiological, or register, studies, researchers follow what happens to these infants later in life. This knowledge is of gre

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/even-sprat-can-thrive-being-born-small-gestational-age - 2025-11-05

Does negotiating Sweden's NATO membership mean that the government is prepared to tinker with basic human rights and values? According to two political scientists, there is a risk of this happening. In the summer of 2022, Turkey, Sweden and Finland proposed an agreement that would see Turkey's NATO applications approved. The agreement was signed at a NATO meeting in Madrid. Although Turkey suspend

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/sweden-must-stand-turkey-conflict-over-values - 2025-11-06

As one of five locations in Sweden, Lund is receiving support from Formas to start a lab for urban development issues. The Lund Urban Transition Lab will be located in the innovation district in northeast Lund, where sustainable solutions in the built environment, mobility and urban planning will be developed and tested. How can sustainable urban development become a natural part of the cities of

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainable-city-lund-urban-transition-lab-shows-way - 2025-11-06

Kimberly Nicholas was appointed professor in Sustainability Science in June 2024. After more than 15 years at Lund University, her commitment to stopping climate change is stronger than ever. “We need to keep our eyes on the prize and focus on where the problem is to address it.” What has been the most important moment in your career? I got to witness the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015. T

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/professor-kimberly-nicholas-mission-combat-climate-change - 2025-11-05

Everyone knows about source criticism, but researchers Jutta Haider and Olof Sundin want to emphasise source confidence. “There has been an intensive focus on the critical aspect. Pupils leave school with the attitude that you cannot trust anything, so source confidence is an important complement to source criticism. There must be confidence in our social institutions”, says Jutta Haider. Olof Sun

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/they-strike-blow-source-confidence - 2025-11-05

The coronavirus pandemic has not put Lund University in any financial difficulty. There is money in the University's coffers, assures the head of planning Tim Ekberg. The agency capital currently amounts to SEK 1.7 billion. "It is money that could be useful to support affected areas of activity", he comments. The agency capital currently amounts to SEK 1.7 billion. The University will primarily lo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/no-threat-lund-universitys-finances-thanks-agency-capital - 2025-11-05

Getting important information out fast to the right target group has been a challenge for the crisis management group, which has now entered a calmer phase after an intensive spring. “Now it is mostly a question of coordination and we are also considering opening the group up to representatives of education and research”, says Susanne Kristensson, who manages the group. When the University directo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-successful-quick-digital-restart - 2025-11-05

Newborn babies are already being screened for mutations and genetic tests help families with hereditary breast cancer. Genomic-driven precision medicine (GDPM) is an emerging approach for disease treatment. Around 30 Swedish researchers suggest a direction forward in a review article in Journal of Internal Medicine (JIM). "At the moment newborns are screened for a small number of mutations. In the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/precision-medicine-emerging-approach-complex-diseases - 2025-11-05

Sweden is trending right now, with cultural concepts such as “lagom” (just enough) and “fika” (coffee break) selling everything from books to fashion. The nation is often seen as a social democratic model country, where people are egalitarian, wealthy and happy. As Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of the Swedish multinational furniture retailer IKEA, recently passed away, it is interesting to reflect o

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-ikeas-founder-exported-certain-image-sweden-frugality-fika - 2025-11-05

This year’s largest grant from the IngaBritt och Arne Lundbergs Forskningsstiftelse goes to Vinay S. Swaminathan at Lund University. He is awarded five million SEK for his research on how healthy breast tissue develops into tumors and spreads. Vinay S. Swaminathan’s research group has developed 3D models that mimics the tumor microenvironment in the laboratory. The technology opens new opportuniti

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/healthy-sick-3d - 2025-11-05

Understanding that others hold different viewpoints from your own is essential for human sociality. Adopting another person’s visual perspective is a complex skill that emerges around the age of two. A new study from Lund University in Sweden, published in Science Advances, suggests that this ability first arose in dinosaurs, at least 60 million years before it appeared in mammals. These findings

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/dinosaurs-were-first-take-perspectives-others - 2025-11-06

While we are inundated with data on rising temperatures, carbon dioxide levels and melting glaciers, there are other areas that are also affected by a warming planet. Political scientist Christie Nicoson explores the relationship between gender, climate change and peace and finds that they are closely linked. She is now receiving the Agenda 2030 Award for 2024. Can you tell us about your backgroun

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/phd-student-christie-nicoson-agenda-2030-award-winner-2024 - 2025-11-05

Workhorse Philip Warkander became Sweden’s first PhD graduate in Fashion Studies. He describes research in a new subject as continuously doubting – an approach he also applies to the academic community’s focus on hard work. Moving around as a researcher, he noticed one day that he had fallen into the classic man-trap – friends and interests beyond work had been lost. When LUM meets fashion studies

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/doubting-fashion-pioneer - 2025-11-05

Giving up research has never been an option for Ronald Kröger, professor in biology with a specialisation in fish lenses and dog noses. “I conduct research with all of my heart!” He is, however, at least as dependent on his brain – and it has really suffered. It is nearly five years since the Saturday morning when Ronald Kröger woke up and thought he was getting a cold or flu. It did not stop him

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/nose-noses - 2025-11-05

How has life and work changed during the pandemic? LUM has met coworkers with widely different situations, starting with Tove Eriksson and Anna Löthman. Anna Löthman and Tove Eriksson, Communication officers at EHLLU has become a race car!Many people are working from home due to the coronavirus, but not you. Why?"We live in Lund and our partners are working from home. At work, we can work undistur

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/everyday-life-wake-corona-crisis - 2025-11-05

Are financial instruments really the solution to deforestation and degradation? Do states truly manage forests for societal benefit? And to what extent are so-called sustainable forest governance initiatives really including local people in decision-making? These are some of the questionable myths that currently obscure the path to sustainable forest governance according to a new publication in th

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/five-forest-myths-obscure-path-transformational-and-sustainable-forest-governance - 2025-11-05

Högt blodtryck skadar våra blodkärl. Det skadar också vårt hjärta, vår hjärna och våra njurar. Ett högt blodtryck ökar också risken att drabbas av hjärtinfarkt och stroke. Exakt varför högt blodtryck är farligt vet man dock inte. – Skälet till det är att vi länge haft effektiva blodtryckssänkande mediciner, och då har det inte betraktats som angeläget att ta reda på hur skadorna på blodkärlen upps

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/hogtryck-pa-blodigt-allvar-karlforskare-vill-intensifiera-jakten-pa-orsakerna - 2025-11-05

There are delicious smells emanating from the kitchen at the Malmö apartment of nutrition physiologist, Louise Brunkwall. Today, she is making pasta and vegetable sauce for lunch. A clean up before the interview with LUM means she can no longer find anything in the kitchen cupboards:  “Usually there is always some kind of organised chaos here!” Louise Brunkwall knew from an early age that she want

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/help-your-body-outwit-reptile-brain - 2025-11-05

During a unique rescue operation, Lund University sent armed security forces into an Islamic State (IS) warzone to rescue a doctoral student and his family. For several years, Firas Jumaah, his supervisor Charlotta Turner and former chief security officer, Per Gustafson, have kept quiet on the events; however, now they are telling their story. In the summer of 2014, Charlotta Turner was unaware he

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/rescue-operation - 2025-11-05