There are currently a large number of newcomers in Sweden from countries such as Syria, Iraq and the Ukraine that hold highly interesting academic degrees. To benefit from their expertise, Lund University in cooperation with Folkuniversitetet are offering the programme Korta vägen (“The shortcut”) – a project funded by the Swedish Public Employment Service. On 8 September, some 80 academic newcome

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/shortcut-academics-international-degree - 2025-09-01

Steven at the IIIEE graduation ceremony on 25 September 2015 together with Jonas Hafström, Chairman of Lund University and Håkan Rodhe, professor at IIIEE Three years ago Steven Curtis won the first prize in Lund University’s ” Challenge Your Perspectives” scholarship competition for American students. Sweden’s ambassador to the USA, Jonas Hafström, handed him the diploma in Washington DC. On 25 S

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/scholarship-winner-graduates-and-closes-circle - 2025-09-01

What looks like a bed of nails are actually nanowires. Each outgrowing thread has a diameter of 80 nanometres (billionths of a metre). The green things climbing on the nanowires are neurons. Neurons thrive and grow in a new type of nanowire material developed by researchers in Nanophysics and Ophthalmology at Lund University in Sweden. In time, the results might improve both neural and retinal imp

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/hopes-improved-brain-implants - 2025-09-01

Photo: Mikael Risedal Lund University has climbed from #119 to #90 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015-2016 out today. The annual ranking evaluates over 1 000 institutions out of the approximately 17 000 internationally recognised universities worldwide. This places Lund in the top 0,5% of the world’s universities.The ranking takes five areas into consideration: teaching,

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-back-top-100-ranking - 2025-09-01

Sara Ingman/imagebank.sweden.se People with increased risk of type 2 diabetes need to exercise more than others to achieve the same results, according to new research from Lund University in Sweden. The cause of type 2 diabetes is linked to both genetics and lifestyle. If you have an immediate relative (mother, father, sibling) with type 2 diabetes, the risk of contracting the diabetes is about th

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/exercise-good-everyone-some-struggle-more-others - 2025-09-01

Kerstin Bergman Kerstin is able to comment on the work of Henning Mankell, as well as the genre in general. Kerstin Bergman is a crime fiction scholar, literary critic, and a member of the Swedish Academy of Crime Fiction. She is the author of Swedish Crime Fiction: The Making of Nordic Noir (2014), and has also written numerous popular and scholarly articles on Swedish and international crime fic

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/expert-nordic-noir-literature-kerstin-bergman - 2025-09-01

Photo: NRC For nearly nine years, researchers at Lund University have been working on developing implantable electrodes that can capture signals from single neurons in the brain over a long period of time - without causing brain tissue damage. They are now one big step closer to reaching this goal, and the results are published in the scientific journal Frontiers in Neuroscience. WATCH VIDEO ABOUT

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/breakthrough-electrode-implants-brain - 2025-09-01

Premature babies, born before 30 weeks of pregnancy, often need help breathing in order to survive. X-ray is currently used to diagnose the condition of the lungs, but the technology involves risks and X-ray images can only be taken occasionally. WATCH VIDEO: Laser technique could help premature babiesResearchers at Lund University in Sweden have now developed a laser-based, safe method of analysi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/laser-help-premature-babies - 2025-09-01

Due to an anonymous threat to the university and its students via the app Jodel and which the police regards very seriously, the university will be closed on Monday for all students and staff at all campuses.  More information will be posted at the university websites www.lu.se and www.lunduniversity.lu.se during the day. If you have any questions you can call +46 46-222 07 00 from 8 am Monday mor

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A decision to reopen Lund University was taken in the afternoon of Monday 12 October following the closure that has been in force since Sunday night. Activities are expected to be running as usual from Tuesday morning. The decision is based on new information from the Region Syd police. Investigations have revealed that the threat directed at Lund University posted on the Jodel app was not a uniqu

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-reopens-tuesday-13-october - 2025-09-01

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have found a new way to capture energy from sunlight – by using molecules that contain iron. The results are presented in the latest issue of Nature Chemistry. The hope is to develop efficient and environmentally friendly solar energy applications. Solar energy is an inexhaustible resource that we currently only utilise to a very limited extent. Researchers

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/breakthrough-iron-based-dyes-can-lead-cheaper-and-environmentally-friendly-solar-energy-applications - 2025-09-01

Sun over the NEEM research station in Northern Greenland. Photo by: Raimund Muscheler Solar storms and the particles they release result in spectacular phenomena such as auroras, but they can also pose a serious risk to our society. In extreme cases they have caused major power outages, and they could also lead to breakdowns of satellites and communication systems. According to a study published t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/traces-enormous-solar-storms-ice-greenland-and-antarctica - 2025-09-01

Our brains not only contain learning mechanisms but also forgetting mechanisms that erase “unnecessary” learning. A research group at Lund University in Sweden has now been able to describe one of these mechanisms at the cellular level. The group’s results, published in the international journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), explain a theor

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/brain-forgets-order-conserve-energy - 2025-09-01

Unwanted formation of blood vessels (angiogenesis) in the brain is likely to be the cause of intractable walking and balance difficulties for people who suffer from Parkinson’s disease. This conclusion is supported by new research from Lund University in Sweden. Many people with Parkinson’s disease eventually experience walking and balance difficulties, despite adequate medication. Moreover, some

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/formation-new-blood-vessels-may-explain-intractable-symptoms-parkinsons-disease - 2025-09-01

Left: White blood cells with bacteria. The blue colour shows the DNA in the nucleus of the white blood cells, and the red colour represents proteins in the cytoplasma. The small green dots are bacteria. Right: Here, the red and blue colours are combined By licking a wound it heals faster – this is not simply popular belief, but scientifically proven. Our saliva consists of water and mucus, among o

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/mucus-first-line-defence - 2025-09-01

Sausages with antioxidants from berries to prevent cancer An EU-funded research project is to make sausages, patties and other meat products healthier in the future. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and four other European research institutions have launched a joint project to reduce the risk of colon cancer – the most common cancer of

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/sausages-antioxidants-berries-prevent-cancer - 2025-09-01

Video of the Debate in Lund Who are the winners and losers in the scramble for Africa’s resources?  Africa is home to some of the fastest growing economies in the world while juggling an expanding interest from especially China and India to invest in the continent. Financial investments from these actors are have already turned into new roads and train tracks along with job openings and previously

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/who-are-winners-and-losers-scramble-africas-resources - 2025-09-01

Research shows pupils learn poorly with the help of computer programs. Photo: R. Stropek “Most digital learning tools used in schools are unsatisfactory and only test the knowledge the pupils already have”, says Björn Sjödén a PhD researcher at Lund University, who has reviewed a large number of computer programs in his doctoral thesis “What Makes Good Educational Software?” “In a pilot study, we

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/pupils-learn-poorly-help-computer-programs - 2025-09-01

Journal highlights women in science, and evolutionary biology in particular. A Special Issue celebrates the outstanding achievements and contributions of women in evolutionary biology by highlighting a sample of their research and accomplishments. “To my knowledge, this is the first time a scientific journal has devoted a whole Special Issue to celebrate and showcase the research of women”, says M

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The scholarly book isn't dead. Researchers have long been under pressure to publish articles rather than monographs, but complex issues call for a larger format than the article provides. The new Lund University Press testifies to that fact. In collaboration with the third largest University Press in Britain, it will spread top-class Lund research world-wide, publishing its books simultaneously on

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/launching-new-lund-university-press - 2025-09-01