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Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. En stor svensk tvillingstudie visar att den som insjuknar i diabetes före 65 års ålder löper avsevärt större risk att drabbas av vaskulär demens eller Alzheimers sjukdom. Forskargrupper vid Karolinska institutet i Stockholm, universitetet i Göteborg och University of California i Los Angeles har analyserat data från

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/diabetes-dubblar-risken-demenssjukdom - 2026-06-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ninety thousand people die in Sweden every year. Despite 80 percent of Sweden’s population stating they would like to donate their organs after death, fewer than 200 people actually become organ donors each year. Why? This is due to, among other reasons, our limited legislation and organs not being made available beca

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/overstretched-intensive-care-leads-fewer-donations - 2026-06-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The construction of a dam in Ethiopia could solve many problems for the growing population along the Nile. However, when the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam began, it was met with warmongering from countries downstream. Egypt in particular felt threatened by the dam, which would regulate the Nile,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/nile-lifeblood-and-source-conflict - 2026-06-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Protecting, planting and restoring coastal ecosystems has attracted increased attention as a way of capturing and storing carbon in mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows. In her dissertation, Terese Thoni has investigated the importance of these ecosystems in relation to the political climate negotiations. Ten

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/broader-view-blue-carbon-gives-climate-summit-input - 2026-06-29

On 8 April, it was time for the the annual table tennis tournament at LUSEM, and this year also marked its 11th anniversary! Finally it was that time again, time for table tennis at LUSEM. The tournament first started in 2013 but has had three breaks over the years, which is why the 10-year celebration took place last year. (See the fact box for more details on past years and winners.)This year 24

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/lusem-table-tennis-tournament-its-good-meetingpoint - 2026-06-27

A new international commission will pave the way for a global boost in maternal and newborn health. The project is led by a researcher at Lund University in Sweden, whose motivation stems from a formative experience witnessing a woman bleed to death unnecessarily during childbirth. “The time has come to put maternal and newborn health back at the heart of the global health agenda,” says Mehreen Za

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-global-initiative-maternal-and-newborn-health-be-led - 2026-06-27

Cancerfonden continues to fund the foremost cancer research in Sweden – investing in cancer research that makes a difference. Last month, Cancerfonden distributed SEK 37 million to eight researchers at Lund University whose work will contribute to defeating cancer. Included in this group of talented researchers, is postdoctoral researcher, Dr. Sowndarya Muthukumar, from the Lund Stem Cell Center.

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/cancerfonden-awards-sowndarya-muthukumar-postdoctoral-fellowship - 2026-06-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. People with a hereditary risk of obesity lose as much weight as a result of better diet, exercise and weight loss drugs as the rest of the population, according to an international study presented in The BMJ. “This indicates that even in people at genetic risk of obesity, lifestyle change is an effective way to lose w

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/no-link-between-obesity-gene-and-intentional-weight-loss - 2026-06-27

The research group leader Malin Parmar is granted 50 million SEK over 10 years within the Distinguished professor program by the Swedish Research Council. The purpose of the Distinguished Professor Program is to create conditions for the most prominent researchers to conduct long-term, innovative research with great potential to achieve scientific breakthroughs. Malin Parmar is Professor of cellul

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/distinguished-professorship-malin-parmar - 2026-06-27

Linguist Sara Farshchi's research was plagiarised by three Ukrainian researchers who published it as their own. Five months have passed since Professor Carita Paradis discovered that parts of her former doctoral student Sara Farshchi's five-year-old thesis had been plagiarised by three Ukrainian researchers and that the plagiarism had been published by international publishers Springer, among othe

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/her-research-was-plagiarised - 2026-06-28

Since 2018, Lund University has had a special focus on integrating the arts and culture in teaching, research and external engagement through the “Strategy for Cultural Collaboration”. Is LU a culture university? Can everyone utilise the arts and culture in their activities? We will examine these questions at LU’s first major Culture Meeting on 24 November.” One of the goals of the Strategy is to

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/tinder-cultural-collaboration-lus-first-major-culture-meeting - 2026-06-28

The University’s cultural and public centres offer many events in the run-up to Christmas. Take the opportunity to check out the broad programme. As usual, Odeum, Lund University’s music centre, invites everyone to the traditional Christmas and Lucia concerts in the beautiful auditorium of the Main University Building. The Lund Academic Choir will conduct its atmospheric Lucia procession on three

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/christmas-and-lucia-our-student-musicians-odeum - 2026-06-28

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Charlotta Kjöllerström, is the network coordinator for the Earth System Governance (ESG) Project. Next week, a group of eight ESG Research Fellows will make a stop at LUCSUS and Lund University as part of a study trip for early career researchers. In this short interview, she explains the aim of the study trip, and wh

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/why-esg-project-study-trip-charlotta-kjollerstrom-explains - 2026-06-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Many species of bee are threatened by global warming, but not all. The buff-tailed bumblebee is the world’s most common bee and will likely remain that way, as researchers from Lund University have discovered that this species benefits from a warmer climate. Through research into buff-tailed bumblebees collected by am

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/warmer-climate-making-worlds-most-common-bumblebee-even-more-common - 2026-06-29

The Magical Garden is a pedagogical system for preschool mathematics created around a digital learning-through-play game. The system is based on more than 10 years of research and development. Now, it’s been awarded a proof-of-concept grant. Learning early math is not just fundamental for children to do better in math; it’s a key predictor of overall school success, according to Agneta Gulz, profe

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/innovative-system-teaching-preschool-maths-receives-sek-38-million-proof-concept-funding-wallenberg - 2026-06-29

There is now an opportunity for research leaders and other coworkers at the Faculty to participate in seminars on leadership. The series adresses issues that are facing research leaders in their daily work. The Faculty of Medicine has developed a seminar series for research leaders at the Faculty. The seminar series will address issues that are part of the daily working life of research leaders."I

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/open-seminars-leadership-faculty - 2026-06-29

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 - 2026-06-27

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. En solig, varm vårdag brukar folk ligga som packade sillar i Botan. I år är besökarna något färre och sitter utspridda i prydliga, glesa kluster. Samtidigt betyder träd­gården mer än någonsin för många. – Ja, gud vad vi behöver detta för att må bra – att vara i naturen där allt växer och slår ut, säger Sofie Olofsso

https://www.lu.se/artikel/botan-mer-uppskattad-nagonsin - 2026-06-28

Sparbanken Skånes ägare Sparbanksstiftelsen Färs & Frosta donerade 2016 cirka 16 miljoner kronor till strokeforskning vid Lunds universitet över en sexårsperiod. Medel som bland annat går till ett forskningspris. Årets mottagare av Sparbanken Skånes Forskningspris är Andreea Ilinca, för sin kliniskt betydelsefulla forskning om ärftliga faktorers roll för utveckling av stroke hos unga vuxna. De sen

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/forskning-om-geners-roll-vid-tidig-stroke-prisas - 2026-06-27

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Åse Innes-Ker har tagit på sig en stor och inte alla gånger uppskattad uppgift; nämligen att gå igenom andra etablerade forskares publicerade artiklar för att se om deras resultat går att upprepa. Universitetslektor Åse Innes-Ker granskar om experiment går att upprepa. Tillsammans med hundratals andra forskare inom

https://www.lu.se/artikel/hon-sparar-forskningsfel - 2026-06-27