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Sweden’s Innovation Agency, Vinnova, will invest in eleven new competence centres starting in January 2024. Four of these are coordinated from Lund University, adding up to the existing competence centre. New research environments for sustainable and digital transformation are emerging. In the competence centres, universities and companies will jointly conduct excellent research and education in a

https://www.sentio.lu.se/article/sentio-one-vinnovas-new-competence-centres - 2026-05-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Carbon offsetting can be strongly questioned as an environmental strategy, due to major challenges in reconciling climate benefits with local needs, participation and development. This is the view taken by researchers from Lund University in Sweden, who studied a tree-planting project in Uganda, through which a number

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/planting-trees-africa-dubious-environmental-strategy-study - 2026-05-13

A brand new essay prize for students has now been launched by Sparbanken Skånes Center for Sustainable Enterprising (SSCEN). In the fall of 2023 the winners will be announced. Sparbanken Skånes Center for Sustainable Enterprising (SSCEN) at Lund University together with Sparbanksstiftelsen Finn award an annual thesis prize to encourage business and engineering students to contribute with valuable

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/sscen-sustainability-prize-masters-theses - 2026-05-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In the seventh anniversary of the Gezi Park protests, Dr. Ömer Turan, Swedish Institute fellow at CMES, has published a chapter, in the volume edited by Maria do Mar Castro Verela, and Baris Ülker (Doing Tolerance, Urban Interventions and Forms of Participation, Barbara Budrich, 2020). Taksim Square’s historical backg

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-publication-cmes-guest-researcher-omer-turan - 2026-05-13

At LU Innovation, anyone who wants to utilise and translate their research into a product or service can get help with things like funding, advice, development and marketing completely free of charge. Niclas Nilsson, head of office at LU Innovation, hopes that more researchers will discover the service. Ultrasound diagnosis, the first respirator, oat milk, Bluetooth and gene therapy in cancer trea

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/helping-researchers-who-want-start-companies-and-develop-innovations - 2026-05-14

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Better than expected, but not without its challenges, especially socially. That’s how a couple of our students and staff tell the story of how we went from campus education to distance learning methods in a matter of days. Wednesday 18 March. The campus is still open to students and staff, but from now on very few, if

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/students-and-teachers-share-their-stories-distance-learning-due-covid-19 - 2026-05-13

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 of the Paris Agreement in 2

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/glasgow-climate-summit-what-it-about-and-why-does-it-matter - 2026-05-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Science should be able to be reproduced, but in reality this is a step that is often overlooked. Researcher Burak Tunca at the School of Economics and Management sees several possible measures that could make research better – and more open. “Researchers should always pre-register their studies and be open with their

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/do-it-again-and-do-it-right - 2026-05-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A record donation of SEK 350 million from the IKEA Foundation has secured the future of the School of Industrial Design at Lund University. It is not the first time that the school has received a major donation from IKEA. It all started at a meeting over a lot of coffee and snuff between Ingvar Kamprad and Thomas Joha

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/shared-vision-about-good-design-everyone-behind-huge-donations - 2026-05-13

En ny studie visar att några minuters dagliga meditationsövningar via en vanlig mindfulness-app får hjärnan att sudda ut inlärda, men irrelevanta, rädslor. Enligt forskarna bakom studien pekar resultaten på att mindfulness skulle kunna effektivisera behandlingar av ångest och posttraumatisk stress. I studien som publicerats i Nature-tidskriften Scientific Reports av forskare från bland andra unive

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/mindfulness-suddar-ut-gamla-radslor - 2026-05-13

Avfallshantering, plastföroreningar, kapacitetsuppbyggnad och finansiellt stöd till utvecklingsländer. Detta är i fokus för inspelen till FN:s globala plastavtal som ska vara klart i december. Mindre fokus läggs på produktionsfrågor och plastens klimatpåverkan. Det visar en ny rapport från Lunds universitet och Köpenhamns universitet som har gått igenom de olika förslagen. – Den stora nämnaren är

