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Cycling becomes a lot harder if you don’t oil the bicycle chain! Similarly, you can’t cut metal, turn metal on a lathe or press sheet metal without lubricant. Previously in engineering works there was a flow of lubricant that is hazardous for health and the environment, but now the technology exists to reduce consumption of lubricant. In time, the mineral oils used today may be replaced by vegetab

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/more-efficient-lubricants-using-sawdust - 2026-10-05

The disciplinary board at Lund University exists to ensure that all students have a fair and safe study environment. The board handles matters such as cheating, interference and harassment and ensures that rules and guidelines are followed and that everyone can feel safe and respected at the university. Elisabet Londos is a member of the disciplinary board and tells us more about the board's missi

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/disciplinary-board-where-humor-takes-break - 2026-10-05

Have you made adjustments to your garden to make it more welcoming for pollinators? If so, you have probably made a valuable contribution, according to a new study from Lund University. The researchers evaluated the national ‘Operation: Save the Bees’ campaign, and their results indicate that what private individuals do in their gardens really can make a positive difference. The fact that pollinat

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/what-you-do-your-garden-help-pollinators-works - 2026-10-05

The University Management Group visited Utrecht University at the end of April. After several educational days in Utrecht, they came away inspired and full of new ideas and thoughts about open science, holistic thinking, collaboration and teaching qualifications. The University Management Group have written about their experiences of their study visit to Utrecht and the lessons and thoughts they b

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-management-group-were-inspired-utrecht-university - 2026-10-06

This year’s report from the V-Dem Institute’s Academic Freedom Index focuses in particular on the institutional autonomy of higher education institutions in different countries, which in turn is fundamental to the protection of individual academic freedom.  This includes countries such as Hungary, which began its steady decline from a high ranking in institutional autonomy in 2009 to a bottom-of-t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/academic-freedom-can-be-rapidly-undermined - 2026-10-06

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Why do humans and other mammals have two kidneys, but only one heart and one brain? “Because the kidneys are so important, of course!” says Diana Karpman – partly joking and partly serious. As a consultant and professor in nephrology, she really does think these organs are among the most essential in the body. Diana K

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/searching-causes-kidney-failure - 2026-10-05

A lab where you can “craft” new materials on the atomic level, bringing together cross-disciplinary scientists to produce nanomaterials and semiconductor components. A neighborhood with major research infrastructures, complementary to each other. And most important: an open environment where academia, industry, and society can meet and collaborate, finding solutions for a sustainable world. Intrig

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/making-it-big-nano-crafting - 2026-10-05

We congratulate this year’s Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine – Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel and Karl Deisseroth – on their groundbreaking discoveries that laid the foundations for optogenetics. Here at Lund University’s Faculty of Medicine, we are particularly delighted: Karl Deisseroth holds an honorary doctorate from our Faculty of Medicine and has long-standing research collaborations w

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/honorary-doctorate-awarded-nobel-prize-physiology-or-medicine - 2026-10-05

In an event on Europe Day 2025, Maria Strömvik from the Centre for European Studies spoke on the importance of the Öresund Bridge as an example of European integration. Together with students who shared personal experiences she criticised the border controls and outlined a number of scenarios that could be instrumental for their abolishment. On May 9, Europe celebrates Europe Day. This year marks

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/bridging-border-bewtween-sweden-and-denmark - 2026-10-05

In the autumn, Sara Törnros from Batch 17, returned to the the LUMES programme – this time as a lecturer at the Resilience and Sustainable Development course. We took the opportunity to talk to her about her job as a climate change and resilience advisor at Plan International - and her best memories from the LUMES programme. Tell us more about your job, what do you do as a climate change and resil

https://www.lumes.lu.se/article/lumes-alumni-sara-tornros-path-climate-change-and-resilience-advisor-plan-international - 2026-10-05

In an article published in Nature Communications, researchers Fan Wu, Tu C. Nguyen-Phan, Richard Cogdell, and Tönu Pullerits suggest that optical microcavities can be a strategic tool for modifying excitation energy transfer between molecular complexes. “We show that optical microcavities can enhance energy transfer between photosynthetic light-harvesting complexes, even in the weak coupling regim

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/promising-approach-towards-efficient-artificial-light-harvesting - 2026-10-05

What makes a university a university? The simple answer would be that the institution hosts teaching and research. Yet a university is so much more than that; it might be easiest to capture the essence of the universe that is a university by summarising the year that has just ended. It is a razor sharp, teeming, testing, reflective universe that pushes boundaries in disruptive, eloquent and powerf

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/past-year-showcases-universe-lund-university - 2026-10-06

Delving into the realm where light and matter converge, Mattias Bertolino's embarks on a theoretical exploration of photoionization. Focusing on multiphoton ionization of noble gas atoms, using a mixture of extreme-ultraviolet and infrared light, he explores the intricate interplay between light and matter. He aims to improve our understanding of the fundamental interactions between light and matt

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/new-thesis-explores-photoionization-dynamics - 2026-10-05

In a study led by Lund University and the Amsterdam University Medical Center, researchers used PET to analyse aggregates of tau pathology in more than 12,000 people from all over the world. The study – the largest ever of its kind – examines the connection between genetic predisposition, gender and age in relation to tau pathology in Alzheimer’s disease. The study is published in Nature Neuroscie

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/largest-ever-taupet-study-alzheimers-deepens-understanding-disease - 2026-10-05

Lewy body disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease. A research group from Lund University has now shown that the disease can be detected before symptoms appear, using a spinal fluid test. The studies are published in Nature Medicine, where the researchers also demonstrate that reduced sense of smell is strongly linked to Lewy body disease even before ot

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/lewy-body-disease-can-be-detected-symptoms - 2026-10-05

When planning for food in times of crisis – what foodstuffs do we imagine? Many think of tin cans and freeze-dried food, but the fact is that if a crisis occurs, it is not stockpiled cans that will save us. Food preparedness is a subject being taken up by researchers from the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) at Almedalen Week, one of their reflections being  how local growing of crops that do not need

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/preparedness-more-stockpiling-pantry-provisions - 2026-10-06

A Business law professor at LUSEM who has been catching the eyes of the media in cases about gambling addiction, and also done some heavy lifting in teaching and research about EU law, Jörgen Hettne is leaving our school to become Judge at the EU General Court in Luxemburg. Jörgen Hettne explains that the General Court is part of the same institution as the EU Court of Justice and situated in the

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusem-professor-new-judge-eu-general-court - 2026-10-06

Is it possible that a tiny pollen dredged up from a European lake can hold answers about both our past and our future? Researchers at Lund University use pollen as old as 12 000 years to predict our future climate, and to study ecological and historical change. Researchers Esther Githumbi and Johan Lindström use pollen from the ice age to the present to inform vegetation models and find crucial an

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/old-pollen-seed-can-predict-tomorrows-climate - 2026-10-05

It is now possible to test chemicals and makeup without using products isolated from animals. Researchers from Lund have developed a completely animal-free preparation for cell culture, a medium that can be used to grow human cells, including for cancer research. They believe this is a much sought-after breakthrough, as it solves an ethical dilemma, leads to higher scientific accuracy and thus sav

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/she-has-developed-animal-free-preparation-cell-culture-and-giving-away-recipe - 2026-10-05

 Africa is home to some of the fastest growing economies in the world while juggling an expanding interest from especially China and India to invest in the continent. Financial investments from these actors are have already turned into new roads and train tracks along with job openings and previously unseen opportunities in Africa. The question is if the surging capital flow is benefiting Africans

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/who-are-winners-and-losers-scramble-africas-resources - 2026-10-05