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In April, a reader survey was conducted on two of the faculty's internal newsletters, Insidan and Dekanbrevet. 140 of you responded, and many valuable comments were received from the faculty's departments, the LTH joint departments and the office.The purpose was to find out how the newsletters are perceived – what works well and should be retained, and what could be further developed. Half of you
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Swedish nature is teeming with wild edible plants. Some taste good, others don’t. A group of biologists from 11 different countries got to learn which plants are edible, and what they taste like, when the department’s SACT (Scientific Activities) group organised a herbal excursion to Abusa Valley outside Södra Sandby
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/biologists-feasting-spring-abusa-valley - 2026-06-17
For the first time, researchers have been able to show how a cell closes the door to free radicals – small oxygen molecules that are sometimes needed, but that can also damage our cells. The study is published in Nature Communications and was led from Lund University. For our cells to function, they need to maintain a careful balance between beneficial and harmful oxygen molecules known as free ra
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/capturing-moment-cell-shuts-door-free-radicals - 2026-06-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During the week of Midsummer, Sweden will inaugurate its largest investment in research ever made – MAX IV Laboratory. “It has been a long process and it feels amazing that all the electrons and light are now working”, says Pro Vice-Chancellor Stacey Ristinmaa Sörensen, responsible for the University’s infrastructure
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/time-inaugurate-swedens-largest-research-investment-max-iv - 2026-06-17
Researchers at Lund University, together with colleagues at the NIST Synchrotron Facility in the USA, have mapped on an atomic level what happens in a virus particle when the temperature is raised. “When the temperature rises, the virus’s genetic material changes its form and density, becoming more fluid-like, which leads to its rapid injection into the cell,” says Alex Evilevitch who led the stud
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/temperature-increase-triggers-viral-infection - 2026-06-17
A discussion on semiconductors was on the agenda in Almedalen. The dialogue, hosted by LTH at Lund University, addressed how Sweden can contribute to the efforts being made in Europe. One of the conclusions of the discussion was “the crisper the proposal – the more policy influence”. Semiconductors are a strategically important component of today’s and tomorrow’s society. The technology is needed
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/crisp-proposal-requested-during-almedalen-talk-semiconductors - 2026-06-17
After a year of intensive work by many involved, the Swedish Climate Symposium with its close to 400 participants, has come to an end. Now an evaluation of the conference awaits, but the feeling is that most people experienced it as a successful event. To take the pulse during the symposium itself, we did a couple of short interviews with some of those who were there. Satisfied organisers Josefin
https://www.becc.lu.se/article/voices-swedish-climate-symposium - 2026-06-17
A sudden bang. The hand grenade has caused me severe shrapnel injuries: a punctured lung, my liver is bleeding and the wound on my leg is causing rapid blood loss. The medics decide that this requires an intervention from the trauma squad. I am loaded onto a stretcher and driven to the surgery tent. It is Monday morning, and the Aurora 23 military exercise is in full swing in southern Sweden. I am
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/medical-doctor-both-war-and-peace - 2026-06-18
I and many others are ambivalent when it comes to the ranking of the world’s universities. But Lund University has made the ranking lists and that does have an impact, at the very least for international marketing purposes. We must be active, rather than passive, in relation to the ranking bodies. Small margins can make a university climb or tumble down the lists, so there is a need to be modest w
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainability-moving-forward-grants-innovations-and-top-ranking - 2026-06-18
From the vice-chancellor blog: Intensive work is being carried out on how we can open doors for Ukraine at the EU and national levels and at Lund University. Here, we are looking at all possibilities to enable us to take in students, academics and researchers who need to leave their country or will need to study or conduct research in their homeland in the future. We are working according to short
