Published 23 February 2024 Lina Eklund is one of the researchers in the international team working to analyse satellite images of the destruction of Gaza. Physical geographer Lina Eklund is tracking the destruction of Gaza week by week using satellite images. Her analyses could be significant if, once the fighting between Israel and Hamas is over, questions of possible war crimes are raised at the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/destruction-gaza-monitored-space - 2025-04-26

Published 26 February 2024 Photo: Mostphotos Recommendations from the WHO on limiting screen time for children under the age of five are almost impossible to follow, and risk causing unnecessary anxiety and stigmatisation of parents of young children. This according to a study from Lund University in Sweden on the digital media habits of young children. Instead, the researchers recommend that pare

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/recommendations-young-childrens-screen-time-do-more-harm-good - 2025-04-26

Published 27 February 2024 Rock formations with basalt Léa Lévy, researcher in engineering geology at Lund University, is receiving SEK 5.1 million from the Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation to investigate how much hope can be placed in capturing carbon dioxide directly from the air and storing it in the rock basalt. Can you tell us a bit about your project, what you are researching?“More

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/will-carbon-capture-stored-basalt-be-climate-savior - 2025-04-26

Published 1 March 2024 Part of the simulated universe. In the center, a galaxy is born through gas that later transforms into stars. The whole process takes billions of years but is simulated in just a few months by supercomputers (Photo: The AGORA Collaboration) Astronomers can use supercomputers to simulate the formation of galaxies from the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago to the present day. Bu

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-insights-how-galaxies-are-formed - 2025-04-26

Published 6 March 2024 Edvin Bågenholm-Ruuth At present, viscose textiles are made of biomass from the forest, and there is no such thing as fully recycled viscose. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now succeeded in making new viscose – from worn-out cotton sheets. Old textiles around the world end up at the rubbish tip and are often burned. In Sweden, they are generally burned to prod

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/completely-recycled-viscose-first-time - 2025-04-26

Published 20 March 2024 Photo: Arne Trautmann/Mostphotos Many of us know that Finland is steadily ranked as the happiest country in the world. The basis for this is the annual World Happiness Report, which is based on a simple question about happiness asked to people around the world. However, a new study led by Lund University in Sweden suggests that it makes people think more about power and wea

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/world-happiness-report-why-we-might-be-measuring-happiness-wrong - 2025-04-26

Published 26 March 2024 Marie Dacke, Mia Liinason, Heiner Linke, Martin Dribe, Tobias Uller, Vanya Darakchieva and Oksana Mont are the new Wallenberg Scholars Twelve researchers at Lund University have been appointed Wallenberg Scholars, a programme funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation that supports excellent basic research, primarily in medicine, technology and the natural sciences.

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-universitys-wallenberg-scholars-are-announced - 2025-04-26

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 4 November 2024 Research nurse Jessica Melin takes a blood sample from a study participant. In the film Åke Lernmark, principal investigator of the TEDDY study in Sweden, explains the most important results of the TEDDY-study. In 2025, children within the TEDDY study will submit their final samples at research clinics in S

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-knowledge-about-type-1-diabetes-large-scale-teddy-study-will-soon-be-completed - 2025-04-26

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 5 November 2024 “Our goal is to make advances in stem cell therapy by modifying and adapting cells to the patient’s needs", explains Malin Parmar. Photo: Tove Smeds Malin Parmar, professor of cellular neuroscience, along with three researchers in Italy and Denmark, has been awarded the prestigious ERC Synergy Grant worth EUR 1

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/erc-synergy-grant-awarded-development-custom-made-stem-cell-therapies - 2025-04-26

Published 5 November 2024 Foam cells visualised using confocal microscopy in tissue from a patient with glioblastoma. Shown are the nucleus (in blue), a marker for macrophages that are recruited from the bone marrow (in green) and lipid droplets that gave the foam cell its name. A research team at Lund University in Sweden has discovered a certain type of cells – foam cells – in patients with the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/foam-cells-brain-tumours - 2025-04-26

