Published 4 February 2022 Mats Moberg, Senior Vice President Research & Development at Volvo Cars and Annika Olsson, Dean at the Faculty of Engineering. (Photo: Kennet Ruona) The Faculty of Engineering at Lund University and Volvo Cars have signed an agreement to strengthen existing research collaborations and identify new areas for mutual benefit and development – and in this way contribute to so

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-collaboration-between-lund-university-and-volvo-cars - 2025-04-21

Published 8 February 2022 Electron microscope image shows a blod stem cell on top of a membrane of nanotubes (Image: M. Hjort and L. Schmiderer) An interdisciplinary research team has successfully used innovation to solve a persistent major problem in stem cell research. More specifically, to gently introduce therapeutic biomolecules into target cells to increase their growth. The project has now

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-nanostraws-can-increase-number-blood-stem-cells - 2025-04-21

Published 8 February 2022 Anne L'Huillier The Wolf Prize in Physics has been awarded to Anne L'Huillier at Lund University, Paul Corkum at the University of Ottawa, and Ferenc Krausz at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics and Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. They were selected for pioneering contributions to ultrafast laser science and attosecond physics. The recipients share the pr

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/professor-anne-lhuillier-awarded-wolf-prize-physics - 2025-04-21

Published 9 February 2022 iStock/selvanegra In a recent study from Lund University in Sweden, researchers discovered that metabolic changes affect how blood cells are formed during embryonic development. They found a previously unknown metabolic switch with a key role in how different types of blood cells develop. This means blood cell formation can be directed towards producing natural killer cel

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/metabolism-found-regulate-production-killer-cells - 2025-04-21

By bodil [dot] malmstrom [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Bodil Malmström) - published 9 February 2022 The southern part of Sweden has established itself as a centre of gaming. With its roots in sub-cultures, the gaming industry is now a strong market in which local actors and creatives collaborate. Photo: iStockphoto. Do you work in graphic design, are you passionate about games development, or do you

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/cultural-and-creative-business-concepts-need-specific-and-strategic-support - 2025-04-21

Published 11 February 2022 Leo Flynn The Faculty of Law at Lund University has appointed Deputy Director and Principal Legal Advisor at the European Commission Leo Flynn as the faculty's Honorary Doctor for 2022. Leo Flynn will be promoted at the doctoral degree conferment ceremony 3 June. Leo Flynn is Irish and educated at Cambridge University and University College Cork. He is Deputy Director an

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/leo-flynn-appointed-honorary-doctor-2022-faculty-law - 2025-04-21

By marianne [dot] loor [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Marianne Loor) - published 11 February 2022 As it is difficult to predict which pollinators may survive in a future climate or which pollinators will be needed to pollinate future crops, it is important to preserve a diversity of pollinators. Photo: iStockphoto Honeybees are common pollinators, but other insects such as hoverflies, beetles and but

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/habitat-important-wild-pollinators-under-threat - 2025-04-21

Published 15 February 2022 Illustration of of electrons transferred between aromatic and non-aromatic rings in a hydrocarbon molecule (Illustration: DANIEL STRAND/JONAS AHLSTEDT) Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have succeeded in developing a simple hydrocarbon molecule with a logic gate function, similar to that in transistors, in a single molecule. The discovery could make electric compo

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-create-molecule-can-pave-way-mini-transistors - 2025-04-21

By bodil [dot] malmstrom [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Bodil Malmström) - published 15 February 2022 CROCUS wants to gather knowledge about cultural and creative industries so that they can jointly apply for projects and run projects. The watercolour is painted by Cecilia Fredriksson, project manager for the network. Cultural and creative industries are steadily growing and driving regional developm

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/crocus-flourishing-network-culture-and-creativity - 2025-04-21

Published 16 February 2022 Tönu Pullerits and Kaibo Zheng by the laser spectroscopy setup used in the study. (PHOTO: PAVEL CHABERA) A research team led by Lund University in Sweden has shown how solar power can convert carbon dioxide into fuel, by using advanced materials and ultra-fast laser spectroscopy. The breakthrough could be an important piece of the puzzle in reducing the levels of greenho

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/breakthrough-converting-co2-fuel-using-solar-energy - 2025-04-21

By marianne [dot] loor [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Marianne Loor) - published 16 February 2022 Less than ten per cent of energy intake from food should come from added sugar, according to the current Nordic Nutrition Recommendations. For adults, this corresponds to approximately 50–75 grams of added sugar per day and one can of soft drink contains approximately 30 grams of sugar. “Drinking soft dr

