Published 24 April 2023 Photo: Charlie Cornwallis. By studying green algae in Swedish lakes, a research team, led by Lund University in Sweden, has succeeded in identifying which environmental conditions promote multicellularity. The results give us new clues to the amazing paths of evolution. The evolution of multicellular life has played a pivotal role in shaping biological diversity. However, w

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Published 26 April 2023 Illustration: Bibiana Prinoth. The rare metal terbium has been found in an exoplanet’s atmosphere for the first time. The researchers at Lund University in Sweden have also developed a new method for analyzing exoplanets, making it possible to study them in more detail. KELT-9 b is the galaxy’s hottest exoplanet, orbiting its distant star about 670 light years from Earth. T

https://www.science.lu.se/article/scientists-discover-rare-element-exoplanets-atmosphere - 2025-02-07

Published 9 May 2023 Photo: Anders Hedenström. Small bats are bad at converting energy into muscle power. Surprisingly, a new study led by Lund University reveals that this ability increases the faster they fly. The researchers have studied the efficiency of migratory bats – a species that weighs about eight grams and is found in almost all of Europe. Efficiency, in this case, is the ability to co

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Published 29 May 2023 Using samples from all across Europe, the researchers were able to show that microorganisms in soil can adapt to changes in temperature. Photo: Carla Cruz Paredes. A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that the ability of microorganisms to adapt to climate warming will slow down global warming by storing carbon in soil. In the study, researchers collected soil samp

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Published 29 May 2023 A Weevil. Photo: Pixabay. Insects heavily rely on bacteria for essential nutrients that are lacking in their diet. This has allowed insects to access a wide variety of food, leading to remarkable species diversification in some cases, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. Insects are crucial for biodiversity and among the most successful species on the plan

https://www.science.lu.se/article/bacteria-are-vital-diversity-and-survival-insects - 2025-02-07

Published 19 June 2023 Photo: Pixabay. Great tits in urban environments have lower levels of stress hormone than those living in woodland habitats. This according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. Certain animals are able to adjust well to environments that have been created or altered by human activity. We live in an age in which urbanisation is proceeding at an ever-faster rate, som

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Published 11 August 2023 Photo: Ulrika Ervander. The dry summer of 2018 hit Swedish forests hard - and hardest affected were the managed secondary forests. This according to a new study from Lund University. Northern boreal forest ecosystems are predicted to experience more frequent summer droughts in the future. The majority of Swedish forest are secondary forests that are managed commercial fore

https://www.science.lu.se/article/secondary-forests-more-sensitive-drought - 2025-02-07

Published 29 August 2023 Group A streptococci growing on a blood agar plate. Photo: Fredric Carlsson. Why are certain people more severely affected than others by invasive streptococcal infections? According to a new study from Lund University in Sweden, the answer lies in our genome. Carriers of a certain variant of the STING gene are at greater risk, particularly if they encounter the bacterial

https://www.science.lu.se/article/why-killer-bacteria-affect-some-people-more-severely - 2025-02-07

Published 30 August 2023 Alfred Larsson assembles an electrochemical cell at the instrument "The Swedish Materials Science Beamline P21.2" at the PETRA III particle accelerator in Hamburg. Photo: Jinshan Pan. Corrosion-resistant metallic materials are required in applications such as rocket engines, nuclear power stations and chemical industry. An alloy of nickel, chromium and molybdenum is often

https://www.science.lu.se/article/researchers-reveal-deficiencies-corrosion-resistant-metallic-materials - 2025-02-07

Published 5 September 2023 Photo: Caroline Isaksson. A new study conducted by researchers in Europe shows that urban great tits have paler plumage than their countryside counterparts. Since the yellow pigment of the breast feathers of great tits comes from the food they eat, the paler yellow plumage of urban birds indicates that the urban environment affects the entire food chain. As urban areas e

https://www.science.lu.se/article/urban-great-tits-have-paler-plumage-their-forest-living-relatives - 2025-02-07

Published 6 September 2023 The ERC Starting Grant is aimed at younger researchers. Milda Pucetaite and Colin Olito were two of four researchers from Lund who received the starting grant. Photo: private. Two researchers at the Department of Biology, Milda Pucetaite and Colin Olito, have been awarded starting grants from the European Research Council, ERC. The research projects aim to advance method

https://www.science.lu.se/article/two-biology-researchers-receive-generous-starting-grants-european-research-council - 2025-02-07

