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Recently, MultiPark opened its doors to the local Parkinson’s Association, who were invited behind the scenes to see how research on their condition is conducted. Here are some of the laboratories that were visited. Today’s basic research on brain disorders such as Parkinson’s may be the starting point for tomorrow’s treatments. This may explain the participants’ deep interest in MultiPark’s exper

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/journey-discovery-research-multipark-opens-labs-parkinsons-association - 2026-05-03

China has suffered an extreme heat wave this summer and the Yangtze River has been completely dried up in parts. This is the topic of a new episode of the Swedish podcast Kinapodden with MERGE-researcher Deliang Chen as one of the guests. China has suffered an extreme heat wave this summer. The Yangtze River has been completely dried up in parts, resulting in an acute energy shortage. In a new epi

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/merge-researcher-deliang-chen-guests-kinapodden-talk-about-drought-along-yangtze-river - 2026-05-03

The Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies stimulates interdisciplinary research within Lund University. Hear interview with Pofessor Karin Broberg (in Swedish) on working at the Pufendorf IAS. The Institute supports researchers working together across disciplinary borders to develop new areas of research. The Institute announces yearly calls for applications to Themes and Advanced Study Groups.

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/info-meeting-call-applications-pufendorf-ias - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In a future warmer climate, evaporation from the northern hemisphere’s wetlands will increase significantly more than previously thought. This is shown by an international study involving researchers from Lund University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. The availability of water is one of the most

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/rising-temperatures-affect-wetlands-and-disrupt-water-balance - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. What is all the dark matter in the universe made of? Could it be connected to new particles that can be produced at the Large Hadron Collider? Caterina Doglioni, assistant senior lecturer in particle physics, will search for new particles beyond the known fundamental components of matter with the ATLAS experiment at t

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/prestigious-erc-consilidator-grant-awarded-caterina-doglioni - 2026-05-03

Can nature-based solutions (often called NBS) really tackle climate change and advance urban sustainability?Our research shows that nature-based solutions (NBS) can help tackle climate change and advance urban sustainability by using nature to deliver social, ecological and economic benefits. However, their success largely depend on implementation for which several barriers exist. For NBS to be me

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/collaboration-and-co-development-knowledge-are-key-elements-nbs-implementation-process - 2026-05-03

Mats Fred, Dalia Mukhtar-Landgren and Lina Berglund-Snodgrass (SLU) have received a 4-year grant from Formas for the project ”NavRISK: Achieving sustainability through risk-taking? The navigating between risk and and stability in urban experiments in planning”. Congratulations! SummaryThe notion that we must go beyond business-as-usual and innovate to achieve climate- and sustainability goals is w

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/project-achieving-sustainability-through-risk-taking-receives-4-year-grant-formas - 2026-05-03

Hanna Bäck, Emma Renström and Royce Carroll have co-authored the article, ”Protecting the Ingroup? Authoritarianism, Immigration Attitudes, and Affective Polarization”, which is published in Frontiers in Political Science. Abstract: What makes people affectively polarized? Affective polarization is based on the idea that partisanship can be a social identity leading to polarization in the form of

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/hanna-back-immigration-attitudes-and-affective-polarization - 2026-05-03

In her new book Agonistic Memory and Peace, Lisa Strömbom, Deputy Director of CMES, explores how contested memories in Colombia, Israel-Palestine, and Northern Ireland can become tools for dialogue and peace. Download the book as open access hereThe book Investigates memory initiatives in three of the world’s hardest to solve conflicts and how they can be invested with more constructive dynamicsAg

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/agonistic-memory-and-peace - 2026-05-03

Hebatalla Taha (Lund University) held a CMES Research Seminar on the Israeli Bank Leumi and its operations in Palestine. Leumi is an Israeli bank, established in 1902 as the Anglo-Palestine Company, closely connected to the Zionist movement. After the founding of the State of Israel in 1948, Bank Leumi served as the central bank and issued the country's first banknotes. Throughout the 20th century

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/israels-bank-leumi-palestine - 2026-05-03

Lund University PhD student Anne Lene Stein will defend her thesis at the Department of Political Science. On 13 June, Anne Lene Stein will defend her PhD thesis titled Agonism against the odds: Epistemic disruptions and bodies of dissent in Palestine and Israel at the Department of Political Science, Lund University.The thesis explores how protests and performances in Palestine and Israel are use

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/upcoming-phd-viva-agonism-against-odds-epistemic-disruptions-and-bodies-dissent-palestine-and-israel - 2026-05-03

Med anledning av kriget i Ukraina Med anledning av kriget i Ukraina har UB skapat en sida med länkar till material i LUBsearch och på forskningsportalen kopplat till det säkerhetspolitiska läget i Europa. Länk till: Med anledning av kriget i Ukraina Nytt från projektet Öppen vetenskap Projektet har fått en ny styrgrupp, uppdaterad projektplan och en ny medarbetare i projektgruppen, Jon Eriksen. Un

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-mars-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation-1 - 2026-05-03

The new Campus Plan is now out on a consultation round among organisational units and external collaboration partners. The consultation period lasts until 13 February but as requirements and relations are constantly changing, the Campus Plan will need to be continuously updated. The Campus Plan, which is a part of the University’s work on strategy, will be finalised in the summer and cover the per

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-campus-plan-2050-horizon-out-consultation-round - 2026-05-02

By injecting a solution of nanoparticles around the heart, a temporary heart stimulator self-assembles, which can correct heart arrhythmia in emergency situations with the help of an external power source. After treatment, the electrode spontaneously disappears from the body. The study was conducted on animals. Short facts about the study: arrhythmia // basic research // experimental study // anim

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/injectable-heart-stimulator-emergency-situations - 2026-05-03

During the 8th - 11 th August 2022, the Development Research School held its first doctoral course in Methodology and Field Studies. It took place in Sogakope, Ghana. The doctoral course was organised by the Institute of Statistical, Economic and Social Research (ISSER), in collaboration with the School of Graduate Studies, University of Ghana, universities of Lund, Gothenburg and Uppsala for doct

https://www.developmentresearchschool.lu.se/article/successful-completion-our-first-course-ghana - 2026-05-03

By injecting a solution of nanoparticles around the heart, a temporary heart stimulator self-assembles, which can correct heart arrhythmia in emergencies with the help of an external power source. After treatment, the electrode spontaneously disappears from the body. The study was conducted on animals. Arrhythmia occurs when there are disturbances in the heart’s electrical signals, causing it to b

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/injectable-heart-stimulator-emergency-situations - 2026-05-03

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/light-and-materials-focus-lund-universitys-science-village-establishment - 2026-05-03

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/susanne-iwarsson-awarded-sohlberg-prize-nordic-regions-largest-prize-ageing-research - 2026-05-03

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/daniel-conley-has-been-awarded-eur-25-million-five-year-project-impact-evolution-diatoms-oceans - 2026-05-03

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/report-science-and-politics-15c-seminar - 2026-05-03