By monica [dot] svenselius [at] telia [dot] com (Monica Svenselius) - published 31 May 2021 Fredrik Tufvesson, Professor at Lund University, steers Volvo Cars' research car. For ten years, the research group at ELLIIT has collaborated with various vehicle manufacturers on vehicle communication. Photo: Kennet Ruona For ten years, researchers in communications engineering in Lund have worked in clos

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/vehicle-communication-rushing-5g-world - 2025-01-12

Published 3 September 2013 Is it time for a new nutritional supplement during pregnancy to prevent type 1 diabetes in the unborn child? Two new scientific studies, one from Lund University in Sweden, and another from Finland, suggest so. The research groups have analysed blood samples from umbilical cords and compared the level of a group of fats known as phospholipids. The results of the studies

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/could-supplements-during-pregnancy-reduce-child-diabetes-risk - 2025-01-12

Published 1 June 2021 Photo: Wavebreakmedia Many school pupils are in daily contact with bullying – as victims, bullies or witnesses. We know that the reactions of people around them are very significant, but what determines whether or not other pupils come to the victim’s rescue? According to a group of Lund University researchers, the witnesses’ own anxiety is a crucial factor. In two new studie

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/anxiety-motivates-bystanders-intervene-bullying - 2025-01-12

By Noomi [dot] Egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 3 June 2021 Lisa Strömbom is a peace and conflict researcher driven by the very complexity of the conflict. Photo: Kennet Ruona Few conflicts today seem as difficult to resolve as the one between Israel and Palestine – a conflict concerning territory, religion and historical claims reaching back a thousand years. The recent vi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-aspects-israel-palestine-conflict - 2025-01-12

Published 10 September 2013 Lund University has strengthened its position as a world top 100 university, with a 67th place ranking in the 2013 QS World University Rankings, released today. Lund’s four-notch improvement places it safely in the global top 100 for the 6th year running, retaining the spot as Sweden’s top university.The QS World University Rankings evaluate 800 of the world’s top unive

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-improves-top-100-position - 2025-01-12

Published 4 June 2021 The middle spotted woodpecker has disappeared from Sweden, while the European fire-bellied toad has been reintroduced. (Photos: Wikimedia Commons) Researchers in Lund, Copenhagen and Norwich have shown that harmful mutations present in the DNA play an important – yet neglected – role in the conservation and translocation programs of threatened species. “Many species are threa

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/genomics-informed-decisions-can-help-save-species-extinction - 2025-01-12

Published 27 August 2013 Remember the periodic table from chemistry class in school? Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have presented fresh evidence that confirms the existence of a previously unknown chemical element. The new, super-heavy element has yet to be named. An international team of researchers, led by physicists from Lund University, have confirmed the existence of what is cons

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/existence-new-element-confirmed - 2025-01-12

Published 8 June 2021 Fredrik Terfelt and Birger Schmitz dissolved almost ten tonnes of sedimentary rocks from ancient seabeds. (Photo: Johan Joelsson) For the first time, a unique study conducted at Lund University in Sweden has tracked the meteorite flux to Earth over the past 500 million years. Contrary to current theories, researchers have determined that major collisions in the asteroid belt

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/earths-meteorite-impacts-over-past-500-million-years-tracked - 2025-01-12

By bodil [dot] malmstrom [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Bodil Malmström) - published 9 June 2021 Since April 2020, volunteer participants 18 years and older who reside in Sweden have been eligible to report daily their health status in the free app. Photo: iStockphoto During the pandemic, the free COVID Symptom Study app has helped researchers understand the complexity and spread of the corona virus

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/study-tracks-spread-covid-19-sweden - 2025-01-12

Published 9 June 2021 Lund University has been ranked 87th in the world, climbing 10 spots in the QS World University Rankings 2022. This makes Lund the top ranked university in Sweden, and one of two Swedish universities currently in the top 100. QS evaluates just over 1,600 of the world's universities and ranks 1,300 of them. In total, there are about 26,000 universities in the world. Lund Unive

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-climbs-global-top-100-ranking - 2025-01-12

Published 14 June 2021 Photo: Ragnhild Haarstad, Stockholm City Museum Universal school lunch programs make students healthier, and increase their lifetime income by 3%, according to a unique study from Lund University in Sweden published in The Review of Economic Studies. Health disparities arise early in life and play a major role in economic outcomes among adults. Yet there are few studies on t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/free-and-nutritious-school-lunches-help-create-richer-and-healthier-adults - 2025-01-12

