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Physical geographer Alex Vermeulen, who leads the work on the ICOS Carbon Portal, was the editor of a new publication about increasing greenhouse gas flows that has had a large international impact. He now hopes that the report will be considered during the UN’s ongoing Climate Change Conference in Dubai. Alex, you were editor for the 19th edition of the World Meteorological Organization’s journal

https://www.science.lu.se/article/lund-led-greenhouse-gas-flow-publication-has-huge-media-impact - 2025-11-07

For the first time, researchers have been able to prove that city lights limit the ability of nocturnal animals to navigate by natural light in the night sky. Instead, they are forced to use streetlamps, neon light or floodlights to orient themselves. The findings are published in Current Biology. Some animals, including migratory birds, seals and moths, use light from the moon, stars and Milky Wa

https://www.science.lu.se/article/artificial-light-disrupts-dung-beetles-sense-direction - 2025-11-07

A study at Lund University reveals that traumatic brain injury alters the small vessels in the brain, resulting in an accumulation of amyloid beta — a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease. The findings suggest that vascular dysfunction could be an early driver in neurodegenerative disorders rather than being caused by neuronal damage. The study is published in Acta Neuropathologica. An increased risk o

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/cracking-alzheimers-code-how-brain-trauma-triggers-disease - 2025-11-07

Dr Colm Flaherty noticed that despite generally declining membership in Swedish political parties, political engagement is very much alive. He says it is observable in the mundane activities of everyday life, and studying it can teach us a lot about Swedish culture. Political engagement is changing form in Sweden. The place to find political action today is in everyday life, rather than solely in

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/creating-spaces-radical-social-change - 2025-11-07

A study at Lund University reveals that traumatic brain injury alters the small vessels in the brain, resulting in an accumulation of amyloid beta — a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease. The findings suggest that vascular dysfunction could be an early driver in neurodegenerative disorders rather than being caused by neuronal damage. The study is published in Acta Neuropathologica. An increased risk o

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/cracking-alzheimers-code-how-brain-trauma-triggers-disease - 2025-11-07

“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 on a tour of the campus at Taiwan Tech in Taipei. In the background are Henrik Ho

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/reconnaissance-taiwan-new-strategic-collaborations - 2025-11-07

In the heart of the beautiful wine-producing region of Stellenbosch is the STIAS research institute. It welcomes researchers from around the world to spend a number of months working with a focus on Africa. LUM visited cognitive science researcher Peter Gärdenfors and his project team at Mostertsdrift farm. “It’s a privilege to be here. You have peace and quiet to concentrate entirely on writing.

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/peaceful-research-institute-boosts-creativity - 2025-11-07

Can a reduced intake of gluten during childhood affect the development of coeliac disease (gluten intolerance)? Researchers at Lund University will investigate this question in the new study GRAIN (Gluten Reduction After INfancy and the risk of celiac disease). – We’ve seen in previous studies that the amount of gluten you eat plays a role in the risk of getting sick. In GRAIN, we want to see if w

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-study-can-gluten-reduced-diet-first-years-life-prevent-celiac-disease - 2025-11-07

The Sustainability Fund offers an opportunity to explore innovative potential and fund activities outside the scope of existing research projects. Its purpose is to support the development of early innovative ideas from research projects that have an impact on sustainable development. The second call for applications attracted a diverse range of applications, out of which five were granted funding

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/five-new-projects-awarded-grants-sustainability-fund - 2025-11-08

Strax före jul gick hans institution miste om en internationell toppforskare, en satsning värd drygt hundra miljoner kronor. Någon månad senare rapporterade hans grupp ett stort genombrott inom feromonforskningen. Professor Christer Löfstedt, prefekt för Biologiska institutionen, en av universitetets största, är först ut i en artikelserie om det akademiska ledarskapets vardag – en tillvaro som går

https://www.lu.se/artikel/toppar-och-dalar-i-prefektvardagen - 2025-11-07

Minst 20 procent fler flyktingar i arbete efter tre månader. Det är prognosen efter att ett datorprogram börjat användas för att matcha flyktingar till nya hemorter i USA. Programmet är skapat av tre ledande universitet, i samarbete med en amerikansk frivilligorganisation. Nu hoppas professor Tommy Andersson, från Ekonomihögskolan vid Lunds universitet, att programvaran Annie MOORE kan användas i

https://www.lu.se/artikel/algoritmer-okar-flyktingars-chanser-till-jobb - 2025-11-07