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/better-methods-are-needed-understand-how-sugar-affects-our-bodies - 2025-04-21

Published 23 February 2022 The Crab Nebula ( NASA/ESA/J Hester Arizona State University) A research team led by Lund University in Sweden has provided an important clue to the origin of the element Ytterbium in the Milky Way, by showing that the element largely originates from supernova explosions. The groundbreaking research also provides new opportunities for studying the evolution of our galaxy

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/astronomers-map-mysterious-element-space - 2025-04-21

Published 25 February 2022 Boy cycling to school through smog in Indonesia (Photo: Aulia Erlangga) How vulnerable is humanity in the face of climate change? And how have people around the world already been impacted? These are some of the questions to be answered on 28 February by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Two researchers from Lund University participated in the final rep

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/un-climate-report-how-vulnerable-are-we-and-how-can-we-adapt - 2025-04-21

Published 28 February 2022 Image: iStock/Design Cells In recent years, great advances have been made in the development of new successful immunotherapies to treat cancer. CAR T-cell therapy and antibody treatments are two types of targeted immunotherapies that have revolutionised areas of cancer care. However, there are still significant challenges in the identification of cancer cell surface prot

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-precision-technology-immunotherapy - 2025-04-21

Published 28 February 2022 A flooded village in Demak, Indonesia (Aji Styawan / Getty Images Climate Visuals Grant recipient) On Monday, the UN’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 environments

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/uns-climate-change-panel-world-must-act-now - 2025-04-21

Av julia [dot] luttrup [at] ch [dot] lu [dot] se (Julia Luttrup) - publicerad 5 mars 2024 Lunds universitet förstärker sitt arbete inom handel och logistik på Campus Helsingborg, under namnet REAL – Center for Retail and Logistics. Centret profileras mot hållbarhet, digitalisering och förändrat arbetsliv – de stora utmaningar som handel och logistik har att hantera. Lunds universitet och Helsingbo

https://www.ses.lu.se/artikel/nytt-helsingborgsbaserat-forskningscenter-inom-handel-och-logistik - 2025-04-21

Av annika [dot] persson [at] ses [dot] lu [dot] se (Annika Persson) - publicerad 14 mars 2024 Samtal chefer emellan kan vara viktigt för det psykiska välmåendet. Foto: Johan Persson. Chefer lider allt oftare av psykisk ohälsa vilket i sin tur även påverkar organisationernas välmående. Ny forskning pekar på att reflekterande samtal med fokus på chefernas hälsa kan vara en viktig åtgärd för att hant

https://www.ses.lu.se/artikel/reflekterande-samtal-vagen-till-ett-hallbart-chefskap - 2025-04-21

Av annika [dot] persson [at] ses [dot] lu [dot] se (Annika Persson) - publicerad 12 april 2024 Rötter i rörelse – Kulturarv på trädgårdens marknader Marknaden för trädgårdsrelaterade varor och tjänster är mångfacetterad, den rymmer allt från fröer och redskap till upplevelser och färdigheter, och den spänner från officiella och storskaliga handelsplatser till mer inofficiella kanaler för utbyte av

https://www.ses.lu.se/artikel/rotter-i-rorelse-ny-bok-om-tradgardar-och-kulturarv - 2025-04-21

Av annika [dot] persson [at] ses [dot] lu [dot] se (Annika Persson) - publicerad 19 april 2024 Foto: Dan Gold, Unsplash.com. Klädindustrin är ett hållbarhetsproblem och samtidigt som cirkulär ekonomi kan vara lösningen är det svårt att skapa en omställning som passar konsumenten. I ett nyligen avslutat forskningsprojekt undersöktes det hur konsumenten ställer sig till cirkulär modekonsumtion och v

https://www.ses.lu.se/artikel/hinder-och-mojligheter-cirkular-modekonsumtion - 2025-04-21

Av annika [dot] persson [at] ses [dot] lu [dot] se (Annika Persson) - publicerad 24 april 2024 Ta del av inspelning från webbinariet Hur ska man som chef navigera kring osäkerhet och förändringar i organisationen? I webbinariet med CLOO den 3 maj fick du som praktiker användbara tips från Magnus Lindén, docent vid institutionen för psykologi och medlem i CLOO. Chefers förmåga att hantera osäkerhet

https://www.ses.lu.se/artikel/chefskap-nar-det-rader-osakerhet-webbinarium-med-cloo - 2025-04-21