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Dung beetles are among the strongest animals in the world. They also possess an exceptional ability to cooperate. Research shows that female and male spider dung beetles together are able to move large dung balls across difficult obstacles. However, same-sex attempts to do the same always ended in aggressive fights. Dung beetles live in and on animal droppings. By breaking down organic substances,

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/beetles-cooperate-tricky-dung-moves - 2025-10-21

Large-scale installation with projection on the façade of the public library of two of the largest Buddha statues that were destroyed by the Taliban; a performative celebration of solidarity and remembrance. In March 2001, the Taliban blew up two of the largest Buddha statues in Afghanistan's Bamiyan valley. In 2013, cultural practitioners projected the statues onto the empty mountain wall as an a

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/ma-students-malmo-theatre-academy-part-malmos-forbidden-culture-week - 2025-10-21

As a foreign citizen, what do you need to think about when you take up a position at the University? What terms of employment apply for those undertaking third-cycle studies? What are the different academic positions and what is the process when you apply to become a professor? For those wanting to pursue an academic career, all the different terms, policies and specific conditions can sometimes f

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-hr-information-makes-things-clearer-academic-staff - 2025-10-22

Enlightenment philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft believed that living in hierarchies destroyed and corrupted people deep down in their souls. “For her, inequality was the greatest threat to democracy and liberty. It is still dynamite today, as the gulf between rich and poor widens and the world is divided into lords and servants”, says Professor of Human Rights Studies Lena Halldenius. She has just p

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/reinterpreting-feminist-pioneer - 2025-10-21

A unique collaboration between school children and researchers and students at LUCSUS, focusing on children’s thoughts and questions related to sustainable development, aims to contribute to the development of a future UNESCO biosphere reserve in the Vombsjö basin. The project, Ung SciShop, is a collaboration between the association ARNA (Art and Nature), researchers and students at LUCSUS and sch

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-collaboration-school-children-focuses-childrens-ideas-and-questions-sustainable-development - 2025-10-21

Lund University was first in the world to use the Cochrane Interactive Learning modules with all medical students, and first in the world to freely provide Cochrane tools for conducting systematic reviews. This has come to be known internationally as the "Lund model" and is a close collaboration between Cochrane Sweden and the Library & ICT department at our faculty. “Both in Sweden and abroad, Co

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/lund-model-cochrane-puts-lu-world-map - 2025-10-21

Over the past 50 years, the water in lakes and watercourses has turned increasingly brown. The so-called browning has a negative impact on both drinking water production and ecosystems. If nothing is done, the water is likely to turn even browner – however, there is hope. Supported by a new study, researchers from Lund University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences are pointing to

https://www.science.lu.se/article/how-changes-land-use-could-reduce-browning-lakes - 2025-10-21

CASE PhD student Christina Heller just had her Mid-way review: "Simulation models as a tool to compare housing policies for a population aging in place". Housing policies can be instrumental in addressing several major public health issues. - Thus, there is an urgent need to develop sustainable housing policies to accommodate the growing number of seniors in accessible home environments. In order

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/urgent-need-develop-sustainable-housing-policies-older-people-their-home-environments - 2025-10-21

On 14-15 April SASNET hosted a workshop on Nationalisms in South Asia. The workshop was generously funded by the Crafoord Foundation. Professor Frank Korom (Boston University), Associate Professor Jan Magnusson (Lund University) and the director of SASNET Andreas Johansson took the lead in organizing the workshop.  The core idea of the workshop builds on a generation of scholarship arguing that na

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-hosted-workshop-nationalisms-south-asia - 2025-10-21

Priscyll Anctil, a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Political Science, recently published a blog post about the human rights violations, especially against women, in Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power two years ago. The blog post is available below. August 15, 2023, marked two years of the Taliban takeover. And with it, everyday attacks against “all manifestations of humanity, free

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/blog-post-priscyll-anctil-taliban-takeover-two-years - 2025-10-21

