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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. There has been no known link between diabetes and vitamin A -- until now. A new study suggests that the vitamin improves the insulin producing β-cell´s function.The researchers initially discovered that insulin-producing beta-cells contain a large quantity of a cell surface receptor for vitamin A. "There are no unnece

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/role-vitamin-diabetes - 2026-07-21

Physical geographer Lina Eklund is tracking the destruction of Gaza week by week using satellite images. Her analyses could be significant if, once the fighting between Israel and Hamas is over, questions of possible war crimes are raised at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Lina Eklund, associate senior lecturer at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science and rese

https://www.science.lu.se/article/destruction-gaza-monitored-space - 2026-07-21

Last year, researchers in Lund, Sweden, launched a ground-breaking theory that Earth was formed by pebbles that were sucked together into a celestial body over millions of years. This explanatory model has now been further supported by a new study which shows that cosmic dust also played a crucial role in the creation of our planet. It has become known as the pebble accretion theory. The radical i

https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-study-space-dust-strengthens-theory-earth-was-formed-pebble-accretion - 2026-07-21

A carnivorous fruit fly living in bubbling African streams may sound like a fever dream. However, with the help of DNA analysis of a pinned insect from a museum in Zurich, researchers have managed to draw an evolutionary map of a mysterious species that has not been seen since 1981. Researchers at Lund University have successfully mapped the genome of one of the world’s most unusual fruit flies -

https://www.science.lu.se/article/how-strange-fruit-fly-became-bloodthirsty-underwater-hunter - 2026-07-21

A carnivorous fruit fly living in bubbling African streams may sound like a fever dream. However, with the help of DNA analysis of a pinned insect from a museum in Zurich, researchers have managed to draw an evolutionary map of a mysterious species that has not been seen since 1981. Researchers at Lund University have successfully mapped the genome of one of the world’s most unusual fruit flies -

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/how-strange-fruit-fly-became-bloodthirsty-underwater-hunter - 2026-07-21

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/oa-wrist-and-fingers-part-ii - 2026-07-21

A Vice-Chancellor’s decision has been taken on five profile areas for Lund University. One of the areas is ClimBioSis, which involves several CEC researchers. Thirty researchers from over a dozen departments at Lund University were behind the profile area application for Sustainable solutions in the climate change – biodiversity – social nexus – ClimBioSis. “The application is based on a fantastic

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/vice-chancellor-says-yes-climbiosis-profile-area - 2026-07-21

Today, 12 researchers at Lund University have been appointed Wallenberg Scholars, and one of them is Oksana Mont at the IIIEE. The program is funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation supporting high class research in medicine, technology and natural sciences. Today, the Wallenberg Scholars grants for the applications submitted in spring 2023 have been announced. It went exceptionally wel

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-got-its-first-wallenberg-scholar - 2026-07-21

The public event Sustainability Week 2026 took place in April in Lund. The event was a success with about 4000 visitors attending a range of events. This year was the anniversary edition - 10th year of the event - and added to program was also a series of breakfast seminars. The seminars allowed for topical sustainability discussions looking back and looking forward on topics including energy, bio

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/fruitful-collaboration-among-university-departments-sustainability-week-2026 - 2026-07-21

LU Business Track has been designed to speed up the development of growth companies born out of Lund University's research. Innovation is a driving force for the transition to a more sustainable society - and Skåne is one of the world's most innovative regions. At Lund University we see research results that can turn into knowledge-intensive innovations and technologies, which in turn can be the s

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/launching-lu-business-track-new-way-commercialize-research - 2026-07-22

We are now about a third of the way through the EU framework programme for research and innovation – Horizon Europe (2021-2027) – and can start to see trends for which areas have been a success for Lund University and our researchers. The University’s new research strategy 2023-2026 aims to make LU Sweden’s primary participant in the EU’s framework programme, both in terms of the number of project

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/onwards-and-upwards-lund-university-eu-framework-programme - 2026-07-22

The 13 January was Arrival Day – the day when Lund University welcomes the new international students for the spring semester. A total of 767 students have been admitted to the university for studies in Spring 2025. 447 of them came to the Arrival Day but more will arrive in the next few days/weeks. Students from around the worldThe new international students come from 64 different countries, repr

