By jessika [dot] sellergren [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 13 February 2025 Vanya Darakchieva is a professor of solid state physics at LTH. Photo: Jenny Leyman What is the perfect recipe for semiconductors? Vanya Darakchieva is working on the answer in her research on novel semiconductor materials. As a professor of solid state physics at the Faculty of Engineering (LT

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-chef-refines-recipe-semiconductors - 2025-02-24

Published 2 May 2013 Animal ecologist and pike researcher Anders Nilsson was the first doctor of the Millennium at Lund University. Now, 13 years later, he has just been appointed Professor of Aquatic Ecology. We caught up with him to find out what had happened since our last meeting, and had a long discussion on careers, creativity and the value of colleagues who provide a helping hand when times

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/journey-doctor-professor - 2025-02-23

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 19 September 2024 'We can't build cities that are fundamentally unsustainable and expect individual behaviour change to solve the problems. Urban development must contribute to norm change by actively redistributing resources,' says Alva Zalar in her thesis. Can a new neighbourhood be a spearhead for sustainability if

https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/new-thesis-sheds-light-hyllies-sustainable-urban-development - 2025-02-23

Published 30 November 2017 Capsules for transporting drugs, knee injuries that are really osteoarthritis, skin cells reprogrammed into nerve cells, variations in our DNA affecting the production of blood cells, and the urban sharing economy as a potential solution to our sustainability challenges. These are the research areas which have been awarded ERC Consolidator Grants from the European Resear

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/prestigious-erc-grants-awarded-lund-researchers - 2025-02-23

Published 11 December 2015 Sara Snogerup Linse och Anne L'Huillier - two Nobel Committee members from Lund University. Photo: rika Weiland, Apelöga Anne L'Huillier and Sara Snogerup Linse chair their respective Nobel Committees at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; Anne for Physics and Sara for Chemistry. Both have worked extensively at Lund University and are among the few women who are, or h

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/they-choose-years-nobel-prize-winners - 2025-02-23

Published 2 December 2022 Photo: Malmö City Council In political debate, the notion of climate transition is often presented as a road lined with sacrifices. Many researchers, however, paint a picture of a day-to-day life that could be better than today’s. What is experienced as good or bad varies from one person to the next, and may vary over time.  “Whether something is getting better or worse i

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/what-city-life-will-be-if-we-reach-our-climate-goals - 2025-02-24

By filippa [dot] jonsson [at] thm [dot] lu [dot] se (Filippa Jonsson) - published 4 July 2024 Carin Alegre Castegren When entering the lower gallery (KHM1) of Malmö Art Academy to see the MFA exhibition entitled “Tremeluz” by Carin Maria Alegre Castegren, I was met by numerous paintings, which all seemed to be in a state of flux. They had a lightness to them, an openness as well as something allus

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/mfa-student-interview-series-part-iii-carin-alegre-castegren-and-my-sjoberg-0 - 2025-02-23

Publicerad 18 november 2022 Att årets julklapp skulle bli just det hemstickade plagget är en trendspaning från HUI som både förvånar och förskräcker. Forskarna Cecilia Fredriksson och Marie Ledendal kommenterar valet av årets julklapp hos Centrum för Handelsforskning. Med motiveringen "I en tid av bildlig och bokstavlig kyla, som följd av oroligheter i världen representerar Årets Julklapp 2022 en

https://www.ch.lu.se/artikel/arets-julklapp-om-konsten-att-komponera-en-kofta - 2025-02-23

Publicerad 24 november 2022 Att årets julklapp skulle bli just det hemstickade plagget är en trendspaning från HUI som både förvånar och förskräcker. Forskarna Cecilia Fredriksson och Marie Ledendal kommenterar valet av årets julklapp hos Centrum för Handelsforskning. Med motiveringen "I en tid av bildlig och bokstavlig kyla, som följd av oroligheter i världen representerar Årets Julklapp 2022 en

https://www.isk.lu.se/artikel/arets-julklapp-om-konsten-att-komponera-en-kofta - 2025-02-23

Av johan [dot] lindskoug [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Lindskoug) - publicerad 8 september 2023 Kom och se vår populära fysik- och lasershow. Foto: Kennet Ruona. Vill du spana på solen i en stjärnkikare eller kanske själv testa att göra fysiska experiment? Under kulturnatten är du välkommen att besöka oss och ta del av vårt breda och spännande program, där det finns något för alla åldrar. Pr

https://www.fysik.lu.se/artikel/kulturnatten-pa-fysiska-institutionen - 2025-02-23

