By bodil [dot] malmstrom [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Bodil Malmström) - published 15 February 2022 CROCUS wants to gather knowledge about cultural and creative industries so that they can jointly apply for projects and run projects. The watercolour is painted by Cecilia Fredriksson, project manager for the network. Cultural and creative industries are steadily growing and driving regional developm

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/crocus-flourishing-network-culture-and-creativity - 2025-04-03

Published 16 February 2022 Tönu Pullerits and Kaibo Zheng by the laser spectroscopy setup used in the study. (PHOTO: PAVEL CHABERA) A research team led by Lund University in Sweden has shown how solar power can convert carbon dioxide into fuel, by using advanced materials and ultra-fast laser spectroscopy. The breakthrough could be an important piece of the puzzle in reducing the levels of greenho

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/breakthrough-converting-co2-fuel-using-solar-energy - 2025-04-03

By marianne [dot] loor [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Marianne Loor) - published 16 February 2022 Less than ten per cent of energy intake from food should come from added sugar, according to the current Nordic Nutrition Recommendations. For adults, this corresponds to approximately 50–75 grams of added sugar per day and one can of soft drink contains approximately 30 grams of sugar. “Drinking soft dr

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/better-methods-are-needed-understand-how-sugar-affects-our-bodies - 2025-04-03

Published 23 February 2022 The Crab Nebula ( NASA/ESA/J Hester Arizona State University) A research team led by Lund University in Sweden has provided an important clue to the origin of the element Ytterbium in the Milky Way, by showing that the element largely originates from supernova explosions. The groundbreaking research also provides new opportunities for studying the evolution of our galaxy

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/astronomers-map-mysterious-element-space - 2025-04-03

Published 25 February 2022 Boy cycling to school through smog in Indonesia (Photo: Aulia Erlangga) How vulnerable is humanity in the face of climate change? And how have people around the world already been impacted? These are some of the questions to be answered on 28 February by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Two researchers from Lund University participated in the final rep

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/un-climate-report-how-vulnerable-are-we-and-how-can-we-adapt - 2025-04-03

Published 28 February 2022 Image: iStock/Design Cells In recent years, great advances have been made in the development of new successful immunotherapies to treat cancer. CAR T-cell therapy and antibody treatments are two types of targeted immunotherapies that have revolutionised areas of cancer care. However, there are still significant challenges in the identification of cancer cell surface prot

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-precision-technology-immunotherapy - 2025-04-03

Published 28 February 2022 A flooded village in Demak, Indonesia (Aji Styawan / Getty Images Climate Visuals Grant recipient) On Monday, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a new report on how climate change is impacting nature and people worldwide, and on the necessity for adaptation. According to the researchers, more than three billion people live in environments

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/uns-climate-change-panel-world-must-act-now - 2025-04-03

Published 3 March 2022 The sculpture (Photo: Johan Joelsson) Geologists at Lund University in Sweden have mapped 300 years of research on the prehistoric marine reptiles known as ichthyosaurs. Using a uniquely well-preserved fossil, the team has also created the scientifically most up-to-date reconstruction of an ichthyosaur currently available. Fish lizards, or ichthyosaurs, were a very successfu

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-reconstruct-ancient-fish-lizard - 2025-04-03

By bodil [dot] malmstrom [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Bodil Malmström) - published 3 March 2022 The latest PISA assessment clearly shows that children and young adults have difficulties navigating the fast flow of information in society today. Photo: iStockphoto. What are opinions, what are facts and what are outright lies? The latest PISA assessment clearly shows that children and young adults hav

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-and-performers-teaching-children-question-fake-news - 2025-04-03

By marianne [dot] loor [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Marianne Loor) - published 9 March 2022 Martin Adell, Technology Platform Manager at Tetra Pak and Axel Knutsson, Materials Specialist at Alfa Laval at the MAXPEEM beamline at MAX IV synchrotron. Photo: Filip Lenrick. Nanotechnology and nanoscience offer a key to the development of materials as well as new knowledge about different material proper

