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Virtual reality might be the closest we can get to a time machine. For instance, it can be used to experience historical communities – such as the Iron Age city of Uppåkra in southern Sweden, according to LU researcher Mattias Wallergård. Mattias Wallergård has done research on virtual reality and its applications for the past 20 years. He works at the Virtual Reality Lab at Lund University, and b

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/vr-helps-us-experience-historical-places - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Archaeologists at Lund University in Sweden have found carbonised germinated grains showing that malt was produced for beer brewing as early as the Iron Age in the Nordic region. The findings made in Uppåkra in southern Sweden indicate a large-scale production of beer, possibly for feasting and trade. “We found carbon

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/swedes-have-been-brewing-beer-iron-age-new-evidence-confirms - 2026-05-15

During a French state visit to Sweden, President Emmanuel Macron visited Lund University on Wednesday, where he spoke directly with students at Studentafton. The President addressed challenges, possibilities and the future of the European cooperation. It was a long wait for vice-Chancellor Erik Renström and the audience inside the main University building. Finally, President Macron and his wife Br

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/french-president-emmanuel-macron-visits-lund-university - 2026-05-15

Currently, a lot is known about which genes are responsible for our individual blood groups, however not much is understood about how and why the levels of the blood group molecules differ between one person to another. This can be important for blood transfusion safety. Now a research group at Lund University in Sweden has developed a toolbox that finds the answer – and in doing so, has solved a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-bioinfomatics-pipeline-solves-50-year-old-blood-group-puzzle - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Advocate General Sylvaine Laulom, Cour de Cassation, France, Professor Anne Ruth Mackor, University of Groningen, and Assistant Professor Anders Nordgaard, Linköping University, have been appointed honorary doctors at the Faculty of Law at Lund University. Sylvaine LaulomSylvaine Laulom (born 1967) is Advocate General

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-honorary-doctors-law-lund-university - 2026-05-15

In the past decade, knowledge of how lifestyle affects our genes, a research field called epigenetics, has grown exponentially. Researchers at Lund University have summarised the state of scientific knowledge within epigenetics linked to obesity and type 2 diabetes in a review article published in the scientific journal Cell Metabolism. Epigenetic mechanisms control the activity of different genes

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-lifestyle-affects-our-genes - 2026-05-15

https://www.lp3.lu.se/article/fragmax-library-identifies-ligand-binding-sites-nsp10-and-nsp1416-interfaces-sars-cov-2 - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “I am so happy to be here”, says Alvina Erman, this evening’s perhaps newest alumnus. She completed her studies in Lund in Sweden last year and, together with her Canadian friend and former Lund student Jean-François Trinh Tan, she has come to attend Lund University’s very first alumni event in Washington DC. It is a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-holds-its-first-ever-alumni-event-washington-dc - 2026-05-15

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/landfill-site-selection-iran - 2026-05-15

A new study by Ivan Radelyuk, Mehran Naseri Rad, Hossein Hashemi, Magnus Persson, Ronny Berndtsson, Madeniyet Yelubay and Kamshat Tussupova. A common problem when studying groundwater contamination in low-income countries is that data required for a detailed risk assessment are limited. This study presents a method for assessment of the potential impact of groundwater contamination by total petrol

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/assessing-data-scarce-contaminated-groundwater-sites-surrounding-petrochemical-industries - 2026-05-15

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-web-site-support-digital-teaching - 2026-05-15

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/site-it-support-no-longer-available-medicon-village - 2026-05-15

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/beyond-sitesight-international-conference-cultural-spaces-and-conditions-creativity - 2026-05-15

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/paralympics-paris-our-man-site-great-commitment - 2026-05-15

Opening: 13 January 2026, 5pmPlace: M.1, HohenlockstedtThis exhibition is part of the elective course Community engagement and art as ecology led by curator Ronald Kolb and Prof. Maj Hasager.In September, nine fine art students from the Malmö Art Academy attended the Fall Assembly at M.1 in Hohenlockstedt. Through walking, listening, and spending time with people and places, their practices shifte

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/site-specific-art-works-hohenlockstedt-our-students - 2026-05-15

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/beyond-sitesight-international-conference-cultural-spaces-and-conditions-creativity - 2026-05-15

In mid-December Sentio visited our partner Elitkomposit in Uddevalla. It was a great opportunity for partners, senior researchers and PhD-students to really understand how sophisticated products are designed and manufactured in different composite materials. With refined production methods of composites it is possible to get past the limits of conventional materials and in mid-December Sentio had

https://www.sentio.lu.se/article/site-visit-elitkomposit-resulting-prototype-zero - 2026-05-15

New episode of Culture and Creativity Management Podcast. In the third episode of the Culture and Creativity Management podcast Rebecca Mattsoff describes innovations at two open-air attractions in Helsingborg as a result of altered visitor profiles and behaviour due to the Covid pandemic in 2020. Rebecca talks about how the tourism destination work of the City of Helsingborg generated an opportun

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/service-innovation-cultural-heritage-sites-times-covid - 2026-05-15

The artwork Vertical composition by Arne Jones newly inaugurated. In glorious sunshine and to the tunes of saxophone music, the artwork Vertikal composition by Dean Kristina Åkesson was re-inaugurated. She was accompanied on stage by representatives of Public Art Agency Sweden and Akademiska hus, who were responsible for recreating the artwork and finding a new location for it outside Forum Medicu

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/vertical-composition-back-site - 2026-05-15

A World War II pilot has been laid to rest in his hometown in Maine, following a complex recovery mission led by Lund University archaeologist Brendan Foley. US Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Ernest N. Vienneau was on a B-17 bomber that came under attack in 1944, and sank off the coast of Croatia. 77 years later, he has been brought home. WATCH VIDEO STORY “It was an honor to participate in this recovery

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-marine-archaeologist-leads-wwii-pilot-recovery - 2026-05-15