Published 2 May 2016 When physical geographer Daniel Metcalfe explains what he does in the simplest possible way, he says he examines holes in leaves. However, the project is far more sophisticated than that, and could lead to a better way of caring for the forests of the world in the future. Hanging bridges are practical when studying leaves in tree crowns. Photo taken in Peru. Photo: Jake Bryant

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/examining-forests-world - 2025-04-03

By erika [dot] svantesson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Erika Svantesson) - published 21 November 2024 According to Emma Hammarlund's research hypothesis, chemical imprints in hair strands can give an indication of cancer at an early stage. Photo: iStock. Researcher Emma Hammarlund realized that geological measurement methods can also be used for medical purposes. With a simple hair sample, she hope

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/ivas-100-list-hair-analysis-find-cancer-early-stage - 2025-04-03

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 22 September 2022 Lars Samuelson celebrates together with colleagues including Lund University vice chancellor Erik Renström, NanoLund directors Anders Mikkelsen and Maria Messing – and, online, colleagues from the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). Lars Samuelson, professor of nanotechnology and semico

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/lars-samuelson-receives-ivas-great-gold-medal - 2025-04-03

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 4 May 2023 “Nanotechnology and nanoscience are necessary to address global challenges and achieve a sustainable world. We are already working on this, but we are bursting at the seams,” says NanoLund’s director Anders Mikkelsen. Work is now in progress on procuring a landlord who wants to be part of the development of Nanolab Sc

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/next-milestone-lund-universitys-road-science-village-landlord-wanted - 2025-04-03

By izabella [dot] rosengren [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Izabella Rosengren) - published 24 March 2021 Julia Kelly at fieldwork. Photo: Private Boreal peatlands store large amounts of carbon, but warmer and drier conditions caused by climate change may turn these ecosystems into carbon sources. Equipped with drones and thermal cameras Julia Kelly, who recently received her doctorate at the Centre f

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/drones-offer-new-insights-boreal-peatland-co2-emissions - 2025-04-03

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/un-climate-report-april-4th-what-matters-now-zero-emissions - 2025-04-03

By maria [dot] johansson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Johansson) - published 17 September 2024 After graduation from the master's programme in International Strategic Management (ISM) in 2021, Marc Leon started his career in the fast paced world of consultancy at Porsche Consulting in Hamburg, Germany. Today, he thrives in the role as senior consultant where he manages workflows, junior colle

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/marc-leon-willemsen-alumnus-international-strategic-management-2021 - 2025-04-04

By maria [dot] lindh [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Lindh) - published 9 December 2021 LU can apply for grants for five profile areas as the government reallocate 500 million SEK from direct government funding. Photo: Kennet Ruona ‟Profiling is an opportunity to gather our strengths and renew our research, increase its societal impact and improve the intertwining of cutting-edge resea

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/time-prioritize-profiling - 2025-04-04

By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 9 November 2020 Feiner and her research team will travel to six locations in the Mediterranean region and collect wall lizards to study. Photo:Johan Joelsson Using fishing-rods laced with dental floss and the Nobel-prize winning Crispr-Cas9 gene-editing technology, Nathalie Feiner wants to reveal some of the deepes

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lizards-key-evolutionary-mysteries - 2025-04-03

By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 17 December 2020  To achieve the University’s emissions targets, students and employees must for example, reduce how much CO2 they produce when commuting . Cycling is one alternative. Photo: Kennet Ruona By 2023 the University is to have reduced its CO2 emissions by half, according to the new sustainability pla

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lus-new-plan-co2-emissions-be-halved-2023 - 2025-04-04

By marie [dot] pihl [at] nek [dot] lu [dot] se (Marie Pihl) - published 14 May 2024 Albert Duodu investigates how trade shocks impact the economic activities of a country. Photo: iStock Trade shocks can have various impacts on the economic activities of a country, yet it remains uncertain whether such shocks influence the environmental behaviors of firms. Albert Duodu shows, in a recent investigat

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/carbon-offshoring-and-manufacturing-cleanup - 2025-04-03

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 14 December 2023 Inequalities are at risk of increasing as we seek to improve the health of the population. Photo: Stefan Holm/Mostphotos and Carina Andreasson/Mostphotos That life is not fair is hardly news. But that inequalities are at risk of increasing as we seek to improve the health of the population is perhaps u

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/unfair-life - 2025-04-04

By jessika [dot] sellergren [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 30 May 2024 Locally produced food is vital in times of crisis. Photo: Carina Andreasson When planning for food in times of crisis – what foodstuffs do we imagine? Many think of tin cans and freeze-dried food, but the fact is that if a crisis occurs, it is not stockpiled cans that will save us. Food preparedness

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/preparedness-more-stockpiling-pantry-provisions - 2025-04-04

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By sandra [dot] jakobsson [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Sandra Jakobsson) - published 1 February 2023 Are you a student enrolled in the Bachelor course in journalism at the Department of Communication and Media at Lund University? Then you are eligible to apply for our grant to conduct fieldworkd in South Asia. Applicants for this grant must be students within the Bachelor course in journalism at t

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/apply-sasnet-travel-grant-journalism-students - 2025-04-03

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 1 March 2022 In a newly published article in Energy Policy, researchers from the IIIEE show the potential impacts that social norms can have if they were used to promote low-carbon mobility options. The transport sector is crucially important to limit global warming to 1.5ᵒC above pre-industrial levels. Its management

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/policy-experimentation-what-extent-can-use-social-norms-promote-low-carbon-mobility-options - 2025-04-03

By pia [dot] berntsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Pia Berntsson) - published 23 March 2021 Photo of Sophia Zackrisson by André de Loisted A new LUCC Coordinator has been appointed by the Dean of Faculty of Medicine at Lund University. Professor Sophia Zackrisson has been appointed as the new LUCC coordinator for a 3-year period and she will replace Kristian Pietras as coordinator from March 1st 2

https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/new-lucc-coordinator - 2025-04-03

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 25 April 2019 Huntington Center is hosting this year's first information meeting in Lund on Huntington's disease on May 28. The evening is open for families with Huntington's disease and health care professionals. The Huntington team from the Neurology clinic at Skåne University Hospital will be present, as well as resea

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/huntingtons-disease-information-evening - 2025-04-03

Published 19 October 2017 Eva Schömer has published an article in the journal Arbetsmarknad och Arbetsliv (Labour Market and Working Life), which illustrates how personal assistants experience their working environment and which opportunities they have to influence their working conditions from a socio-legal perspective. Eva Schömer links personal assistants' work experience with some of the legal

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/kind-legal-no-mans-land-says-eva-schomer - 2025-04-03

Published 8 April 2020 In a paper, recently published in Nature Communications with researchers from NanoLund and Lund Laser Centre, the ultrafast optical dynamics of porous gold nanosponges filled with zinkoxide was studied. This type of hybrid plasmon-emitter system could be useful for future optical computers as they are able to strongly amplify laser light. The study provides fundamental new i

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/porous-gold-nanosponges-can-be-useful-future-computers - 2025-04-03