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Toxins and chemicals are a major threat to our environment. The "third crisis" - the chemical crisis - is often forgotten when we talk about the climate and endangered species. Ahead of Biodiversity Day on 22 May, Maria Hansson, a researcher at Lund University and member of BECC, offers tips on how to create a non-toxic environment in your own garden, benefiting all its inhabitants, big and small.

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/five-ways-create-toxin-free-garden - 2026-05-17

After a year of intensive work by many involved, the Swedish Climate Symposium with its close to 400 participants, has come to an end. Now an evaluation of the conference awaits, but the feeling is that most people experienced it as a successful event. To take the pulse during the symposium itself, we did a couple of short interviews with some of those who were there. Satisfied organisers Josefin

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/voices-swedish-climate-symposium - 2026-05-17

Welcome to a BECC seminar on October 6th with invited speaker Professor Detlef Sprinz, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and University of Potsdam. The European Union has perceived itself as a leader to curb global climate change. This necessitates that ambitious intra-EU policies are implemented by its member states to lend credibility to its claim. The lecture elucidates whethe

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/effectiveness-eu-policies-comply-kyoto-protocol - 2026-05-17

One of the world's greatest challenges is to feed the world's population in a sustainable way. Organic farming is one option, but the downside is that it produces lower yields than conventional farming. Studies led by Lund University now show that the yield difference between organic and conventional farming is smaller than previously thought, but the yields are still significantly smaller than fo

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/organic-farms-potential-higher-yields - 2026-05-17

A new article in Ecology Letters has shown for the first time that grassland plants dependent on insect pollination are particularly susceptible to increasing land-use intensity in the landscape. Authors are BECC researchers Yann Clough, Johan Ekroos, BECC coordinator Henrik Smith et al. The researchers investigated the effects of land-use intensity in the surrounding landscape on the distribution

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/new-article-about-grassland-plants-and-surrounding-land-use - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Inflammation is a natural reaction of the body’s immune system to an aggressor or an injury, but if the inflammatory response is too strong it becomes harmful. Inflammatory processes occur in the brain in conjunction with stroke and neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Researchers from Lu

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-findings-key-players-brain-inflammation - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “Being new in the government of Ukraine is like learning to ride a bike that is broken, while someone is throwing stones at you, and you are trying to fix the bike at the same time”, said Inna Sovsun, Ukraine’s First Deputy Minister of Education and a former Lund University student. She was only 29 when she was asked

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ukraine-first-deputy-minister-education-back-lund-day - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Meet Jonas Hafström, a lawyer with a background in the diplomatic service, including as Swedish ambassador to the USA. For the past year he has led government trade delegations around the world and helped to coach Swedish embassy staff in countries with strong economic growth. Welcome to Lund University as the new cha

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-welcomes-new-chair-university-board - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Established ways of measuring carbon emissions can sometimes give misleading feedback on how national policies affect global emissions. In some cases, countries are even rewarded for policies that increase global emissions, and punished for policies that contribute to reducing them. “We have developed a new method tha

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-carbon-accounting-method-proposed - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University Iran expert Rouzbeh Parsi on the importance of a nuclear deal with Iran: WATCH INTERVIEWQ: Why is this the right time for a deal?A: The Obama administration understands, especially after the election of President Rouhani in June 2013, that there is a negotiation partner who is credible and sincere in t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/time-us-iran-deal-now-says-iran-scholar - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Our opinions are affected by what our eyes are focusing on in the same instant we make moral decisions. Researchers at Lund University and other institutions have managed to influence people’s responses to questions such as “is murder defensible?” by tracking their eye movements. When the participants had looked at a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/moral-decisions-can-be-influenced-eye-tracking - 2026-05-17

Using magnetically controlled nanoparticles to force tumour cells to ‘self-destruct’ sounds like science fiction, but could be a future part of cancer treatment, according to research from Lund University in Sweden. Watch on YouTube: How rotating nanoparticles target cancer cells  “The clever thing about the technique is that we can target selected cells without harming surrounding tissue. There a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/nanoparticles-cause-cancer-cells-self-destruct - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Every year since 1999, the Master’s students in Industrial Design at Lund University have done what most design students around the world can only dream of – go to NASA in Houston, Texas, USA and study at the Johnson Space Center. There they design products for an extreme environment – namely, space. “The missions to

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-students-collaborate-nasa - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new tuberculosis diagnostic method tailored for low-income countries could save lives, detecting nearly 50% more TB cases among HIV-infected people, according to a new study from Lund University. Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common cause of death among HIV positive individuals, even if antiretroviral treatment  (AR

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/improved-test-method-tuberculosis-could-save-lives-among-hiv-infected-people-africa - 2026-05-17

Consumption of high-fat yoghurt and cheese are linked to a reduction in the risk of type 2 diabetes by as much as a fifth, according to new research from Lund University in Sweden. High meat consumption, on the other hand, is linked to a higher risk. The findings, which have been published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, are in line with previous studies of eating habits that indica

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/high-fat-dairy-products-linked-reduced-type-2-diabetes-risk - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Morten Kjaerum is the new director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, having taken over the reins of the Institute on 1 April 2015. Kjaerum most recently was the director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) in Vienna. During his seven years at the agency, he is credited f

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-director-raoul-wallenberg-institute-human-rights - 2026-05-17

Five Lund University students have been declared to be some of the world's brightest business minds, landing a top six position in the prestigious Hult Prize competition in London. Five university friends from different backgrounds, nationalities and study programmes came together in a cold December to crack a fairly hard nut – solving one of the planet's biggest challenges in early childhood educ

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-students-make-top-six-hult-prize-competition - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Half of all patients who survive a cardiac arrest experience problems with cognitive functions such as memory and attention. This has been shown by a major international study led from Lund University. Surprisingly, however, a control group comprising heart attack patients had largely the same level of problems. This

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/cognitive-problems-are-common-after-cardiac-arrest - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers can now explain how asteroids are formed. According to a new study led by Lund University in Sweden, our own planet also has its origins in the same process, a cosmic ocean of millimetre-sized particles that orbited the young sun. WATCH VIDEO STORYFragments of asteroids regularly land on Earth as meteorite

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-millimetre-sized-stones-formed-our-planet - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This week around 40 Swedish researchers are visiting Korea to meet Korean colleagues in a series of interdisciplinary round table discussions within the framework of the two-day Korea–Sweden Excellence seminar, to reinforce existing contacts and to develop new ones. Issues regarding creativity and innovation, environm

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/sweden-reinforce-its-research-contacts-south-korea - 2026-05-17