By sanna [dot] trygg [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Sanna Trygg) - published 11 April 2025 "The voices of the survivors make clear how incredibly fragile a democracy is; how quickly the moral foundations of a society can crumble and make the unthinkable possible." Says Erik Renström, Vice-Chancellor of Lund University.    Ten years’ work has paid off – UNESCO has added the unique archive of

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ravensbruck-archive-lund-receives-memory-world-status - 2025-04-22

Published 16 February 2024 The University building. Photo: Mikael Risedal A new three-year term of office has begun for the University’s eight deans. Five are new in the role, while three have been around for some time. LUM has put a few questions to each of them. Annika Olsson, Faculty of Engineering (LTH), second term of office Annika Olsson. Photo: Kennet Ruona What’s the first thing you will b

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-term-deans - 2025-04-22

By katrin [dot] stahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Katrin Ståhl) - published 10 February 2025 In a large international study the researchers found that analysis by the AI led to 14 times fewer missed diagnoses of severe arrhythmias. Photo: Bild: iStock/alexaldo. In patients with symptoms such as irregular heartbeats, dizziness, or fainting, or in individuals that physicians suspect may have atrial

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/ai-better-humans-analysing-long-term-ecg-recordings - 2025-04-21

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/new-type-solar-cell-being-tested-space - 2025-04-21

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 - 2025-04-21

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 - 2025-04-21

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 - 2025-04-21

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/strict-diet-explains-metabolic-effect-gastric-pass-surgery - 2025-04-21

By anna [dot] hellgren [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Hellgren) - published 5 July 2024 Kajsa M Paulsson is the Faculty's infrastructure expert and leads the group that is working to find a new model for the infrastructure's organisation. Photo: Ingemar Hultquist. During spring, a faculty group has worked on developing alternatives for a new organisation for the Faculty's research infrastructure

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/open-hearing-our-research-infrastructure-238-more-sustainable-and-efficient-organisation-way - 2025-04-21

Published 16 October 2014 Political scientist Hanna and psychologist Emma have more in common than their surname, Bäck. They are sisters but also make up an interdisciplinary research team. By combining their subjects, they are attempting to gain a complete picture of what motivates people to take part in political protests and why some of them resort to political violence. The research indicates

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/keeping-it-family-sisters-form-interdisciplinary-research-duo - 2025-04-21

Published 6 March 2015 Doctoral students living on relatively low external scholarships should get terms of employment that are more equal to those on doctoral studentships. This is the hope of the University’s Education Board, which has approved the faculties topping up the income of doctoral students on scholarships. However, the Faculty of Law and the University’s employment lawyers have regist

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/better-conditions-horizon-scholarship-holders - 2025-04-21

Published 18 November 2016 As a young man, when Mats Bohgard was working at a chemical factory during a leave from studies, he was urged to “Come back and fix the work environment to make it fit for human beings!”. Mats Bohgard. “Even though they said it half-jokingly, the truth is that they were experiencing every conceivable work environment problem: chemical exposure, noticeable alcohol abuse,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/work-environment-champion - 2025-04-21

Published 17 February 2017 USV is the umbrella term for the University’s specialised centres which are gradually moving into the faculties. But the process is not painless – the specialised centres are keen to safeguard their identities and their low overhead costs. The faculties and departments, on the other hand, do not want to take on financially insecure ventures. Leif Stenberg is the director

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/usv-shrinking-centres-are-moving-faculties - 2025-04-21

Published 17 February 2017 Supervisors who do not have time for their doctoral students, or research which is used without giving the doctoral student credit as an author…. Aleksandra Popovic hopes that the newly established Research Programmes Board will result in increased initiative when it comes to dealing with the doctoral students’ problems. This is a recurring issue for many doctoral studen

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/some-doctoral-students-find-their-supervisors-unreliable - 2025-04-21

Published 22 February 2018 What does the origin of life on Earth have to do with malignant tumour cells? In an unusual research project, a geochemist and a tumour biologist have joined forces to explain the emergence of animals in a new way, thereby questioning one of the cornerstones of evolution. Geochemist Emma Hammarlund is excited to see what kind of response she and Sven Påhlman will get bas

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/odd-pair-solves-evolutionary-riddle - 2025-04-21

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 - 2025-04-21

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 - 2025-04-21

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 - 2025-04-21

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 20 February 2025 The study shines a light on the need for adaptation laws and policies that empower vulnerable communities, rather than displacing them, say the researchers. Illustration: Catrin Jakobsson. How should societies adapt to rising seas, floods, and other climate threats? These questions are explored in a new study

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/rethinking-laws-climate-adaptation-exploring-resistance-flooded-cartagena - 2025-04-21

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 - 2025-04-21