Published 7 October 2021 Alexandra Franzén outside of the AF-building in Lund where Jan Guillou and Peter Bratt gave a speech about the IB-scandal the evening before they were imprisoned for their publication. Spy scandals as a power struggle between three actors: whistleblowers, journalists and the intelligence service. On Friday 1 October Alexandra Franzén at the Department of Sociology defended

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Published 5 September 2024 Photo: Melanie Karlsson. It takes a long time, up to several decades, before the benefits of organic farming take full effect on land that was previously cultivated conventionally, a new study from Lund University suggests. After thirty years, the plant species richness around the cultivated crop had doubled on organic farms compared to conventional farms. It is well kno

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Published 24 October 2024 SHREC the detector is inspected by Pavel Golubev. Photo: Dirk Rudolph. Scientists have found an alternative way to produce atoms of the superheavy element livermorium. The new method opens up the possibility of creating another element that could be the heaviest in the world so far: number 120. The search for new elements comes from the dream of finding a variant that is

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Published 28 February 2020 Lund University School of Economics and Management secures a spot on the Financial Times Master’s in Management 2020 ranking. For the first time, the Master’s in International Strategic Management ranks number 73, in fierce global competition. The Master’s in International Strategic Management was launched in 2016, and is based on a long tradition of education and resear

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Published 12 November 2019 Joan Yuan, research team leader at the Department of Laboratory Medicine. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter Directly after birth, the immune system completes production of a subtype of antibody-producing immune cells, B-1, that are to last for a lifetime. No more B1-cells are formed after that point. However, these cells are self-reactive – they produce not only antibodies against f

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Published 3 January 2023 Foto: iStock/andresr. A new study have identified which blood tests are best at detecting Alzheimer’s disease during the earliest stages, and also another blood test that is optimal for detecting relevant treatment effects. These findings will speed up the development of new therapies that can slow down the disease progression. The article was originally published as a pre

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By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 13 March 2023 After a decade of protocol development and preparations, MultiPark researchers have finally launched the clinical trial. Recently, dopamine-producing cells generated from embryonic stem cells were transplanted into the first Parkinson's patient at Skåne University Hospital. During the autumn 2022, the

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Published 14 December 2023 In order to achieve the 1.5-degree target set by the Paris Agreement, massive cuts in carbon emissions are needed. For the EU, this requires a reduction of household carbon footprints from 2015 of almost 70% by 2030 and over 90% by 2050. Too often, climate policies are not placed within a broader social context and policy makers neglect to see that welfare policies are v

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/eu-project-shows-welfare-policies-are-vital-climate-mitigation - 2025-01-13

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By edina [dot] voloder [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Edina Voloder) - published 9 January 2023 DIGG, the supervisory authority for access to digital public service has audited www.lu.se among many other websites. The audit indicated a few points for improvement but was good overall. A plan will now be developed for how the deficiencies on lu.se are to be rectified. DIGG (Agency for Digital

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Published 20 August 2019 Initiatives such as the Kisumu Waste Actors Network (KIWAN) must be encouraged to ensure the engagement and inclusion of waste collectors, recyclers, community organizations and entrepreneurs. Photo: Michael Oloko. “Better communication between different waste actors is paramount”. LUCSUS researchers present policy brief on how to address challenges linked to urban solid w

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/four-ways-address-challenges-urban-solid-waste-new-policy-brief-developed-city-kisumu-kenya - 2025-01-14

By sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - published 20 May 2021 Photo source: MostPhotos. Can a reduced intake of gluten during childhood affect the development of coeliac disease (gluten intolerance)? Researchers at Lund University will investigate this question in the new study GRAIN (Gluten Reduction After INfancy and the risk of celiac disease). – We’ve seen in previo

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-study-can-gluten-reduced-diet-first-years-life-prevent-celiac-disease - 2025-01-14

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 16 June 2021 Cardiovascular and lung disease increase the risk of complications in COVID-19. Therefore, the Heart-Lung Foundation has granted SEK 3.1 million for five research projects at Lund University that will contribute to more knowledge about the effects of COVID-19. One of the researchers, Jonas Erjefält, pr

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/five-lund-researchers-received-grants-deepen-knowledge-about-effects-covid-19 - 2025-01-14

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 24 November 2021 Filipe Pereira. Photo: Kennet Ruona. It was Dolly the sheep that decided the fate of Filipe Pereira's future career. The choice lay between becoming an architect or a researcher, when one of the world's most extreme examples of cell reprogramming aroused his curiosity about the inner works of the human

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By ulrika [dot] oredsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Ulrika Oredsson (English translation: Linda Eitrem Holmgren)) - published 13 May 2022 Political scientist Sarah Anne Rennick is a guest researcher at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies. Photo: Ulrika Oredsson How can youth movements influence and promote democratisation and social justice in the Middle East? Can researchers

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Published 25 October 2018 IIIEE researcher Luis Mundaca Photo: Sara Bernstrup Nilsson Efforts to combat climate change tend to focus on supply-side changes, such as shifting to renewable or cleaner energy. In a Special Issue in the Energy Efficiency Journal that follows the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 ˚C, researchers argue that demand-side approaches can play a crucial role given

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/can-we-limit-global-warming-15-degc - 2025-01-14

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 17 September 2020 Histopathology of rescued bone. Femur of an osteopetrotic mouse (left) and rescued bone phenotype in femur following lentiviral mediated gene therapy. Image credit: Johan Richter & Ilana Moscatelli Johan Richter's research has resulted in the successful development of gene therapy for the hereditary d

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/successful-biotech-collaboration-brings-gene-therapy-project-clinic - 2025-01-14

By maria [dot] lindh [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Lindh) - published 1 October 2019 Professor Mats Benner represents the the Electoral College. Photo: Johan Bävman The work to find a new vice-chancellor has begun. The recruitment committee, which now consists of equal numbers of members from the Electoral College and the University Board (with the chair of the board having the casti

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/search-new-vice-chancellor-underway - 2025-01-14