As more and more e-commerce services are adapted for cities, rural areas risk being forgotten. Photo: Unsplash/David Baraldi What does online shopping mean for those living in rural areas? A lot, according to researchers in logistics at Lund University. Poorer access to products and services in the countryside makes shopping online an important option. But with an increasing number of e-business s

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/rural-areas-risk-being-forgotten-e-commerce - 2025-09-01

Matilda Forni with the ultra-thin microelectrodes during production (Photo: Agata Garpenlind) Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a completely new stimulation method, using ultra-thin microelectrodes, to combat severe pain. This provides effective and personalised pain relief without the common side effects from pain relief drugs. The study, which was conducted on rats, has bee

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/pain-relief-without-side-effects-promising-technique - 2025-09-01

Detroit Electric ad in 1912 (Wikimedia Commons) New research from Lund University shows that insufficient infrastructure was key in American car manufacturers choosing gasoline cars over electric cars in the early 20th century. If electricity grids had spread just 15 or 20 years earlier, a majority of producers would have likely opted for electric cars, according to the study published in Nature E

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lack-power-grids-sealed-fate-early-electric-cars - 2025-09-01

Photo: TeamDAF/Istockphoto On October 31st, representatives from across the globe will gather in Glasgow for two weeks to attend the UN climate change conference COP26. Expectations are high following last year's cancelled conference, and the IPCC report released in August. What can we expect from the meeting? Five Lund researchers give answers. How far do countries' climate ambitions go? As part

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/glasgow-climate-summit-what-it-about-and-why-does-it-matter - 2025-09-01

Annika Wallin, associate professor of cognitive science, and Trond Tjöstheim, doctoral student in cognitive science, investigate with the help of a new calculation model for attention and memory what lies behind our decisions in a regular grocery store. You rush into the supermarket; your mother-in-law is coming for dinner. But which products end up in your shopping basket and why? Researchers hav

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/what-happens-your-brain-when-you-take-decision-new-research-shows-way - 2025-09-01

The recovery was a technically challenging mission (Photo: Steve Jones) A World War II pilot has been laid to rest in his hometown in Maine, following a complex recovery mission led by Lund University archaeologist Brendan Foley. US Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Ernest N. Vienneau was on a B-17 bomber that came under attack in 1944, and sank off the coast of Croatia. 77 years later, he has been brought

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-marine-archaeologist-leads-wwii-pilot-recovery - 2025-09-01

Drepanoistodus iommii (Model and photo: Esben Horn) In a recent study, a group of geology researchers at Lund University unveiled three newly discovered species of conodonts, a type of jawless ancient fish. One of the species has been named Drepanoistodus iommii - a tribute to Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi. About 470 million years ago, eel-like fish swam around in the Baltoscandian basin - a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-name-ancient-eel-species-after-black-sabbath-guitarist - 2025-09-01

The trend towards autonomous aids for the driver can help keep track of the roadsides to detect animals. Photo: iStockphoto If you wander off the lane or touch the lane marking, your car tells you about it, and the most recent models can even gently take you back to the middle of the lane. Research in ELLIIT has shown that if the car also provides help during swift avoi- dance manoeuvres, the numb

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/leaving-avoidance-manoeuvres-car-reduces-risk-accident - 2025-09-01

Yana Litins'ka, Jonas Björk and Malin Inghammar.(Photo: Åsa Hansdotter) Researchers at Lund University want to use AI methods, population registers, mobile data and novel data sources to develop and evaluate applications that can be used to detect and combat pandemics in the future. A large collaborative project is funded by Vinnova, Sweden’s innovation agency. During the corona pandemic, it has b

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ai-help-combat-future-pandemics - 2025-09-01

The most common tests for COVID-19 are PCR tests, involving a nose and throat sample taken with a cotton swab. The procedure is often unpleasant, and the tests results require laboratory analysis. In a new study from Lund University in Sweden, researchers have now investigated whether rapid antigen testing can be used on saliva instead of swabbing the nasal cavity. The results are published in Inf

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/rapid-covid-19-tests-using-saliva-could-be-easier-alternatives - 2025-09-01