Einar Anton Hansen var en dansk-svensk affärsman som i mitten av 1900-talet grundade ett framgångsrikt företagsimperium med förlagsverksamhet och rederier som hörnstenar. Han var också en långvarig vän till Lunds universitet och stöttade dess humanistiska fakulteter, ett givande som fortsätter än idag via flera av hans stiftelser. Ingvar Ganestam är idag ordförande i Einar Hansens Allhemsstiftelse

https://www.lu.se/artikel/einar-hansen-lu-vanlig-brobyggare-och-mecenat - 2025-11-08

En blodgåta från 1927. Ett högspecialiserat instrument i masspektrometri som fått namnet ”Trinity” från filmen Matrix. Och en förvånad forskargrupp som firar med ”blodkroppstårta” när ett överraskande protein dyker upp. Ja, det är komponenterna i en helt vanlig, ovanlig forskarvardag på Lunds universitet.  På våningsplanen intill varandra sitter forskargruppen Transfusionsmedicin och Centrum för m

https://www.lu.se/artikel/en-blodgata-far-sin-losning - 2025-11-07

Skogen står i fokus för en intensiv debatt för tillfället. Det handlar, grovt förenklat, om vilka klimatnyttor skogen kan ge, antingen genom att stå kvar och binda kol, eller genom att användas som ersättning för fossila bränslen och fossilintensiva material. I en ny kunskapsgenomgång från Centrum för miljö- och klimatvetenskap (CEC) vid Lunds universitet går Markku Rummukainen, professor i klimat

https://www.lu.se/artikel/skogens-klimatnyttor-en-balansakt-i-prioritering - 2025-11-08

Dagens styrning av universitet och högskolor är kortsiktig, dåligt samordnad och alltför generell och konkurrensbaserad. Uppdelningen av anslagen mellan utbildning och forskning har skapat onaturliga gränser och främjat en kultur inom akademin som undervärderar utbildning i förhållande till forskning. Pam Fredman, tidigare rektor vid Göteborgs universitet, leder Styr- och resursutredningen, Strut.

https://www.lu.se/artikel/strut-forordar-gemensamt-anslag-till-forskning-och-utbildning - 2025-11-08

By preventing sugar uptake, researchers succeeded in increasing the cancer cells’ sensitivity to chemotherapeutic treatment. The studies, led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden, were carried out on cancer cells in a lab environment. The results were recently published in the research journal Haematologica. Just like the body’s cells, cancer cells need energy like the sugar molecule, gluco

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/starved-cancer-cells-became-more-sensitive-chemotherapy - 2025-11-07

The Prize for Internationalisation of Teaching and Learning in First and Second Cycle Education at Sweden’s Medical Faculties for 2020 has been awarded to Kristina Orban at the Department of Health Sciences, Lund University. The citation for the award stated “Since 2016, Kristina Orban has led the Mirots project, which aims to enable occupational therapy students to develop a professional identity

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/prize-internationalisation-teaching-and-learning - 2025-11-07

Tobias Dan Nielsen, PhD Candidate at the Department of Political Science and BECC researcher, is in Lima, Peru, for the UNFCCC COP20. Read about his experiences and thoughts on the Global Landscape Forum. Right now in Lima experts, civil society, practitioners and decision-maker gather to discuss solution to climate change at the UNFCCCs COP20. On December 6-7th. Lima also hosed the 2nd Global Lan

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/global-landscape-forum-future-forest-management - 2025-11-07

A new study led by Lund University in Sweden shows that cities negatively affect the diversity of birds. There are significantly fewer bird species in urban forests compared with forests in the countryside - even if the forest areas are of the same quality. The researchers examined 459 natural woodlands located in or near 32 cities in southern Sweden. They counted the occurrence of different bird

https://www.science.lu.se/article/less-bird-diversity-city-forests - 2025-11-07

“Relapse of the condition is more common following the new treatment method using keyhole surgery, which for one-third of patients will lead to planned bowel operations. However, far fewer patients require ostomies,” says Pamela Buchwald, associate professor at Lund University and senior physician at Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, who led the study from Malmö. The study was led by researchers f

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/keyhole-surgery-ruptured-bowels-safe-long-term-method - 2025-11-07