90 MSEK goes to Lund when research initiative WISE invests half a billion SEK in material science for increased sustainability – the largest investment in material science in Sweden. Photo: Kennet Ruona WISE, the Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability, is the largest-ever investment in materials science in Sweden and is financed by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. WISE

https://www.sentio.lu.se/article/tremendous-impact-transformation-towards-sustainable-future - 2025-08-29

90 MSEK goes to Lund when research initiative WISE invests half a billion SEK in material science for increased sustainability – the largest investment in material science in Sweden. Photo: Kennet Ruona WISE, the Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability, is the largest-ever investment in materials science in Sweden and is financed by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. WISE

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/tremendous-impact-transformation-towards-sustainable-future - 2025-08-29

Elin Hård af Segerstad, dietitian specialised in pediatrics and researcher at Lund University. She works clinically at Skåne University Hospital in Malmö. Photo: Tove Gilvad The results of an observational study from Lund University in Sweden are clear: up to the age of two, a more fibre-rich diet seems to reduce the risk of coeliac disease. A particularly clear link was seen when children had eat

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-research-track-higher-amounts-dietary-fibre-age-two-can-reduce-later-risk-coeliac-disease - 2025-08-29

Highschool students learn how the extraordinary regenerative powers of salamanders can help us discover new ways to fight diseases in humans in a UniStem Day 2023 workshop led by researchers in the Leigh Group. Have you ever wondered what it takes to grow a brain in a petri dish or how scientists use viruses to fight genetic diseases? These are just some of the fascinating topics explored on UniSt

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/inspiring-tomorrows-scientists - 2025-08-29

Elin Hård af Segerstad, dietitian specialised in pediatrics and researcher at Lund University. She works clinically at Skåne University Hospital in Malmö. Photo: Tove Gilvad The results of an observational study from Lund University in Sweden are clear: up to the age of two, a more fibre-rich diet seems to reduce the risk of coeliac disease. A particularly clear link was seen when children had eat

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-research-track-higher-amounts-dietary-fibre-age-two-can-reduce-later-risk-coeliac-disease - 2025-08-29

“Today’s guidelines recommend stepwise addition of lipid-lowering treatment. But it’s often the case that this escalation takes too long, it’s ineffective and patients are lost to follow-up", says Margrét LeósdóttirPhoto: Åsa Hansdotter Patients suffering from myocardial infarction who receive early add-on lipid-lowering medication have a significantly better prognosis than those who receive add-o

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/simple-medication-can-save-lives-cardiac-patients - 2025-08-29

The NOPHO-DB-SHIP consortium at last year's meeting in Utrecht, NL. Photo: Private In June, pediatric cancer experts from 16 countries gathered in Brussels for the annual meeting of the NOPHO-DB-SHIP consortium—an EU-wide collaboration working to improve outcomes for children with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). In Sweden, the trial is coordinated by Lund University and Skåne University Hospital. At

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/brussels-meeting-advancing-personalised-treatment-childhood-aml-across-europe - 2025-08-29

“An underlying question in my lab is: how did the human brain become human?” says Johan Jakobsson, professor at the Department of Experimental Medical Science and head of the Laboratory of Molecular Neurogenetics For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as ‘junk’ and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study in Cell Genomics, researchers at Lund University in Sweden show

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/why-repetitive-dna-matters-human-brain-evolution-and-disease-0 - 2025-08-29

Members of the Pereira Lab: Luís Oliveira, Ilia Kurochkin, Filipe Pereira and Mariana Lopes. Photo: Kennet Ruona An international team led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden has identified the molecular tools needed to reprogram ordinary cells into specialised immune cells. The discovery, published in Immunity, could pave the way for more precise and personalised cancer immunotherapies. T

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/scientists-uncover-cellular-toolkit-reprogram-immune-cells-cancer-therapy - 2025-08-29

Håkan Håkansson, Anders Scherstén and Robin Gullstrand browse geological images of the Dolomite mountain range in northeast Italy. Photo:Kennet Ruona In 2016, a forgotten archival treasure was found in the cellar of the Department of Geology. The material included a unique map of Iceland from 1844 and a geological map of the whole of New Zealand dated 1869. Now 322 works have been restored and pla

