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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We spend 90 per cent of our time indoors. We can both exercise and shop without taking a step outdoors and the indoor trend is on the increase, despite the fact that we have little understanding of the air we are breathing. “The health effects may not be detected for a number of years”, says LTH researcher Aneta Wierz

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-good-our-indoor-environment - 2026-07-23

Researchers have developed a model that can calculate individual countries' carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel burning using observations from space. The new results could be put to use within the Earth observation programme Copernicus, when satellites will be sent into space in the coming years. At the COP26 climate summit, the nations of the world agreed on a new document that for the fir

https://www.science.lu.se/article/satellites-enable-monitoring-carbon-dioxide-emissions - 2026-07-23

Working with people from many different backgrounds, cultures and nationalities is one of the biggest benefits from studying the bachelor's programme in Economy and Society, according to alumnus Felix Danielsson who graduated from the programme in 2023. As well as, doing something fun out of thesis writing, like collecting data in the Scottish lowlands. Editor's note: this interview is from 2024.F

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/felix-danielsson-alumnus-bsc-economy-and-society-2023 - 2026-07-23

We all know that when it burns, it smokes. But what do we really know about the contents of that smoke and how it is affected by different fire processes? Not only that, but how do these smoke particles affect the emergency personnel who are first on the scene? Researchers at NanoLund and LTH, in a unique experiment with the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB), have conducted measurements to

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/unique-project-studies-fire-smoke-detail - 2026-07-23

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Sveriges smittskyddsstrategi bygger i hög utsträckning på frivillighet och tillit. I en färsk enkätstudie finner forskare i nationalekonomi att efterlevnaden av myndigheternas rekommendationer tycks vara relativt god, framförallt i riskgrupperna. Det som oroar svenskarna mest är inte smittan, utan de ekonomiska kons

https://www.lu.se/artikel/ny-coronastudie-svenskarna-varderar-sveriges-strategi-hogt - 2026-07-24

Emma Kritzberg tog tåget till ett möte på Mallorca. En resa som varade i 54 timmar och kostade mer än dubbelt så mycket som om hon valt att flyga till Medelhavsön på några timmar. Ändå var flyget aldrig ett alternativ. De senaste sex åren har hon varken flugit i tjänsten eller privat, ett medvetet beslut för att minimera klimat­påverkande utsläpp. Emma Kritzberg, professor vid Biologiska instituti

https://www.lu.se/artikel/tog-taget-till-motet-pa-mallorca - 2026-07-24

From LUSEM to the global stage, Isabelle’s journey shows how curiosity and the right academic foundation can open doors across industries and borders. In this alumni interview, Isabelle shares how the time in the master programme in Management shaped her career path, from consulting in Stockholm to a global HR role in Amsterdam, and offers advice to students ready to explore what’s possible. Hi Is

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusem-amsterdam-isabelle-building-career-global-hr - 2026-07-24

In addition to memory problems and other cognitive symptoms, most people with Alzheimer’s disease also suffer from mental health issues. It has long been unclear whether these occur because of tissue changes in the brain, or whether they represent psychological reactions to cognitive symptoms. A study from Lund University in Sweden has provided new insight, and is published in Biological Psychiatr

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/psychiatric-symptoms-alzheimers-disease - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Improved and sustainable Menstrual Health Management has great impact on several of the Sustainable Development Goals, including: Good health and well-being, Gender equality, Quality education, Sustainable cities and communities, and Clean water and sanitation. On the 28th of May we join the commemoration of the Menst

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/menstrual-hygiene-day-2019-itstimeforaction - 2026-07-23

Jonna Bornemark, professor of philosophy at Södertörn University, Sara Heyman, foreign correspondent at Radio Sweden/Ekot, and Roger Barker, professor of clinical neuroscience at the University of Cambridge, have been appointed honorary doctors for 2026 at the Faculty of Medicine. A philosopher who deepens and renews the public conversation on ethics, judgement, and views of humanity within health

