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No 56, 5 March 2026 Welcome to the latest addition of the NAISS training newsletter. This time we have four new events: User developing and optimising applications on the Grace Hopper GPU nodes on Dardel or the future Arrhenius system may be interested to join us in the end of March. We have a course on using Python in an HPC environment and the Programming Formalisms course. Users of our se
https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter-9 - 2026-07-19
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This is in focus in a recently published open access article, “The role of local governments in overcoming barriers to industrial symbiosis” in Cleaner Environmental Systems, by Karolina Södergren and Jenny Palm. There is a growing interest in knowledge sharing and partnering, as is evident from the establishment of m
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/how-can-local-governments-support-industrial-symbiosis-emerge - 2026-07-19
A few questions for CASE doctoral student Jens Offerman, who recently published about the use of technology during the pandemic. What does it reveal?- The result of our study highlights both the preparedness and the ability to adapt to an unfavorable situation, such as a pandemic among people from three different generations, 30-39, 50-59 and 70-79 years. Six out of ten respondents increased their
https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/large-increase-technology-use-among-oldest-during-pandemic - 2026-07-19
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Sweden does not need more cattle to save natural grazing land with high biodiversity. This is the conclusion of a new report by researchers at Lund University in Sweden. What is needed instead, according to the researchers, are economic incentives that make natural grazing profitable. Natural grazing land is a central
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/profitability-not-more-cattle-needed-save-natural-grazing-land - 2026-07-19
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Johannes Rousk is one of the world’s most cited and influential researchers, according to the analytics company Clarivate. If you ask him, the road to success was marked by luck, opportunity and fantastic people. Luck is a concept that researchers don’t use very often, but Johannes Rousk does. For him, it is not about
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-luck-strategy-behind-most-cited-research - 2026-07-19
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers have long wondered how our cells navigate inside the body. Two new studies, in which Lund University researcher Pontus Nordenfelt has participated, have now demonstrated that the cells use molecular force from within to steer themselves in a certain direction. This knowledge may be of great significance in
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-cells-are-able-turn - 2026-07-19
What are opinions, what are facts and what are outright lies? The latest PISA assessment clearly shows that children and young adults have difficulties navigating the fast flow of information in society today. When anyone at all can make their voice heard it also becomes more difficult to recognise misleading information and fake news. Together, actors, performing arts teachers and researchers are
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-and-performers-teaching-children-question-fake-news - 2026-07-19
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This autumn she was awarded SEK 22 million in ERC grants for her Alzheimer’s research. In addition, she is a member of the Nobel Prize committee for chemistry, she has written children’s books, won the veterans’ European Championship in orienteering and is director of Humlegården, a day centre for people with autism.
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/multi-tasking-top - 2026-07-19
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Animal ecologist and pike researcher Anders Nilsson was the first doctor of the Millennium at Lund University. Now, 13 years later, he has just been appointed Professor of Aquatic Ecology. We caught up with him to find out what had happened since our last meeting, and had a long discussion on careers, creativity and t
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/journey-doctor-professor - 2026-07-19
The IIIEE is a partner in the newly started ERASMUS+ project CLARITY that aims to help reduce climate anxiety in youth by equipping educators with tools to address the emotional and mental stress related to climate anxiety. Climate change education in schools and universities tends to focus on environmental facts, whilst little room is given to inner dimensions of change and to collective ation. T
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-research-project-adress-climate-anxiety-among-youth - 2026-07-19
From Nobel Prizes to visions of the future – over a few days in May, world-leading medical researchers and biotech pioneers gathered to discuss new molecular therapies: from genetic fundamentals to clinical breakthroughs in patients. The program spanned everything from cutting-edge basic science to new treatment principles in drug development. Three intense days marked by curiosity, persistence, a
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/highlights-lund-spring-symposium-2025 - 2026-07-19
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A research project on how to observe and control the movement of electrons will soon commence at LTH thanks to a multi-million donation from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. Per Eng-Johnsson, professor at the Division of Atomic Physics, will receive just over SEK 25 million for doing something that no one has
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/unique-research-project-electrons-awarded-grant - 2026-07-19
An EU directive on platform work will soon be released, a directive that has been criticized by both labor market parties and all parties in the Swedish parliament. Annamaria Westregård, associate professor in Business Law dives into the intricacies of platform work in her new book. In her book "Platform Workers and Self-Employed in Swedish Law," Annamaria Westregård, a researcher in commercial la
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/platform-worker-employee-or-entrepreneur - 2026-07-19
The aim of annual leave is to give employees leisure time for rest and recreation; the main principle is therefore that annual leave is to be taken as holiday time. Already early on in the year, annual leave needs to be planned on the basis of the manager’s responsibility for ensuring the function of the organisational unit, and the wishes of the employees. Pursuant to the Annual Leave Act, an emp
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/useful-information-about-annual-leave - 2026-07-19
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new method in heart transplantation makes it possible to preserve the heart from a donor for a significantly longer time period than was previously possible. A first human operation was conducted at Skåne University Hospital in Sweden last week. With the new storage method, a mini heart-lung machine supplies the don
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/groundbreaking-method-extends-time-frame-when-heart-transplant-possible - 2026-07-19
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. As part of a three-day state visit to Sweden, His Excellency Sergio Mattarella, President of Italy, came to Lund University where he gave a lecture to a packed auditorium. The aim of the official visit was to further promote the long-standing and excellent relations between Sweden and Italy. The three-day official vis
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/italian-president-sergio-mattarella-visits-lund-university - 2026-07-19
He was best friends with Mikael Dolsten in Medical School in Lund in the 80´s. Since then he has held prominent positions around the world, both within Academia and the Medical Industry. Now he hopes to contribute to medical research with his experience in both basic and applied medicine, by helping to highlight the all-important, but in Lund a bit neglected, field of Pharmacology. Meet EMV´s new
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/guest-professor-hoping-infuse-new-life-medical-cornerstone-field - 2026-07-19
Different species of migrating bird have different genetically programmed procedures that signal when it is time to head off and when it is time to return. It may have to do with factors such as daylight, temperature, weather and the Earth’s magnetic field. These migration programmes have been studied before, but new technology and computational capacity make it possible to process large amounts o
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ai-improving-understanding-migratory-birds-internal-clock-map-and-compass - 2026-07-19
Three researchers at Lund University in Sweden, all with a long list of significant research credentials, have been awarded the ERC Advanced Grant worth EUR 2.5 million each to further develop and advance their research projects. This concerns research on a fundamentally changed food system, chaperone proteins’ function in neurodegenerative diseases, and blood tests for rapid screening of drugs in
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/triple-success-prestigious-eu-grant-round - 2026-07-19
It is now possible to test chemicals and makeup without using products isolated from animals. Researchers from Lund have developed a completely animal-free preparation for cell culture, a medium that can be used to grow human cells, including for cancer research. They believe this is a much sought-after breakthrough, as it solves an ethical dilemma, leads to higher scientific accuracy and thus sav
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/she-has-developed-animal-free-preparation-cell-culture-and-giving-away-recipe - 2026-07-19
