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Organic farms had doubled plant diversity – but only over time
Published 5 September 2024 Photo: Melanie Karlsson. It takes a long time, up to several decades, before the benefits of organic farming take full effect on land that was previously cultivated conventionally, a new study from Lund University suggests. After thirty years, the plant species richness around the cultivated crop had doubled on organic farms compared to conventional farms. It is well kno
https://www.science.lu.se/article/organic-farms-had-doubled-plant-diversity-only-over-time - 2025-07-25
Successful experiment paves the way for new element
Published 24 October 2024 SHREC the detector is inspected by Pavel Golubev. Photo: Dirk Rudolph. Scientists have found an alternative way to produce atoms of the superheavy element livermorium. The new method opens up the possibility of creating another element that could be the heaviest in the world so far: number 120. The search for new elements comes from the dream of finding a variant that is
https://www.science.lu.se/article/successful-experiment-paves-way-new-element - 2025-07-25
Research projects on galaxies and migratory birds awarded grants
Published 26 October 2020 Photo: ESO, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere. A galactic journey spanning the history of the Milky Way. The supernatural powers of migratory birds. Two exciting research projects will soon commence at Lund University thanks to a multi-million donation from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. Time travel through the Milky Way
https://www.science.lu.se/article/research-projects-galaxies-and-migratory-birds-awarded-grants - 2025-07-25
Early detection of diseases is aided by the body’s own nanoparticles
By kristina [dot] lindgarde [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Kristina Lindgärde) - published 29 January 2020 The vesicles function as the body’s internet, and carry information on the patient’s disease state. To capture and decode them – that’s the challenge, says professor Thomas Laurell. Photo: Lars Owesson A hot topic among cancer researchers is vesicles, nanoparticles that flow in our veins in thei
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/early-detection-diseases-aided-bodys-own-nanoparticles - 2025-07-25
44 years with Carbonnier, the stats don’t lie
Published 15 May 2024 A former student had heard that our senior lecturer in statistics, Pierre Carbonnier was about to retire after this semester. Would we do a feature on him? The student remembered him fondly and added that his mother had also had Pierre as a teacher and thought he was pretty awesome. Few, if any statistics teachers can claim to have reached and inspired more students than Pier
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/44-years-carbonnier-stats-dont-lie - 2025-07-25
Planting Trees in Africa is a Dubious Environmental Strategy: study
Published 22 September 2017 Carbon offsetting is an environmental strategy based on financing climate measures in developing countries to compensate for greenhouse gas emissions in industrialised countries. In recent years, it has become a popular strategy among companies as well as private individuals to reduce their carbon footprint.Tree-planting has become one of the most popular – albeit most
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/planting-trees-africa-dubious-environmental-strategy-study - 2025-07-25
The www.lu.se website has been audited by DIGG
By edina [dot] voloder [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Edina Voloder) - published 9 January 2023 DIGG, the supervisory authority for access to digital public service has audited www.lu.se among many other websites. The audit indicated a few points for improvement but was good overall. A plan will now be developed for how the deficiencies on lu.se are to be rectified. DIGG (Agency for Digital
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/wwwluse-website-has-been-audited-digg - 2025-07-26
MAX IV is praised in SRC’s review and has a new chair of the board
Master’s in International Strategic Management ranked among the world’s best management programmes
Published 28 February 2020 Lund University School of Economics and Management secures a spot on the Financial Times Master’s in Management 2020 ranking. For the first time, the Master’s in International Strategic Management ranks number 73, in fierce global competition. The Master’s in International Strategic Management was launched in 2016, and is based on a long tradition of education and resear
Climate change makes carbon sinks more vulnerable
By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 29 September 2022 Photo: Hans Ott/Unsplash. New data by the research infrastructure ICOS confirms that natural carbon sinks such as the ocean and forests are not stable. Climate change makes these sinks more vulnerable, in some cases even turning them into carbon emitters. This compromises current climate targets
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/climate-change-makes-carbon-sinks-more-vulnerable - 2025-07-25
Interdisciplinary research school on Skåne’s beaches
Four ways to address challenges of urban solid waste: new policy brief developed for the City of Kisumu in Kenya.
Published 20 August 2019 Initiatives such as the Kisumu Waste Actors Network (KIWAN) must be encouraged to ensure the engagement and inclusion of waste collectors, recyclers, community organizations and entrepreneurs. Photo: Michael Oloko. “Better communication between different waste actors is paramount”. LUCSUS researchers present policy brief on how to address challenges linked to urban solid w
How self-reactive immune cells are allowed to develop
Published 12 November 2019 Joan Yuan, research team leader at the Department of Laboratory Medicine. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter Directly after birth, the immune system completes production of a subtype of antibody-producing immune cells, B-1, that are to last for a lifetime. No more B1-cells are formed after that point. However, these cells are self-reactive – they produce not only antibodies against f
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/how-self-reactive-immune-cells-are-allowed-develop - 2025-07-25
Unique 3D-images reveal the architecture of nerve fibers
Many elite athletes feeling psychological distress during the pandemic
Published 29 September 2020 A large proportion of our elite athletes are suffering psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic, with more women than men reporting adverse reactions. This is demonstrated by the study Psychological Distress and Problem Gambling in Elite Athletes during COVID-19 Restrictions: A Web Survey in Top Leagues of Three Sports during the Pandemic, published in the In
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/many-elite-athletes-feeling-psychological-distress-during-pandemic - 2025-07-25
Diabetes event highlighted findings that may lead to new treatments
By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 28 February 2025 Marju Orho-Melander from the Leif C. Groop award committee presented the award winner Ingrid Wernstedt Asterholm at the event. Photo: Petra Olsson Ingrid Wernstedt Asterholm received the Leif C. Groop Award for Outstanding Diabetes Research at the annual LUDC Diabetes Research Day. "This award allows me to
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/diabetes-event-highlighted-findings-may-lead-new-treatments - 2025-07-25
Optimal blood tests for development of new therapies of Alzheimer’s disease
Published 3 January 2023 Foto: iStock/andresr. A new study have identified which blood tests are best at detecting Alzheimer’s disease during the earliest stages, and also another blood test that is optimal for detecting relevant treatment effects. These findings will speed up the development of new therapies that can slow down the disease progression. The article was originally published as a pre
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/optimal-blood-tests-development-new-therapies-alzheimers-disease - 2025-07-25
STEM-PD : A bench-to-bedside story by MultiPark researchers
By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 13 March 2023 After a decade of protocol development and preparations, MultiPark researchers have finally launched the clinical trial. Recently, dopamine-producing cells generated from embryonic stem cells were transplanted into the first Parkinson's patient at Skåne University Hospital. During the autumn 2022, the
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/stem-pd-bench-bedside-story-multipark-researchers-0 - 2025-07-25
Welfare technology not a solution without user engagement
By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 7 May 2025 None of the technologies, except the medication robot, helped ease staff shortages, in the study. Photo: Sebastian Scholtz/Creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Lack of choice, clashing views and time pressure are findings in a first article on welfare technology, from the Welfare@home project, which includes S
https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/welfare-technology-not-solution-without-user-engagement - 2025-07-25