By jessika [dot] sellergren [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 2 April 2024 The engine lab at LTH consists of 14 test cells, each housing different types of engines, fuel cells and electric powertrains. Photo: Jessika Sellergren The internal combustion engine is a subject that has been described as nasty and outdated. In fact, it is not outdated at all – but an area of cut

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/internal-combustion-engine-will-remain-important - 2025-02-24

By louise [dot] larsson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Louise Larsson) - published 19 December 2023 Kids playing in the backyard of newly built houses in Johanneshov, Stockholm, 1943. Photo: Johansson (SvD). Stadsmuseet i Stockholm/Stockholmskällan. The new research project, “Socioeconomic Segregation - The Impact of Neighborhoods, Schools and Policy Across the Life Course”, aims to establish a resea

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/new-project-explores-socioeconomic-segregation-then-and-now - 2025-02-24

By sanna [dot] trygg [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Sanna Trygg) - published 29 January 2025 FOTO: MARIA_SBYTOVA/Smartphotos Most women will experience menopause at some point in their working lives. How can a workplace be set up to make things easier for employees going through their menopausal transition? A pilot project at Lund University is investigating the issue. Sweating, mood swings

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-can-lund-university-become-more-menopause-friendly-workplace - 2025-02-24

By monica [dot] svenselius [at] telia [dot] com (Monica Svenselius) - published 27 October 2021 The trend towards autonomous aids for the driver can help keep track of the roadsides to detect animals. Photo: iStockphoto If you wander off the lane or touch the lane marking, your car tells you about it, and the most recent models can even gently take you back to the middle of the lane. Research in E

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/leaving-avoidance-manoeuvres-car-reduces-risk-accident - 2025-02-23

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 3 October 2024 PhD student Luís Oliveira drew resounding applause for his presentation on how he reprograms cancer cells. Photo: Bodil Malmström. By describing his research as a battle between good and evil and likening himself to a hacker who attacks cancer cells to make them kind, PhD student Luís Oliveira took home the win

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/research-reprogramming-cancer-cells-won-presentation-competition-research-grand-prix - 2025-02-23

By sanna [dot] trygg [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Sanna Trygg) - published 27 January 2025 FOTO: MARIA_SBYTOVA/Smartphotos Most women will experience menopause at some point in their working lives. How can a workplace be set up to make things easier for employees going through their menopausal transition? A pilot project at Lund University is investigating the issue. Sweating, mood swings

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-can-lund-university-become-more-menopause-friendly-workplace - 2025-02-24

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 22 January 2021 Forests are a really important ecosystem and their health depends on their biodiversity. Forests are not just a bunch of trees on a given piece of land, but they are complex systems, particularly in the tropics says Torsten Krause. A recent report by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) identifies 24 places across

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/torsten-krause-comments-wwf-report-deforestation-fronts - 2025-02-23

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 4 March 2024 Vasili Hauryliuk, recipient of the Göran Gustafsson Prize in Molecular Biology 2024. Photo: Tove Smeds. Vasili Hauryliuk, Senior Lecturer in Medical Biochemistry at Lund University, is awarded the Göran Gustafsson Prize in Molecular Biology with the motivation "for pioneering studies of how protein synthesis is re

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/goran-gustafsson-prize-fight-against-antibioticresistance - 2025-02-23

Published 21 January 2016 IIIEE researcher Luis Mundaca Photo: Sara Bernstrup Nilsson Green economy depends on high national ambitionsSustainable growth, supporting a resource efficient and low-carbon economy, is a high priority for most governments today. But which way is the most effective for the transition towards a green economy? IIIEE researchers Luis Mundaca and Lena Neij are soon wrapping

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-researcher-luis-mundaca - 2025-02-23

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 15 December 2022 There is time for both serious talk about the latest research as well as play when ­Anders Wittrup and Vinay Swaminathan meet up in the playground with their kids. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter Five years after the opening of the prestigious Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine, nothing has turned out as p

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/cheating-and-interdisciplinary-fun - 2025-02-24

