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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. It weighs 1 265 kilograms, is nearly 70 years old and gave rise to MAX IV. After collecting dust in a museum warehouse, the University's first electron accelerator is now on show at the Faculty of Engineering. Behind the exhibition 'UrMAX – Light from Lund' are a group of enthusiasts who wish to preserve the historica
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/urmax-has-come-home - 2026-06-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. How staff communicate – at lectures, meetings, via email and on social media is more valuable for the trust in the University than PR campaigns. However, to talk about Lund University staff as ambassadors for the university brand is to choose the wrong perspective, say communication researchers Charlotte Simonsson and
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/staff-communication-more-valuable-pr-campaigns - 2026-06-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Currently, a worthy and fast-moving academic career requires extensive travel with high carbon dioxide emissions. Because of this, sustainability researcher Hervé Corvellec says Lund University should review its qualifications system as well as looking into students’ air travel. “Currently, it is unreflectingly inco
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. She is a chemist. He is a medic. Together they are behind some of the major breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research in recent times. Sara Linse and Oskar Hansson hope to be able to lay the foundations for the medicines and diagnostic methods of the future. It is one of those unusually clear mornings in late Nove
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/top-duo-want-solve-mystery-alzheimers - 2026-06-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Few people look forward to digital meetings, but the researchers at Design Sciences do just that. They have found meeting places that give them energy and smart structure. He is holding a virtual cup of coffee and looks a little like a figure in the Sims computer game. “Now, running remote meetings feels creative and
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-fun-meet-avatars - 2026-06-27
What started as a discovery in Lund Nano Lab ten years ago is now turning into a sustainable path for the semiconductor industry. AlixLabs recently closed a €14.1 million Series A funding round, and aims to build a new generation of semiconductor manufacturing solutions. “Lund Nano Lab has been foundational. AlixLabs would not exist without it. The lab provided the infrastructure, expertise, and l
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/alixlabs-scales-eu14m-investment - 2026-06-27
AI, artificial intelligence, is trendy. But where does the boundary go between humankind and machine and what should we use AI for? “It’s time to ask ourselves what humankind possesses that machines do not. How can they complement each other, rather than compete?” asks philosopher Jonna Bornemark. Will your future colleagues have human intelligence – or perhaps artificial? It may sound like a stra
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/will-your-next-colleague-have-artificial-intelligence - 2026-06-27
The results of the election in September may have an impact on academic freedom and the independence of universities from political power. The principle of keeping an arm's length between politics and higher education and research is increasingly being called into question. “I think we are currently in a situation in which the most important thing is not for universities to receive more money, but
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/academic-freedom-under-threat - 2026-06-27
Visible matter in the universe represents only five per cent of everything that exists. The rest is invisible dark matter and dark energy. Particle physicist Ruth Pöttgen is one of the Lund University researchers involved in the search for the mysterious dark matter of the universe. She is standing at her whiteboard in a small office at Fysicum. With the help of her pen, Ruth Pöttgen tries to pain
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/search-shadow-invisible - 2026-06-28
You are at the shop to buy food for the weekend. The shop’s security guard is keeping a close eye on you and you start to get nervous. He approaches you and you feel that you are starting to break out in a sweat. What the heck does he really want? This is not happening for real. It is just a situation in a virtual world, tailor-made for violent criminals to train them to control their aggression.
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/captivating-vr - 2026-06-28
Martin L. Olsson has received the International Society for Blood Transfusion (ISBT) Presidential Award, the highest international honour in transfusion medicine. The award is presented every two years to a researcher who has made outstanding contributions to transfusion medicine. Martin L. Olsson is recognised for translational research on red blood cells, following 35 years of work mapping the g
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/prestigious-international-award-martin-l-olsson - 2026-06-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Science should be able to be reproduced, but in reality this is a step that is often overlooked. Researcher Burak Tunca at the School of Economics and Management sees several possible measures that could make research better – and more open. “Researchers should always pre-register their studies and be open with their
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/do-it-again-and-do-it-right - 2026-06-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A record donation of SEK 350 million from the IKEA Foundation has secured the future of the School of Industrial Design at Lund University. It is not the first time that the school has received a major donation from IKEA. It all started at a meeting over a lot of coffee and snuff between Ingvar Kamprad and Thomas Joha
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/shared-vision-about-good-design-everyone-behind-huge-donations - 2026-06-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Following criticism from the Swedish Research Council for delays and unclear leadership at MAX IV, the organisation is now headed in the right direction. Efficiency has increased through stricter deadlines, clearer priorities among the projects and increased clarity in the decision chains. “We are on the right path an
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/max-iv-sees-light-end-tunnel - 2026-06-27
In healthcare, treatments developed for broad patient groups are often used. This is not always an effective approach. Sweden’s innovation agency Vinnova has therefore distributed research grants to eleven Swedish innovation environments whose research aims to develop more individually adapted healthcare for patients. The stem cell researchers at the IndiCell innovation environment have been award
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/sek-40-million-innovation-environment-customised-stem-cell-treatments - 2026-06-27
What are AI writing tools and how do they affect our assessments? Three main options for considering AI writing tools in assessment are: 1. to ban their use, 2. to assume that they may be used, and set tasks which incorporate them or 3. require them to be used – to fully incorporate the tools in the assessment. Continue reading and get concrete examples on this current topic! Foto: Deepmind, Domhn
https://www.education.lu.se/artikel/potential-impact-ai-tools-assessment - 2026-06-27
DIABETES. After more than a decade of stagnation, there is a major surge in kidney research effort. New drugs and biomarkers make it possible to detect and slow the progression of the disease earlier – something that long seemed unattainable. This will impact people with diabetes, for whom kidney damage is a serious long-term complication. “We are entering a new era. What is happening now is simil
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/hope-kidney-care - 2026-06-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Students tackled overconsumption through setting up a centre for borrowing household items; devised an action plan to ensure that our universities become more sustainable, and explored the potential for art to affect social norms around flying. The Knowledge to Action, K2A, course is all about bringing your theoretica
https://www.lumes.lu.se/article/2019-knowledge-action-projects - 2026-06-27
When Quick Bites for Researchers launched in spring 2025, it began as an experiment — an attempt to open up a new and informal channel between researchers and the library’s expertise. One year on, librarians Fredrik Larsson and Anja Zimmerman can look back at an initiative that not only survived its first year, but is now ramping up.“We wanted to find a simple, low-threshold way to support researc
https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/librarys-quick-bites-researchers-continues-grow-new-topics - 2026-06-27
While we are inundated with data on rising temperatures, carbon dioxide levels and melting glaciers, there are other areas that are also affected by a warming planet. Political scientist Christie Nicoson explores the relationship between gender, climate change and peace and finds that they are closely linked. She is now receiving the Agenda 2030 Award for 2024. Can you tell us about your backgroun
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/phd-student-christie-nicoson-agenda-2030-award-winner-2024 - 2026-06-27
