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The annual Space Research School was organized here in late August by Astronomic Youth (Astronomisk Ungdom) in collaboration with Lund Observatory. Attending this year's Space Research School were twenty intelligent, motivated and space-interested high school students from across Sweden.  During their 10 days in Lund the group of high school students attended several lectures given by university r

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/rfs-2023-space-research-school - 2026-05-09

The annual Space Research School was organized here in late August by Astronomic Youth (Astronomisk Ungdom) in collaboration with Lund Observatory. Attending this year's Space Research School were twenty intelligent, motivated and space-interested high school students from across Sweden.   During their 10 days in Lund the group of high school students attended several lectures given by university

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/article/rfs-2023 - 2026-05-09

Dick Harrison is 57 years old and has written 105 books. He lectures all over the country, is a regular expert on TV and radio, runs a podcast, and writes articles for magazines and two columns a week in one of Sweden’s largest newspapers. “Teaching is my calling, though, the thing closest to my identity.” It’s winter and muddy on the drive in front of the Harrisons’ Art Nouveau villa in Åkarp. On

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/dick-harrison-brand - 2026-05-10

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. DPP-4 inhibitors are a group of drugs used to treat type 1 diabetes that lower high blood usgar levels by stimulating insulin production in the body. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now discovered that DPP-4 inhibitors are also effective against low blood sugar levels. The study, which was carried out on

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/diabetes-drug-could-protect-against-low-blood-sugar - 2026-05-09

What does a breath of air actually contain – and how does the air we breathe affect our health and society as a whole? And how can we protect ourselves from potential threats in the air that is essential to life? These are questions that the new ATLAS research project aims to answer by tracking the impact of air from molecule to society. The project has received the Swedish Research Council's Netw

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/air-we-breathe-molecule-society - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Climate networks aim to strengthen municipalities’ efforts to combat climate change. But membership benefits need to be much clearer communicated in order to utilise the networks’ full potential; and should highlight the importance of network membership to drive local climate politics forward, argues researcher Henner

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/how-municipal-climate-networks-can-improve-their-impact-new-research-article - 2026-05-09

The Vice-Chancellor has named three of the University’s large research infrastructures as University Platforms. The designation signals that these research infrastructures have high strategic significance for the entire University. The designations are based on a number of criteria, for example whether the research infrastructures have contributed to excellent research, offered broad availability

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/three-research-infrastructures-named-university-platforms - 2026-05-10

Set a goal for your training for one to four months and pay in SEK 1,000. You get your money back if you achieve your goal. Crazy? Perhaps, but in a study by Professor of Economics Erik Wengström and his colleagues, the incentive proved to be quite effective compared with the control groups. “I’ve had a long-standing interest in how people behave in strategic situations and if you look at it from

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/achieve-your-training-goals-and-get-money-back-it-works - 2026-05-10

Lars Harrysson är lektor vid Socialhögskolan och undervisar inom socialt arbete och välfärdsfrågor. Som lärare är han pedagogiskt hängiven åt studentcentrerad undervisning där studenternas kreativa och reflexiva förmågor är centrala. Han ser det som sitt uppdrag att få studenterna att utveckla sina arbetssätt för att lyckas och att lära sig så mycket de kan under kursen. Här berättar han om sina t

https://www.education.lu.se/artikel/lararen-om-blended-learning-en-utmaning-i-att-mota-andra-och-lara - 2026-05-09

No 54, 5 February 2026 Welcome to the latest addition of the NAISS training newsletter.   We re-advertise a number of events advertised before.  If you like to discuss with us in a zoom session, please join us for the Zoom-in on 12th February.An overview on our events is available on the NAISS training page (NAISS).Questions on NAISS training events and general input for the NAISS training team sh

https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter-7 - 2026-05-09

Vanya Darakchieva, Professor of Semiconductor Materials, and Heiner Linke, Professor of Nanophysics, have been named Wallenberg Scholars, a programme funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation that supports excellent basic research, primarily in medicine, technology, and natural sciences. In addition, four current Wallenberg Scholars in our research environment receive grants: Anne L’Huill