By sanna [dot] trygg [at] ch [dot] lu [dot] se (Sanna Trygg) - published 22 April 2022 Can fashion ever become sustainable? How do we transition to environmentally smart e-commerce? What role will universities play in future society? These are some of the subjects to be discussed during the research festival Our Future City on 7-10 June at Campus Helsingborg. The event is organised in collaboratio

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainable-cities-and-communities-focus-research-festival-our-future-cityh22-7-10-june - 2025-02-24

By ulrika [dot] oredsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Ulrika Oredsson) - published 9 December 2021 Andreas Bergh, Louise Bringselius, Niklas Altermark and Cecilia Cassinger. You have to respect the fact that collaboration takes time and is not always so easy to achieve, according to Louise Bringselius, who recently started the Institute for Public Affairs together with researchers from th

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-tool-researchers-take-part-public-debate - 2025-02-24

Av anna [dot] johansson [at] rektor [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Johansson) - publicerad 18 juni 2021 Tre forskningsprojekt med sammanlagt 10 postdoktorer får anslag i den första omgången av Lunds universitets forskningsprogram för excellens med fokus på Agenda 2030 och hållbar utveckling. Totalt inkom 33 ansökningar och av dessa har 28 granskats av en extern, internationell panel. - Det här är första

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/tio-postdoktorer-forst-ut-i-excellensprogrammet-hallbar-utveckling-p - 2025-02-24

Publicerad 22 augusti 2024 Barn i områden med lägre socioekonomi får ut mest av natursatsningar, och särskilt om de inte har någon natur in på knuten där de bor säger, Johan Kjellberg Jensen. Bild: "Feeding birds" av Diego Cambiaso, licens CC BY-SA 2.0. Inkomst- och utbildningsnivån i uppväxtmiljön är det som avgör barns relation till naturen, och inte om barnen bor i stan eller på landet. Det vis

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/socioekonomi-formar-barns-relation-till-naturen-oavsett-var-de-bor - 2025-02-23

By sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - published 9 November 2023 To create a more inclusive and safe work environment for everyone, the Department of Laboratory Medicine invites all faculty employees to a digital lecture on norms and lgbtqi issues on 21 November. Sign up in advance to ge access to the lecure. Those who do not follow the norm, depending on, for example,

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/lgbtqi-conversations-about-inclusive-workplace - 2025-02-23

Published 12 October 2016 Social and economic factors have led to a dramatic rise in type 2 diabetes and obesity around the world. In a review in Science, Mark McCarthy, professor at the University of Oxford, UK, and Paul Franks, professor at Lund University, Sweden, examine the knowledge of the actual causes and the interplay between genetics and lifestyle factors. By studying how our genes expre

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/review-type-2-diabetes-and-obesity-what-do-we-really-know - 2025-02-23

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 20 February 2020 18 March 2020, @ 15:00 CMES, Lund University, Finngatan 16 Please register here: maria.lofstedt@cme.lu.se Photo: Meriç Dağlı on Unsplash Speakers:Pınar Dinç, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University“Turkey's Unchanging Raison d'État? Narratives on Dersim 1938”Reyda Ergün, Faculty of Law, Kadi

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/panel-discussion-raison-detat-new-turkey-postponed - 2025-02-23

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 19 November 2024 Cellular reprogramming can directly convert cells, such as skin cells, into different types of brain cells for studying and treating neurodegenerative disorders. Illustration: Cathrine Ahlenius. Recent discoveries have shown that it is possible to convert one cell type into another, typically by fo

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/cellular-reprogramming-special-interest-group - 2025-02-23

Published 18 December 2018 IIIEE staff, board members, former board members, students and alumni. After nine years, I have decided to leave my assignment as Director at the IIIEE. Together with you I have had the privilege to further develop the Institute in being an innovative and creative arena for interdisciplinary education and research within Lund University. It has been a time of engagement

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/thank-you-all - 2025-02-24

Published 26 February 2024 Photo: Mostphotos Recommendations from the WHO on limiting screen time for children under the age of five are almost impossible to follow, and risk causing unnecessary anxiety and stigmatisation of parents of young children. This according to a study from Lund University in Sweden on the digital media habits of young children. Instead, the researchers recommend that pare

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/recommendations-young-childrens-screen-time-do-more-harm-good - 2025-02-24