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/philosopher-journalist-and-leading-neuroscientist-appointed-new-honorary-doctors - 2026-07-23

En hemlig lista på 774 nazikollaboratörer är på väg att avslöjas och har skapat politisk storm i Kanada. Bakom upptäckten står bland andra Per Anders Rudling, historiker från Lunds universitet. Ottawa, 22 september 2023: Ukrainas president Zelenskij är på besök i Kanadas parlament. Talmannen ber en 98-årig inbjuden kanadensisk veteran som stred mot ryssarna under andra världskriget att ställa sig

https://www.lu.se/artikel/nazikollaboratorer-avslojas-efter-80-ar - 2026-07-24

This three-week event will feature 35 different interactive webinars with recruitment staff, programme staff, and current students. You can join our recruitment officers for a presentation and Q&A about how to apply, subject area sessions with an open Q&A with programme staff and students from each faculty, and several live chat events with current students and alumni! Be sure to stop by and join

https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/join-us-lund-university-applicant-weeks-28-november-16-december-2022 - 2026-07-23

Early diagnosis is key to receiving proper care and advancing research on future therapies for neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and dementia with Lewy bodies. New research from Skåne University Hospital and Lund University shows that combining a simple smell test with advanced spinal fluid analysis can predict these diseases with high accuracy, while sparing nearly half of patients f

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/smell-test-cuts-need-invasive-parkinsons-screening - 2026-07-23

The Lund Stem Cell Center at Lund University has relaunched its Professional Development Program (PDP), which provides PhD students support beyond research, equipping them with the personal and professional skills essential for long-term career success. While most doctoral programs focus on scientific expertise, the PDP broadens that approach by equipping students with skills for career growth, se

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/lund-stem-cell-center-relaunches-professional-development-program-phd-success - 2026-07-23

The heads of the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC), the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science (INES), and the Department of Geology have agreed on a proposed name for a joint department, contingent upon a co-organisation decision in September. Below is a background on how the departmental representatives, tasked with developing name proposals, have crafted the pre

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/name-suggestions-potential-joint-department - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Contagion spreads in various ways, with airborne viruses being especially difficult to protect oneself against. Norovirus, or the winter vomiting bug as it is sometimes known, is just such a virus. Carl-Johan Fraenkel, infectious disease and healthcare hygiene specialist, is currently defending his thesis at Lund Univ

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/researchers-track-spread-norovirus-hospitals - 2026-07-23

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Studenter på Kriminologiprogrammet fick förra måndagen (6 november) höra Klas Friberg, chef för Polisregion Väst föreläsa om polisreformen och den grova organiserade brottsligheten i Sverige i aulan på LUX i Lund. Under hösten 2017 har studenter på termin tre på kriminologiprogrammet, som läser fortsättningskurserna

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/artikel/ar-den-grova-organiserade-brottsligheten-bara-ett-polisiart-problem - 2026-07-23

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Studenter på Kriminologiprogrammet fick förra måndagen (6 november) höra Klas Friberg, chef för Polisregion Väst föreläsa om polisreformen och den grova organiserade brottsligheten i Sverige i aulan på LUX i Lund. Under hösten 2017 har studenter på termin tre på kriminologiprogrammet, som läser fortsättningskurserna

https://www.soc.lu.se/artikel/ar-den-grova-organiserade-brottsligheten-bara-ett-polisiart-problem - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. She has survived a brain tumour and hates empty phrases such as “seize the day” and “live in the present”. Despite this, after the tumour operation Ulrika Sandén both researched and wrote a book on what she calls “Contentment in the moment”, an approach to life that she assimilated during her years in Vesterålen in no

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/contentment-moment-makes-life-more-enjoyable - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Geologist Charlotte Sparrenbom could be called a water detective. In her research, she searches for facts about underground water and its age in order to investigate and minimise the risk of pollution in groundwater. She is very concerned about insufficient monitoring of water quality by Swedish authorities. Senior le

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/water-detective - 2026-07-23