Published 7 November 2024 Photo: iStock/SewcreamStudio When a patient with heart failure has received a new heart and survives – the transplantation is deemed a success. However, healthcare overlooks heart recipients who suffer from long-term and often severe symptoms, such as pain and fatigue. New research at Lund University in Sweden shows that simple support in symptom management can make a con

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/heart-transplant-patients-need-support-managing-severe-symptoms - 2025-04-26

Published 7 November 2024 Illustration: Inger Ekström/Pixabay A research team led by Lund University in Sweden has developed an AI tool that traces back the most recent places you have been to. The tool acts like a satellite navigation system, but instead of guiding you to your hotel, it identifies the geographical source of microorganisms. This means you can use bacteria to determine whether some

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-gps-system-microorganisms-could-revolutionise-police-work - 2025-04-26

By lina [dot] tornquist [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Lina Törnquist) - published 14 November 2024 Hanna Isaksson has developed a method to calculate fracture risk. Emma Hammarlund looks at hairs for early cancer diagnosis. Sang Hyun Pyo uses birch bark for make-up and other purposes. Photo: Johan Persson; Auraya Manaprasertsak and John Price The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/cancer-detection-through-hair-analysis-makes-prestigious-list - 2025-04-26

Published 22 November 2024 Photo: Wikimedia Commons Lund University and the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) are establishing a joint hub, focusing on water. The initiative will strengthen Lund University’s connection with the UN, and also offer a unique UN track for students. The new hub will be called Water in a Changing Environment (WICE). The in

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-start-new-un-collaboration-focusing-water - 2025-04-26

Published 25 November 2024 In a study published in Advanced Science, researcher Fredrik Ek et al. describe how they can use light to create electrically conductive materials directly in the body, showing promising results in animal trials. Photo: I. Hultquist. Bioelectronics research and development of implants made of electrically conductive materials for disease treatment is advancing rapidly. H

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/using-light-create-bioelectronics-inside-body - 2025-04-26

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 25 November 2024 Kristian Riesbeck, professor of clinical bacteriology at Lund University. Photo: Tove Smeds It has been a year ago since bacteria from war-wounded at hospitals in Ukraine were analysed. The study, which attracted a lot of attention, showed that some of the bacteria types had total resistance to antibiotics. No

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/pandrug-resistant-bacteria-war-ukraine-are-extremely-pathogenic - 2025-04-26

By lars [dot] uhlin [at] konstnarliga [dot] lu [dot] se (Lars Uhlin) - published 27 November 2024 Photo: Agnete Brun The Norwegian author and playwright Jon Fosse, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2023, is to be conferred with an honorary doctorate by the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts at Lund University. Jon Fosse has received great international recognition for his works. Hi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/jon-fosse-receives-honorary-doctorate-faculty-fine-and-performing-arts - 2025-04-26

Published 29 November 2024 Elmi Muller, Professor of Medicine at Stellenbosch University, is awarded an honorary doctorate by the Faculty of Humanities at Lund University. Elmi Muller is Professor of Medicine and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. She is awarded an honorary doctorate by the Faculty of Humanities for her pioneering work a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/prominent-south-african-researcher-receives-honorary-doctorate-faculty-humanities-lund-university - 2025-04-26

Published 3 December 2024 Enrico Ronchi, Mikkel Brydegaard, Andreas Nord, Yafa Shanneik, Per Augustsson Per Augustsson, Enrico Ronchi, Mikkel Brydegaard, Andreas Nord and Yafa Shanneik have each been awarded the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant. Enrico Ronchi, a researcher in fire safety engineering, is developing new ways to create an inclusive evacuation design for buildings. The research conc

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/five-lund-university-researchers-receive-erc-consolidator-grants - 2025-04-26

Published 4 December 2024 Photo: iStock/Pradit_Ph A new study led by Lund University in Sweden has solved a years-old mystery: which patients with aggressive breast cancer are helped by a targeted cancer treatment that had been under development but was shelved. The study is important since it brings hope that the development of the drug can continue and that it will make it all the way to these p

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/unexpected-discovery-revives-abandoned-breast-cancer-treatment - 2025-04-26