Published 15 October 2024 Tougher sentencing – a measure put in place when it is already too late, argue Tova Bennet and Sverker Jönsson, researchers in Criminal Law at Lund University. (Photo: Mostphoto/Michael Erhardsson) Despite harsher sentences and increased resources for the criminal justice system, research shows nothing to indicate that this leads to reduced criminality. “We wanted to prob

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/research-offers-no-evidence-support-tougher-sentencing - 2025-07-09

Published 14 October 2024 This illustration clearly shows how AI lacks sense. It is an example of the distortions found in the system's background material. DALL·E here illustrates a "human" as a white man in his 30s with symmetrical features. Illustration: DALL·E Can AI think? The short answer is no, at least not in the way humans think. AI does not have incentives, opinions, or empathy. Even two

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ai-lacks-common-sense-why-programs-cannot-think - 2025-07-09

Published 17 October 2024 Vanya Darakchieva, Joan Yuan and Filipe Pereira (Photo: Lund University) Three researchers from Lund University in Sweden have been awarded grants by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation totalling SEK 87 million for research on the semiconductors for the future, our immunological memory and next-generation immunotherapies. The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/three-lund-researchers-awarded-knut-and-alice-wallenberg-foundation-grants - 2025-07-09

Published 23 October 2024 Kári Stefánsson, professor emeritus at the University of Iceland and CEO of deCODE genetics, has been awarded the Eric K. Fernström foundation Nordic Prize, Lund University. Photo: JG/deCODE genetics Kári Stefánsson, professor emeritus at the University of Iceland and CEO of deCODE genetics, has been awarded one of the Nordic region’s most prestigious medical awards – Lun

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/eric-k-fernstrom-nordic-prize-genetics-pioneer - 2025-07-09

Published 24 October 2024 SHREC the detector is inspected by Pavel Golubev (Photo: Dirk Rudolph) Scientists have found an alternative way to produce atoms of the superheavy element livermorium. The new method opens up the possibility of creating another element that could be the heaviest in the world so far: number 120. The search for new elements comes from the dream of finding a variant that is

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/successful-experiment-paves-way-new-element - 2025-07-09

Published 24 October 2024 More than two thousand patent applications have been filed by researchers at Lund University between 2000 and 2020. Photo: Kennet Ruona Swedish higher education institutions excel in patents from academia, with Sweden ranking fifth in Europe. Lund University claims the top spot on the Swedish list. A new report from the European Patent Office (EPO) released today provides

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-tops-patent-ranking - 2025-07-09

Published 25 October 2024 Photo: iStock/gilaxia Elite ice hockey players with a history of concussion report heightened mental health symptoms, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. In addition, one in five female hockey players suffered symptoms of burnout, and both sexes reported an alcohol consumption at a risk-level. The researchers based their study on Sweden’s two highest

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/professional-ice-hockey-depressive-symptoms-and-burnout-linked-more-concussions - 2025-07-09

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 22 December 2022 Johan Flygare and Aurélie Baudet, stem cell researchers at Lund University. Photo: Johan Persson. Stem cells programmed to produce insulin in people with type 1 diabetes or to repair the heart muscle after a heart attack. Gene and cell therapies that improve cancer treatments. These new and innovative therapie

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/advanced-treatments-future-are-soon-here - 2025-07-09

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 22 December 2022 At the end of October 2022, the Swedish Medical Products Agency gave the go-ahead for a clinical trial of the stem cell-based therapy STEM-PD for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. The cells, generated from embryonic stem cells, have been in development for several years and will now be transplanted into pa

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/nerve-cells-could-transform-treatment-parkinsons - 2025-07-09

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 22 December 2022 Dolly the sheep determined Filipe Pereira’s future career. The choice was between becoming an architect or a scientist, when one of the world’s most extreme examples of cellular programming sparked his curiosity about the human body. Photo: Johan Persson. By reprogramming tumour cells to become the body’s defe

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/reprogramming-cancer-cells-immune-defenders - 2025-07-09

