Published 20 October 2021 The recovery was a technically challenging mission (Photo: Steve Jones) A World War II pilot has been laid to rest in his hometown in Maine, following a complex recovery mission led by Lund University archaeologist Brendan Foley. US Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Ernest N. Vienneau was on a B-17 bomber that came under attack in 1944, and sank off the coast of Croatia. 77 years l

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-marine-archaeologist-leads-wwii-pilot-recovery - 2025-04-19

Published 18 March 2022 Photo: Mostphotos/MALIK SHAHROZ Brain cells that control the behaviour of insects, extreme gene expression in Italian sparrows and how radiotherapy alters the microenvironment in aggressive brain tumors. Three researchers at Lund University have been awarded five-year grants from the European Research Council. Alexander Pietras, Stanley Heinze, Anna Runemark. (Photo: Åsa Ha

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/three-lund-researchers-receive-erc-consolidator-grants - 2025-04-19

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Published 25 March 2020 Charlotta Johnsson (Photo: Tiina Meri) In the current extraordinary situation, voluntary initiatives and ideas have taken off at Lund University, at several different faculties. Everyone is helping where they can. In times of significant pressures on society, many people want to contribute to ensure the functioning of healthcare and education.  When it became apparent that

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/maths-tutoring-visors-and-disinfection-volunteer-initiatives-continue-lund-university - 2025-04-19

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/starved-cancer-cells-became-more-sensitive-chemotherapy - 2025-04-19

By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 17 October 2024 Collaboration pays off. Anders Christensson and researchers from various medical fields at the Faculty recently received the Eldjarn Prize 2024 for a joint study. Anders Christensson, Anna Åkesson and Anders Grubb and collaborators have been awarded the Eldjarn prize 2024 for significant research efforts in k

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/awarded-collaboration-interdisciplinary-research-provides-new-insights - 2025-04-19

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 20 April 2023 Students learn about river restoration during a field trip as part of a water management course in biology. Photo: Johan Persson. Implementing nature-based solutions requires better management and funding with clear political priorities. This is the conclusion of a new study by the Nordic Council of Minis

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/nature-based-solutions-have-great-potential-nordic-countries - 2025-04-19

By peter [dot] kjallkvist [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Peter Kjällkvist) - published 15 May 2024 Pierre Carbonnier has been teaching here at LUSEM for 44 years straight. Photo: Oleksandra Panashenko A former student had heard that our senior lecturer in statistics, Pierre Carbonnier was about to retire after this semester. Would we do a feature on him? The student remembered him fondly and added th

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By marie [dot] pihl [at] nek [dot] lu [dot] se (Marie Pihl) - published 11 February 2025 Lund University School of Economics and Management. Photo: Johan Persson The Leadership Academy has been offered at Lund University School of Economics and Management since 2007, and the program equips young leaders for the challenges that a leadership position in a student organisation often brings. The Leade

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/leadership-academy-educates-leaders-student-organisations - 2025-04-20

Published 24 August 2023 Photo: iStock As certain tumor cells are able to conceal themselves in the body, it often means that patients with aggressive cancers experience a recurrence of the cancer after treatment. By programming genetically modified killer immune cells to seek and destroy the hiding tumor cells and tumor stem cells, it is hoped that we can develop more effective treatment options.

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/eu-funding-killer-cells-fight-cancer - 2025-04-19

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Published 25 January 2023 I believe that a common vision, clear and explicit core values and systematic work on the priority issues can better enable the researchers at the University to conduct research of the highest international quality that helps people to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition. The Research Board has drawn up a new Research Strategy for 2023-26, wh

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-research-strategy-will-research-be-better-now - 2025-04-20

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/alarmingly-low-financial-awareness-among-todays-youth - 2025-04-20

Published 2 September 2024 Photo: Melanie Karlsson It takes a long time, up to several decades, before the benefits of organic farming take full effect on land that was previously cultivated conventionally, a new study from Lund University suggests. After thirty years, the plant species richness around the cultivated crop had doubled on organic farms compared to conventional farms. It is well know

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/organic-farms-had-doubled-plant-diversity-only-over-time - 2025-04-20

Published 24 October 2024 SHREC the detector is inspected by Pavel Golubev (Photo: Dirk Rudolph) Scientists have found an alternative way to produce atoms of the superheavy element livermorium. The new method opens up the possibility of creating another element that could be the heaviest in the world so far: number 120. The search for new elements comes from the dream of finding a variant that is

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/successful-experiment-paves-way-new-element - 2025-04-20

By jan [dot] olsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 22 September 2022 Julia Weber’s Siberian cat Hera is one of five cats who will appear on Postnord’s new stamps. At work, Julia Weber’s focus is on insects and other pollinators, and their survival. At home, it is her cat Hera who has grabbed attention. When Postnord announced a competition to find cats to grace their

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/doctoral-students-cat-became-stamp - 2025-04-20

Published 8 October 2020 The Development Research Day is an inter-disciplinary arrangement that was initiated in order to form a meeting ground for all researchers and students at Lund University who share an interest in development issues. About Development Research Day, DRD The first DRD The event was launched in 2002 by the Department of Political Science at Lund University. Since then the resp

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/development-research-day-2020 - 2025-04-19

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 25 January 2023 Nurse Anna Hellman measures the blood pressure of a participant in a treatment study where researchers are investigating how the hormone vasopressin is affected by how much water we drink. Photo: Kennet Ruona. How much water do we need to drink to stay healthy? How do different diets affect our metabolism?

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/learning-more-about-endocrine-system-could-lead-fewer-cases-type-2-diabetes-and-obesity - 2025-04-19