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Using magnetically controlled nanoparticles to force tumour cells to ‘self-destruct’ sounds like science fiction, but could be a future part of cancer treatment, according to research from Lund University in Sweden. Watch on YouTube: How rotating nanoparticles target cancer cells  “The clever thing about the technique is that we can target selected cells without harming surrounding tissue. There a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/nanoparticles-cause-cancer-cells-self-destruct - 2025-11-19

Every year since 1999, the Master’s students in Industrial Design at Lund University have done what most design students around the world can only dream of – go to NASA in Houston, Texas, USA and study at the Johnson Space Center. There they design products for an extreme environment – namely, space. “The missions to Mars that the students from Lund have been studying will happen somewhere between

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-students-collaborate-nasa - 2025-11-19

A new tuberculosis diagnostic method tailored for low-income countries could save lives, detecting nearly 50% more TB cases among HIV-infected people, according to a new study from Lund University. Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common cause of death among HIV positive individuals, even if antiretroviral treatment  (ART) is available. Low-income countries have the highest burden of TB, and the lack

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/improved-test-method-tuberculosis-could-save-lives-among-hiv-infected-people-africa - 2025-11-19

Consumption of high-fat yoghurt and cheese are linked to a reduction in the risk of type 2 diabetes by as much as a fifth, according to new research from Lund University in Sweden. High meat consumption, on the other hand, is linked to a higher risk. The findings, which have been published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, are in line with previous studies of eating habits that indica

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/high-fat-dairy-products-linked-reduced-type-2-diabetes-risk - 2025-11-19

Morten Kjaerum is the new director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, having taken over the reins of the Institute on 1 April 2015. Kjaerum most recently was the director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) in Vienna. During his seven years at the agency, he is credited for having brought FRA into the foreground of the European human rights landscape.

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-director-raoul-wallenberg-institute-human-rights - 2025-11-19

Five Lund University students have been declared to be some of the world's brightest business minds, landing a top six position in the prestigious Hult Prize competition in London. Five university friends from different backgrounds, nationalities and study programmes came together in a cold December to crack a fairly hard nut – solving one of the planet's biggest challenges in early childhood educ

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-students-make-top-six-hult-prize-competition - 2025-11-19

Half of all patients who survive a cardiac arrest experience problems with cognitive functions such as memory and attention. This has been shown by a major international study led from Lund University. Surprisingly, however, a control group comprising heart attack patients had largely the same level of problems. This suggests that it is not only the cardiac arrest and the consequent lack of oxygen

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/cognitive-problems-are-common-after-cardiac-arrest - 2025-11-19

Researchers can now explain how asteroids are formed. According to a new study led by Lund University in Sweden, our own planet also has its origins in the same process, a cosmic ocean of millimetre-sized particles that orbited the young sun. WATCH VIDEO STORYFragments of asteroids regularly land on Earth as meteorites. If you examine such a find, you can see that it comprises millimetre-sized rou

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-millimetre-sized-stones-formed-our-planet - 2025-11-19

This week around 40 Swedish researchers are visiting Korea to meet Korean colleagues in a series of interdisciplinary round table discussions within the framework of the two-day Korea–Sweden Excellence seminar, to reinforce existing contacts and to develop new ones. Issues regarding creativity and innovation, environment and welfare are high on the agenda. The seminar coincides with an official vi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/sweden-reinforce-its-research-contacts-south-korea - 2025-11-19

A number of research studies have shown that coffee helps to protect against breast cancer. A new study led by Lund University, has confirmed that coffee inhibits the growth of tumours and reduces the risk of recurrence in women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer and treated with the drug tamoxifen. The study, which is a follow-up of the results the researchers obtained two years ago, was

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/more-detailed-findings-confirm-coffee-protects-against-breast-cancer-recurrence - 2025-11-19

Global Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) - a Lund University MOOC Sexuality and reproduction are core aspects of human existence that are intimately linked to our health and well-being. Sexual and Reproductive Health extends beyond disease and fertility control, and also encompasses the rights of everyone to have a safe and satisfying sexual and reproductive life, an

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/mooc-global-perspectives-sexual-and-reproductive-health-and-rights-starts-27th-april - 2025-11-19

For the first time, a research project has investigated how a neonicotinoid pesticide, clothianidin, affects both honeybees and wild bees in an agricultural landscape. The study shows that honeybees can cope with exposure to the pesticide, but that it has a strong negative impact on wild bees. WATCH VIDEO STORYNeonicotinoids are used for seed dressing of rapeseed, to protect the young plants again

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-unique-field-study-shows-pesticide-harms-wild-bees - 2025-11-19

Lund University’s position as a top 100 University has once again been reinforced with the release of the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2015. Lund University is ranked 20th in the world for geography and 50th for both environmental sciences and development studies. In addition, Lund University was ranked in the top 100 for eleven other subject areas, and in the top 150 for nine subject a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-reinforces-its-top-100-position-qs-subject-ranking - 2025-11-19

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 compression is halved. WATCH VIDEO STORYA total of 7 500 women aged 40–74 took part in the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-new-method-detects-more-breast-cancer-screening - 2025-11-19

It is six times more expensive for society – and for you individually - if you travel by car instead of cycling. This has been shown in a Lund University study of Copenhagen, a city of cyclists. It is the first time a price has been put on car use as compared to cycling. Watch: Bikes cheaper alternative to carsIn the comparative study, Stefan Gössling from Lund University and Andy S. Choi from the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-six-times-more-expensive-travel-car-bicycle - 2025-11-19

Jiang Qian is currently designing vacuum cleaners for Electrolux, but it wasn’t too long ago that he studied Industrial Design at Lund University. Today, in a ceremony at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, he will be named a ‘Global Swede’ by the Swedish Minister for Trade. The Global Swede diploma ceremony honours foreign students who have studied at higher education institutions in Sweden and who

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lu-student-selected-global-swede-2015 - 2025-11-19

Lund University experts on international law and human rights give their views Gregor Noll is a professor of International Law at Lund University. He has conducted research on European migration and asylum law for more than two decades and has been consulted inter alia by the UNHCR, the European Commission and the Swedish government.”The EU has not yet opened any pathways for legal entry. There is

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/experts-how-do-we-solve-mediterranean-migrant-crisis - 2025-11-19

The chances of being cured of breast cancer have increased in recent decades, however if the tumour has metastasised, the disease remains essentially incurable. One reason for this could be that the metastases are detected late, after they have grown enough to cause symptoms or be seen on a radiological scan. If they could be found sooner, it might be possible to treat the new tumours. Research fi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/blood-test-early-detection-breast-cancer-metastasis - 2025-11-19

After 12 years of conducting work for the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), the Child Rights, Classroom and School Management programme has resulted in the establishment of an institute for children’s rights. Based on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the institute will work to stimulate and support continued research and education promoting children’s

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-establishes-institute-childrens-rights - 2025-11-19

Tropical rainforests have long been considered the Earth’s lungs, sequestering large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and thereby slowing down the increasing greenhouse effect and associated human-made climate change. Scientists in a global research project now show that the vast extensions of semi-arid landscapes occupying the transition zone between rainforest and desert dominate th

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/savannahs-slow-climate-change - 2025-11-19