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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers have discovered nematodes, or worms, in the brains of lizard embryos. This is the first time they have been found in reptile eggs, and it was previously believed that egg laying prevents parasites from being transmitted in this way. The discovery was made by an international research team led by Nathalie F

https://www.science.lu.se/article/worms-discovered-brain-lizard-embryos-first-time - 2026-05-19

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-and-lund-university-350th-celebrations - 2026-05-19

The Wolf Prize in Physics for 2022 is awarded to Professor Anne L’Huillier of LTH, along with Paul Corkum of the University of Ottawa, Ferenc Krausz of the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, and Ludwig Maximilian of the University of Munich, for pioneering contributions to ultrafast laser science and attosecond physics. Each year since 1978, the Wolf Foundation awards the prestigious Wolf Pr

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/anne-lhuillier-wins-wolf-prize-physics - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NanoLund’s affiliated member Pablo Villanueva Perez from Synchrotron Radiation Physics has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant for the project Probing MHz processes in 3D with X-ray microscopy. The ERC project aims to develop a novel X-ray microscope capable of filming processes in 3D, at least 100 times faster than up

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/erc-starting-grant-nanolund - 2026-05-19

Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation is allocating additional funds to patient‑oriented, clinical research. The initiative will, among other things, strengthen research at the four Wallenberg Centres for Molecular Medicine located in Gothenburg, Lund, Linköping, and Umeå, as well as at Karolinska Institutet and Uppsala University. We are thrilled to announce that the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foun

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/knut-and-alice-wallenberg-foundation-allocates-sek-16-billion-life-science-focus-clinical-research - 2026-05-19

Pulmonary hypertension, high blood pressure in the lung, is a devastating condition where no curative treatment is available. Christian Westöö, PhD student in Karin Tran Lundmark's research team, has used synchrotron-based micro-CT as a tool for increased understanding of disease distribution in 3D space, in human tissue from patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Christian Westöö is curre

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/3d-visualization-vascular-lesions-and-role-versican-pulmonary-arterial-hypertension - 2026-05-19

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/using-criminal-law-and-sortition-against-antidemocratic-parties - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Åsa Lundqvist, Professor at the Department of Sociology has, together with Ilona Ostner, published a comparative study on parental support ‘Parenting and parenting support in Germany and Sweden: Convergence and persistent dissimilarities’, in the Journal of Family Research. The researchers' abstract:Parenting support

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/comparing-parental-support-sweden-and-germany - 2026-05-19

An innovative IVF test and a methane detector – these are some of the future innovation stars developed at Lund University. They are now being recognised by the University and Sparbanken Skåne. Since its launch in 2017, the Future Innovations Award has recognised ideas that can “change our world for the better”. This year, the awards were worth a total of SEK 800,000.The top prize this year goes t

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/innovative-ideas-and-pioneering-solutions-lund-university-celebrated - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Chris Swader has the forthcoming chapter "Fraudulent Values. Materialistic Bosses and the Support for Bribery and Tax Evasion" in Whyte & Wiegratz (Eds.) Neoliberalism and the Moral Economy of Fraud. Routledge. Abstract:Are capitalists more likely than others to justify ‘immoral’ acts such as bribery or tax evasion? T

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/swader-new-forthcoming-publication - 2026-05-19

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/beetles-cooperate-tricky-dung-moves - 2026-05-19

This unique garden cultivates 60 plant species mentioned in the Qur’an and Hadith, transforming religious texts into living symbols of sustainability. By blending Islamic ethics with modern ecology, the QBG offers a model for faith-based environmental stewardship, one that addresses climate vulnerability, water scarcity, and biodiversity loss in the Gulf region. On 12 March 2026, Zenia Henriksen (

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/quranic-gardens-where-faith-meets-environmental-action - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In order to consolidate its presence in Afghanistan and to maintain, expand and ensure better impact of its current output, AAN is seeking to recruit one or two new research staff members. Depending on skills, training and experience they will be hired for the position of Junior or Senior Analyst. The deadline for app

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-juniorsenior-analyst-afghanistan-analysts-network - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET affiliated researcher Admir Skodo has published an article in the Journal of Refugee Studies entitled "Long and Short Arms of the State: Swedish Multidirectional Controls of Afghan Asylum Seekers During the Cold War" Abstract of the article:Drawing on unique sources from the Swedish Migration Agency Archive, th

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/new-publication-affiliated-researcher-admir-skodo - 2026-05-19

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/environmentally-sustainable-diet-linked-health-benefits - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. By 2023 the University is to have reduced its CO2 emissions by half, according to the new sustainability plan. Things look promising right now due to Covid-19 – there will be a radical reduction this year as air travel is the biggest CO2 villain. The number of flights booked between April and October 2020 fell by 97 p

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lus-new-plan-co2-emissions-be-halved-2023 - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The coronavirus pandemic has not put Lund University in any financial difficulty. There is money in the University's coffers, assures the head of planning Tim Ekberg. The agency capital currently amounts to SEK 1.7 billion. "It is money that could be useful to support affected areas of activity", he comments. The agen

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/no-threat-lund-universitys-finances-thanks-agency-capital - 2026-05-17

Protein researcher Mikael Akke has been showered with grants recently: a total in excess of SEK 130 million from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and the European Research Council. But who is the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) professor whose research is so hot right now? Since childhood, Mikael Akke has been driven by a desire to understand how things work in nature. Biology and chemistry w

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/protein-researcher-receives-major-grants - 2026-05-18

In order to be able to prescribe the appropriate dose of physical activity to patients, healthcare professionals need to consider a range of individual factors. There is a need to facilitate the assessment of aerobic capacity i. e. maximal oxygen uptake capacity (VO2max), as well as to calculate the intensity of training according to the WHO recommendations for physical activity. Now, researchers

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/my-aerobic-capacity-rpc - 2026-05-19

Research in particle physics often relies on sizable, cutting-edge computing resources for analysing large datasets, producing simulation samples, or developing and running complex machine learning models. While particle physics has been a pioneer in dealing with many “big science” issues and raised the stakes in the Large Hadron Collider era,today it is by no means isolated. More and more researc

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/towards-green-software-tackling-energy-cost-scientific-software - 2026-05-19