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https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/why-are-fewer-children-being-born-sweden - 2026-05-30

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. There are delicious smells emanating from the kitchen at the Malmö apartment of nutrition physiologist, Louise Brunkwall. Today, she is making pasta and vegetable sauce for lunch. A clean up before the interview with LUM means she can no longer find anything in the kitchen cupboards:  “Usually there is always some kin

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/help-your-body-outwit-reptile-brain - 2026-05-29

Sabine Konings’ Ph.D. project sheds light on the role of different genetic variants of apolipoprotein E in early Alzheimer’s disease development. January 27, she defends her thesis. In this interview, she shares the most important findings as a Ph.D. student in the Experimental Dementia group. Tell us about your research! Apolipoprotein E4 (ApoE4) is the major genetic risk factor for developing la

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-sabine-konings - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. "We are seeing an increase in the intensity of extreme climate events, as well as growing inequality.  There is an urgency to look at the intersections between climate change and parameters such as class, gender, ethnicity and soco-economic background", says Director Emily Boyd. She is leading the four yearlong projec

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/project-dice-linking-climate-change-and-extreme-events-inequality - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. An international study led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden and The University of Western Australia shows that the pressure from water droplets on a leaf surface triggers stress hormones like jasmonic acid. These cellular changes become apparent very quickly and can could make plants better equipped to with

https://www.science.lu.se/article/impact-water-droplets-leaves-quickly-triggers-stress-responses-plants - 2026-05-29

Lund University Diabetes Centre’s Scientific Advisory Board give researchers valuable feedback on ongoing research. Frances Ashcroft and Flemming Pociot from the board were invited to the LUDC retreat in the city of Helsingborg recently and they were impressed by the range of the research being performed at the centre. Research within type 1 diabetes specifically caught their attention. Frances As

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/scientific-advisory-board-important-contributions-within-type-1-diabetes-research - 2026-05-29

The Faculty Board held its first meeting of the autumn term on 24 September. As there were no items requiring a decision on the agenda, the meeting was devoted to information.Head of Finance Monika Bengtsson gave an overview of the budget conditions for 2026, and Head of Faculty Office Catrin Malmström provided an update on changes in the Faculty Office. Among other things, a new Head of Managemen

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/summary-faculty-science-board-meeting-24-september-2025 - 2026-05-29

Dung beetles are among the strongest animals in the world. They also possess an exceptional ability to cooperate. Research shows that female and male spider dung beetles together are able to move large dung balls across difficult obstacles. However, same-sex attempts to do the same always ended in aggressive fights. Dung beetles live in and on animal droppings. By breaking down organic substances,

https://www.science.lu.se/article/beetles-cooperate-tricky-dung-moves - 2026-05-29

Dung beetles are among the strongest animals in the world. They also possess an exceptional ability to cooperate. Research shows that female and male spider dung beetles together are able to move large dung balls across difficult obstacles. However, same-sex attempts to do the same always ended in aggressive fights. Dung beetles live in and on animal droppings. By breaking down organic substances,

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/beetles-cooperate-tricky-dung-moves - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Fast fashion has shrunk the fashion production cycle from three months to an unbelievable two weeks. New ideas are snapped up from the catwalk, interpreted and made into trendy clothes with a low price-tag, available in shops and online. Economists attribute the success of fast fashion to innovative large companies, b

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/korean-efficiency-behind-fast-fashion - 2026-05-29

In a recent research paper, Talina Sondershaus and her co-authors investigate how shadow banks, which are bank-like institutions that are only lightly regulated, behave in the context of climate change. They find that when society pays high attention to climate change, shadow banks start buying “brown loans”, i.e. loans from borrowers that have a large carbon footprint, while prices for these loan

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/shadow-banks-and-climate-change-ally-or-obstacle - 2026-05-29

Meet our new colleague Samson Mukanjari who recently joined the IIIEE. Originally from Zimbabwe, with a master’s degree from the University of Cape Town and a PhD from the University of Gothenburg, he has now moved to Lund with his family. Samson has a background in economics and will be working as Associate Senior Lecturer, with focus on climate policy and natural resource management. What did yo

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/welcome-samson-mukanjari - 2026-05-29

At the end of April, nearly 90 members of staff from the Centre for Climate and Environmental Sciences (CEC), the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science (INES), and the Department of Geology gathered to participate in joint visioning workshops. The workshops were held on two occasions with an identical format to give as many people as possible the chance to participate on one of th

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/summary-recent-visioning-workshops-joint-department - 2026-05-29

KRÖNIKA. Den 3 oktober – tisdagen i den så kallade Nobelveckan – kommer att gå till historien som dagen då LTH och Lunds universitet fick sitt allra första egna Nobelpris. Samtidigt var det en arbetsdag bland många, för oss alla. Kommunikatören Evelina Lindén som delar sin arbetstid mellan Fysicum och LTH:s kansli skriver om hur det var att plötsligt se sin arbetsplats invaderas av media. Det är k

https://www.lthin.lth.se/artikel/2023/en-dag-pa-jobbet-nobelyran-bakom-kulisserna - 2026-05-29

Hur maximerar man effekten av intressenternas medverkan i forskningsprojekt? Det har det sex år långa forskningsprogrammet UserAge utforskat. Intressenters medverkan i forskning förespråkas ofta, men det är först nu som effekterna har kartlagts. I CASE:s forskningsprogram UserAge har 25-talet vetenskapliga artiklar publicerats sedan programmet startade 2017.Christine E. Laustsen och Camilla Malm v

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/userage-sa-involveras-anhoriga-och-professionen-bast - 2026-05-29

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Mobile Heights, LU Experience, IVA Syd, utbildningsnämnden, få utbildningsplatser, nya styrelseledamöter, Lärosäten Syd och Foodbest är några av punkterna i detta rektorsbrev. Nya styrelseledamöter. Vid val genomfört 4 april 2013 har universitetskollegiet utsett följande lärarrepresentanter i Lunds universitets styr

https://www.lu.se/artikel/rektorsbrev-15-april - 2026-05-30

Tio års arbete gav resultat - Unesco utser det unika arkivet med 500 djupintervjuer från Förintelseöverlevare till världsminne. Ravensbrückarkivet får därmed status som ett kulturarv av stort värde för mänskligheten. Efter krigsslutet våren 1945 rullade Folke Bernadottes Vita bussar ut från ett sönderbombat Tyskland. Sammanlagt fördes 20 000 personer vidare till Danmark och Sverige. En av dem var

https://www.lu.se/artikel/ravensbruckarkivet-i-lund-blir-varldsminne - 2026-05-30

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Population density, and not the proportion of green spaces, has the biggest impact on species richness of pollinators in residential areas. This is the result of a study from Lund University in Sweden of gardens and residential courtyards in and around Malmö, Sweden. The result surprised the researchers, who had expec

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/high-human-population-density-negative-pollinators - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 82 years after his death, limnology superstar and the first professor in this field in Lund and the world, Einar Naumann, may have helped solve the riddle of why lakes become brown. With the help of Naumann’s and his students’ work dating back to the 1930s, senior lecturer Emma Kritzberg has created a data series that

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/eighty-year-old-findings-help-solve-water-mystery - 2026-05-29

An international research team led from Lund University, has identified epigenetic biomarkers that can predict which people with type 2 diabetes are at risk of cardiovascular disease. The study is now published in Cell Reports Medicine. People with type 2 diabetes are up to four times more likely to have heart attacks, strokes, anginas and other coronary heart diseases than healthy people. Therefo

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/biomarkers-reveal-risk-cardiovascular-disease-type-2-diabetes - 2026-05-29