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At the end of March Lund Observatory together with the Department of Theoretical Physics moved its website to the Lund University web server. This move gives the Lund Observatory website a whole new look, many new functionalities and enables us to comply with the guidelines of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). If you are no longer able find important content on our website then feel free to
https://www.astro.lu.se/article/new-website-launched - 2025-11-05
We congratulate our friend and colleague Anders Johansen who was recently elected new member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in the class for astronomy and space sciences. Press release from the Royal Swedish Academy (in Swedish)
https://www.astro.lu.se/article/anders-johansen-elected-new-member-royal-swedish-academy-science - 2025-11-05
Oscar Agertz and his team of astronomers have been simulating galactic formation and evolution. This is something Lund University has been covering in one of their latest press releases. Read the whole story on the LU news site
https://www.astro.lu.se/article/vintergatan-simulations-gets-some-well-deserved-attention - 2025-11-05
Big congratulations to Nils, who has just been promoted to Professor at the Department for Astronomy and Theoretical Physics.
https://www.astro.lu.se/article/nils-ryde-promoted-professor - 2025-11-05
Today, in a ceremony at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, a Lund University Master’s student has been named a ‘Global Swede’ by the Swedish Minister for Trade. The distinction ’Global Swede’ is awarded to international students who are considered ‘good ambassadors for their University and for Sweden’, and have shown ’academic creativity, entrepreneurship or innovation’. This year, Ziad El-Awad fro
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lu-student-selected-global-swede-2014 - 2025-11-05
Certain cows’ milk is excellent for cheesemaking, whereas others’ is considerably less suitable. This has been shown in a new thesis from Lund University in Sweden, as part of a Swedish-Danish milk genomics initiative. The findings could possibly lead to certain cows’ milk being used entirely for cheese, and others’ milk for drinking. WATCH: Why certain cows make better cheese“No one knew this. At
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/moo-ve-over-findings-pave-way-cheese-cows - 2025-11-05
The fluorine that is found in products such as toothpaste was likely formed billions of years ago in now dead stars of the same type as our sun. This has been shown by astronomers at Lund University in Sweden, together with colleagues from Ireland and the USA. Fluorine can be found in everyday products such as toothpaste and fluorine chewing gum. However, the origins of the chemical element have b
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/toothpaste-fluorine-formed-stars - 2025-11-05
A new study from Lund University in Sweden has, for the first time, reconstructed solar activity during the last ice age. The study shows that the regional climate is influenced by the sun and offers opportunities to better predict future climate conditions in certain regions. For the first time, a research team has been able to reconstruct the solar activity at the end of the last ice age, around
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/suns-activity-influences-natural-climate-change - 2025-11-05
Ordinary table salt can be used to measure radiation from radioactive substances, provided that it is stored in the dark. This has been shown in a new thesis from Lund University in Sweden, where the method has been enhanced and tested on fallout from the nuclear disasters in Fukushima and Chernobyl. “Salt is readily available and very cheap, which gives it an advantage over the retrospective dosi
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/table-salt-measures-radiation-fukushima - 2025-11-05
A professor at Lund University in Sweden has created the world’s first 3D-printed saxophone. WATCH: The world’s first 3D-printed saxophoneOlaf Diegel, Professor of Product Development at Lund University, developed the prototype in just six months.The saxophone was printed in nylon from 41 different components, weighing less than 25% of a real saxophone. And while it sounds impressive already, Olaf
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/worlds-first-3d-printed-saxophone - 2025-11-05
The body’s assailants are cleverer than previously thought. New research from Lund University in Sweden shows for the first time how bacteria in the airways can help each other replenish vital iron. The bacteria thereby increase their chances of survival, which can happen at the expense of the person’s health. The bacteria Haemophilus influenzae is a type of bacteria in the respiratory tract that
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/smart-bacteria-help-each-other-survive - 2025-11-05
A study of individuals who have been adopted has identified genetics as the dominant risk factor in ‘familial’ breast, prostate and colorectal cancers. Researchers at the Centre for Primary Health Care Research at Lund University and Region Skåne in Sweden have presented the new research findings based on studies of population registers.“The results of our study do not mean that an individual’s li
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/genetics-dominant-risk-factor-common-cancers - 2025-11-05
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https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-launches-moocs - 2025-11-05
The Hutu militia FDLR, who were behind the genocide in Rwanda, now live in eastern Congo, one of a number of rebel groups in the war-torn country. Lund University social anthropologist Anna Hedlund has lived with the group and describes the systematic attacks on the Congolese population, as well as a hopeless situation in which the group live as exiles, not welcome anywhere. The goal of Anna Hedlu
A new study suggests hairdressers are exposed to substances that can cause bladder cancer. Over recent years, there have been a number of reports suggesting that aromatic amines, carcinogenic compounds that can cause bladder cancer, may be present as contaminants in certain hair dyes. In the study from Lund University in Sweden, researchers have investigated to what extent hairdressers are exposed
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/hairdressers-exposed-carcinogenic-substances - 2025-11-05
Diabetes is a disease that is increasing exponentially worldwide, largely as a result of the food we eat and because we exercise too little. Diabetes causes great personal suffering and shortens lifespan, as well as placing a heavy economic burden on society as whole and our health care systems in particular. This summer, Paul Franks, a professor at Lund University Diabetes Centre, will be doing a
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ironman-support-diabetes-research - 2025-11-05
Many people with cystic fibrosis develop diabetes. The reasons for this have been largely unknown, but now researchers at Lund University in Sweden and Karolinska institutet have identified a molecular mechanism that contributes to the raised diabetes risk. “The increased risk of diabetes has previously been explained by the fact that cystic fibrosis causes damage to the pancreas, where the blood-
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/cystic-fibrosis-and-diabetes-link-explained - 2025-11-05
Swimming fish do not appear to use their collision warning system in the same way as flying insects, according to new research from Lund University in Sweden that has compared how zebra fish and bumblebees avoid collisions. The fish surprised the researchers. All animals need some form of warning system that prevents them colliding with objects in their surroundings. The warning system helps them
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/fish-more-inclined-crash-bees - 2025-11-05
Two years ago, a new type of stem cell was discovered in the brain that has the capacity to form new cells. The same research group at Lund University in Sweden has now revealed that these stem cells, which are located in the outer blood vessel wall, appear to be involved in the brain reaction following a stroke. The findings show that the cells, known as pericytes, drop out from the blood vessel,
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/migrating-stem-cells-and-stroke - 2025-11-05
Sweden is the top provider of higher education in Europe, second only to the U.S. in the world, a global study has found for the third year running. Sweden's higher education system was also ranked best in the world, when each country’s level of economic development was taken into account.* The ranking of the 50 countries worldwide was done by Universitas 21, a global network of leading research u
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/swedish-higher-education-best-europe - 2025-11-05