Published 3 October 2023 Anne L'Huillier, Professor of Atomic Physics at the Department of Physics, is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2023. Read more about Anne L'Huillier: The Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 | Lund University's main website

https://www.science.lu.se/article/nobel-prize-lund - 2025-02-07

Published 13 October 2023 Photo: Viiru Pesonen/Wikimedia Commons. One result of climate change is that spring is arriving earlier. However, migratory birds are not keeping up with these developments and arrive too late for the peak in food availability when it is time for breeding. By getting the birds to fly a little further north, researchers in Lund, Sweden, and the Netherlands have observed th

https://www.science.lu.se/article/migratory-birds-can-be-taught-adjust-climate-change - 2025-02-07

Publicerad 17 januari 2017 Boken "Realising Child Rights in Education. Experiences and Reflections from the International Training Programme on Child Rights, Classroom and School Management" har sammanställts av Bodil Rasmusson, Lena Andersson, Agneta W Flinck, Ulf Leo och Per Wickenberg (red.). Den handlar om vilka erfarenheter 16 länder i Afrika, Asien och Sydamerika har av arbetet med barns rät

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Publicerad 7 februari 2017 Teamet bakom SoPact, från vänster: Peter Løvschall, Joakim Grina, Linda Karlsson, Johan Fredriksson, Juliette Tenart och Amanda Westin. Behovet av att hitta nya kreativa lösningar på olika samhällsutmaningar ökar. Socialhögskolan gör därför i samarbete med Helsingborgs stad en unik satsning och rekryterar acceleratorn SoPact, The Social Impact Accelerator program, till s

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Publicerad 10 februari 2017 Per Bolund (MP), finansmarknads- och konsumentminister, besökte Socialhögskolan. Foto: Amanda Westin, SoPact.org Hållbara innovationer, en träff med sociala entreprenörer och en presentation av acceleratorprogrammet SoPact var på dagordningen när Per Bolund (MP), finansmarknads- och konsumentminister, besökte Socialhögskolan i början av februari. Under studiebesöket fic

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Publicerad 10 februari 2017 Åsa Ritenius Manjer. Foto: Jonas Andersson Var femte kvinna som erbjuds att göra mammografi väljer att inte göra det trots att screening ökar möjligheten att upptäcka eventuell cancer i tid. Frågan är varför. I en ny avhandling vid Lunds universitet undersöker Åsa Ritenius Manjer de bakomliggande orsakerna till det motsägelsefulla beslutet. – Det är inte alla som enbart

https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/motsagelsefullt-beslut-att-valja-bort-mammografi - 2025-02-07

Publicerad 27 februari 2017 Socialhögskolan får 3,5 miljoner kronor av Europeiska socialfonden för att delta i ett samarbetsprojekt i EU med belgiska och holländska kolleger och brukarrepresentanter. Projektet ska undersöka och sprida goda erfarenheter av brukarmedverkan i socialarbetarutbildningar i hela Europa. Den svenska delen av projektet ska följa upp erfarenheterna av de 700 socionomer och

https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/eu-ger-35-miljoner-till-kartlaggning-av-brukarmedverkan - 2025-02-07

Publicerad 20 mars 2017 Rapporten "Svensk normering av två bedömningsinstrument för lärare. Conner's Teacher Rating Scale (CTRS) och Sutter-Eyberg Student Behavior Inventory - Revised (SESBI-R)" undersöker psykometriska proportioner i två internationella bedömningsinstrument som mäter svårigheter (beteendeproblem) i skolmiljö. Rapporten är författad av Martin Bergström, lektor och docent och Stina

https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/ny-rapport-undersoker-instrument-som-mater-svarigheter-i-skolmiljo - 2025-02-07

Publicerad 23 mars 2017 Nya perspektiv har framkommit när det gäller hur etniska äldreboenden beskrivs i massmedia. Finska, spanska och arabiska äldreboenden har tidigare ramats in som en fråga om att tillgodose språkliga behov och kulturella vanor. På senare tid har denna inramning också börjat handla om att välja boenden utifrån livsstil, tillsammans med äldreboenden med hotellkoncept, sport- oc

https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/ny-inramning-av-etniska-aldreboenden-fran-behov-till-livsstil - 2025-02-07