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After three years’ work, the newly cast sphinxes have returned to the roof of the Main University Building. The work, which uses a crane, began on 2 October. Now all the four of theme are landed. It was during an inspection of the University Main Building’s facade that the National Property Board of Sweden discovered that the building’s four sphinxes were in such poor condition that they needed to
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sphinxes-have-landed - 2026-04-30
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. One in three people with diabetes will face some form of renal impairment in the course of their lives. Studies conducted by researchers at the Lund University Diabetes Centre may lead to the development of an entirely new principle for treating type 2 diabetes and preventing kidney damage in the future. Previous anal
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-findings-can-lead-new-principle-treating-diabetic-kidney-damage - 2026-04-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. One in three people with diabetes will face some form of renal impairment in the course of their lives. Studies conducted by researchers at the Lund University Diabetes Centre may lead to the development of an entirely new principle for treating type 2 diabetes and preventing kidney damage in the future. Previous anal
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-findings-can-lead-new-principle-treating-diabetic-kidney-damage-0 - 2026-04-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “High-tech companies have fantastic support from the Taiwanese education system, which provides companies with competent staff. The link between industry and academia is impressive”, says Professor Lars Samuelson from the Nanometre Structure Consortium. Per Eriksson, Lars Samuelson, Anders Robertsson and Per Tunestål
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/reconnaissance-taiwan-new-strategic-collaborations - 2026-04-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Chair: Ulrika Andersson, Lund University, Anna Lindberg, Lund University, Nishi Mitra vom Berg, TISS VENUE: Tornrummet, Akademiska Föreningen (AF), Sandgatan 2, Lund Session 1: Femininity, Concepts and NotionsSeptember 20, 2016 Time: 14.30-16.30 Paper presenters: Soibam Haripriya, Rachna Chaudhary, EM Varughese, Sheba
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/panel-7-women-and-gender-south-asian-modernity-vulnerabilities-and-violence - 2026-04-29
Professor Christine Wamsler's research and extraordinary work on integrated inner-outer transformation for sustainability has made it into a musical! The musical is entitled ‘Pärlornas Sånger’. It is based on the latest book of the well-known bishop Martin Lönnebo. After his death in 2023, musician Helena Ritzén converted the book and its lyrics into a musical. Since a line in the book was referen
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/musical-tribute-featuring-christine-wamslers-work-and-vision-sustainable-future - 2026-04-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Adriana Sanna defended a thesis on 20 May, Shamik Mitra on 26 May and Rita Cabrita on 10 June. How come there were three at almost the same time?“All three were admitted simultaneously through MELGEN, a European network that has Marie Curie funding. My trio of doctoral students were amongst the 17 in the network. As a
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/three-doctoral-thesis-defences-1-week - 2026-04-29
Although Sweden is an advanced society, there is always more to do to create more inclusive environment. That became clear when the accessibility researcher Mikiko Terashima from Dalhousie University, visited a CASE Scientific Session at Lund University. Terashima leads a research laboratory at Dalhousie'e School of Planning named "Planning for Equity, Accessibility, and Community Health (PEACH) R
https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/least-heard-are-real-accessibility-experts - 2026-04-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. It’s a known fact that cells can move around the body, but how they do it has been unknown – until now. Researcher in Infection Medicine Pontus Nordenfelt at Lund University in Sweden has managed to describe and visualise cell migration on a molecular level. In time, this could become significant in the treatment of i
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-cells-move - 2026-04-29
Henrik Smith tilldelas Marsh Awards for Ecology av British Ecological Society. Priset uppmärksammar hans långvariga insatser för att utveckla ekologisk forskning och för att stärka kopplingen mellan vetenskap och samhälle. Han själv betonar vikten av att forskningen interagerar med samhället – tiden är förbi när det räckte att skriva en tung studie som sedan stod och samlade damm. Motiveringen til
https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/miljopionjar-prisas-forskare-maste-interagera-mer-med-samhallet - 2026-04-29
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. - Helt nytt var att vi kunde visa att för varje barn som insjuknar i typ 1-diabetes insjuknar två vuxna i samma typ. Det är alltså en stor grupp vuxna som insjuknar i det som vi förr kallade för barndiabetes, säger Maria Thunander, överläkare vid medicinkliniken i Växjö, Landstinget Kronoberg som nu doktorerar vid L
https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/manga-fler-vuxna-barn-insjuknar-i-typ-1-diabetes - 2026-04-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Our opinions are affected by what our eyes are focusing on in the same instant we make moral decisions. Researchers at Lund University and other institutions have managed to influence people’s responses to questions such as “is murder defensible?” by tracking their eye movements. When the participants had looked at a
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/moral-decisions-can-be-influenced-eye-tracking - 2026-04-29
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 - 2026-04-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Just like self-driving cars, we can expect autonomous ships to become more common in the coming years. However, two safety challenges which need to be solved along the way, and which are different for ships compared to cars, are navigation without GPS and remote control. In his research, Mårten Lager has developed use
https://www.ai.lu.se/article/improving-conditions-autonomous-ships - 2026-04-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Right now, everything is focused on managing the coronavirus. However, even before COVID-19, viral pandemics around the world were increasing and the ’ordinary’ influenza virus and common cold virus cost society enormous amounts of money each year. Swedish virus researchers say they could improve the world with the he
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/virus-war - 2026-04-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Arctic climate change research relies on field measurements and samples that are too scarce, and patchy at best, according to a comprehensive review study from Lund University in Sweden. The researchers looked at thousands of scientific studies, and found that around 30% of cited studies were clustered around only two
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/scientists-lack-vital-knowledge-rapid-arctic-climate-change - 2026-04-29
The inaugural PhD Conference of the Swedish Development Research Network (SweDev) was organized by the School of Global Studies (SGS), University of Gothenburg, on 1-2 December 2022. The conference provided doctoral students with an open and inclusive space to meet and discuss their work with their peers. - As a participant of the SweDev PhD conference in 2022 I was enlightened with new perspectiv
A major benefit of being part of BECC is the possibility for researchers to apply for project funding. Recently, 14 new projects that will contribute to delivering world leading research on biodiversity and ecosystem services under global change were granted funding. At the end of 2022, 14 new research projects were funded by BECC. Most of them are interdisciplinary and collaborations between Lund
https://www.becc.lu.se/article/14-new-projects-funded-becc - 2026-04-29
Diabetes, cardiovascular disease, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease make up the world’s most common diseases. A new biobank at Lund University in Sweden - the largest of its kind - with stem cells from both those affected and healthy individuals, will contribute to an increased understanding of how these diseases arise. “The goal is for researchers to be able to develop new treatments that can p
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/worlds-largest-stem-cell-biobank-launched-0 - 2026-04-29
