By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 24 May 2021 If the climate continues to be purely an environmental issue, Emily Boyd believes we will see more opposition to political decisions to limit emissions. Photo: Unsplash and Peter Frodin. A warmer world affects health, jobs, migration and welfare. We can no longer talk about the climate as a separate issue, says sus

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/time-stop-talking-about-climate - 2025-03-17

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 25 June 2024 "The hybrid antibody is significantly better than the body's own antibodies at fighting both streptococcus and SARS-CoV-2", say the researchers behind the discovery Arman Izadi and Pontus Nordenfelt. Photo: Tove Smeds.. Antibodies are the body's superheroes, recognizing and eliminating disease-causing substances.

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/recipe-great-antibody - 2025-03-17

Published 9 September 2024 Welcome to another WCMM Fireside Chat, a series of articles dedicated to highlighting the work of researchers within and around the WCMM in Lund to promote collaboration and communication. We had a chat with the clinical WCMM researcher Gustav Smith, who to say the least, has a busy schedule. This time we present our chat with Gustav Smith, a clinician, group leader and

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-fireside-chat-gustav-smith - 2025-03-17

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 4 February 2024 Markus Gunneflo, the new coordinator of the Agenda 2030 Graduate School. Photo: Kennet Rouna Markus Gunneflo has always been interested in interdisciplinarity, and working with PhD students has been the most enjoyable part of his professional life. A perfect combination for the new coordinator of the Ag

https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/new-coordinator-passion-interdisciplinarity-markus-gunneflo - 2025-03-17

Published 22 September 2021 The dean of the Faculty of Science Sven Lidin on the overgrown field that will soon start its metamorphosis into the research mecca, Science Village. It is a catalyst that will modernise the Faculty of Science, both at Brunnshög and Sölvegatan. Dean Sven Lidin may have become “nearsighted, flabby and middle-aged” during his ten years in symbiosis with Science Village, b

https://www.science.lu.se/article/facultys-journey-towards-science-village-brunnshog - 2025-03-17

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] LUCSUS [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 22 December 2020 2020 will be remembered as the year when the coronavirus paralysed the world. At the same time, the negative effect of climate change became increasingly apparent, and the pleas to listen to the scientist and the calls for action became even more urgent. What changes for the climate do resea

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/climate-researchers-wish-list-2021 - 2025-03-17

By marie [dot] jonsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Magdalena Madej and Marie Jönsson) - published 6 December 2021 The cover of Giulia Beneventi's thesis illustrates all of the different RNA types in cells. She defends his thesis on the 8th of December. Giulia Beneventi has investigated the role of RNA modifications and post-transcriptional control in cancer and stem cells. In this interview, she t

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-giulia-beneventi - 2025-03-17

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 24 June 2022 A graphical image depicting the reprogramming of human skin cells to astrocytes. Image credit: Cathrine Ahlenius Researchers from Lund University interested in understanding how aging affects the brain have made a new discovery that will help make it easier to study age-related brain diseases and potential

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/how-our-skin-cells-might-be-key-better-understanding-human-brain - 2025-03-17

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 14 September 2023 Based on their comparison, the researchers want the next global agenda to be based on more dynamic goals and targets with more options for follow-up - that can be adjusted based on new information, such as how specific weather events impact societies. A new study from LUCSUS shows that the UN's sustainable de

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/scientists-critical-uns-sustainable-development-goals-do-not-make-us-resilient-withstand-changing - 2025-03-17

Published 22 January 2018 Photo by Nicholas Loubere Nicholas Loubere at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, shares some reflections on the major achievements as well as the downsides of China’s reform period ahead of the upcoming conference “Assessing 40 Years of Reform and Opening in China” What have been the major changes in China since the reform and opening, both for society as a

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/nicholas-loubere-china-today-40-years-after-reform-and-opening - 2025-03-17

By catrin [dot] jakobsson [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Catrin Jakobsson) - published 23 August 2018 Parkinson’s disease, a condition whose complications worsen as the years go by, can mean that getting older becomes particularly challenging. How can life be made easier for these individuals, so that they can continue to be active and participate in society? This is the aim of a multi-year study tha

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/living-parkinsons-challenge-everyday-life - 2025-03-17

Published 23 August 2018 MERGE research team has studied drill cores up to three kilometres deep taken from the Greenland ice sheet. Photo: NEEM gallery A three-kilometre-long cylinder of ice sheds light on what the climate was like one hundred thousand years ago. The ice contains traces of periods of higher or lower temperatures on Earth, but also of whether there were violent volcanic eruptions

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/tracing-climate-back-100-000-years-greenland - 2025-03-17

Published 23 April 2019 Niklas Mattsson (Photo: Björn Martinsson) A new study confirms that a simple blood test can reveal whether there is accelerating nerve cell damage in the brain. The researchers analysed neurofilament light protein (NFL) in blood samples from patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Recently published in JAMA Neurology, the study suggests that the NFL concentration in the blood co

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/more-evidence-blood-tests-can-detect-risk-alzheimers - 2025-03-17

Published 23 January 2018 Photo: Nicholas Loubere Nicholas Loubere at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, shares some reflections on the major achievements as well as the downsides of China’s reform period ahead of the upcoming conference “Assessing 40 Years of Reform and Opening in China” What have been the major changes in China since the reform and opening, both for society as a w

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/assessing-40-years-reform-and-opening-china-conference - 2025-03-17

Published 25 September 2017 Photo: Gustav Mårtensson The Fernström Foundation’s Grand Nordic Prize – one of the largest medical research prizes in Scandinavia – goes this year to the stem cell researcher, Jonas Frisén. His research concerns stem cells, primarily how they are transformed and renewed in mature organs. Jonas Frisén, professor at the Karolinska Institute, has been awarded the 2017 Gra

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/stem-cell-researcher-wins-prestigious-prize - 2025-03-17

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/new-type-solar-cell-being-tested-space - 2025-03-17

By caterina [dot] doglioni [at] hep [dot] lu [dot] se (Caterina Doglioni) - published 7 June 2023 The computing farm for the real-time data selection system of the ATLAS experiment at CERN, where Lund particle physics researchers work, analyses up to 100000 collision events per second when the Large Hadron Collider is running. Image: ATLAS Experiment Research in particle physics often relies on si

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/towards-green-software-tackling-energy-cost-scientific-software - 2025-03-17

By annika [dot] persson [at] ses [dot] lu [dot] se (Annika Persson, communicator at the Department of Service Studies) - published 20 January 2023 ChatGPT is one of the AI services used in cheating. Academic misconduct has increased with about 200% during the past covid years. As a precaution Lund University has started a project to prevent deception and misleading in examination, whether it’s una

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/ai-forces-teachers-change-way-courses-are-examined - 2025-03-17

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 13 October 2020 3D illustration of different pollen. Is it possible that a tiny pollen dredged up from a European lake can hold answers about both our past and our future? Researchers at Lund University use pollen as old as 12 000 years to predict our future climate, and to study ecological and historical change. Researchers E

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/old-pollen-seed-can-predict-tomorrows-climate - 2025-03-17

Published 8 October 2018 By blocking a protein, VDAC1, in the insulin-producing beta cells, it is possible to restore their normal function in case of type 2 diabetes. In preclinical experiments, the researchers behind a new study have also shown that it is possible to prevent the development of the disease. The findings are published in the scientific journal Cell Metabolism. The researchers at L

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-discovery-restores-insulin-cell-function-type-2-diabetes - 2025-03-17