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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Certain microorganisms are used to stimulate cultivated plants’ growth and disease resistance. Sometimes such bio-fertilisers works well, sometimes not. Now, researchers at Lund University, Sweden, are to study the exact requirements for improving the growth of sugar beet. If they succeed, biological fertilisers of cr

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-optimise-sugar-beet-bio-fertilisers - 2026-10-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researcher Jesper Wallentin at the Department of Physics at Lund University in Sweden has received a grant of approximately SEK 15 million for a research project on the ability of nanowires to act as detectors for X-ray radiation. If successfully developed, this technology could enable X-rays of single cells, for exam

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/physicist-awarded-millions-research-x-rays-using-nanowires - 2026-10-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Astronomers have managed to take unusually colourful images of a group of galaxies using a telescope in Hawaii. The photos reveal new facts about this spectacular galaxy cluster. Remnants of star matter attest to a phenomenon known as galactic cannibalism. At a distance of approximately 250 million light years from ou

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/colourful-photo-reveals-cannibalism-galaxy-cluster - 2026-10-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A major international study shows that if cardiac arrest patients are treated like heart attack patients only, this will potentially have negative consequences on their rehabilitation and return to working life. These patients often lack follow-up of the injuries they may have suffered to the brain in connection with

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/inadequate-follow-many-cardiac-arrest-patients - 2026-10-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A previously unknown language has been found in the Malay Peninsula by linguists from Lund University in Sweden. The language has been given the name Jedek. “Documentation of endangered minority languages such as Jedek is important, as it provides new insights into human cognition and culture”, says Joanne Yager, doct

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/listen-unknown-language-discovered-southeast-asia - 2026-10-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Novo Nordisk Foundation recently made the announcement to grant DKK 225 million to Lund University for the construction and operation of MicroMAX, a new beamline for the MAX IV research facility in Lund, Sweden. The beamline will become one of the world’s strongest protein microscopes and an important tool for res

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/millions-invested-new-beamline-max-iv - 2026-10-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Sweden is trending right now, with cultural concepts such as “lagom” (just enough) and “fika” (coffee break) selling everything from books to fashion. The nation is often seen as a social democratic model country, where people are egalitarian, wealthy and happy. As Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of the Swedish multinatio

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-ikeas-founder-exported-certain-image-sweden-frugality-fika - 2026-10-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Chemistry professor Kenneth Wärnmark at Lund University in Sweden has been awarded SEK 35 million for a research project about using iron molecules to develop solar cells and solar fuel. The grant is aimed at producing cheaper and more environmentally-friendly materials that can capture the energy of the sun. Kenneth

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/major-investment-more-environmentally-friendly-solar-energy - 2026-10-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Nocturnal animals can use the stars and the Milky Way to find their way during the darkest hours. While animal navigation is studied all over the world, some of the leading researchers are based at Lund University in Sweden. In a recent article they sum up the research so far and give their thoughts on challenges to c

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/starry-sky-shows-nocturnal-animals-way - 2026-10-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The enzyme that produces DNA building blocks plays an important role when cells divide. In a new study, researchers have discovered for the first time that the so-called master switch of the enzyme can change locations - while still performing the same task. Regardless of whether you are human, a worm or a bacterium,

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/unexpected-discovery-about-essential-enzyme - 2026-10-09

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered a new link between gut bacteria and obesity. They found that certain amino acids in our blood can be connected to both obesity and the composition of the gut microbiome. We know less about the significance of our gut bacteria than what many books and magazines on the subject seem to suggest. A lot of the research on the topic is based on ani

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-link-between-gut-bacteria-and-obesity - 2026-10-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. US cities facing sea level rise need to look beyond traditional strategies for managing issues such as critical erosion and coastal squeeze, according to new research from Lund University. Civil society initiatives must now play a crucial role in adapting society to climate change, the study argues. Using the City of

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-sea-level-rise-urgently-requires-new-forms-decision-making-study - 2026-10-09

A completely new classification of diabetes which also predicts the risk of serious complications and provides treatment suggestions. We are now seeing the first results of ANDIS – a study covering all newly diagnosed diabetics in southern Sweden — published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. The major difference from today’s classification is that type 2 diabetes actually consists of several

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/paradigm-shift-diagnosis-diabetes - 2026-10-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A researcher from Lund University in Sweden has managed to install a huge curtain in a remote cloud forest in South America. The aim is to study how these valuable forests are affected if clouds are elevated due to global warming. The world’s cloud forests are facing the threat of rapid climate change, as global warmi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/giant-curtain-will-help-scientists-study-threats-against-cloud-forests - 2026-10-09

Deputy Theme Coordinator of the Biodiversity theme in BECC Alexandre Antonellis has been awarded a prize of 12 MSEK from the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research. The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research has appointed the sixth generation Future Research Leaders (FFL). The program is targeted at Swedish and foreign young researchers, who conducts research at the highest international lev

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/deputy-theme-coordinator-biodiversity-theme-becc-alexandre-antonelli-aawarded-prize-leaders-future - 2026-10-09

Anna Persson, researcher at the CEC is one of the authors of a new publication from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency "Arguments for more ecosystem services". From the report; Ecosystem services are the foundation of human welfare, yet the services are often invisible in many of society’s decision-making processes. This report contains statistics, studies and research that shows how ecos

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/arguments-more-ecosystem-services - 2026-10-09

The research project Valuation of ecosystem services in agriculture - a path towards effective decision making (VESA) led by Katarina Hedlund will present their results at the Environmental Protection Agency's final conference March 21 in Stockholm. One of the results of VESA is C-bank, which is a web-based tool that can be used by farmers and advisers to value ecosystem services as part of the na

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/final-conference-value-ecosystem-services - 2026-10-09

There is currently an open possition at the University of Gothenburg as a PhD student in Natural Science, specialising in Biology. More specifically the focus will be on Tropical montane trees in a warming World. Apply before 31/3.Read the entire add and apply here.

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/phd-student-position-natural-science-specialising-biology - 2026-10-09

In many research projects, stakeholder interaction is ad hoc rather than strategic and systematic. This guide provides advice on good practice, strategies and tools for researchers and research groups interested in finding effective ways to involve stakeholders in their research and have an impact on society. There is an urgent need for scientifically grounded solutions to the challenges posed by

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/new-guide-stakeholder-interactions - 2026-10-09

Åsa have been selected as a Lead Author for the writing of the Methodology Report entitled “2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories”. Åsa Kasimir have been selected by the Bureau of IPCC Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI) as a Lead Author for the writing of the Methodology Report entitled “2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/asa-kasimir-selected-be-ipcc-lead-author - 2026-10-09