Published 4 June 2018 Swedish nature is teeming with wild edible plants. Some taste good, others don’t. A group of biologists from 11 different countries got to learn which plants are edible, and what they taste like, when the department’s SACT (Scientific Activities) group organised a herbal excursion to Abusa Valley outside Södra Sandby in Skåne. The goal was to learn more about the herbs of nat

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/biologists-feasting-spring-abusa-valley - 2025-07-25

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 10 June 2024 Morse code is still used in Russia, but the manuals have probably  been updated. Photo Chris Curry. Why does Russia still use Morse code? Has military conscription increased equality? These are two questions that Tony Ingesson, associate senior lecturer at the Department of Political Sc

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/morse-code-russia-path-idea-popular-article-conversation - 2025-07-26

Published 20 January 2025 On 12 December, the Government presented the Research and Innovation Bill entitled “Research and Innovation for the Future, Curiosity and Benefit”. An overall assessment of the Bill shows that it is much more challenging for Lund University than any previous Research Bill. It offers great opportunities for many researchers and different types of research, while stearing r

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-bill-great-opportunities-very-challenging - 2025-07-26

Published 18 November 2021 Conference title “Understanding legal cultures in Central Asia” on 6-8 November, 2021 in Istanbul, Turkey Central Asian Law project organized the conference titled “Understanding legal cultures in Central Asia” on 6-8 November in Istanbul, Turkey. The conference focused on the discussion of the interconnections between international actors, domestic institutions, busines

https://www.centralasianlaw.lu.se/article/conference-understanding-legal-cultures-central-asia-6-8-november-2021 - 2025-07-25

Published 9 September 2024 Photo: MostPhotos. A surprising behaviour of atoms is giving scientists new insights into one of the most fundamental phenomena in nature: the absorption of light. A new physical phenomenon for light pulses has been discovered. The study, published in the prestigious journal Physical Review Letters, was conducted by physicists at Lund University. In the world of atoms, t

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/atoms-absorb-energy-unexpected-ways - 2025-07-25

By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 14 February 2020 The University finds itself in a time of paradoxes. At the same time as the EU, via its framework programmes, works for openness and mobility for researchers and students, there are increasing nationalistic and protectionist trends. In addition, the trust and hope that society has in research a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/competitive-intelligence-increasing-difficulty-being-university - 2025-07-25

By erika [dot] svantesson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Erika Svantesson) - published 19 March 2024 Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have led a study involving osteoporosis patients with hip fractures. The results show that it is possible to increase bone formation around surgical implants. Photo: iStock New research shows that it is possible to induce new bone formation around orthopaedic i

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/making-bone-alive-ceramic-material-transforming-new-bone-tissue-osteoporotic-patients - 2025-07-25

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Published 19 January 2022 Felicia Gustafson from Sweden graduated from the Master's programme Sustainable Service Management 2021 and now work as a sustainability advisor and specialist for Position Green in Malmö. What did you do before you started studying the Master’s programme in Service Management? "I went straight into the Master’s from my Bachelor’s in International Management at Jönköping

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/meet-our-alumni-felicia-gustafsson - 2025-07-25

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 14 October 2022 Ouyang Yuan will defend her thesis 14 October 2022. Ouyang Yuan defends her Ph.D. thesis on 14 October 2022. As a medical student with a longstanding interest in blood malignancies, her research has focused on better understanding the development of a specific type of blood cancer, acute myeloid leukemi

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/placing-acute-myeloid-leukemia-under-microscope-phd-interview-ouyang-yuan - 2025-07-25

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/bioengineering-and-cell-derived-strategies-salivary-gland-regeneration-phd-interview-jiao-dong - 2025-07-25

By anna [dot] lothman [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Löthman) - published 15 June 2025 Course participants of 'Innovation, Transformation, and Resilience for Sustainable Development' gathered in front of LUSEM’s main entrance. Photo: Private What surprises a course participant from Africa on a short visit in Lund and to LUSEM? And what made the strongest impressions? Takes to bring back? And wha

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/what-we-learned-and-will-take-home - 2025-07-25

By louise [dot] larsson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Louise Larsson) - published 17 February 2022 Illustration: Catrin Jakobsson Many of us have worked more remotely during the pandemic than we ever dreamed of doing. Informatics researcher Saonee Sarker has been studying IT-enabled collaboration and its impact on work-life balance for many years, but mainly with a focus on the IT sector. Today, she

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hybrid-workplace-future - 2025-07-25

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 7 April 2025 “High-income countries, such as the United States, have sharply reduced their use but the gas still accounts for more than 60% of their climate emissions from anaesthetic gases", says Talbot. Photo: iStock Gases used in anaesthesia are potent greenhouse gases, and their total global impact has not previously been

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/reduced-climate-impact-anaesthetic-gases-worrying-trend-middle-income-countries - 2025-07-25

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hyped-hope-shady-stem-cell-clinics-take-advantage-desperate-patients - 2025-07-25

Published 12 May 2015 Fast fashion has shrunk the fashion production cycle from three months to an unbelievable two weeks. New ideas are snapped up from the catwalk, interpreted and made into trendy clothes with a low price-tag, available in shops and online. Economists attribute the success of fast fashion to innovative large companies, but anthropologist Christina Moon maintains that the backgro

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/korean-efficiency-behind-fast-fashion - 2025-07-25

Published 13 October 2015 “We have to become much better at actively pursuing human rights issues in the public debate”, says Morten Kjaerum who since last spring is new director at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute in Lund. His goal is to make the Institute more visible: within the University, locally, nationally and internationally. Morten Kjaerum at Raoul Wallenberg Institute LUM’s meeting with Mo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/raoul-wallenberg-institute-has-become-more-visible-public-debate - 2025-07-25

Published 4 May 2020 Street scene in Kathmandu on the first day of lock-down of the city. Photo: Hanna Geschewski. LUMES student, Hanna Geschewski, has just come back to Sweden after she was temporarily stranded in Nepal during fieldwork for her thesis. In this interview, she reflects on the impact of the corona outbreak on her own studies, and on the society in Nepal, where the socio-economic con

https://www.lumes.lu.se/article/reflections-corona-pandemic-lumes-student-hanna-geschewski - 2025-07-25

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 23 November 2023 Who gets a place at the negotiating table at the COP, and get to make their voice heard? Photo: UN Climate Change/Kiara Worth. The COP climate meetings are organised in a way that benefits richer and larger countries at the expense of smaller and poorer countries, according to a new study from LUCSUS and the U

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/un-climate-meetings-organised-way-benefits-richer-larger-countries - 2025-07-25

By evelina [dot] linden [at] luhm [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 7 April 2022 It was a surprise for Anne L’Huillier when she was awarded Wolf Prize. Photo: Evelina Lindén These are busy times for atomic physicist Anne L’Huillier. Earlier this year, she received the prestigious Wolf Prize – perhaps not as widely known among the general public, but within the field of physics it is c

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/prestigious-physics-prize-goes-lund-researcher - 2025-07-25