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-welcomes-new-international-students-spring-2025 - 2026-07-22

There is considerable interest in generative AI among the University's technical and administrative staff, according to a survey sent out by the Ad hoc group. Almost half of the approximately 1,200 randomly selected employees responded to the survey. “We were delighted with the high response rate, which shows that generative AI is a topic that people are passionate about,” says Nathalie Stenbeck,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/great-enthusiasm-and-lots-questions-about-ai - 2026-07-22

Oskar Hansson, professor i neurologi vid Lunds universitet, har utsetts till mottagare av Torsten Söderbergs Akademiprofessur i medicin, för sin banbrytande forskning kring biomarkörer för neurodegenerativa sjukdomar. Motivering: för banbrytande forskning kring biomarkörer för neurodegenerativa sjukdomar, med relevans för tidig diagnostik, prognosbedömning och utveckling av nya behandlingar. Oskar

https://www.multipark.lu.se/sv/artikel/lundaforskare-tilldelas-torsten-soderbergs-akademiprofessur-i-medicin - 2026-07-21

Oskar Hansson, professor i neurologi vid Lunds universitet, har utsetts till mottagare av Torsten Söderbergs Akademiprofessur i medicin, för sin banbrytande forskning kring biomarkörer för neurodegenerativa sjukdomar. Motivering:för banbrytande forskning kring biomarkörer för neurodegenerativa sjukdomar, med relevans för tidig diagnostik, prognosbedömning och utveckling av nya behandlingar.Oskar H

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/lundaforskare-tilldelas-torsten-soderbergs-akademiprofessur-i-medicin - 2026-07-21

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Idag invigs MAX IV-laboratoriet i Lund, Sveriges största satsning på forskningsinfrastruktur genom tiderna. Synkrotronljusanläggningen har det mest briljanta röntgenljuset i världen vilket gör att man kan synliggöra material ner på atomnivå ännu bättre än tidigare. Drygt 2000 forskare från hela världen väntas årlige

https://www.lu.se/artikel/max-iv-laboratoriet-oppnar-gor-det-osynliga-synligt - 2026-07-22

A large international collaboration involving researchers from Lund University’s Lund Stem Cell Center has taken an important step toward making induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)–based therapies more globally accessible. Published in Stem Cell Reports, the study presents the first data‑driven international benchmarking of key quality control assays, showing how standardized methods can reduce v

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/global-study-advances-harmonised-quality-control-stem-cell-based-therapies - 2026-07-21

Efter mer än ett decennium av stiltje har njurforskningen fått ett lyft. Nya läkemedel och biomarkörer gör det möjligt att upptäcka och bromsa sjukdomsförlopp tidigare – något som länge verkade ouppnåeligt. Och det här kommer att påverka personer med diabetes, där njurskada är en allvarlig långtidskomplikation. – Vi står inför en ny era. Det som sker nu liknar det som skedde inom hjärt- kärlsjukvå

https://www.lu.se/artikel/njurarna-far-en-ny-chans - 2026-07-22

Forskare vid Lunds universitet och DTU i Köpenhamn har upptäckt enzymer i tjocktarmen som, när de blandas med röda blodkroppar, kan klippa bort delar av de kolhydrater som skiljer våra ABO-blodgrupper från varandra. Metoden tar oss närmare drömmen om ett universalblod för alla. Sedan länge är det känt att blod från olika individer inte kan blandas hur som helst utan risk för allvarliga konsekvense

https://www.lu.se/artikel/enzymer-fran-tarmbakterie-oppnar-universalblod - 2026-07-22

I samband med en ny rapport kring åtgärder som ska begränsa klimatförändringarna ser forskare vid Lunds universitet vissa hoppfulla tecken. Bland annat tror Lars J Nilsson, professor i miljö- och energisystem vid LTH, att det finns goda möjligheter att år 2050 nå nollutsläpp för industrier som stål, cement och kemi – där utsläppen av koldioxid idag är stora. För att nå klimatmålen måste utsläppen

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/infor-fns-klimatrapport-4-april-nu-ar-det-nollutslapp-som-galler - 2026-07-21