Published 24 May 2024 NASA's Swift observatory is a satellite that studies gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the universe, as well as other cosmic objects and events. Photo credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris Smith (KBRwyle) NASA Swift satellite and AI unravel the distance of the farthest gamma-ray bursts. In this project, LUSEM Statistics Professor Malgorzata Bogdan,

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/predicting-redshifts-distant-astronomical-objects-machine-learning - 2025-07-03

By louise [dot] larsson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Louise Larsson) - published 17 February 2022 Nordic and Andean countries started their economic modernisation in the same way: with export of raw natural resources. Later on, Norway and Sweden became rich, while Bolivia, Chile and Peru followed a quite different path. What made them diverge from the common road? Different fiscal policies may be o

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/resource-curse-new-light-research-findings-fiscal-policy-andean-and-nordic-countries - 2025-07-03

By carla [dot] bohme [at] ics [dot] lu [dot] se (Carla Böhme) - published 28 May 2024 Markus Lahtinen, Lecturer and Researcher at the Department of Informatics at Lund University School of Economics and Management, assumed the position of chairman for the think tank Säkerhet för Näringsliv och Samhälle (SNOS, Security for Industry and Society). The SNOS network is a leading actor in security and s

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/markus-lahtinen-new-chairman-sakerhet-naringsliv-och-samhalle - 2025-07-03

By marie [dot] pihl [at] nek [dot] lu [dot] se (Marie Pihl) - published 29 May 2024 A key goal of public health systems is to reduce existing socioeconomic disparities in health. Photo: Kennet Ruona A key goal of public health systems is to reduce existing socioeconomic disparities in health. Yet, the economic incentives facing healthcare providers sometimes work in the other direction. Specifical

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/incentives-care-health-equity - 2025-07-03

By louise [dot] larsson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Louise Larsson) - published 30 May 2024 Jonas Ljunggren began to examine the data on historical consumer price indices in several popular databases. He found that in several cases the figures had been distorted compared to what was stated in the original source. (AI-generated image/Firefly) Several inaccuracies in historical CPIs in popular onlin

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/errors-detected-several-historical-consumer-price-indices - 2025-07-03

By maria [dot] johansson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Johansson) - published 31 May 2024 Dzhamilia Mamysheva, a 2023 graduate of LUSEM’s master’s programme in European and International Trade and Tax Law, has an inspiring career journey. From roles in international trade and supply chain management to her current position in Mars' Leadership Experience Program, she shares her post-graduation

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/dzhamilia-mamysheva-alumna-msc-european-and-international-trade-and-tax-law-2023 - 2025-07-03

By louise [dot] larsson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Louise Larsson) - published 4 June 2024 Career coaches Pernilla Thellmark and Stina Vikingsson: ”"During the workshops, we train and experiment with the IDG framework together with the students. It's a structured way to gradually discover which skills and abilities have been developed.” Meet Stina Vikingson and Pernilla Thellmark at Lund Universi

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/inner-development-goals-build-sustainable-careers - 2025-07-03

Published 3 April 2025 They eye of a roach with a large pupil (Photo: Kaj Hulthén) Roach that migrate between different lakes and water courses have larger pupils and better eyesight than roach that stay in one place. The adaptation makes it easier for the red-eyed freshwater migrants to find food in murky waters. This is shown in a large study from Lund University in Sweden. Animals’ eyes, just l

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/migrating-roach-have-sharper-eyesight - 2025-07-04

Published 3 April 2025 “High-income countries, such as the United States, have sharply reduced their use but the gas still accounts for more than 60% of their climate emissions from anaesthetic gases", says Talbot. Photo: iStock Gases used in anaesthesia are potent greenhouse gases, and their total global impact has not previously been known. A study published in The Lancet Planetary Health led by

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/reduced-climate-impact-anaesthetic-gases-worrying-trend-middle-income-countries - 2025-07-04

Published 7 April 2025 A Bornean pit viper (Tropidolaemus subannulatus) thrives in the undergrowth of a tropical forest near Kubah National Park, Malaysia. (Photo: Jonathan Goldenberg) Reptiles living in open habitats generally have brighter colouration than species living in denser vegetation. This is shown in a new study from Lund University in Sweden. The results suggest that changes in habitat