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/new-wallenberg-scholars - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The students, wider society and the path to academic success were important points in Torbjörn von Schantz’s inauguration speech on the University’s foundation day, 28 January. After the usual pomp and ceremony, and with the vice-chancellor’s chain hanging splendidly round his neck, he expressed his thanks for the app

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-vice-chancellor-safeguard-student-influence - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Entry phones can cause problems. For elderly people with a visual impairment or reduced mobility, getting into one’s flat can suddenly become a challenge. However, researchers can also experience problems. One person who knows is occupational therapist Elina Taurina, who has mapped environmental obstacles for elderly

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/swedish-elderly-research-exported-latvia - 2026-05-09

Major roadworks around Lund will soon affect commuting options for those who work in Lund but live outside the city. The road projects affect the E22 at the Lund Södra interchange and road 108 between Staffanstorp and Lund. At certain times there will be planned total road closures during the period 2025 to 2026. To provide commuting staff members with support and information about what is happeni

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/it-soon-time-total-closures-e22-and-road-108 - 2026-05-10

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden can now reveal what the Danish King Hans had planned to offer when laying claim to the Swedish throne in 1495: a two-metre-long Atlantic sturgeon. The well-preserved fish remains were found in a wreck on the bottom of the Baltic Sea last year, and species identification was mad

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/atlantic-sturgeon-kings-pantry-unique-discovery-baltic-sea-wreck-1495 - 2026-05-09

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Nyckeln till ett mer välmående Afrika ligger i att småjordbruket förbättras. Åtminstone om man vill se förändringar inom en överskådlig framtid. Det menar Göran Djurfeldt som tillsammans med Ola Hall nu har dragit igång ett projekt där man med hjälp av drönare ska försöka förstå varför skördar varierar så mycket frå

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/dronarbilder-kan-losa-afrikansk-jordbruksgata - 2026-05-09

Enkla, billiga pellets av salt kan enkelt mäta stråldoser vid ofrivillig exponering, och kan även användas inom sjukvården och kärnkraftsindustrin. När saltet pressas samman till pellets förenklas hanteringen och dess egenskaper att mäta strålning förbättras. 102 olika undersökta hushållssalter från 47 länder bekräftades vara lämpliga att användas för att mäta eller beräkna strålning. Det visar en

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/pellets-av-hushallssalt-bra-alternativ-att-mata-stralning - 2026-05-09

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. En aggressiv form av barnleukemi har oväntat få mutationer. Därför bör behandling inrikta sig på just den kromosomförändring som kännetecknar leukemitypen. Det är en av slutsatserna i en artikel som nyligen publicerats i Nature Genetics. Akut lymfatisk leukemi (ALL) hos spädbarn yngre än 1 år, är en ovanlig och aggr

https://www.lu.se/artikel/nya-ron-kring-aggressiv-form-av-barnleukemi - 2026-05-10

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Alla som har fått diagnosen diabetes före sex månaders ålder bör testa sig. En del av dem behöver inte insulin. De klarar sig lika bra eller till och med bättre med tabletter, kanske helt utan medicinering. Nyföddhetsdiabetes är ovanligt, hur ovanligt är det ingen som riktigt vet.I den svenska undersökningen Bättre

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/flera-skulle-kunna-slippa-insulinsprutorna - 2026-05-09

The headlines about non-functioning security alarms, about cameras and soon also AI in the home service, are getting more and more. But what happens when the welfare technology does not work? Next year, a new research project will be launched which will investigate this very thing. The CASE researchers, associate professors Gunilla Carlsson, Connie Lethin and Agneta Malmgren Fänge, have in previou

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/after-technology-alarms-new-study-examines-back-sides-welfare-technology - 2026-05-09