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 22 December 2022 Jessica Almqvist, professor of International Law and Human Rights. Photo Kennet Ruona. New advanced therapies can alleviate or cure chronic diseases. But medical progress raises the question of how rights should be protected and balanced, according to Jessica Almqvist, professor in internatio

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/gene-therapies-raise-difficult-legal-and-ethical-questions - 2025-07-09

By evelina [dot] linden [at] luhm [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 22 December 2022 Nanotubes act like a Velcro strip to which the blood stem cell sticks. Photo: Martin Hjort. Stem cells from umbilical cords in Skåne are improved with nanotubes. By cross-pollinating nanotechnology with stem cell biology, researchers are creating gentle methods to ensure that more cells perform better

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/kind-methods-mean-happy-cells - 2025-07-09

Published 22 December 2022 Mimi Abramovitz and Leonie Huddy have been awarded honorary doctorates by the Faculty of Social Sciences at Lund University. Professor of Social Work Mimi Abramovitz and Professor of Political Psychology Leonie Huddy have been awarded honorary doctorates by the Faculty of Social Sciences at Lund University. They will receive their honorary doctorates at the doctoral degr

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/expert-american-patriotism-and-welfare-researcher-awarded-honorary-doctorates - 2025-07-09

Published 9 January 2023 Monday 9 January is Arrival Day. The new students are checked in at the Ingvar Kamprad Design Center by staff and international mentors. Arrival Day aims to welcome the international students to Lund University, provide them with information and ensure that they are settled in before the start of the semester. On Arrival Day staff from Lund University welcome the students

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-welcomes-700-new-international-students-studies-during-spring-2023 - 2025-07-09

Published 11 January 2023 Paul Bourgine (Photo: Kennet Ruona) Researchers at Lund University have generated human mini bones in the lab which mirror the composition and function of human bone. The results published in Science Translational Medicine detail this step toward the future development of patient-tailored, personalized models of bone cancers and tumors. On average, the adult body consists

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/toward-personalized-approach-study-and-treatment-bone-cancers - 2025-07-09

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 12 January 2023 Europe have a long history of forced migration. That means that the refugees that have lived in an area for a long time have much in common with those arriving today. Photo: iStockphoto Throughout history and across the globe, individuals have been forced to flee conflicts, natural disasters and political oppre

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/digital-tools-building-bridges-between-local-communities-and-forced-migrants - 2025-07-09

Published 13 January 2023 Christoffer Johansson with the robotic wing (Photo: Anders Örtegren) Birds fly more efficiently by folding their wings during the upstroke, according to a recent study led by Lund University in Sweden. The results could mean that wing-folding is the next step in increasing the propulsive and aerodynamic efficiency of flapping drones. Even the precursors to birds – extinct

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/feathered-robotic-wing-paves-way-flapping-drones - 2025-07-09

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 25 January 2023 Nurse Anna Hellman measures the blood pressure of a participant in a treatment study where researchers are investigating how the hormone vasopressin is affected by how much water we drink. Foto: Kennet Ruona How much water do we need to drink to stay healthy? How do different diets affect our metabolism? St

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/learning-more-about-endocrine-system-could-lead-fewer-cases-type-2-diabetes-and-obesity - 2025-07-09

Published 20 January 2023 Photo: Mostphotos For e-commerce companies, it is cheaper to throw away returned items rather than selling them again. In a new study, researchers at Lund University in Sweden interviewed members of the textile and electronics industries in Europe, hoping to better understand a problem that is snowballing, yet has been the subject of little research. Internet shopping is

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/where-do-your-online-shopping-returns-end-bin-new-research-finds - 2025-07-09

Published 24 January 2023 Photo: Jörgen Wiklund Only males among the fish species crucian carp have developed a strategy to protect themselves from hungry predators, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. The explanation could lie in that the surrounding environment affects the stress system in males and females differently. Some animals have evolved the ability to swiftly change

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/stress-may-trigger-male-defence-against-predators - 2025-07-09