Published 17 December 2014 Nearly two out of three countries in the world now participate in a new kind of “virtual land trade”, where not only the goods produced but land ownership itself is traded internationally, according to a study from Lund University in Sweden.   WATCH: Two thirds of world’s countries now part of global land trade This phenomenon of large-scale global land acquisitions is r

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/china-uk-and-us-centre-global-land-grabbing-trade - 2025-07-23

By jan [dot] olsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 13 December 2024 To ensure that everyone has their say and that no one feels attacked when debating loaded and sensitive topics, it is important to establish the ground rules from the outset. This applies to society at large and in the lecture hall. This is the opinion of Christer Mattsson, Associate Professor of Ped

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/risk-polarisation-lecture-hall - 2025-07-24

Published 12 February 2016 Thanks to an innovative energy-saving solar-based water purification technology, rural areas in Bangladesh are now able to access safe drinking water. Photo: K. M. Persson Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a water purification plant that provides clean water far beyond the reach of the electrical grid – thanks to solar cells. With the help of Nobel

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-solar-cells-help-purify-water-remote-areas - 2025-07-23

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 14 October 2022 Ouyang Yuan will defend her thesis 14 October 2022. Ouyang Yuan defends her Ph.D. thesis on 14 October 2022. As a medical student with a longstanding interest in blood malignancies, her research has focused on better understanding the development of a specific type of blood cancer, acute myeloid leukemi

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/placing-acute-myeloid-leukemia-under-microscope-phd-interview-ouyang-yuan - 2025-07-23

Published 21 May 2019 During 7-8 of May, 80 researchers within MERGE and BECC met to learn about the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, and how their research can be linked, and contribute, to the implementation of the goals. We are just as far from reaching the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) as Burkina Faso. We just have different challenges.This is one of many terse quotes delivered by Ka

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/spring-meeting-2019-merge-becc-jointly-sustainable-development-goals - 2025-07-23

Published 6 October 2014 By studying identical twins, researchers from Lund University in Sweden have identified mechanisms that could be behind the development of type 2 diabetes. This may explain cases where one identical twin develops type 2 diabetes. The study involved 14 pairs of identical twins in Sweden and Denmark. One twin had type 2 diabetes and the other was healthy.“Twins are a good mo

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/study-identical-twins-reveal-type-2-diabetes-clues - 2025-07-23

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 4 May 2023 “Nanotechnology and nanoscience are necessary to address global challenges and achieve a sustainable world. We are already working on this, but we are bursting at the seams,” says NanoLund’s director Anders Mikkelsen. Work is now in progress on procuring a landlord who wants to be part of the development of Nanolab Sc

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/next-milestone-lund-universitys-road-science-village-landlord-wanted - 2025-07-23

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 13 March 2020 The forest represents deep and intimate values for children such as freedom, comfort, a sense of discovery and wellbeing New research from Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies shows that children’s relationships with nature are not only important for their wellbeing but also for fu

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/childrens-relationship-nature-key-future-sustainable-forest-management - 2025-07-23

Published 23 February 2018 Birgitta Svenningsson and Paul Miller with their collegues at MERGE combine experimental data from local-level studies with advanced ESMs, thereby improving the ability to predict the climate for larger areas in the next 100 years. The climate issue is one of the biggest global societal challenges of our time. Research on where the climate is heading is an important part

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/climate-models-point-way-towards-future - 2025-07-23

By bodil [dot] malmstrom [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Bodil Malmström) - published 9 December 2020 Dolphins use these sounds and echoes to navigate and locate their food, but also for their social contacts. So far, the way dolphins navigate, find food and socialise using sound signals has baffled researchers. Josefin Starkhammar, senior lecturer at the Division for Biomedical Engineering, together

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-algorithm-brings-us-closer-dolphin-communication - 2025-07-23

Published 16 January 2018 2017 was a very productive and successful year for us at SASNET. Our researchers and staff published books, peer-reviewed articles and made over 40 public appearances. Our many followers on social media were continuously kept updated on research and other activities. During 2018 SASNET will continue to grow as Sweden's leading center for South Asian Studies. Research Duri

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/2017-productive-year-sasnet - 2025-07-23

