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Using micro-engineered soil models, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have investigated the effect of tiny polystyrene particles on bacteria and fungi. While these nanoplastics reduced both bacterial and fungal growth, the fungus actually managed to "clean up" their surroundings, thereby easing the effect of the plastics. “Plastic waste is a huge global problem. Whether carelessly discarded

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/vacuum-cleaner-effect-fungi-can-hold-nanoplastics-bay - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Through the advanced synchrotron radiation facility MAX IV, senior scientists and materials specialists from NanoLund are contributing to giving Alfa Laval detailed insights of the nanometer thin oxide which protects products in stainless steel from corrosion. Together with Alfa Laval and MAX IV, NanoLund researchers

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/protecting-nano-thin-oxide-layer-studied-alfa-laval - 2026-05-17

CMES researcher Lisa Strömbom has co-authored the article "The two-state impasse in Israel/Palestine—The EU caught between egalitarian norms and expansionist realpolitik" together with Anders Persson (Linnaeus University), published in the journal Frontiers in Political Science. Abstract In recent years, many academics as well as local actors have started to question the feasibility of a two-state

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/two-state-impasse-israelpalestine-and-eu - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On the 16 and 17 of September 2016 Ivanna Read and Tatiana Proskurina, Master students at the International Master programme in Strategic Communication (year 1) had the opportunity to attend the welcome event for the Swedish Institute (SI) Scholars. The Ceremony was held in Stockholm City Conference Center, where arou

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/two-master-students-department-strategic-communication-are-awarded-swedish-institute-scholarship - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Leif Groop, professor in diabetes and endocrinology at Lund University Diabetes Centre and consultant at the Endocrinological Department at Skåne University Hospital Malmö, has been elected to the diabetologist of the year by the Swedish Society of Diabetology. - I am of course honored and happy that my work is apprec

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/leif-groop-diabetologist-year-2010 - 2026-05-17

Long life is common among bird parents that get help with childcare. This finding comes from researchers at the universities of Lund and Oxford who reviewed data from more than 9,000 studies. Being a parent can be tough. In general, animals that care for many offspring die young, at least in species where parents are not helped by others. However, in some species things are different and parents r

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/bird-parents-receive-help-live-longer - 2026-05-17

The best of MultiPark 2021 and looking forward to 2022. As 2021 turns towards its end, we can look back on the many positive events we managed to land together this year. In particular, We have awarded salary support for Ph.D. students and young group leaders, which has broadly benefitted our community. We have formed a networking group composed of young researchers (the “Young MultiParkers”) with

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/season-greetings-coordinator - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. An exciting, interesting and well-visited BECC annual meeting went off October 17-18 at Falkenberg Grand Hotel. The program was filled with lessons from the past and implications for the future regarding biodiversity conservation and policy. The meeting ended with perspectives from a climate journalist and his great t

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-yearly-meeting - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Long life is common among bird parents that get help with childcare. This finding comes from researchers at the universities of Lund and Oxford who reviewed data from more than 9,000 studies. Being a parent can be tough. In general, animals that care for many offspring die young, at least in species where parents are

https://www.science.lu.se/article/bird-parents-receive-help-live-longer - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Join LUCSUS and Lund University in a discussion about the global sustainable development goals.17 global sustainable development goals - set to achieve three things by 2030. To end extreme poverty, inequality and climate change. Raise your voice and be part of the discussion of how we together can create a sustainable

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/raise-your-voice-sustainable-future - 2026-05-17

The history of Swedish day-care is examined in a new study that provides insight into Sweden's day-care system during the early 20th century. Together with Luciana Quaranta, Annika Elwert has looked at which factors influenced enrolment in day-care centres in southern Sweden for children born between 1900 and 1935. The study shows that at the beginning of the 20th century it was unusual for childr

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/who-was-swedish-day-care-meant - 2026-05-17

Europeiska forskningsrådet (ERC) är en viktig forskningsfinansiär i Europa som finansierar forskare med projekt som har potential att vara banbrytande inom alla vetenskapsområden. Som huvudansvarig för ett projekt har professor Martin Englund vid Lunds universitet haft förmånen att få sådan finansiering för en 5-årsperiod för ett projekt inom området artros. Meniskerna i knäet är två kilformade br

https://www.artrosportalen.lu.se/artikel/meniskens-roll-i-utvecklingen-av-knaartros-ett-forskningsprojekt-finansierat-av-europeiska - 2026-05-17

What are your thoughts on death? How would you like to spend your last days? These kinds of existential questions are explored at so-called death cafés - gatherings that Jamie Woodworth began organising before she was 25, as a way of dealing with her anxiety about climate change. Now she has been awarded an honourable mention for her doctoral thesis on end-of-life care in the Swedish welfare state

https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/when-care-becomes-luxury-jamie-woodworth-end-life-care-swedish-welfare-state - 2026-05-17

On October 9, Debatt i Lund/Debate in Lund focused on the recent Qur'an burnings in Sweden and freedom of expression. The discussion is now available to watch on YouTube. CMES Director Karin Aggestam discussed how the Qur’an burnings in Sweden travel transnationally and go viral, and get hijacked by political leaders in the MENA region for their agendas. The digital space is thus a powerful tool.

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/watch-panel-discussion-quran-burnings-and-freedom-speech - 2026-05-17

Fifteen years ago, the first doctoral students began their education at CEC. Since then, there have been 240 PhD students from CEC and ClimBEco, the research school hosted by CEC. This week, about 60 of them gathered for a joint alumni celebration with networking, workshops and lectures at AF-borgen in Lund. The alumni of CEC and ClimBEco are now in very different fields, some have researched and

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/cec-and-climbeco-alumni-come-together-celebration-and-networking - 2026-05-17

The other week, the Belfrage Hall was filled with final year high school students, natural scientists from Katedralskolan, who listened to the Faculty´s young researchers presentations about their research projects. The invited high school students came from Katedralskolan in Lund and are in their final year of the natural science programme and have chosen medical orientation as their specialisati

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/high-school-students-enjoyed-lectures-brain-research-recipient-segerfalks-grants - 2026-05-17

NEW THESIS IN PARTICLE PHYSICS: Timea Vitos aims to provide accurate predictions for important measurements at particle facilities like the Large Hadron Collider at Cern, which will aid in the search for new physics beyond the Standard Model and advance our understanding of the fundamental particles and their interactions in the universe. What is your thesis about? "Currently the best model for th

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/pushing-precision-frontier - 2026-05-17

Neuroblastoma is a tumor disease that primarily affects young children. The survival rate is the lowest of all childhood cancers. Now, a research team at Lund University has discovered that a specific gene is associated with a poorer prognosis. The study is published in the journal Science Advances. Every year, about twenty children in Sweden are diagnosed with neuroblastoma. Neuroblastoma is a ca

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/gene-controls-prognosis-neuroblastoma - 2026-05-17

A long-standing bottleneck in technology development has been how to make processors and memories work faster together. Now, researchers in Lund have presented a new solution in which a memory cell is integrated with the processor, so that calculations can be performed much faster as they take place inside the memory circuit itself. In an article in Nature Electronics, the researchers describe the

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanowire-transistor-integrated-memory-enables-supercomputers-future - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 marked by luck, opportunity and fantastic people. Luck is a concept that researchers don’t use very often, but Johannes Rousk does. For him, it is not about

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-luck-strategy-behind-most-cited-research - 2026-05-17