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Brain cells that control the behaviour of insects, extreme gene expression in Italian sparrows and how radiotherapy alters the microenvironment in aggressive brain tumors. Three researchers at Lund University have been awarded five-year grants from the European Research Council. Stanley Heinze, a researcher at the Department of Biology, will study insect brains and their neural circuits. His proje

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/three-lund-researchers-receive-erc-consolidator-grants - 2026-07-05

Pollinators such as bees, bumblebees, and butterflies lack sufficient habitats, and the ones that do exist are often of inadequate quality. A new study conducted by researchers from more than 20 academic institutions – including CEC and the Department of Biology at Lund University – shows that these insects can benefit from increasing the area of their habitats significantly more than what is curr

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/more-flower-rich-habitats-needed-pollinators-agricultural-landscapes - 2026-07-05

Set a goal for your training for one to four months and pay in SEK 1,000. You get your money back if you achieve your goal. Crazy? Perhaps, but in a study by Professor of Economics Erik Wengström and his colleagues, the incentive proved to be quite effective compared with the control groups. “I’ve had a long-standing interest in how people behave in strategic situations and if you look at it from

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/achieve-your-training-goals-and-get-money-back-it-works - 2026-07-06

The amended Alien’s Act, which came into effect in the summer, proved to have a considerable impact on possibilities for international doctoral students and researchers to obtain a permanent residence permit in Sweden. This is a group that in general, and especially in the early career stage, has different fixed-term positions in and outside academia and there is a risk that the self-support requi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/clearly-amended-aliens-act-has-considerable-impact-researchers - 2026-07-05

That all students should learn about sustainability at some point during their education is something the Swedish Council for Higher Education has decided. But how can lecturers include sustainability in their teaching – without tying themselves in knots in what is often a hectic schedule? That was just one of the questions addressed in the seminar series Sustainable Teaching & Learning in Higher

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/seminar-sustainable-teachers-about-working-sustainably-teaching-staff - 2026-07-05

It is Thursday morning and time for the miniature brains to have lunch. The temperature in the cell incubator is a comfortable 37 degrees, perfect for a tiny brain. Anna Falk prepares the nutrient solution that the cells need to grow. These are cells that have made the remarkable transformation from skin cells to stem cells and then to brain neurons. The small model of the brain is called an organ

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/feeding-time-miniature-brains - 2026-07-06

Lymphedema after head and neck cancer is considerably more common than previously assumed and can persist long after cancer treatment has finished. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered that patients with a low level of physical activity face a higher risk of developing lymphedema. They have also noted that a lymph scanner objectively measures changes in the condition – a method

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/how-reduce-risk-lymphedema - 2026-07-05

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 - 2026-07-05

Lymphedema after head and neck cancer is considerably more common than previously assumed and can persist long after cancer treatment has finished. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered that patients with a low level of physical activity face a higher risk of developing lymphedema. They have also noted that a lymph scanner objectively measures changes in the condition – a method

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-reduce-risk-lymphedema - 2026-07-05

18 people came from Africa to Lund to learn more about innovation, transformation and resilience for sustainable development. Why come all this way? And what knowledge will they bring back? Meet Pamla, Faith, Nahed and David and learn more about their thoughts on the four weeks course. And on the LundaCarnival 😁 When Senior lecturer in Economic history Martin Andersson learned that a new course o

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/africa-lund-joining-course-lusem - 2026-07-05

18 delegates traveled from Africa to Lund to learn more about innovation, transformation and resilience for sustainable development. Why come all this way? And what knowledge will they bring back? Meet Pamla, Faith, Nahed and David and learn more about their thoughts on the four weeks course. And on the LundaCarnival 😁 When Senior lecturer in Economic history Martin Andersson learned that a new c

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/africa-lund-joining-course-lusem - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Around 20 000 Swedes are currently suffering from Parkinson’s disease, yet there are still only treatments to alleviate symptoms. Through a new biobank, researchers gain access to the genetic profiles of 1000 Parkinson’s patients together with comprehensive information about their lifestyles and medical histories. “I

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/new-biobank-provides-insights-parkinsons-disease - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Around 20 000 Swedes are currently suffering from Parkinson’s disease, yet there are still only treatments to alleviate symptoms. Through a new biobank, researchers gain access to the genetic profiles of 1000 Parkinson’s patients together with comprehensive information about their lifestyles and medical histories. “I

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-biobank-provides-insights-parkinsons-disease - 2026-07-05

A new global study shows that in human-disturbed regions, many native plant species are absent from their natural habitats, contributing to the missing so called “dark diversity”. Natural vegetation often lacks many species that could potentially be present, especially in regions heavily affected by human activities, according to a new study coordinated by researchers at the University of Tartu an

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/global-study-dark-diversity-reveals-hidden-impact-human-activities-nature - 2026-07-05

There is a constant war between bacteria and their viruses, bacteriophages, where both try to outsmart each other. An international study led by Lund University provided an important missing bit to the puzzle of how the bacteria defend themselves against phages. This is an important stepping stone towards developing effective phage-based therapies to be used as an alternative to antibiotics. Bacte

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/war-between-bacteria-and-their-virus - 2026-07-05

For the first time, scientists have been able to measure the quantum state of electrons ejected from atoms that have absorbed high-energy light pulses. This is thanks to a new measurement technique developed by researchers at Lund University. This could provide a better understanding of fundamental research in the second generation of quantum revolution. When high-energy light with a very short wa

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/basic-research-quantum-states-photoelectrons-measured-first-time - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In late May–early June, Lund University will hold a Nobel Symposium in Physics and Chemistry where newly discovered super-heavy elements will be discussed. The possibility for a Nobel Prize looms on the horizon, but the road ahead is not straightforward and competition between countries and researchers is fierce. Dirk

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-elements-be-discussed-lu-nobel-symposium - 2026-07-05

At the end of October 2022, the Swedish Medical Products Agency gave the go-ahead for a clinical trial of the stem cell-based therapy STEM-PD for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. The cells, generated from embryonic stem cells, have been in development for several years and will now be transplanted into patients with Parkinson’s to replace nerve cells lost due to the disease. The clinical tria

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/nerve-cells-could-transform-treatment-parkinsons - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. His ambition is to awaken our longing for a life which doesn’t revolve around wage labour. “If I had a citizen’s salary, I would do the same things I do now – read, write and have an occasional go with a scrubbing-brush, to make life more real. Others might play computer games, which would of course be perfectly OK”,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/igniting-debate-shorter-working-hours - 2026-07-05

Can AI think? The short answer is no, at least not in the way humans think. AI does not have incentives, opinions, or empathy. Even two-year-olds possess something that our artificial systems lack – the capacity to think in terms of cause and effect, according to Peter Gärdenfors, professor of Cognitive Science at Lund University. Since ChatGPT was introduced to great fanfare in 2022, the debate a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ai-lacks-common-sense-why-programs-cannot-think - 2026-07-05