A lot has happened in coagulation medicine since Jan Astermark first started his research in the 1980s. The most recent progress is in gene therapy and the first patients with severe haemophilia who were treated in Malmö last year. “It is fantastically exciting to work in a research field where so much is happening. The research and the progress in treatment that have taken place in recent decades
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/promising-results-new-gene-therapy-method - 2026-06-17
All researchers at Lund University now have the opportunity to share their research through the international news platform, The Conversation. The Conversation is a politically independent news site where researchers from member universities write popular science news articles, analyses, and opinion pieces in English within their areas of expertise, with the support of an editor. Lund University h
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/meet-conversation-autumn-and-reach-international-audience - 2026-06-18
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. För att studera hur hjärnan fungerar och utveckla nya tekniker för behandling av neurologiska sjukdomar har forskare vid Lunds universitet utvecklat vävnadsvänliga och flexibla mikroelektroder som är ungefär en tiondel så tjocka som ett hårstrå. Nu har tre av doktoranderna i forskargruppen precis disputerat. Hjärnan
https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/tre-i-rad-hattrick-hjarnelektroder - 2026-06-17
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Sanningssökande och vetgirighet sägs vara unikt mänskliga särdrag. “Men grupptillhörighet är viktigare. Vi slutar lyssna till fakta om de nya insikterna äventyrar vår plats i gruppen”, säger Mikael Klintman, professor i sociologi. Men det finns knep att ta till. Nya berättelser om klimat, GMO, vaccination och andra
https://www.soc.lu.se/artikel/kampen-mot-kunskapsresistens-forbiser-vart-evolutionara-arv - 2026-06-17
För att studera hur hjärnan fungerar och utveckla nya tekniker för behandling av neurologiska sjukdomar har forskare vid Lunds universitet utvecklat vävnadsvänliga och flexibla mikroelektroder som är ungefär en tiondel så tjocka som ett hårstrå. Nu har tre av doktoranderna i forskargruppen precis disputerat. Hjärnan är den mest komplicerade struktur vi känner till och den ligger bakom vår intellig
https://www.lu.se/artikel/tre-i-rad-hattrick-hjarnelektroder - 2026-06-18
The UN Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) global assessment on nature highlights that 1 million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction. Dr. Mine Islar, one of the lead athors of the report, and senior lecturer and researcher at LUCSUS, explains the significance of the report’s findings, which was released today, 6th May 201
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/mine-islar-comments-ipbes-global-assessment-loss-biodiversity-crucial-climate-change - 2026-06-17
For the last three years, middle-school classrooms in Lund and Staffanstorp have been getting a special visit during the autumn: scientists walk in with stories about their favorite research topic and what it is like to work in a lab. This is the Science to Schools program, an initiative that began as an idea from PhD student Abigail Altman and has now grown into a collaboration involving Lund Ste
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/bringing-science-classroom-taking-science-middle-schools-lund - 2026-06-17
Hur vi känner inför naturen påverkar vilka trädgårdsinsatser vi väljer och hur mycket de faktiskt hjälper pollinatörer. I en ny studie från Lunds universitet blir sambandet extra tydligt mot bakgrund av samhällets omfattande urbanisering, där både gröna ytor och människors praktiska naturkontakt minskar. Forskarna visar också att trädgårdar blir mest värdefulla när långlivade planteringar priorite
https://www.mgeo.lu.se/artikel/vara-kanslor-naturen-paverkar-hur-vi-hjalper-pollinatorer-i-vara-tradgardar - 2026-06-15
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Geologer har länge hävdat att djurens uppkomst möjliggjordes tack vare en ökande syrehalt i atmosfären, men det är en tes som varit svår att bevisa. Nu har forskare vid Lunds universitet angripit frågan tvärvetenskapligt och lagt fram en ny hypotes om varför djuren lyckades diversifiera för cirka 543 miljoner år sed
https://www.lu.se/artikel/ny-hypotes-om-djurens-evolutionara-succe-med-hjalp-av-tumorbiologi - 2026-06-17
Hur vi känner inför naturen påverkar vilka trädgårdsinsatser vi väljer och hur mycket de faktiskt hjälper pollinatörer. I en ny studie från Lunds universitet blir sambandet extra tydligt mot bakgrund av samhällets omfattande urbanisering, där både gröna ytor och människors praktiska naturkontakt minskar. Forskarna visar också att trädgårdar blir mest värdefulla när långlivade planteringar priorite
https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/vara-kanslor-naturen-paverkar-hur-vi-hjalper-pollinatorer-i-vara-tradgardar - 2026-06-17