Charlotte Ling leads a research group in epigenetics and diabetes at Lund University. Emma Nilsson and Jones Ofori are two of the team members. Photo: Kennet Ruona Metformin is often described as the first-line medication for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. However, not all patients respond to the drug. Researchers at Lund University have discovered a combination of biomarkers that can predict w

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/diabetes-research-collaboration-can-pave-way-innovation - 2025-09-01

3-D photo of nerve cells that produce dopamine and which slowly disappear in Parkinson's disease. Photo: iStockphoto Presently many of Sweden’s 20,000 Parkinson’s patients are not receiving the treatment they need, and many of the most seriously ill receive incorrect or inappropriate therapy. With the new Manage PD tool and the PD Pal study, Per Odin, professor at Lund University and senior attend

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/faster-and-better-treatment-parkinsons-disease-manage-pd-tool - 2025-09-01

Photo: Håkan Rodhe From Thursday 21 September until Thursday 28 September, batch 22 of the Master's programme in Environmental Management and Policy are presenting and defending their Master's theses. The opponents are people from academia, business and industry.The week ends with the annual graduation ceremony on 29 September in the Lund University Assembly Hall.Click on the link to view the MSc

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/msc-thesis-presentation-week-iiiee - 2025-09-01

Handbook on Urban Living LabsThere is a growing trend to involve citizens in city development to make urban areas more sustainable and livable. The urban living labs approach offers a way to foster new collaborative, trans-disciplinary ways of thinking in urban planning and development, and provides a real-world testing ground for urban innovation and transformation. This handbook aims to bring op

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/handbook-urban-living-labs - 2025-09-01

Photo: Sofie Sandin Håkan Rodhe at the IIIEE is in the process of finding out. Dr. Håkan Rodhe, senior lecturer and researcher at the IIIEE, is part of a committee at the Swedish Higher Education Authority, which is in the process of evaluating just how sustainable higher education is in Sweden. An interview with Håkan Rodhe was published in Lund University Magazine where he gives an insight into

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/how-sustainable-higher-education-sweden - 2025-09-01

The programme aims to put Sweden on the map as a country that actively and critically works with the sharing economy in cities. The objectives of the programme are to: develop world-leading test-beds for the sharing economy in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö and Umeå, and develop a national node, Sharing Cities Sweden, in order to strengthen national (and international) cooperation and promote a good

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/sharing-cities-sweden-national-programme-sharing-economy-cities - 2025-09-01

Building new networks between schools, industry and academia. On 13 October the Raw Materials University Day was held in Vattenhallen Science Center in Lund. The event targeted upper secondary school students in Lund and was organised by the IIIEE, EIT Raw Materials at LTH, Lund University and Vattenhallen Science Center. The aim of the day was to increase the interest in and the understanding for

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/raw-materials-university-day-2017 - 2025-09-01

A half-day seminar about the green city (in Swedish only). Kan mer natur bidra till en ekologiskt, socialt och ekonomiskt hållbar stad? Vilka är vinnarna och vilka är de eventuella förlorarna? Välkommen till ett halvdagsseminarium om den gröna staden.Seminariet innehåller kortare presentationer om: gröna visioner, gestaltning, drivkrafter och barriärer för att bevara och skapa mer natur i staden,

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/vision-green-city-how-green-can-it-become - 2025-09-01

Photo: Allgmstips.com Study published in the peer-reviewed open access journal Sustainability. Researcher Julia Nussholz at the IIIEE has published the study Circular Business Models: Defining a Concept and Framing an Emerging Research Field in the peer-reviewed open access journal Sustainability.The study focuses on conceptualizing circular business models and clarifying its key strategiesTo aid

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/circular-business-models-defining-concept-and-framing-emerging-research-field - 2025-09-01

Seminar at Malmö Live 23 October! On Monday, 23 October at 11:00-12:00, at Malmö Live, researchers from Lund University and Malmö University will discuss with Isabella Lövin, Sweden's Minister for International Development Cooperation and Climate, what we need to do to achieve the 1.5-degree goal.This seminar is in Swedish only:Forskare från Lunds universitet och Malmö högskola samtalar med Isabel

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/climate-change-knowledge-politics-how-do-we-reach-15-degree-goal - 2025-09-01