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/unique-collaboration-model-sustainable-production-industry - 2025-04-03

Published 10 March 2022 To the left: Petri dishes for cell cultures in the lab. To the right: Cells from the cell line the researchers used in the study. Photo: Massimo De Marinis and Yang de Marinis. A new study from Lund University in Sweden on how the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine affects human liver cells under experimental conditions, has been viewed more than 800,000 times in just over a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/qa-covid-19-vaccine-study-gains-attention - 2025-04-03

Published 10 March 2022 Tova Höjdestrand (Photo: Kennet Ruona) Vladimir Putin is driven by the old nationalistic theory about the western world’s conspiracy against Russia states Tova Höjdestrand, senior lecturer in Social Anthropology and a researcher whose areas of interest include Russia and nationalism. According to her, Russian conservatives have driven a radical conspiracy theory since the 1

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/nationalistic-conspiracy-theory-drives-putin - 2025-04-03

Published 11 March 2022 Jessica Almqvist Any war crimes and accusations of genocide could be investigated by two different courts, both in The Hague. Jessica Almqvist, professor at the Department of Law, analyses what this involves. “There are not many who would dispute the unlawfulness of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine”, says Jessica Almqvist. Some days ago, Ukraine held Russia accountable for havi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/war-criminals-held-accountable-hague - 2025-04-03

Published 11 March 2022 Anamaria Dutceac Segesten (Photo: Diego Monsivais) The media in Russia and Ukraine live different lives. The media in Ukraine is quite free, whereas Russia lies at the bottom of international comparisons of media freedom, says Anamaria Dutceac Segesten, senior lecturer in European Studies at the Centre for Languages and Literature and associate professor of Strategic Commun

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/media-propaganda-contributes-russians-world-view - 2025-04-03

Published 11 March 2022 Chernobyl (Ivan Tykhyi/Mostphotos) The fighting at Chernobyl has caused an increase in radioactive radiation levels. Aleh Cherp, a professor at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), has studied energy security and Chernobyl. He thinks that the sanctions could lead to significant changes in the types of energy used in Europe. During the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/sanctions-could-lead-more-wind-and-solar-power - 2025-04-03

Published 11 March 2022 Paid industrial work from home was common in the past – and now. Around 60 million people around the world are currently working as industrial homeworkers, such as contract sewing jobs. Photo: Västmanland County Museum and Istock In many ways, Swedish industrialisation began in the home. Women spun, wove and sewed clothes for payment in between their daily agricultural task

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/womens-work-home-then-and-now - 2025-04-03

Published 16 March 2022 Photo: iStock/isbjorn Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have studied whether severe perineal tears – known as sphincter injuries – are reduced if the primary midwife has assistance of a colleague during the final stage of labour. The study included a total of more than 4 000 first-time mothers. The results are published in The Lancet. There is currently a lack of e

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/reduction-severe-perineal-tearing-when-two-midwives-are-present-during-childbirth - 2025-04-03

Published 17 March 2022 Black swift (Photo: Zak Pohlen) An international research team led by Lund University in Sweden has managed to study the flight behaviour of the mysterious black swift. They found, among other things, that the black swift rises to extreme heights during a full moon, seemingly catching insects in the moonlight. And, during a lunar eclipse, the birds simultaneously lost altit

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/black-swifts-descended-rapidly-during-lunar-eclipse - 2025-04-03

Published 18 March 2022 Photo: Mostphotos/MALIK SHAHROZ 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. Alexander Pietras, Stanley Heinze, Anna Runemark. (Photo: Åsa Ha

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/three-lund-researchers-receive-erc-consolidator-grants - 2025-04-03

Published 23 March 2022 Illustration of a white dwarf ( Image: NASA, ESA, STScI, and G. Bacon (STScI) White dwarfs were once normal stars similar to the Sun but then collapsed after exhausting all their fuel. These interstellar remnants have historically been difficult to study. However, a recent study from Lund University in Sweden reveals new information about the movement patterns of these puzz

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-map-movement-white-dwarfs-milky-way - 2025-04-03