Researchers at Lund University have discovered how a hidden piece of DNA, known as a transposable element, disrupts normal gene function in a disease called X-Linked Dystonia-Parkinsonism (XDP). Published in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, their findings uncover the epigenetic processes that lead to changes in gene expression linked to XDP, offering new insights into how this rare genetic

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/how-hidden-genetic-elements-trigger-rare-disorder - 2025-10-21

A cancer diagnosis often entails many hospital visits and intensive treatments that can be very tiring for the patient. In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, however, cancer patients were identified as an at-risk group, so forms of treatment were modified. Now a group of physicians at Lund University want to evaluate how these new forms of treatment were experienced by the patients themselve

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/wake-pandemic-new-methods-cancer-care - 2025-10-21

In competition with more than a thousand entries for the Presidential Poster Competition at the 2010 Endocrine Society congress in San Diego, USA, the winning contribution was that of Rajesh Kumar, scientist at Lund University Diabetes Centre. The research in question relates to the positive effects of the oestrogen hormone on the survival rates of insulin cells. Rajesh Kumar’s summary of the ongo

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/oestrogen-protects-transplanted-cells-and-organs - 2025-10-21

Following a new decision by Lund University, LU Accommodation will update its rental model to a more standardized student accommodation model. Further rental increases due to inflation have been postponed until August 2024. Rental changes 2024 New rental model LU Accommodation will change to an 11 month rental model, where the yearly rent for almost all accommodations* will be distributed over 11

https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/rental-changes-january-2024 - 2025-10-21

UNESCO has added the unique archive of 500 in-depth interviews with Holocaust survivors to the Memory of the World Register. It recognises the Ravensbrück Archive as an example of a cultural heritage of great value to humanity. The University Library manages this documentary heritage and keeps the archive protected and digitally accessible to all. On 10 April, UNESCO decided to add the Ravensbrück

https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/ravensbruck-archive-receives-memory-world-status - 2025-10-21

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.science.lu.se/article/bird-parents-receive-help-live-longer - 2025-10-21

International text theft is difficult to deal with, especially for individual researchers. The University should take the lead, and find out how plagiarism issues are dealt with in different countries and what authorities exist there. So says Haro de Grauw, the doctoral student ombudsman. “The University could have such a resource, and gather knowledge on how such issues are handled in different c

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-knowledge-needed-about-plagiarism - 2025-10-22

One of the biggest perks of teaching at university? Supervising students and seeing them grow into their role. That is at least according to senior lecturers Olof Hallonsten and Anna Jonsson. Detectives with magnifying glasses and catching and preparing a fish. Those are two of the metaphors that Anna Jonsson and Olof Hallonsten use to explain the relationship between supervisor and student, the v

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/comic-strips-and-metaphors-help-students-reflect - 2025-10-22

Det började med ett ”psykbryt” över en tjänstledighet som skulle skrivas in i Primula och slutade med en av nättidningen Curies mest lästa krönikor under 2020. Organisationsforskaren Anna Jonsson efterlyser en upprensning i våra datasystem – men också reflektion: gör rätt personer rätt saker? Anna Jonsson är universitetslektor i företagsekonomi och forskar bland annat om lärande i organisationer.

https://www.lu.se/artikel/tjanstefel-att-inte-reagera-pa-floran-av-datasystem - 2025-10-22

För dig som är intresserad av utbildningsfrågor. Skicka din intresseanmälan senast den 4 oktober. Se de tre annonserna nedan. Intresseanmälan GUN & programnämnderLärarrepresentanter till fakultetens Grundutbildningsnämnd (GUN) och programnämnder för mandatperioden som startar januari 2025.Grundutbildningsnämnden Grundutbildningsnämnden har ett övergripande ansvar för utbildning på grund och avance

https://www.intramed.lu.se/artikel/sokes-ledamoter-till-gun-och-programnamnderna-programnamndsordforanden-i-pnr-pnm - 2025-10-21