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Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Upptäckten av insulin för snart ett sekel sedan, gjorde att diabetes gick från att vara en dödsdom till att vara en kronisk sjukdom. Nu har amerikanska forskare gjort fynd som kan komma att förbättra livet dramatiskt för diabetiker. Forskare världen över har länge studerat hur insulinet interagerar med cellerna. Nu

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/nya-ron-om-insulin-kan-gora-livet-lattare-diabetiker - 2026-06-20

Ett varierat landskap med hagar, ängar och andra oplöjda miljöer gynnar pollinerande insekter. I slättlandskap som domineras av plöjd åkermark saknar de pollinerande insekterna både mat och boplatser. Sådda blomremsor kan förbättra de pollinerande insekternas tillgång till mat och antas därför gynna pollinering. Ny forskning visar dock att de sådda blomremsornas effekt på pollineringen är begränsa

https://www.lu.se/artikel/sadda-blomremsor-har-begransad-effekt-pa-pollinering - 2026-06-19

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/vinnare-av-kefus-uppsatstavling-2024 - 2026-06-19

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. På äldreboendes hemsidor och sociala medier framställs livet som boende som fyllt av sociala aktiviteter, utflykter, och festligheter. Hur ska detta förstås, när de som bor på äldreboenden idag är mycket skröpliga och har omfattande omsorgsbehov? Elisabeth Carlstedt lägger i dagarna fram en avhandling om äldreboende

https://www.lu.se/artikel/aldreboende-ett-liv-med-extra-guldkant - 2026-06-20

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Färre antal läkarbesök, lägre andel personer som kommer till akutmottagningen ”i onödan” och mindre hjälp av anhöriga i hemmet. Det är resultatet av ett forskningsprojekt vid Lunds universitet där sjuksköterskan och doktoranden Magnus Sandberg, har undersökt effekterna av en modell, så kallad Case management, för sk

https://www.lu.se/artikel/samordnad-vard-ger-farre-lakarbesok - 2026-06-20

Svenska lärosäten utmärker sig när det gäller patent från akademin. Sverige rankas som femte bäst i Europa, med Lunds universitet i topp. En ny rapport från Europeiska patentverket (EPO)  ger en detaljerad inblick i universitetens roll inom patentering och innovation. Enligt studien ligger Sverige på femte plats i Europa när det gäller det totala antalet patent, efter Tyskland, Frankrike, Storbrit

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lunds-universitet-toppar-patentliga - 2026-06-20

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The forest investigation recently submitted to the Swedish government gives suggestions on creating synergies between international and national commitments on biodiversity and a growing circular bioeconomy. A new report by CEC researchers concludes that forests and forestry also play multiple, key roles for climate c

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/forestry-plays-key-role-swedens-climate-change-mitigation - 2026-06-19

David Wästerfors, Veronika Burcar Alm and Erik Hannerz have published an article in New Media & Society dealing with crime case discussions on the Swedish platform Flashback. The article shows how the interactions form a "bumpy" path as the Flashback-writers together try to achieve knowledge, evidence and authority regarding the various crimes being discussed. Much of today's public discussion on

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/sleuthing-online-bumpy-path-net-detective - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. One in four people suffer from osteoarthritis, a chronic joint disease. Although guidelines have long existed regarding how osteoarthritis should be treated, only half of patients undergo the recommended basic treatment. A new thesis from Lund University shows that the existing guidelines are very helpful to osteoarth

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-study-osteoarthritis-school-can-reduce-pain-and-increase-quality-life - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. After observing the decrease in economic activities, air pollution and carbon emissions as a result of the lockdown measures during the COVID-19, some academics argue that such down-scaling can be considered as degrowth. Although the sudden, unplanned and chaotic downscaling of social and economic activities due to Co

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/blog-post-degrowth-and-transformative-potential-covid-19 - 2026-06-19

A multidisciplinary research team at Lund University has innovatively tackled what has long been a major problem in stem cell research. The project has now been awarded a Proof of Concept grant from the European Research Council, ERC. Jonas Larsson, Professor of Molecular Medicine, and his research colleague Ludwig Schmiderer, together with Martin Hjort, a researcher at NanoLund, have developed th

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/how-nanostraws-can-increase-number-blood-stem-cells - 2026-06-19

Video games are easy to exploit, and are being used by actors ranging from IS and Hizbollah for recruitment, to Russia, who use it to spread propaganda during the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. This states a report from the Psychological Defence Research Institute at Lund University in Sweden. Since the 2016 US Presidential election, many democratic governments have paid close attention to how forei

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/how-video-games-are-being-used-malign-foreign-actors-and-extremists - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Why is the Stringhyllan bookshelf considered a design classic but not the Billy? And what makes the Lamino armchair into the furniture design of the century while Norrgavel’s Länstol chair isn’t even considered a classic? “I believed, rather naively, that it was quality that determined whether a piece became a Anna Wa

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/she-knows-what-makes-design-classic - 2026-06-19

The Darknet is often described as criminal, lawless and in need of external control. New research by sociologist Tove Westberg, however, shows that cryptoforums on the Darknet function as complex social communities, shaped by norms, trust and informal social control. Today, Friday 10 April 2026, Tove Westberg marks the successful defence of her doctoral thesis in sociology at Lund University. The

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/beyond-common-misconceptions-new-research-sheds-light-darknet - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new interdisciplinary research environment for human rights will soon be launched in Lund. “Interdisciplinarity and innovative thinking are required if our work on human rights is to remain relevant to society”, writes Morten Kjaerum, director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute. Morten Kjaerum, director and adjunct p

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/chronicle-human-rights-are-become-interdisciplinary - 2026-06-19

Owasim Akram has been awarded a funding of SEK 873 803 by the Expert Group of Aid Studies/Expertgruppen för biståndsanalys (EBA). It has been proposed in partnership with Örebro University, Lund University and University of Bath in the UK. He is the lead researcher in this project. This project will commence immediately after his defence (which will occur in late December this year). This project

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/congratulations-sweah-phd-owasim-akram-recieving-both-funding-and-postdoctoral-grant - 2026-06-19

One of the seminars at the Nordic Gerontology Congress, NKG2024, 12-14 June in Stockholm, was about the future. On Thursday 13 June SWEAH coordinator, Professor Susanne Iwarsson, and study coordinator Associate Professor Steven Schmidt, held a seminar about graduate education in gerontology in Northern Europe together with other leaders from universities in Europe.– During our ten years, we have h

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/graduate-leaders-we-need-invite-young-people - 2026-06-19

CMES affiliated researcher Sarah Anne Rennick has written a review of a book about youth activists in Egypt's 2011 revolution. The reviewed book is called Tahrir’s Youth: Leaders of a Leaderless Revolution, written by Rusha Latif (2022, American University in Cairo Press). Sarah's review was published in The Middle East Journal. The book explores the trajectories of Egyptian youth activists during

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/book-review-egypts-leaderless-revolution - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The self-regulation of rickshaw drivers in Bogota, Colombia was the topic of the talk when Ana Maria Vargas Falla presented a chapter of her coming dissertation at the annual meeting of The Law & Society Association in Seattle, May 28-31, 2015. The conference theme was Law’s Promise and Law’s Pathos in the Global Nort

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/vargas-falla-talked-about-coming-theses-seattle - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Serena Kelly and Natalia Chaban have together with Ole Elgström published the article "Perceptions of the European Union's Fledgling Delegations: More Coherence, More Effectiveness?" in the journal European Foreign Affairs Review (vol. 21, no. 4). Abstract in English:The debate surrounding th

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/perceptions-european-unions-fledgling-delegations - 2026-06-19