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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Is Africa rising? That’s one of many questions covered in LUSEM’s newly launched open global online course (MOOC) – African development, from the past to the present. Taking on an economic history perspective of the continent, the course covers the past centuries – with an emphasis on the past hundred years. With more

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/newly-launched-mooc-africas-development - 2026-05-27

A large amount of lungs donated cannot be used for transplantation. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden and Skåne University Hospital have conducted an animal study bringing hope that more donor lungs could be used in the future. The researchers have launched a pilot study to investigate whether the treatment will have the same positive effects on human beings. About 190 organs are donated in

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-treatment-could-result-more-donor-lungs - 2026-05-27

The new excavations in Uppåkra are at the forefront of cutting edge archaeological techniques. By combining big data, data modelling and DNA sequencing, researchers are currently solving significant parts of a historical puzzle. Perhaps we will learn whether the Justinianic Plague, the forerunner of the Black Death, reached Uppåkra. Until now, this has been uncertain. Torbjörn Ahlström, profes

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/modern-archaeology-reveals-secrets-iron-age-power-centre - 2026-05-27

Can AI think? The short answer is no, at least not in the way humans think. AI does not have incentives, opinions, or empathy. Even two-year-olds possess something that our artificial systems lack – the capacity to think in terms of cause and effect, according to Peter Gärdenfors, professor of Cognitive Science at Lund University. Since ChatGPT was introduced to great fanfare in 2022, the debate a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ai-lacks-common-sense-why-programs-cannot-think - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Postnatal depression among new mothers is a well-known phenomenon. Knowledge about depression in new fathers, however, is more limited. A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that depression among new fathers may be more common than previously believed. There is also a major risk that it remains undetected u

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/depressed-fathers-risk-not-getting-help - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Uganda has one of the harshest standpoints on homosexuality in the world. Homosexual acts are prohibited by law and have previously been suggested to warrant the death penalty. However, a study from Lund University in Sweden shows that homosexuality among young people is as common in Uganda as in other countries. The

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/homosexuality-common-uganda-other-countries - 2026-05-27

Malin Parmar, professor of cellular neuroscience, along with three researchers in Italy and Denmark, has been awarded the prestigious ERC Synergy Grant worth EUR 10 million. The four researchers aim to develop custom-made neurons from stem cells for cell therapies to treat Parkinson’s or Huntington’s disease. Congratulations!“Thank you, it feels really fun and exciting for many reasons! One reason

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/erc-synergy-grant-awarded-development-custom-made-stem-cell-therapies - 2026-05-27

Russia's invasion of Ukraine was clearly illegal. Yet it is unlikely that Vladimir Putin will be held accountable. Most people agree that war is morally wrong. But what is the legal framework? The UN Charter, which in 1945 laid the foundations for the UN's missions, powers, rules of procedure and organisation, prohibits military force between states. However, there are exceptions, such as when the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/charges-against-putin-unlikely - 2026-05-27

Our health in later life is shaped not only by the way we live, what our childhood was like or our time in our mothers’ wombs. Even our parents’ health and lifestyle at the time of our conception may affect our health. Peter M Nilsson, professor of clinical cardiovascular research at Lund University, is calling for a major investment in health and lifestyle advice for adolescents and those plannin

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/live-healthily-sake-your-future-children - 2026-05-27

Each year, one in four women suffers from bacterial vaginosis, something that is currently treated with antibiotics. However, recently a gentler, antibiotic-free alternative has been authorised for sale in the EU. The chance discovery behind the innovation was made by a group of researchers from Lund University in Sweden. Stinging, itching and odorous vaginal discharge is a common and a stigmatise

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/surprise-discovery-leads-treatment-common-infection - 2026-05-27

The evolution of eyesight, how not to disrupt animal flight, and immunotherapies in cancer treatment. Biologists Michael Bok and Cecilia Nilsson, along with medical researcher Paul Bourgine, have been awarded the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant to further study these topics. Michael Bok, researcher, Lund Vision Group:Can you describe your research?I study the evolution of eyes and visual system

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/three-lund-university-researchers-awarded-major-eu-grant - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Alzheimer’s disease can lead to several widely divergent symptoms and, so far, its various expressions have mainly been observed through the behaviour and actions of patients. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now produced images showing the changes in the brain associated with these symptoms – a developme

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-possibility-studying-how-alzheimers-disease-affects-brain-different-ages - 2026-05-27

Metformin is the first-line drug that can lower blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetes patients. One third of patients do not respond to metformin treatment and 5 per cent experience serious side effects, which is the reason many choose to stop medicating. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now identified biomarkers that can show in advance how the patient will respond to metformin treat

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/metformin-type-2-diabetes-patients-or-not-researchers-now-have-answer - 2026-05-27

Targeted missiles that can enter cancer cells and deliver lethal cell toxins without harming surrounding healthy tissue. This has been a long-standing vision in cancer research, but it has proved difficult to accomplish. A research group at Lund University in Sweden has now taken some crucial steps in this direction. “For several years, we tried to elucidate which target proteins on the cancer cel

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/using-targeted-missiles-against-aggressive-cancer-cells - 2026-05-27

It takes a long time, up to several decades, before the benefits of organic farming take full effect on land that was previously cultivated conventionally, a new study from Lund University suggests. After thirty years, the plant species richness around the cultivated crop had doubled on organic farms compared to conventional farms. It is well known that organic farming benefits biodiversity and ca

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/organic-farms-had-doubled-plant-diversity-only-over-time - 2026-05-27

The University has made a further major investment in the Lund University Centre for Preparedness and Resilience (LUPREP). The funding will go to the Centre’s graduate school, which will have eight new positions. The aim is to be Sweden’s leading hub for research, education and collaboration concerning preparedness and resilience. In the autumn of 2025, the University established the Lund Universi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-makes-new-investment-total-defence - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new EU project in the program area Öresund-Kattegatt-Skagerak (ÖKS) has been approved. Hanseatic League of Science (HALOS) will build a unique collaboration between Hamburg and South-West Scandinavia, bring together the four unique research facilities MAX IV, ESS, DESY and European XFEL, and create a centre for inte

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/halos-unique-collaboration-life-science - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. More people working from home does not necessarily mean less travel. On the contrary, leisure travel may increase to compensate for sedentary work in the home, according to transport researcher Lena Winslott Hiselius. This can become a challenge for public transport. There are strong indications that remote working is

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/leisure-travel-appears-increase-alongside-working-home - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Data from more than 400 000 patients in different countries will be used to increase knowledge and improve treatment of prostate cancer. This is all taking place within the international big data for better outcome (BD4BO) project PIONEER, in which Lund University has a prominent role. Despite intensive research, ther

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/prostate-cancer-questions-could-be-answered-through-big-data-project - 2026-05-27

Feng Zhang, professor at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard visited Lund University at the beginning of March to deliver the annual honorary lecture organised by the Royal Physiographic and Mendelian Societies in Lund.   Listen to the interview and hear more about why Feng Zhang wants to introduce a moratorium on genetically-modified babies and where Malin Parmar hopes her stem cell research w

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/honorary-lecturer-feng-zhang-crispr-research-treasure-hunt-nature - 2026-05-27