By webmaster [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Kristina Lindgärde and Evelina Lindén) - published 7 January 2021 Christelle Prinz’ project developing a test that quickly detects viruses in the body receives an ERC proof of concept – innovation money from the European Research Council. Picture: Mostphotos. Christelle Prinz, professor of solid state physics and affiliated to NanoLund, receives 150,000 e

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/erc-grant-one-step-covid-detection - 2025-04-17

By webmaster [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 7 September 2020 Droplets are spread in the air when we sing – here from powerful and consonant-rich singing photographed with a high-speed camera. Photo: Alexios Matamis If silence is golden, speech is silver – and singing the worst. Singing doesn’t need to be silenced, however, but at the moment the wisest thing is to sin

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/could-singing-spread-covid-19 - 2025-04-17

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 3 April 2025 Species diversity is higher in plant communities surrounded by landscapes with low human impact, the study shows. Photo: Honor Prentice. A new global study shows that in human-disturbed regions, many native plant species are absent from their natural habitats, contributing to the missing so called “d

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/global-study-dark-diversity-reveals-hidden-impact-human-activities-nature - 2025-04-17

By miriam [dot] sjodahl_jakobsen [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Miriam Sjödahl Jakobsen) - published 1 March 2022 Although surgery is performed with a simple procedure that is performed under local anesthesia, new research by post doc Malin Zimmerman at Lund University shows that socioeconomic factors such as income, education and/or occupation, have an impact on general recovery and outcome after su

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/patients-low-socioeconomic-status-experience-more-symptoms-and-after-surgery-carpal-tunnel-syndrome - 2025-04-17

Published 1 March 2022 A flooded village in Demak, Indonesia. Photo: Aji Styawan/Getty Images Climate Visuals Grant recipient. On Monday, the United Nation'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

https://www.science.lu.se/article/uns-climate-change-panel-world-must-act-now - 2025-04-17

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Published 2 May 2016 ”Not everyone can become a professor, and then it’s good to know how to get a job within the industry”. So says Sandra Capellera Garcia, doctoral student in stem cell biology and member of the network MentLife that promotes close relationships between industry and science. Sandra Capellera Garcia and Michael Wilsterman. The network focuses on students interested in a career ou

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/mentlife-opens-doors-research-departments-companies - 2025-04-17

Published 16 December 2016 One of the two recent Lund University jubilee stamps depicts the young diabetes researchers Anna Edlund and Jones Ofori. They are pleased to be featured on the stamps – but it was a complete surprise to them both. “Obviously we knew that our picture had been taken. A couple of years ago, there was a photographer here at CRC (Clinical Research Centre) who photographed the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/unknowing-researchers-became-stamp - 2025-04-17

By jan [dot] olsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 26 October 2023 Anne L'Huillier in the laboratory. Photo: European Research Council Twenty years ago, Anne L’Huillier was supervisor to doctoral student Per Eng-Johnsson. Today he is a professor of atomic, molecular and optical physics, director of the Lund Laser Centre and one of the Nobel Laureate’s closest collabo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/colleagues-around-world-are-genuinely-happy - 2025-04-18

Published 16 November 2023 Lund University is monitoring developments in Israel, Gaza and the region with considerable dismay and concern. Lund University condemns all acts of terrorism and attacks on civilians wherever in the world they are perpetrated, and in all situations stands up for human rights. Regardless of conflict in the world, Lund University is to be a safe haven. Lund University sta

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/researchers-are-instrumental-efforts-understand-and-explain-these-troubled-times - 2025-04-18

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 10 December 2024 Lund University. Photo: Kennet Ruona. Lund University has achieved third place globally in the QS Sustainability Rankings, according to a press release issued by the university on Tuesday. The QS World University Rankings: Sustainability evaluates approximately 1,750 institutions worldwide on the

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By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 23 November 2023 Participating in the Forskar Grand Prix was proof that she has succeeded in conveying how exciting her research is, and the enthusiasm she feels for the profession, says Sofie Mohlin. With a presentation focusing on how research using chicken embryos can help cure an unusual form of childhood cancer, researche

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/research-chickens-and-childhood-cancer-takes-center-stage-forskar-grand-prix - 2025-04-17

By jan [dot] olsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 7 April 2022 Margareta Johansson (second from the right) visiting a Russian research station in the Altai Mountains in 2016 alongside Russian and Canadian colleagues. Photo: Sergey Kirportin Climate research in the Arctic is being hit hard as collaboration with Russian researchers is put on ice. “It’s impossible to g

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/negative-impact-arctic-research-russia-excluded - 2025-04-18

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By minna [dot] wallen-widung [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Minna Wallén-Widung) - published 16 February 2024 Project managers Lena Christensen and Rachel Forsyth have focused on ways to make evaluating teaching in academic career progression easier. Photo: Minna Wallén-Widung Teaching is to be as highly valued as research when it comes to appointments and promotions. Despite this ambition,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-initiative-raise-status-teaching - 2025-04-18

By jessika [dot] sellergren [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 16 September 2024 Maria Hedin and Joakim Eriksson have developed the “dementia simulator”. Photo: Alma Fager What does it feel like to live with dementia? The answer is offered by the “dementia simulator” developed by virtual reality researchers at the Faculty of Engineering, LTH. The simulator takes the user i

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/successful-commercialisation-dementia-simulator - 2025-04-18