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(By natascha [dot] kljun [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Natascha Kljun and Julia Kelly) - published 6 August 2024)Even in Earth’s high northern-latitude forest, climate change is predicted to make wildfires more frequent and severe.Earth’s far north hosts the boreal forest, a vast green belt that stretches from North America to Siberia. The boreal forest is one of the world’s largest CO₂ sinks. Over

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/forests-destroyed-wildfires-emit-carbon-long-after-flames-die - 2026-07-09

People with type 2 diabetes have a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease and dying prematurely due to atherosclerosis. A research team at Lund University in Sweden has now identified molecular mechanisms that may explain the increased risk. Their discovery may lead to more accurate treatments for patients with atherosclerosis and type 2 diabetes in the future. People with type 2 diabete

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-explanation-dangerous-atherosclerotic-plaques-type-2-diabetes - 2026-07-09

Despite the pandemic, the mood is good among those working with international students. Richard Stenelo and Louise Corrigan think it is fantastic that so many of them have managed to arrive in Lund. “They have defied obstacles such as closed airports and vacated embassies. The most creative students seem to have made it here – and these are exactly the type of students we want”, they observe. Ther

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/international-students-managed-arrive-lund - 2026-07-09

The next-door neighbour whose home you’ve never been inside. That was how Jason Diakité, also known as hip hop artist Timbuktu, felt about the University while growing up in Lund. Today, he feels differently – having been awarded an honorary doctorate and now taking his seat as one of LU’s external Cultural Council members. Inside the historic Old Bishop’s House, final preparations are underway fo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/timbuktu-universitys-cultural-council-glimpse-under-bonnet - 2026-07-10

The year 2024 was a record year for Lund University in terms of the number of articles published in The Conversation. Fifty-five articles by 50 researchers amassed a total of 1.6 million reads. Mikael Roll, a researcher at the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology, topped the list with an article about the brain and reading. The Conversation is an international news website that gives researc

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-breaks-record-conversation-2024 - 2026-07-10

To strengthen Sweden's innovative capacity and technological independence, the Swedish Research Council and Vinnova have been tasked with setting up clusters of excellence in groundbreaking technology. A total of SEK 2.5 billion is being invested, with SEK 1.5 billion coming from the Swedish Research Council and SEK 1 billion from Vinnova. This investment in clusters of excellence is part of a Gov

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/fourteen-networks-receive-funding-swedish-research-council-and-vinnova-planning-future-clusters - 2026-07-10

What is the perfect recipe for semiconductors? Vanya Darakchieva is working on the answer in her research on novel semiconductor materials. As a professor of solid state physics at the Faculty of Engineering (LTH), she is a “research chef” designing the future cookbook for sustainable and safe electronics. Understanding and explaining the mysteries of nature was Vanya Darakchieva’s dream during he

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-chef-refines-recipe-semiconductors - 2026-07-10

The graduating students of the new MA Performing Arts as Critical Practice are working intensively on their final projects this Spring. On April 9 - 16 they invite you all for a preview of what is to come, when they present work-in-progress showings both at Malmö Theatre Academy, Skånes Dansteater and Community Kultur Centrum. This is not their final showings, those will take place in May at Malmö

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/ma-work-progress-showings-2025 - 2026-07-09

He has designed a transport box that keeps hearts alive outside the body and developed a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) device. But during a visit to nuns in Africa, he was suspected of being a spy. Meet Stig Steen, a post-retirement professor of thoracic surgery, who is driven by an unshakeable belief that the greatest things in life are on the other side of the mountain. If Stig Steen had f

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/cardiothoracic-innovator - 2026-07-10

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Eva Nordmark was 62 when she received her Alzheimer’s diagnosis. But rather than life ending, it gave her the chance to reclaim parts of her life that she had not previously had time for. It is a sunny autumn day at the Humlamaden rehab centre outside Veberöd, and the stable is full of life and activity. The 32-year-o

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/when-memory-fails - 2026-07-09

Net zero emission pledges by countries and companies are everywhere at the moment. Most of these pledges rely on massive amounts of carbon removal, yet details on how this will transpire remain largely absent. The COP26 agreement suggests that markets will play a central role, but there are significant problems with this approach. Carbon removal, also known as “negative emissions”, is the process

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/we-cant-let-markets-decide-future-removing-carbon-atmosphere - 2026-07-09

On May 29th, the Helsingborg Innovation District, a collaboration platform and catalyst for innovation, research, and development, will be inaugurated. The innovation district is initiated by the City of Helsingborg, Lund University, Region Skåne, and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Southern Sweden in collaboration with the business community. The district stretches from Helsingborg Centra

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/new-innovation-district-increase-regions-innovative-capacity - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Do you leave work full of energy and excited about what the rest of the day has to offer? If not – maybe it is worth trying to improve recovery during the working day.  Lina Ejlertsson's thesis is about recovery of staff in one of the most stressful work environments – healthcare centres. She says we have a certain am

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/recover-during-working-day - 2026-07-09

When planning for food in times of crisis – what foodstuffs do we imagine? Many think of tin cans and freeze-dried food, but the fact is that if a crisis occurs, it is not stockpiled cans that will save us. Food preparedness is a subject being taken up by researchers from the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) at Almedalen Week, one of their reflections being  how local growing of crops that do not need

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/preparedness-more-stockpiling-pantry-provisions - 2026-07-10

Geopolitical issues, medical breakthroughs and cultural history topics have dominated the first eight months of the year. Researchers such as Ming Gao, Tabita Rosendal, Martin L Olsson and Jill Storry are behind some of the most read articles of the year. This year got off to a flying start. In 2025, 49 articles have been published, clocking up 985,000 views in The Conversation. Most readers are i

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/almost-million-readers-conversation-so-far-year - 2026-07-10

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. There are delicious smells emanating from the kitchen at the Malmö apartment of nutrition physiologist, Louise Brunkwall. Today, she is making pasta and vegetable sauce for lunch. A clean up before the interview with LUM means she can no longer find anything in the kitchen cupboards:  “Usually there is always some kin

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/help-your-body-outwit-reptile-brain - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. What kind of an image of yourself do you present on social media? And why? Carys Egan-Wyer, researcher in Consumer Culture, believes that in some ways leisure time has become a type of work. Showing off the perfect meals, gardens and jogging sessions also says something about us and our time. You probably know what it

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/leisure-time-ordeal-enjoy - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. He was selling carpets on Mårtenstorget in Lund, applying for all kinds of jobs and answered an advert from the Department of Clinical Immunology, Lund University, for a lab technician job. He didn´t get the job. Instead he was asked if he wanted to start a Ph.D. A few weeks ago immunology professor William Agace was

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/carpets-market-academy-professor - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Chairs: Kenneth Bo Nielsen, Alf Gunvald Nielsen and Anand Vaidya  TWO sessions:1. Wednesday 21 Sept, 10.00–12.004. Thursday 22 Sept, 09.00-11.00VENUE: Ombudsmannarummet, Akademiska Föreningen (AF), Sandgatan 2, LundABSTRACTS: The Subaltern as a Political Voyeur? The landscape of shifting political allegiances in an In

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/panel-2-mapping-subaltern-modernities-neoliberal-india - 2026-07-09

No 55, 19 February 2026 Welcome to the latest addition of the NAISS training newsletter.   In this edition we have one new event on scientific visualialization with ParaView.   Registration is closing soon for “Intro to Python for HPC” and “Array computing in C++ using Eigen”.  If you want to speak to us directly, the next zoom-in is scheduled for the 12th of March.An overview on our events is ava

https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter-8 - 2026-07-09