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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have together with American colleagues studied deceased patients who were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or frontotemporal dementia. They observed a correlation between certain proteins and dementia sufferers’ tendency to commit criminal acts. “This study is unique in that

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/abnormal-proteins-correlate-criminal-behaviour-dementia - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Four months ago, Professor Moheiddin Homeidi came to Lund from Syria as the first researcher the University has received through the network Scholars at Risk. Despite the start not being as he imagined he sees exciting opportunities in his new research community.  On the Ebla Private University website, there is a pho

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/syrian-linguist-given-sanctuary-lu - 2026-05-17

Despite a widespread and outdated view of older people, and an abundance of stereotypes, awareness of what is known as ageism is limited. A new short guide gives tips for how you can use your communication to counter discrimination against older people. The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations (UN) have been highlighting ageism for almost 20 years. Put simply, ageism can be descr

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/6-ways-combat-ageism - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Forum Medicum – the new major construction of the Faculty of Medicine at the top of Sölvegatan – will become a reality. For a while, things looked bad, but by making small adjustments here and there, the project can now be pursued to begin construction in the winter of 2018/2019. The idea of Forum Medicum is to establ

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/after-slimming-down-construction-plans-forum-medicum-now-underway - 2026-05-17

Have you ever wondered what it takes to grow a brain in a petri dish or how scientists use viruses to fight genetic diseases? These are just some of the fascinating topics explored on UniStem Day 2023 at Lund Stem Cell Center in Sweden. On 10 March 2023, more than 220 high school students from across Sweden's southern Skåne region arrived at Lund Stem Cell Center at Lund University for a day of le

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/inspiring-tomorrows-scientists - 2026-05-17

Lund University sociology student Julia Grahn is among those who receive learning support. She is deaf and is provided with sign-language interpretation during her studies. Cilla Riber Alm is one of the sign-language interpreters who work with deaf students at the University. LUM has spoken to both of them. “In all educational situations, such as lectures, seminars and group work, I have access to

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/when-studies-depend-interpretation - 2026-05-18

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. He began by renting out his sofa, then gave his blessing to a military tent on the LTH campus and later made it possible to transport and erect prefabricated housing from China. Vice-Chancellor Per Eriksson has done a lot to highlight the shortage of student accommodation, and last year ended in a triumph for housing

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/vice-chancellors-perseverance-pays-student-housing - 2026-05-17

Kimberley Nicholas is a researcher from California who came to Lund with a passionate commitment to climate issues and strong interest in food and wine. “What nature gives us is what makes life worth living”, she says. She was in Paris for the climate conference that generated hope for the future, and she is successful in sharing her thoughts and research through social media. Kimberley Nicholas l

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/working-healthy-planet - 2026-05-17

Individuals cannot solve the climate crisis, argue researchers Carys Egan-Wyer and Jack Coffin. Policy makers should direct their attention to the (im)moral market structures that influence consumer and corporate decision-making. In the fight against climate change, it is more important to make markets more moral than to make consumers more ethical. Individual consumers are, by now, well used to b

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/why-we-need-more-moral-markets-not-more-ethical-consumers - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new study from Lund University and Region Skåne in Sweden indicates that potency-enhancing PDE5 inhibitor drugs have an anti-cancer potential with the ability to improve the prognosis in patients with colorectal cancer. PDE5 inhibitors include a few approved drugs in which sildenafil (Viagra) is the most well-known.

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/potency-enhancing-drugs-linked-decreased-risks-men-colorectal-cancer - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Tomosynthesis detects 40% more breast cancers than traditional mammography does, according to a major screening study from Lund University, Sweden. This is the first large-scale study to compare the screening method with regular mammograms. The 3D X-ray technique is also more comfortable for women, as breast compressi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-new-method-detects-more-breast-cancer-screening - 2026-05-17

Join our team! We are looking for a Research Coordinator with a focus on research grants with appropriate professional experience to support researchers in the application process and disseminate information about opportunities. Work dutiesBECC is looking for a Research Coordinator with a focus on research grants with appropriate professional experience to support researchers in the application pr

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/job-alert-research-coordinator-focus-research-grants - 2026-05-17

16-19 June, 2025 Chinese globalisation both past and present has been deeply entangled in processes of global extractivism that have underpinned industrialisation and capitalist development around the world. From the 19th century gold rushes in settler colonial contexts to the contemporary global scramble for lithium, Chinese labour and capital have been key to the making of our contemporary globa

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/global-china-summer-school-2025-china-circuits-global-extractivism - 2026-05-17

Remember the ”beauty study”? It received a lot of attention in the autumn of 2022; was reported for flaws in the research method, but was later found not to have deviated from good research practice. Economist Adrian Mehic had not even defended his doctoral thesis yet, but had an article from his forthcoming thesis published in a scientific journal.”I could imagine that it would create a lot of bu

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/beauty-study-perfect-storm - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Nowadays, a photograph taken by a normal mobile phone camera is almost 2 MB in size. It is therefore possible to imagine the huge quantities of data produced by scanners that take thousands of three-dimensional images of a single body part or tissue sample. Freddy Ståhlberg shows how data from the forthcoming national

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/incredible-amounts-data-new-medical-images - 2026-05-17

The Promobilia Foundation is investing SEK 25 million in a new large-scale research project targeting Parkinson’s disease. The donation enables four research groups—one at Lund University and three at Karolinska Institutet—to join forces in developing new treatment strategies that address the root causes of the disease. Using innovative approaches, including advanced gene therapies and targeted ve

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/promobilia-foundation-invests-sek-25-million-new-large-scale-research-project-targeting-parkinsons - 2026-05-17

The Promobilia Foundation is investing SEK 25 million in a new large-scale research project targeting Parkinson’s disease. The donation enables four research groups—one at Lund University and three at Karolinska Institutet—to join forces in developing new treatment strategies that address the root causes of the disease. Using innovative approaches, including advanced gene therapies and targeted ve

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/promobilia-foundation-invests-sek-25-million-new-large-scale-research-project-targeting-parkinsons - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. According to the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2016-17 five Nordic universities appear among the top 100 in the world. Three of them are Swedish – Karolinska Institutet as No. 28 (same position as last year in spite of recent research scandal news), Uppsala University ranked as No. 93 (down by

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/five-nordic-universities-among-top-100-according-world-university-ranking-list-2016-17 - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University Sweden working in collaboration with Swedish Biomimetics 3000 have developed a new technique that more efficiently removes harmful oxides of nitrogen, NOx, from the exhaust of diesel engines. The new technology applies a more efficient injector into existing emission control systems curr

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/insect-phenomenon-inspires-new-clean-diesel-technology - 2026-05-17

On 2 December, the Financial Times (FT) released the results of this year’s European Business School Rankings. Not only has Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM) secured its place on the list, but it has also risen once again in this esteemed ranking. In the most recent ranking conducted by the Financial Times, the FT European Business School Rankings 2024 that is, LUSEM has o

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/rising-even-higher-lusem-climbs-ft-ranking-2024 - 2026-05-17