Published 5 February 2014 Previous EU framework programmes have focused largely on engineering, medicine and science, but over the next seven years, the EU wants to see more interdisciplinary research and collaboration, as well as more social science and humanities. But will Horizon 2020 be the breakthrough that the humanities have hoped for? “We are heading in the right direction, but we’re not t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/humanities-late-joining-horizon-2020-train - 2025-01-31

Publicerad 8 september 2020 Nya e-resurserBirds of the World (BOW)Biologibiblioteket har startat en prenumeration på Birds of the World (BOW); Birds of the World är en databas med artbeskrivningar av världens fåglar. Varje beskrivning innehåller information om särskiljande egenskaper, spridning, systematik, beteende, ekologi, demografi, bevarande och prioriteringar för framtida forskning. Database

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By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 2 April 2020 Right now, everything is focused on managing the coronavirus. However, even before COVID-19, viral pandemics around the world were increasing and the ’ordinary’ influenza virus and common cold virus cost society enormous amounts of money each year. Swedish virus researchers say they could improve the world

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By asa [dot] handotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 16 February 2021 Farshid Jalalvand researches how to develop safe vaccines to prevent respiratory tract infections that cause ear and eye inflammation. Photo: Mahendar Kadari Farshid Jalalvand has a PhD in infection biology and vaccine development, and he has appeared frequently in the media during the debate on the Cov

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/it-everyones-responsibility-get-vaccinated - 2025-02-01

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 - 2025-01-31