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The language collectors

Published 5 February 2016 Within 100 years, approximately half of the 6,000 languages in the world will become extinct. A window to the past is currently being opened in Lund, where you can listen to languages that are no longer spoken thanks to a special resource for digital language documentation. Niclas Burenhult. Every two weeks, a language is lost. Through an infrastructure project funded by

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/language-collectors - 2025-03-09

Searching for the causes of kidney failure

Published 16 September 2016 Why do humans and other mammals have two kidneys, but only one heart and one brain? “Because the kidneys are so important, of course!” says Diana Karpman – partly joking and partly serious. As a consultant and professor in nephrology, she really does think these organs are among the most essential in the body. Diana Karpmans work has been very rewarding. In a healthy in

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/searching-causes-kidney-failure - 2025-03-09

“More people should be sharing the grants”

Published 18 November 2016 After your PhD, the clock starts ticking fast. For a young researcher there are no guarantees that you will have a long career in research. Still, you have to give it your all, often while combining it with having small children. There is no time for you to draw up a plan B. In this equation, Pontus Nordenfelt from Future Faculty calls for more honesty and clearer career

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-people-should-be-sharing-grants - 2025-03-09

Vice-Chancellor: “It’s important for managers to be able to make uncomfortable decisions”

By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 5 June 2019 Vice-chancellor Torbjörn von Schantz Vice-Chancellor Torbjörn von Schantz is convinced that leadership at the University is a momentous question. “If we are perceived as being incapable of making uncomfortable decisions, there is a risk that we will see the same changes here as in other places such

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/vice-chancellor-its-important-managers-be-able-make-uncomfortable-decisions - 2025-03-09

New trends in the fashion industry – from fast and cheap to sustainable?

Published 19 April 2018 Consumers are demanding cheaper clothing while more are becoming aware and reassessing their consumption: second hand rather than “fast fashion”. The sustainability challenges of clothing companies often have to do with long supply chains – and the consumers’ demands. But together, consumers, businesses and politicians can change the fashion industry, according to Johan Jan

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-trends-fashion-industry-fast-and-cheap-sustainable - 2025-03-09

Top research gathers high-level climate data

Published 25 September 2018 Data gathering for European climate research goes on around the clock at the University’s Hyltemossa research station. The tallest of its two masts reaches as high as 150 metres straight up into the sky. Every other week, the station’s staff must climb to the top of the mast to clean two sensors. Recently, intensive work has been conducted on the lower mast to install e

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/top-research-gathers-high-level-climate-data - 2025-03-09

The role of relatives needs to be highlighted in cancer care

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 13 December 2018 Marlene Malmström. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter Although patient influence in healthcare has gradually started to increase, the role of the patient's next of kin is still very limited. Despite the fact that the disease affects the whole family, public healthcare often does not utilise the patient's relatives

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/role-relatives-needs-be-highlighted-cancer-care - 2025-03-09

Long-term measurements show how the climate is changing

Published 21 September 2021 One of the two masts at the research station reaches 150 metres straight up in the air from the dense forest. A staff member climbs the mast every other week. Photo: Adam Kristensson. 20 years of measurements are only the beginning. Long-term measurements over several decades are crucial to enable predictions of how airborne particles affect the future climate, accordin

https://www.science.lu.se/article/long-term-measurements-show-how-climate-changing - 2025-03-09

Eric K. Fernström Nordic Prize 2023 awarded to cancer researcher

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 19 October 2023 Cancer researcher Harald Stenmark, professor at the University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, is the recipient of Eric K. Fernström Nordic Prize 2023. Photo: Øystein Horgmo. Cancer researcher Harald Stenmark, professor at the University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, is the recipient of this year’

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/eric-k-fernstrom-nordic-prize-2023-awarded-cancer-researcher - 2025-03-09

Faster detection of dangerous infections

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 9 September 2024 Johan Malmström, Erik Hartman and Artur Schmidtchen have developed a new innovative technique for peptide analysis that identifies new and better biomarkers for safer diagnostics in inflammation and infection. Foto Åsa Hansdotter In an infection, there are tens of thousands of peptides that provide a w

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/faster-detection-dangerous-infections - 2025-03-09

Increase in forest fires may damage the crucial ozone layer

By marianne [dot] loor [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Marianne Loor) - published 12 October 2023 Climate change and modern forestry methods result in more forest fires. Photo: iStockphoto All particles that reach the atmosphere cause different chemical reactions. Particles come partly from natural sources such as volcanic eruptions and forest fires, and partly from pollution and emissions. Aerosol re

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/increase-forest-fires-may-damage-crucial-ozone-layer - 2025-03-09

A closer look at the making of a novel stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s Disease

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Bento Luis) - published 24 October 2023 Many steps needs to be taken to bring a novel stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s Disease, STEM-PD, from the lab to the clinic. Illustration by Katrine Bech Lauritzen. A recent publication by MultiPark researchers at Lund University’s Lund Stem Cell Center gives a closer look at the making of a nove

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/closer-look-making-novel-stem-cell-therapy-parkinsons-disease - 2025-03-09

Newly discovered drug candidate increases insulin secretion in type 2 diabetes

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 31 March 2022 The islets of Langerhans are clusters of cells that are spread out over the pancreas. Lena Eliasson and Jones Ofori separate the islets of Langerhans from the pancreas to study them in the lab. Photo: Petra Olsson Researchers at Lund University have discovered increased levels of a microRNA in type 2 diabetes

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/newly-discovered-drug-candidate-increases-insulin-secretion-type-2-diabetes - 2025-03-09