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/reptiles-are-brightest-open-habitats - 2025-07-04

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 9 April 2025 “Even with the simpler method of analysis, the blood test gives highly accurate results for Alzheimer’s disease pathology,” says Sebastian Palmqvist, associate professor and senior lecturer in neurology at Lund University. Photo: iStock A simpler method of analysing blood samples for Alzheimer’s disease has been t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/more-opportunities-test-alzheimers-using-new-analytical-method - 2025-07-04

Published 9 April 2025 Photo: MIRMAXSTOCK About 540 million years ago, our planet suddenly erupted with life, filling our oceans with a diversity of complex life. This is known as the Cambrian explosion, and for a long time scientists agreed it was triggered by a rise in oxygen levels in the atmosphere. But new research from Emma Hammarlund at Lund University is turning the tables completely on wh

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-animal-life-exploded-earth - 2025-07-04

By sanna [dot] trygg [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Sanna Trygg) - published 11 April 2025 "The voices of the survivors make clear how incredibly fragile a democracy is; how quickly the moral foundations of a society can crumble and make the unthinkable possible." Says Erik Renström, Vice-Chancellor of Lund University.    Ten years’ work has paid off – UNESCO has added the unique archive of

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ravensbruck-archive-lund-receives-memory-world-status - 2025-07-04

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 15 April 2025 “Today’s guidelines recommend stepwise addition of lipid-lowering treatment. But it’s often the case that this escalation takes too long, it’s ineffective and patients are lost to follow-up", says Margrét LeósdóttirPhoto: Åsa Hansdotter Patients suffering from myocardial infarction who receive early add-o

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/simple-medication-can-save-lives-cardiac-patients - 2025-07-04

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 24 April 2025 "We could potentially deploy these bacteria to capture methane that is released by diverse sources, from livestock farms to thawing permafrost", says Vasili Hauryliuk. Photo: iStock What if we could fight climate change using bacteria that live on air? That’s the vision behind a newly funded international researc

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/living-air-scientists-enlist-arctic-bacteria-fight-climate-change - 2025-07-04

By theo [dot] hagman-rogowski [at] soclaw [dot] lu [dot] se (Theo Hagman-Rogowski) - published 28 April 2025 Central Asian States. Photo: CC A consortium helmed by Lund University in Sweden has been awarded a major EU grant to establish an international doctoral programme on the theme of society and law in authoritarian states in Central Asia. The aim is to promote democratisation and positive soc

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/sek-60-million-doctoral-programme-authoritarian-asian-states - 2025-07-04

Published 7 May 2025 Researchers Maria Svensson Coelho and Hannah Blossom perform winter sampling of the green alga Chlamydomonas in Lake Krageholmssjön. (Photo: Karin Rengefors) Humans and animals are not the only ones affected by viruses. Unicellular organisms can also be attacked. In a new study, scientists establish that green algae can carry latent giant virus DNA in their genome. Biology res

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/unicellular-green-algae-may-carry-giant-virus-dna-their-genome - 2025-07-04

By sanna [dot] trygg [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Sanna Trygg) - published 8 May 2025 Photo: Pexels Me time, couple time and more free time in everyday life. Many people wish they had more time – but is there a sustainable approach to time? Historian David Larsson Heidenblad is looking for the answer. In many Swedish homes there is a well-thumbed copy of Bodil Jönsson’s book Ten Thoughts

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/sustainable-relationship-time-it-possible - 2025-07-04

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 13 May 2025 The researchers could see an increase in the number of pregnancies and a relative number of 38% more babies born among women who received hormone therapy that matched their gene variation compared with those who did not. Photo: iStock Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have conducted a clinical study to show

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/higher-success-rate-using-simple-oral-swab-test-ivf - 2025-07-04

Published 14 May 2025 Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, part of the global economic elite (Photos: Wikicommons) Who are the people that make up the world’s economic elite – and do they differ between countries? In a new, unique database, an international team of researchers has compiled individual data from 16 countries that together account for a third of the world’s population and more

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ten-things-research-tells-us-about-global-economic-elite - 2025-07-04