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Lead, pesticides, brominated flame retardants, plastic additives, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals. This is what researchers at Lund University found when they collected dead hedgehogs to investigate the environmental pollutants found in urban environments. Previous research has investigated the presence of heavy metals in hedgehogs from other urban areas in Europe and found simi

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/surprising-number-environmental-pollutants-hedgehogs - 2026-07-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Every year since 1999, the Master’s students in Industrial Design at Lund University have done what most design students around the world can only dream of – go to NASA in Houston, Texas, USA and study at the Johnson Space Center. There they design products for an extreme environment – namely, space. “The missions to

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-students-collaborate-nasa - 2026-07-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The students, wider society and the path to academic success were important points in Torbjörn von Schantz’s inauguration speech on the University’s foundation day, 28 January. After the usual pomp and ceremony, and with the vice-chancellor’s chain hanging splendidly round his neck, he expressed his thanks for the app

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-vice-chancellor-safeguard-student-influence - 2026-07-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Kes McCormick presented findings from the Governance of Urban Sustainability Transitions (GUST)  project at the Sustainable City Development conference in Malmö, Sweden.Urban Living Labs (ULLs) have emerged as an approach to experimentation in real-life city settings. They can be defined as sites (buildings, streets,

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/catalyzing-sustainable-cities-through-urban-living-labs - 2026-07-13

Dick Harrison is 57 years old and has written 105 books. He lectures all over the country, is a regular expert on TV and radio, runs a podcast, and writes articles for magazines and two columns a week in one of Sweden’s largest newspapers. “Teaching is my calling, though, the thing closest to my identity.” It’s winter and muddy on the drive in front of the Harrisons’ Art Nouveau villa in Åkarp. On

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/dick-harrison-brand - 2026-07-14

Vanya Darakchieva, Professor of Semiconductor Materials, and Heiner Linke, Professor of Nanophysics, have been named Wallenberg Scholars, a programme funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation that supports excellent basic research, primarily in medicine, technology, and natural sciences. In addition, four current Wallenberg Scholars in our research environment receive grants: Anne L’Huill

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/new-wallenberg-scholars - 2026-07-13

Twelve researchers at Lund University have been appointed Wallenberg Scholars, a programme funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation that supports excellent basic research, primarily in medicine, technology and the natural sciences. The total funding amounts to SEK 239 million. The grants, which are for a five-year period, are worth up to SEK 18 million each for researchers in theoretical

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-universitys-wallenberg-scholars-are-announced - 2026-07-13

“Novel nonlinear optical platforms for advanced materials” – and ”Beyond binary quantum communication”. Those are the two projects that brought associate senior lecturers Anne-Lise Viotti and Armin Tavakoli, both PI:s at NanoLund, to being appointed Research Leaders of the Future by SSF, the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research. For the ninth time, the Foundation for Strategic Research has ap

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/anne-lise-viotti-and-armin-tavakoli-are-appointed-research-leaders-future - 2026-07-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The 24th European Conference on South Asian Studies – ECSAS 2016 was successfully held at the University of Warsaw, Poland from 27 to 30 July 2016. The biannual conference, organised by the European Association for South Asian Studies (EASAS) was hosted by the Faculty of Oriental Studies at University of Warsaw. The c

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/lars-eklund-reports-24th-european-conference-south-asian-studies-warsaw - 2026-07-13

This autumn sees the launch of ‘Public Health Science: Planetary Health’, an interdisciplinary advanced-level course exploring the link between the environment and health and how to work internationally with policy instruments. The course is led by lecturers from the Faculty of Medicine,  the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) and the Faculty of Social Sciences.“We’ve worked together before, and in this

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/new-course-aims-contribute-solutions-global-issues - 2026-07-13

Britta Padberg (PhD), tidigare ansvarig för Center for Interdisciplinary Research vid Bielefeld University i tolv år och föreståndare för The New Institute i Hamburg, har varit här på Pufendorf IAS sedan slutet av augusti på en fyra veckor lång forskningsvistelse. Vi känner henne sedan tidigare: Britta Padberg var en del av vår utvärderingspanel under 2024 och besökte oss både i maj och i oktober

https://www.pi.lu.se/artikel/valkommen-tillbaka-till-pufendorfinstitutet-britta-padberg - 2026-07-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers in Sweden and the UK have discovered the largest known avian sex chromosome. The giant chromosome was created when four chromosomes fused together into one, and has been found in two species of lark. “This was an unexpected discovery, as birds are generally considered to have very stable genetic material w

https://www.science.lu.se/article/record-size-sex-chromosome-found-two-bird-species - 2026-07-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Anne L'Huillier and Sara Snogerup Linse chair their respective Nobel Committees at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; Anne for Physics and Sara for Chemistry. Both have worked extensively at Lund University and are among the few women who are, or have been, committee chairs. Here they talk about how the work proce

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/they-choose-years-nobel-prize-winners - 2026-07-13

The project, "A unified web experience for education", is now going into an intense phase at all Lund University faculties. The aim of the project is to create a university-wide, modern and quality-assured service website that guides prospective students in their choice of education. Today, information about the university's programmes and courses is spread across many different websites at univer

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/moving-towards-unified-web-experience-students - 2026-07-13

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Nyckeln till ett mer välmående Afrika ligger i att småjordbruket förbättras. Åtminstone om man vill se förändringar inom en överskådlig framtid. Det menar Göran Djurfeldt som tillsammans med Ola Hall nu har dragit igång ett projekt där man med hjälp av drönare ska försöka förstå varför skördar varierar så mycket frå

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/dronarbilder-kan-losa-afrikansk-jordbruksgata - 2026-07-13

Enkla, billiga pellets av salt kan enkelt mäta stråldoser vid ofrivillig exponering, och kan även användas inom sjukvården och kärnkraftsindustrin. När saltet pressas samman till pellets förenklas hanteringen och dess egenskaper att mäta strålning förbättras. 102 olika undersökta hushållssalter från 47 länder bekräftades vara lämpliga att användas för att mäta eller beräkna strålning. Det visar en

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/pellets-av-hushallssalt-bra-alternativ-att-mata-stralning - 2026-07-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The most comprehensive star catalogue in the history of astronomy has been released, mapping out an impressive 1.7 billion stars. The catalogue is based on observations made by the European satellite Gaia, and contains the exact distances, luminosity, temperatures and colours of millions of stars in the Milky Way. Ast

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/most-detailed-star-catalogue-ever-released - 2026-07-13

Allow stories to speak and weave in memories. A multidimensional vision could make urban development less stereotypical, according to ethnologist Elisabeth Högdahl, who is the manager of the research project "Developing and Building Locations Through Human Memories". "I hope that the site developers of tomorrow will think more broadly and allow space for people's stories." Can memories build place

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/meaningful-memories-inspire-urban-planning - 2026-07-13

Lund University archaeologists have revealed details of late medieval artillery from the wreck of the royal Danish-Norwegian flagship, Gribshunden. The shipwreck is the only known example of its kind from the medieval period – as both ship and weapons are nearly identical to those of the early Spanish and Portuguese explorers. The new study tells the story of how early modern maritime adventurers

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/uniquely-preserved-artillery-offers-clues-european-colonisation - 2026-07-13

Each year, one in four women suffers from bacterial vaginosis, something that is currently treated with antibiotics. However, recently a gentler, antibiotic-free alternative has been authorised for sale in the EU. The chance discovery behind the innovation was made by a group of researchers from Lund University in Sweden. Stinging, itching and odorous vaginal discharge is a common and a stigmatise

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/surprise-discovery-leads-treatment-common-infection - 2026-07-13