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/avfallshantering-och-plastfororeningar-i-fokus-inspel-till-fns-globala-plastavtal - 2026-05-13

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Flera studier har undersökt och funnit ett starkt samband mellan diabetes och demens. Den förhöjda risken att insjukna i en demenssjukdom gäller både vid typ 1 och typ 2 diabetes. En väsentlig del av risken utgörs av alltför höga blodsockervärden. I en studie från University of California, San Francisco, USA, analys

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/langvariga-hoga-blodsockervarden-okar-risken-demens - 2026-05-13

Allt fler svenska tatuerar sig och Sveriges befolkning är nu en av de mest tatuerade i Europa. Samtidigt ökar förekomsten av melanom. En ny epidemiologisk studie från Lunds universitet, tyder på att tatueringar kan vara en riskfaktor för melanom. Forskningsläget kring tatueringar och cancerMot bakgrund av det dåliga kunskapsläget kring långsiktiga hälsoeffekter av tatueringar, tillsammans med att

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/tatueringar-kan-vara-en-riskfaktor-melanom - 2026-05-14

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Uppmaningen kommer från forskare i Australien som har gjort precis det i Western Australia, en delstat med drygt två och en halv miljon invånare. Alla skulle tjäna på en allmän MODY-screening. Samhället skulle spara pengar och för den enskilde individen, som får en korrekt diagnos, slipper insulinbehandling och klar

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/testa-alla-nya-diabetesbarn-mody-diabetes - 2026-05-14

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. ISPAD (International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes) fyller jämt (40 år!) och håller i år sin kongress i insulinbehandlingens ursprungsstad Toronto. Här rapporterar barnläkaren Frida Sundberg från kongressen. Inledningsanförandet av ISPADs president Stephen Green tog upp de olika förutsättningar som I

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/rapport-fran-internationellt-barndiabetesmote - 2026-05-13

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. I corona-krisen måste vården prioritera rätt. I nuläget ska biologisk ålder vara ett kriterium när intensivvården prioriterar, men begreppet är inte exakt definierat. Därför riskerar den kronologiska åldern, det vi brukar mena med ålder, att användas i praktiken. För att prioritera rätt bör vården istället göra en h

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/debatt-alder-ska-inte-styra-vem-som-far-vard - 2026-05-13

The Lund Stem Cell Center at Lund University has relaunched its Professional Development Program (PDP), which provides PhD students support beyond research, equipping them with the personal and professional skills essential for long-term career success. While most doctoral programs focus on scientific expertise, the PDP broadens that approach by equipping students with skills for career growth, se

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/lund-stem-cell-center-relaunches-professional-development-program-phd-success - 2026-05-13

Around 20 000 Swedes are currently suffering from Parkinson’s disease, yet there are still only treatments to alleviate symptoms. Through a new biobank, researchers gain access to the genetic profiles of 1000 Parkinson’s patients together with comprehensive information about their lifestyles and medical histories. “I am convinced that many researchers will use the biobank over the next few years,

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/new-biobank-provides-insights-parkinsons-disease - 2026-05-13

Andreas Bruzelius, a Ph.D. student at Lund University, defended his PhD thesis on Friday, 20 October 2023. Andreas' research focuses on generating brain cells, specifically interneurons, in the lab, which has significant implications for the study of neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders. Combining cell biology and electrophysiology, his work has the potential to create personalized dis

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/generating-gabaergic-interneurons-phd-interview-andreas-bruzelius - 2026-05-13

Beneath our feet, there is a bustling world of life that is crucial to both food and climate. Yet we often take this hidden ecosystem for granted. With new technology, research and culture, soil ecologist Edith Hammer and her colleagues, together with artist duo (p)Art of the Biomass, are opening a whole new window to the underground and a world few of us have seen. Edith Hammer is a soil ecologis

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/window-underground-where-soil-science-meets-culture - 2026-05-13