Av helena [dot] lind [at] sam [dot] lu [dot] se (Helena Lind) - publicerad 28 november 2024 Ann-Sofie Zettergren kommer att axla rollen som Samhällsvetenskapliga fakultetens data steward. Med Enheten för forskningsdata satsar universitetet på att förbättra stödet till forskarna i hanteringen av forskningsdata. På varje fakultet finns nu en data steward som ska hjälpa forskarna i deras arbetet med

https://www.sam.lu.se/internt/artikel/ny-enhet-forskningsdata-med-data-stewards-pa-varje-fakultet - 2025-07-23

Publicerad 25 juni 2019 Bildkälla: Mostphotos Forskare från Lunds universitet har tillsammans med företaget Roche använt en metod för att utveckla en ny blodmarkör som kan upptäcka om en person har Alzheimers sjukdom eller inte. Om metoden godkänns för klinisk användning hoppas forskarna att den på sikt kan användas som diagnostiskt verktyg inom primärvården. Till hösten påbörjar de en studie i pr

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/ny-metod-att-med-enkelt-blodprov-upptacka-alzheimer - 2025-07-24

Published 23 October 2019 Darcy Wagner and Sandra Lindstedt Ingemansson, researchers at the Wallenberg Center for Molecular Medicine, Lund University and Skåne University Hospital. Photo: Agata Garpenlind 800 people in Sweden are currently on the waiting list to receive donated organs, but there are too few organs. Nearly one person dies each week in Sweden while on the waiting list. How can this

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/translational-research-developing-new-methods-prevent-organ-rejection-and-growing-new-organs-lab - 2025-07-23

By johan [dot] nyman [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Nyman) - published 21 May 2025 Archaeologist Greer Jarrett at Lund University in Sweden has been sailing in the footsteps of Vikings for three years. He can now show that the Vikings sailed farther away from Scandinavia, and took routes farther from land, than was previously believed to have been possible. In his latest study, he has

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/archaeologist-sailing-viking-makes-unexpected-discoveries - 2025-07-23

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 9 April 2025 Could burying carbon dioxide under the seabed be the answer for the future? Lina Lefstad, who received an Honourable Mention in the Agenda 2030 Award, is exploring this in her research. Photo: Sara Håkansson She grew up in oil-rich Norway, with a father who travelled the world working in the oil sector. Li

https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/can-oil-industrys-know-how-help-solve-climate-crisis - 2025-07-23

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold and Noomi Egan) - published 31 October 2022 An increased number of floods is considered the major reason for migration in the context of climate change in Bangladeshl. Photo: Moniruzzaman Sazal / Climate Visuals Countdown. The UNFCCC climate meeting COP27 is less than a week away. With evidence growing that green house g

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/loss-and-damage-most-critical-question-cop27 - 2025-07-23

Publicerad 12 september 2013 Med omkring 600 000 patienter i Sverige och 350 miljoner patienter i andra länder är diabetes en av världens stora folksjukdomar. Det "Stora nordiska priset" från Eric K Fernströms stiftelse, med en prissumma på en miljon kronor, går nu till den internationellt kände diabetesforskaren Leif Groop från Lunds universitet. Leif Groops specialitet har kallats för "genfiske"

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/prestigefyllt-miljonpris-till-diabetesforskare-i-malmo - 2025-07-23

Av asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - publicerad 18 december 2023 Lillhjärnan spelar en viktig roll för motorisk förmåga och tajming. Forskare kopplar de förändringar som finns i lillhjärnan vid ADHD, till ett test med finger-tapping. Bild: iStock Genom ett enkelt, billigt test på fem minuter kan man få en första indikation om ett barn har ADHD. Det visar nu en fors

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/test-pa-fem-minuter-ger-indikation-om-adhd - 2025-07-23

Publicerad 25 november 2024 Med enheten för forskningsdata satsar universitetet på att förbättra stödet till forskarna när det gäller hanteringen av forskningsdata. På varje fakultet finns nu data stewards som ska hjälpa forskarna i arbetet med forskningsdata. På naturvetenskapliga fakulteten delar Thomas Tengelin Nyström och Kurt Mattsson på rollen som data steward. Den nya enheten för forsknings

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/internt/artikel/ny-enhet-forskningsdata-med-data-stewards-pa-varje-fakultet - 2025-07-23