Published 30 April 2013 The majority of patients with type 2 diabetes who undergo a gastric bypass operation recover from the disease within a few days of the operation, long before their body weight falls. No one knows how this happens, but researchers at Lund University Diabetes Centre in Sweden have now come up with a partial answer. In the long term, we aim to identify new treatment strategies

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/early-partial-answer-why-obesity-operations-cause-remission-diabetes - 2025-07-03

Published 4 June 2018 Photo: INGEMAR EDFALK/SVERIGES RIKSDAG The Sweden Democrats’ pivotal position in the Riksdag has not led to chaos and inefficiency, as many predicted after the last election. On the contrary, the parties have adapted and decisions are made through new coalitions and cross-party cooperation. However, there are other causes for concern, according to political scientist Johannes

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/expected-parliamentary-chaos-never-materialised-storm-clouds-are-looming - 2025-07-03

By emma [dot] holm [at] education [dot] lu [dot] se (Emma Holm) - published 2 October 2019 Nurul Izzati is teaching at Sumbawa University of Technology in Indonesia. Photo:Jenny Loftrup Just over a year has passed since LU was awarded funds by the Swedish Institute (SI) to implement three of the five announced capacity building programmes focusing on Agenda 2030. Professional course participants f

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/professional-development-lund-inspired-agents-change - 2025-07-03

Published 3 April 2025 Among other things, the researchers were surprised to find that the hedgehogs contained so many different environmental toxins and such high levels of lead. Photo: Istockphoto/Maren Winter. Lead, pesticides, brominated flame retardants, plastic additives, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals. This is what researchers at Lund University in Sweden found when they

https://www.science.lu.se/article/surprising-number-environmental-pollutants-hedgehogs - 2025-07-03

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 1 February 2023 While it is well known that men and women have different health needs, have you ever considered why? The Systems Immunology research group, led by Camila Consiglio, has. Together, Lund Stem Cell Center’s newest members are working to uncover whether the answer lies in the differences between the female

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/unveiling-gender-gap-immunity-camila-consiglio-joins-lund-stem-cell-center - 2025-07-03

By linnea [dot] morth [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Linnea Mörth) - published 23 January 2024 The LUSEM students with team coach Mats Urde. Photo: Private. Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM) made fireworks at the 2024 John Molson MBA International Case Competition, securing 3rd place in the final. Teacher Mats Urde received the award for Coach of the Year, and the LUSEM team

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/outstanding-results-lusem-worlds-biggest-business-case-competition - 2025-07-03

Published 21 January 2016 Photo: IIIEE researcher Mikael Backman From waste to green gold: Lund's role in the transition of one of Europe's most polluted citiesMalgorzata Mańka-Szulik, mayor of Zabrze in Poland, was impressed with what she saw – a city with a waste management system resulting in as little as 3 per cent waste going to landfills.“She looked at me and said: ‘I want my city to be like

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-mikael-backman - 2025-07-03

By minna [dot] wallen-widung [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Minna Wallén-Widung) - published 13 December 2024 The tense global situation is a challenge for the university's internationalisation work, says International Coordinator Pär Svensson. Photo: Minna Wallén-Widung Internationalisation has become more important – and more complex – in recent years. In a world where democracy and acade

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/internationalisation-important-comprehensive-and-complex - 2025-07-04

Published 1 April 2025 Photo: Istockphoto/Maren Winter Lead, pesticides, brominated flame retardants, plastic additives, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals. This is what researchers at Lund University in Sweden found when they collected dead hedgehogs to investigate the environmental pollutants found in urban environments. Previous research has investigated the presence of heavy me

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/high-levels-environmental-pollutants-and-heavy-metals-hedgehogs - 2025-07-03

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 - 2025-07-04

Published 1 April 2025 Photo: Istockphoto/Maren Winter Lead, pesticides, brominated flame retardants, plastic additives, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals. This is what researchers at Lund University in Sweden found when they collected dead hedgehogs to investigate the environmental pollutants found in urban environments. Previous research has investigated the presence of heavy me

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/surprising-number-environmental-pollutants-hedgehogs - 2025-07-04

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 29 September 2022 Rita Charon, M.D. PhD, Professor and Executive Director of Columbia Narrative Medicine at Columbia University. Narrative medicine provides tools for clinicians to read patients better. 2022 Sandblom Prize Lecture will be given by pioneering Professor Rita Charon of Columbia University on the disci

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/sandblom-prize-expanding-creativity-clinical-worlds-through-narrative-medicine - 2025-07-03

By linda [dot] eitrem_holmgren [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Linda Eitrem Holmgren) - published 4 July 2024 LU i Almedalen On June 26, CMES organised two panels in Almedalen on global water resources and the Israel Palestine conflict. Israel Palestine - an unsolvable conflict?June 26, 2024 Illustration: Catrin Jakobsson What are the long-term consequences of the war? How can destructive spirals of

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-almedalen-2024 - 2025-07-03

Published 20 March 2020 Different aspects of forest governance were presented as well as landscape approaches to achieve multiple goals were discussed and exemplified. Different aspects of forest governance were presented in the morning by three invited speakers, Erik Sollander from the Swedish Forest Agency, Carina Keskitalo from Umeå University and Marie Appelstrand from Lund University. In the

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/forest-governance-meet-global-challenges - 2025-07-03

By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 28 September 2020 “Great efforts must be made so that we transform rather than cancel activities”, says Malin Bruce, president of LUS, and Ella Sjöbeck, vice president of LUS since June. Photo:Jenny Loftrup LU managed the transition to digital teaching. But the spring Coronavirus crisis had a negative impact on

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/transition-worked-now-we-need-more-even-quality-teaching - 2025-07-03

Published 10 October 2023 Photo of Anne L'Huillier. Photographer: Magnus Bergström/Wallenbergstiftelserna. Anne L'Huillier is one of the winners of the Nobel prize 2023. Anne L'Huillier is Professor at Atomic Physics at the Faculty of Engineering, Lund University. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 to L'Huillier, Lund University, Sweden, Pier

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/nobel-prize-physics-lund-university - 2025-07-04

Av lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - publicerad 6 november 2023 Nordens välfärdscenter koordinerar ett nordiskt nätverk för åldersvänliga städer och kommuner, och ingår i WHO:s nätverk. Foto: Oskar Jonsson CASE-forskarna Kiran Maini Gerhardsson och Oskar Jonsson deltog på internationella konferensen Age-friendly cities på FN-kvarteret i Köpenhamn den 2-3 november. CA

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/sa-kan-stader-och-lander-bli-mer-aldersvanliga - 2025-07-03

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 - 2025-07-03

Publicerad 15 februari 2024 Universitetshuset. Foto: Mikael Risedal En ny mandatperiod på tre år har inletts för universitetets åtta dekaner. Fem av dem är nya i rollen, tre har varit med ett tag. Här berättar de vilka utmaningar som väntar och vad som är roligast med att vara dekan. LTHSatsar på profilområden och spetsrekryteringar  Annika ­Olsson. Foto: Kennet Ruona Annika Olsson, rektor för LTH

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/dekanerna-tar-sats-tre-nya-ar - 2025-07-04

By anneli [dot] lofgren [at] ftf [dot] lth [dot] se (Anneli Löfgren) - published 6 September 2023 The Department of Physics, Lund University. Photo: Hampus Nilsson, LU. The Swedish Government Agency for Innovation Systems, Vinnova, will invest in 11 new competence centers starting in January 2024. Among the new ones, two are directly connected to NanoLund and the Department of Physics – which, tog

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/department-physics-and-nanolund-involved-two-vinnovas-new-competence-centers - 2025-07-03