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/forgotten-treasure-trove-maps-restored-its-former-glory - 2025-08-29

Together with Sara Linse, professor of biochemistry and Oskar Hansson, professor of clinical memory research, Johannes Rousk is one of three LU-researchers on the list of the world’s most influential researchers. Photo: Kathrine Rousk Johannes Rousk is one of the world’s most cited and influential researchers, according to the analytics company Clarivate. If you ask him, the road to success was ma

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-luck-strategy-behind-most-cited-research - 2025-08-29

The researchers move around the virtual room, with their avatars, analysing what is written on enormous sheets of paper appearing like works of art in an exhibition. Few people look forward to digital meetings, but the researchers at Design Sciences do just that. They have found meeting places that give them energy and smart structure. He is holding a virtual cup of coffee and looks a little like

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-fun-meet-avatars - 2025-08-29

The thin, semi-transparent film of nanowires is incredibly flexible. This one was photographed by researcher Yang Chen. The ability to capture the largest possible part of the spectrum of sunlight – with as little material as possible. Physics professor Magnus Borgström is dedicated to finding more efficient ways of utilising solar energy. The ordinary solar cells currently on the market can conve

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hunting-worlds-best-solar-cell - 2025-08-29

Aprile Clark says that the university libraries can help to find out if an OA magasine is genuine or not. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter The idea of publishing research findings in open access journals is in many ways an asset in the research community. Unfortunately, it has also entailed the emergence of many unprofessional agents on the market. Their only purpose is to trick researchers into giving them

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/always-check-magasine-carefully - 2025-08-29

Niclas Nilsson does not need injections after being treated with gene therapy for haemophilia . Photo: Åsa Hansdotter If you look carefully at Niclas Nilsson’s hands and arms, you can still see the scars from all the injections he has received through the years for his haemophilia, although they have faded considerably since January 2020. That was when he got his last injection. Indeed, since his

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/i-wore-hockey-helmet-until-i-was-four-years-old - 2025-08-29

Tramway in Lund. Photo: Johan Persson As governments around the world ramp up subsidies to accelerate the transition to renewable energy, a key question remains: Do these policies deliver the economic and environmental benefits they promise? New research by Kajsa Ganhammar sheds light on the unintended consequences of one popular tool, green certificate schemes, revealing that when dominant produc

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/how-renewable-energy-subsidies-can-affect-electricity-prices - 2025-08-29

According to a new study from LUSEM 69 per cent of those who bought Coca-Cola at least once, can envisage switching out the brand for an alternative. Photo: iStock According to a new study from Lund University in Sweden, approximately one in five Swedes are already choosing not to buy American brands. The majority would consider boycotting American products such as Coca-Cola in favour of European

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/majority-swedes-are-open-boycotting-american-products - 2025-08-29

There is time for both serious talk about the latest research as well as play when ­Anders Wittrup and Vinay Swaminathan meet up in the playground with their kids. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter Five years after the opening of the prestigious Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine, nothing has turned out as planned. The “tandem pairs” that were supposed to develop research together are now cheating on ea

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/cheating-and-interdisciplinary-fun - 2025-08-30

A village in Tanzania. Researchers use photos such as this to measure the degree of poverty. The same villages have also been measured using artificial intelligence. Photo: Google Poverty reduction globally is one of the UN’s primary goals. But how can wealth and economic development be measured in a smart way? Artificial intelligence, AI, and satellite photos are able to give more effective and p

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/measuring-poverty-ai-and-satellite-photos - 2025-08-30

Raphael Cohen-Almagor has his office at The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies. Photo: Ulrika Oredsson A multifaceted British-Israeli researcher has been awarded the prestigious visiting professorship in Olof Palme’s memory and will spend 10 months at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies at Lund University. The right to euthanasia, multiculturalism and peace in Israel and Palesti

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/professorship-olof-palmes-memory-british-israeli-researcher - 2025-08-30