Publicerad 20 juni 2013 Vi människor har olika förmåga att frisätta och reagera på insulin beroende på etnicitet. Det visar en studie som gjorts av forskare vid Lunds universitets Diabetescentrum, LUDC, i samarbete med amerikanska och japanska forskare och som publiceras i juni-numret av tidskriften Diabetes Care. I många år har vi vant oss vid att dela upp diabetes i huvudsakligen två stora grupp

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/skillnader-i-insulin-beroende-pa-etnicitet - 2025-02-23

Publicerad 20 augusti 2018 Ibland får diabetespatienten fel diagnos och med det fel behandling. Istället för den ovanliga diabetesformen MODY blir det typ 1 eller typ 2 diabetes. Här följer ett referat av en föreläsning professor Andrew Hattersley, en av världens främsta experter på MODY-diabetes, gav tidigare i år. Andrew Hattersleys forskning och kliniska studier av personer med monogen diabetes

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/mody-diabetes-ar-svar-att-diagnostisera - 2025-02-23

Published 3 December 2024 Enrico Ronchi, Mikkel Brydegaard, Andreas Nord, Yafa Shanneik, Per Augustsson Per Augustsson, Enrico Ronchi, Mikkel Brydegaard, Andreas Nord and Yafa Shanneik have each been awarded the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant. Enrico Ronchi, a researcher in fire safety engineering, is developing new ways to create an inclusive evacuation design for buildings. The research conc

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/five-lund-university-researchers-receive-erc-consolidator-grants - 2025-02-24

By Noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 4 May 2020 Poster for awareness about the coronavirus outside of a closed school in Kathmandu. Photo: Hanna Geschewski. LUMES student, Hanna Geschewski, has just come back to Sweden after she was temporarily stranded in Nepal during fieldwork for her thesis. In this interview, she reflects on the impact of the corona outbreak

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/interview-lumes-student-hanna-geschewski-about-impact-corona-pandemic-nepal - 2025-02-23

Published 19 April 2018 Consumers are demanding cheaper clothing while more are becoming aware and reassessing their consumption: second hand rather than “fast fashion”. The sustainability challenges of clothing companies often have to do with long supply chains – and the consumers’ demands. But together, consumers, businesses and politicians can change the fashion industry, according to Johan Jan

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-trends-fashion-industry-fast-and-cheap-sustainable - 2025-02-23

Published 15 April 2019 Is Lund University doing the right things in the right way? That is the big question that project managers Freddy Ståhlberg and Mats Benner want RQ20 to answer (RQ stands for Research Quality). Photo: Kennet Ruona och Johan Bävman RQ20, the new major research quality evaluation, is underway! It is based on self-evaluations and will involve around 5 000 members of staff. In

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-be-evaluated-without-grades-or-gold-stars - 2025-02-23

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 1 February 2023 Torsten Krause is leading a newly started research project which will shed light on the various moral and legal dilemmas that can arise in the fight to defend and protect nature and human rights. Photo: Pixabay. In mid-January, protesters and police clashed in the village of Lützerath in Germany after the villa

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/who-are-environmental-human-rights-defenders-new-research-project-lucsus - 2025-02-23

Published 4 May 2020 Street scene in Kathmandu on the first day of lock-down of the city. Photo: Hanna Geschewski. LUMES student, Hanna Geschewski, has just come back to Sweden after she was temporarily stranded in Nepal during fieldwork for her thesis. In this interview, she reflects on the impact of the corona outbreak on her own studies, and on the society in Nepal, where the socio-economic con

https://www.lumes.lu.se/article/reflections-corona-pandemic-lumes-student-hanna-geschewski - 2025-02-23

By jessika [dot] sellergren [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 15 December 2023 Sign interpretation demands a lot of concentration. There are usually two interpreters in place during a lecture to relieve each other every 15 minute or so. Photo: Kennet Ruona Lund University sociology student Julia Grahn is among those who receive learning support. She is deaf and is provide

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/when-studies-depend-interpretation - 2025-02-24

Published 4 June 2018 With VR goggles and a manual control, Elisabeth Dalholm Hornyánszky is wandering on a summer beach and in a flowering garden. She takes a boat trip on a calming expanse of water and meets butterflies on a rolling field. “Goodness, how close that butterfly is! Can I open the gate?” Her spontaneous outbursts and observations make us share her experiences even though we are not

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/could-virtual-nature-make-elderly-people-healthier - 2025-02-23