Published 15 June 2021 Photo: Mostphotos An international group of clinicians and scientists from MIT and Lund University, among others, have analysed how individual genetic changes affect the heart muscle. The researchers have created a new computer tool that could help tailor treatments for heart patients with inherited heart disease. The study is published in NPJ Genomic Medicine. (TEXT: Agata

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/computer-method-help-predict-outcomes-heart-patients - 2025-01-12

Published 16 June 2021 The results were presented at a press conference in Lund Since 2005, the guidelines for the care of unconscious cardiac arrest patients have been to cool the body temperature down to 33 degrees Celsius. A large, randomised clinical trial led by Lund University and Region Skåne in Sweden has shown that this treatment does not improve survival. The study is published in the Ne

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/induced-hypothermia-after-cardiac-arrest-did-not-improve-survival - 2025-01-12

Av anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - publicerad 26 januari 2023 Vilda bin och humlor är viktiga pollinatörer. Du kan hjälpa dem i din trädgård, visar ny studie. Foto: Therese Ek Tillhör du dem som har planterat och fixat i din trädgård för att göra det bättre för pollinatörer? Grattis, då har du sannolikt gjort en värdefull insats. En ny studie från Lunds uni

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/ja-det-du-gor-i-tradgarden-att-hjalpa-bina-funkar-visar-ny-lundastudie - 2025-01-11

Av johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - publicerad 6 februari 2023 Talgoxar i staden föredrar inhemska träd för häckning. Foto: Caroline Isaksson Småfåglar som blåmes och talgoxe undviker att häcka, alltså bygga bon och lägga ägg, i stadsmiljöer där det finns många främmande träd. Fågelungar väger också mindre desto fler icke-inhemska träd som finns i närområdet.

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/svenska-trad-battre-urbana-smafaglar - 2025-01-11

Av sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - publicerad 16 februari 2023 Återställda våtmarker, regnbäddar och grönområden i städerna - alla är de exempel på naturbaserade lösningar som kan bidra till att mildra klimatförändringar och skydda biologisk mångfald. Foto: Helena Hanson Naturbaserade lösningar ger stora möjligheter att ta itu med miljö- och samhällsutmaningar. D

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/stora-mojligheter-naturbaserade-losningar-i-norden - 2025-01-11

Av sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - publicerad 1 mars 2023 En drottning av arten Bombus terrestris, mörk jordhumla, som tillhör de humlor som brukar flyga ut tidigast på våren. De har anpassat sig mest efter säsongen som numera infaller cirka 14 dagar tidigare än för ett sekel sedan. Foto: Maria Blasi Romero Vid vårens ankomst tar humledrottningarna säsongens förs

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/klimatforandringar-ger-tidig-flygstart-risk-farre-humlor-och-minskad-pollinering - 2025-01-11

Av sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - publicerad 20 mars 2023 Klimatförändringen tilltar och dess effekter får alltmer påverkan, är en av slutsatserna i syntesrapporten. Foto: Daniel Páscoa/Unsplash Nu kommer FN:s klimatpanel IPCC med en syntesrapport som sammanfattar de senaste årens rapporter. Vi ställde fem frågor till Markku Rummukainen, Sveriges kontaktperson f

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/markku-rummukainen-om-nya-ipcc-rapporten-atgarder-i-nartid-ar-avgorande - 2025-01-11

Av therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - publicerad 30 mars 2023 Klimatpolitiska rådets granskning innehåller förslag på åtgärder som ger synergier. Bilden är från rapportpresentationen, i mitten Henrik Smith. När klimatomställningen accelererar, så riskerar frågor om ekosystemtjänster och biologisk mångfald att hamna i bakgrunden. Det är därför viktigt att hitta lösningar som

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/klimatpolitiska-radet-vill-se-losningar-som-ger-synergier - 2025-01-11

Av sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - publicerad 5 april 2023 Hållbarhetsveckan är ett årligt evenemang där Lunds universitet och Lunds kommun bjuder in till aktiviteter kring hållbarhet! Det är en vecka fylld med diskussioner och föreläsningar, allvarliga frågeställningar och hoppfulla framtidsvisioner. Här hittar du alla veckans evenemang med medverkande från Cent

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/vara-arrangemang-pa-hallbarhetsveckan-17-22-april-2023 - 2025-01-11