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Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Kan förlusten av biologisk mångfald hejdas om man synliggör dess ekonomiska värde? I en nyligen publicerad studie i den vetenskapliga tidskriften Nature Communications, visar forskare att bland de många tusen arter bin som finns i världen, är endast några få arter ekonomiskt viktiga för jordbruket. De vanligaste pol

https://www.lu.se/artikel/svart-att-satta-pris-pa-naturen - 2026-05-20

Digitalisation and AI affect us all – whether we work in research, teaching, administration or management. In order to face the future with the right tools and knowledge, we have formed an Ad hoc group to support our employees in developing their expertise in digitalisation and AI. We are launching an AI course for all staff as the semester gets underway. It is a basic course, aimed at those who a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-ad-hoc-ai-group-bolster-staff-expertise-digitalisation-and-ai - 2026-05-20

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ghana’s “overall best student 2018” is studying Sociology of Law in Lund. Labiks’s story shows how far hard work and perseverance can get you. Ghana’s Inter Tertiary Excellence Award 2018 for Overall Best Student 4th Year in the academia category went to Thomas Duke Labik Amanquandor, who is studying the second semest

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/student-our-masters-programme-earns-prestigious-award-after-years-struggle-high-school-exam - 2026-05-19

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/soldiers-snakes-and-marathon-runners-hidden-world-fungi - 2026-05-19

Ever since it was invented in the 1960s, the laser has found new areas of use, and is today very useful in research, industry and society. In most laser applications, for example material processing, the laser can be placed very close to the area to be processed. However, there are many important application areas where this is problematic. For example, if you want to use the laser to study an are

https://www.combustionphysics.lu.se/article/backward-lasing-breakthrough-remote-sensing - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new way of identifying cancer biomarkers has been developed by researchers at Lund University in Sweden. The new technology allows very sensitive, quick and cost-effective identification of cancer biomarkers. The research is published in Nature Communications Biology. Today, every third person will get cancer in the

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/novel-biomarker-technology-cancer-diagnostics - 2026-05-19

Kerstin Enflo is a professor of economic history at Lund University School of Economics and Management. For the past year, she has been a member of The Economic Sciences Prize Committee. We catch up with her just after Claudia Goldin, professor of economic history at Harvard University, was announced as this year’s winner. Hi there, Kerstin Enflo! You are an economic historian and in your first ye

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/kerstin-enflo-her-first-year-economics-prize-committee - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. At the recent Lund University Homecoming Weekend the Centre arranged an event where we invited three alumni to share their experiences. One of the alumni was Sune Petersen who graduated from the Masters Programme in Asian Studies in 2015 and is now a Project Administrator at DIGNITY - Danish Institute Against Torture.

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/meet-alumnus-sune-petersen - 2026-05-19

Can you tell us a little about your research area? How would you describe your work?I am primarily a clinician and my research questions emerge from what I encounter in everyday life with my patients. The interest in arthrosis in particular was awakened through my work with patients who have wrist arthrosis. I saw that there was a lack of studies comparing the outcome of wrist arthroplasty versus

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/meet-elisabeth-brogren - 2026-05-19

The climate cannot handle the amount of animals we eat. There needs to be a protein shift, according to researcher Karolina Östbring who is involved in the Sustainability Week. Her vision is to create a platform for research on vegetable proteins at LU. Karolina Östberg  Photo: Kennet Ruona. The human population is growing, while our ecological footprint needs to become much lower in order to redu

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-need-protein-shift - 2026-05-19

The Swedish energy agency has warned of an energy deficit and the posibility of rolling blackouts that might follow if we don't flatten the curve of energy consumption. The main reason for the shortage is due to repairs on some of our nuclear power facilites. The Swedish government and Lund University asks us to help save energy in these times, to prevent rolling blackouts. Electricity shortage Th

https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/saving-energy-and-warning-energy-deficit - 2026-05-19

CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored an article on climate change and groundwater resources in Iran. The article is published in the journal Agricultural Water Management. CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Soft computing assessment of current and future groundwater resources under CMIP6 scenarios in northwestern Iran" together with Zahra Kayhomayoo

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/climate-change-and-groundwater-resources-iran - 2026-05-19

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Den 24 april är det fem år sen textilfabrikskomplexet Rana Plaza i Bangladesh kollapsade och tog över tusen arbetares liv. Det ledde till en häftig debatt om ohållbara förhållanden både för miljön och för de som tillverkar kläderna. Vad har hänt sedan dess? Hör företrädare för modeindustrin, experter och forskare i

https://www.lu.se/artikel/fashion-revolution-day-moderevolution-pa-gang - 2026-05-19

I det område där ljus och materia möts, gör Mattias Bertolino en teoretisk undersökning av fotojonisering. Med fokus på flerfotonjonisering och dess samspel med ädelgasatomer utforskar han det intrikata samspelet mellan extremt ultraviolett ljus och infraröda fält. Hans mål är att förbättra vår förståelse av de grundläggande interaktionerna mellan ljus och materia genom att reda ut de komplexa fak

https://www.fysik.lu.se/artikel/ny-avhandling-utforskar-fotojoniseringsdynamiken - 2026-05-19

I en tid då forskare ständigt måste anpassa sig till nya digitala verktyg, ökade krav på synlighet och snabba tekniska förändringar, är det lätt att känna sig överväldigad. För att möta dessa utmaningar har naturvetenskapliga biblioteket tagit initiativet att lansera kunskapsserien "Quick Bites for Researchers". Serien är ett digitalt möte där fakultetens forskande personal, inklusive doktorander,

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/internt/artikel/vara-bibliotekarier-guidar-forskare-med-digitala-kunskapsbitar - 2026-05-19

The UN Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) global assessment on nature highlights that 1 million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction. Dr. Mine Islar, one of the lead athors of the report, and senior lecturer and researcher at LUCSUS, explains the significance of the report’s findings, which was released today, 6th May 201

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/mine-islar-comments-ipbes-global-assessment-loss-biodiversity-crucial-climate-change - 2026-05-19

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Livsmedelsforskare i Lund har upptäckt att det är hälsosamt att få i sig små mängder krom och vissa aminosyror före maten. Varför? Jo, denna blandning utspädd i vatten dämpar rejält den blodsockerstegring som uppstår när man äter. Nu hoppas de att drycken – som smakar som vanligt mineralvatten - ska kunna konkurrera

https://www.lu.se/artikel/ny-dryck-haller-blodsockret-i-schack - 2026-05-19

From the vice-chancellor blog: Intensive work is being carried out on how we can open doors for Ukraine at the EU and national levels and at Lund University. Here, we are looking at all possibilities to enable us to take in students, academics and researchers who need to leave their country or will need to study or conduct research in their homeland in the future. We are working according to short

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/war-ukraine-affects-and-concerns-us-all-working-free-academia-and-democracy-more-important-ever - 2026-05-19

Meet our new colleague Samson Mukanjari who recently joined the IIIEE. Originally from Zimbabwe, with a master’s degree from the University of Cape Town and a PhD from the University of Gothenburg, he has now moved to Lund with his family. Samson has a background in economics and will be working as Associate Senior Lecturer, with focus on climate policy and natural resource management. What did yo

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/welcome-samson-mukanjari - 2026-05-19

Ledningsgruppen var på besök vid Universiteit Utrecht i slutet av april. Efter en några lärorika dagar har de inspirerats av Utrecht och tar med sig nya idéer och tankar om open science, helhetstänk, samverkan och pedagogisk meritering. Erik Renström, rektor – Öppenhet är det ord som ringer i huvudet när jag tänker på Universiteit Utrecht. Öppna armar för att välkomna Lunds universitet. Öppenhet i

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/ledningsgruppen-skriver-om-sitt-studiebesok-vid-utrechts-universitet - 2026-05-20