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A research team led by Lund University in Sweden has provided an important clue to the origin of the element Ytterbium in the Milky Way, by showing that the element largely originates from supernova explosions. The groundbreaking research also provides new opportunities for studying the evolution of our galaxy. The study is published in Astronomy & Astrophysics. Ytterbium is one of four elements i

https://www.science.lu.se/article/astronomers-map-mysterious-element-space - 2026-04-19

So many lovely tips. 378 nature reserves in Skåne alone. Thank you! The Sustainability Forum has a mission from the  Vice-Chancellor: to support the core activities in realising the intentions of the University's sustainability strategy. Jenny Hansson, Communications Officer and project manager at the Sustainability Forum, gives us many, great tips on sustainable and exciting holiday activities in

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/holiday-tips-our-sustainability-forum-travel-sustainably-summer - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Recently, the media has been featuring some of the research being conducted at the department. Here are some of the articles. The world's vegetation has increasedProfessor Ben Smith has been interviewed about satellite measurements that show the earth's vegetation has increased during the last 30 years. Smith says tha

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/departments-research-media - 2026-04-19

Scientific researchers are not usually known for their entrepreneurship. However, at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, there is an innovative group of experts who have developed a tool that can help stakeholders in society when flooding occurs. The sun is beating down on Sölvegatan as a barefooted Professor Petter Pilesjö opens the door to the GIS Centre. It has not raine

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/scientists-new-flood-analysis-product-goes-against-flow - 2026-04-20

World Cancer Day, celebrated on 04 February, is a time to reflect on the progress being made in cancer research. At Lund Stem Cell Center, researchers are using innovative approaches to advance the field, offering exciting possibilities for the future. At the end of 2023, their work received a significant boost through generous funding of SEK 77.5 million from the Swedish Research Council, the Swe

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/leukemia-lung-cancer-funding-regenerative-medicine-advances-cancer-research - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A modern version of collegial leadership! That is the objective for Charlotte Simonsson – a management consultant who returned to the University and became a manager herself. Here, she finds a forum for continuous discussion about leadership is lacking. “We are so good at analysing and examining everything else – but

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/management-consultant-who-became-head-department - 2026-04-19

After a stroke, there is inflammation in the damaged part of the brain. Until now, the inflammation has been seen as a negative consequence that needs to be abolished as soon as possible. But, as it turns out, there are also some positive sides to the inflammation, and it can actually help the brain to self-repair. “This is in total contrast to our previous beliefs”, says Professor Zaal Kokaia fro

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/immune-cells-can-help-brain-self-heal-after-stroke - 2026-04-19

The Islamic presence in Europe is becoming normalised. But integration also leads to increased conflict, according to Oliver Scharbrodt, Lund University’s new professor of Islamic Studies. Oliver Scharbrodt came to the University last spring after taking up Sweden’s only professorship in Islamic Studies. “I was attracted by the fact that Lund is one of Europe’s classic top universities and that th

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/integration-can-lead-conflict - 2026-04-20

CASE PhD student Christina Heller just had her Mid-way review: "Simulation models as a tool to compare housing policies for a population aging in place". Housing policies can be instrumental in addressing several major public health issues. - Thus, there is an urgent need to develop sustainable housing policies to accommodate the growing number of seniors in accessible home environments. In order

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/urgent-need-develop-sustainable-housing-policies-older-people-their-home-environments - 2026-04-19

CMES scholars Seyed Amir Naghibi, Behshid Khodaei and Hossein Hashemi have authored the article "An integrated InSAR-machine learning approach for ground deformation rate modeling in arid areas", available in the Journal of Hydrology. Land subsidence is an increasing human-induced disaster that not only damages building and transportation structures but also diminishes the water storage capacity o

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/measuring-groundwater-induced-land-subsidence-iran - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The BECC annual meeting was held October 22nd-23rd in Halmstad. At the meeting keynote speakers with expertise in interdisciplinary and and transdisciplinary research presented their research, followed by participant presentations of interdisciplinary/transdisciplinary research. The two days were filled with presentat

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-annual-meeting-2019-interdisciplinarity-research-biodiversity-and-ecosystem-services-changing - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Paying for a coffee or lunch by simply scanning your palm still sounds like science fiction to most of us. However, an engineering student at Lund University in Sweden has made it happen - making his the first known company in the world to install the vein scanning technique in stores and coffee shops. WATCH VIDEOFred

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/buy-lunch-pay-your-hand - 2026-04-19

A long-term programme of change is under way in the Central Administration. We are committed to simplifying our processes and ways of working, with the aim of reducing the administrative burden on researchers, teaching staff and other employees. An important part of this is called the perspective-based approach, which started after the review of the organisation and working methods in 2023 (as I p

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/change-perspective-organisation-user-needs - 2026-04-20

Global warming has meant that diseases such as West Nile fever, NTM infections, and new tick-borne viruses are on their way or have already taken hold in Sweden. People are being affected by new diseases, and challenges for the health system are increasing. Among other things, everything is prepared to start screening blood donors for West Nile fever in Region Skåne in southern Sweden. Tropical di

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-diseases-tropical-sweden - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In the gigantic particle accelerator known as the Large Hadron Collider, LHC, at the CERN laboratory in Switzerland and France, protons almost reach the speed of light before colliding with each other. The results provide us with new knowledge about the origins of the universe, its smallest components, dark matter and

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/shining-light-dark-sector - 2026-04-19

“Do you want to see what a box jellyfish sees and experiences when it rides a roller-coaster?” “We humans believe that what we see is reality, but it isn’t. It is an eminently human reality, filtered through our eyes. The visual world of animals shows different realities”, says Dan-Eric Nilsson. Almost 40 years have passed since Dan-Eric Nilsson arrived in Lund from Gothenburg as a doctoral studen

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/animal-eyesight-needs-driven - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. By changing from action-based to result-based environmental payment, farmers are financially encouraged to implement conservation measures, such as buffer strips and organic farming, where they are most beneficial for the environment and not, as today, where they least disrupt the production. This according to William

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/location-conservation-measures-has-large-impact-their-effectiveness-providing-environmental-benefits - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Tropical rainforests have long been considered the Earth’s lungs, sequestering large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and thereby slowing down the increasing greenhouse effect and associated human-made climate change. Scientists in a global research project now show that the vast extensions of semi-arid l

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/savannahs-slow-climate-change - 2026-04-19

Tropical rainforests have long been considered the Earth’s lungs, sequestering large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and thereby slowing down the increasing greenhouse effect and associated human-made climate change. Scientists in a global research project now show that the vast extensions of semi-arid landscapes occupying the transition zone between rainforest and desert dominate th

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/new-article-science-shows-savannahs-slows-climate-change - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Our researchers, Devrim Umut Aslan and Cecilia Fredriksson, have just released their book about ongoing transformations in city retail. We asked Devrim to tell us a little about the book. This book is based on the changing relationship between retail and cities. In recent decades, retail has changed in several fundame

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/new-book-about-city-retail-transformation - 2026-04-19