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In their quest to find new and better methods to make cancer cells more susceptible to treatment, Karin Lindkvist and her research group at Lund University in Sweden are looking into the world of molecules, using the X-rays at the MAX IV laboratory. The researchers believe that limiting the cells' access to sugar will make cancer cells more sensitive to treatment. Karin Lindkvist in the laboratory

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/researchers-believe-sugar-and-obesity-can-make-cancer-cells-more-difficult-kill - 2025-10-29

Candy heaven or candy hell? Halloween consumption has gone rampant since we imported this tradition from the United States, and is expected to reach 1,6 billion SEK in 2024. In Sweden we used to just go to graveyards on All Hallows Eve and light candles in memory of loved ones that have passed, but starting in the 1990’s it has become a spectacle, with costumes, parties, ghostly decorations and tr

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/economics-death-and-halloween-consumption - 2025-10-29

Candy heaven or candy hell? Halloween consumption has gone rampant since we imported this tradition from the United States, and is expected to reach 1,6 billion SEK in 2024. In Sweden we used to just go to graveyards on All Hallows Eve and light candles in memory of loved ones that have passed, but starting in the 1990’s it has become a spectacle, with costumes, parties, ghostly decorations and tr

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/economics-death-and-halloween-consumption - 2025-10-30

Is it possible to improve the antibodies that the body produces to fight SARS-CoV2? In a study led by researchers from Lund University in Sweden, this was investigated by redesigning antibodies and combining them against the virus. The modified antibodies have been tested in human cells and with mice. Many antibodies used to treat covid infection during the pandemic have been so-called neutralizin

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/cocktail-modified-antibodies-provides-strong-effect-against-sars-cov-2 - 2025-10-29

School of Journalism in collaboration with SASNET participated in the seminar World’s Best Morning together with invited speakers from India who shared their perspectives to on-going digitalization of the country. The seminar was arranged and hosted by Media Evolution, Malmö. India has more then 400 million registered Internet users but given the fact that the country has more then 1,3 billion cit

https://www.journalistik.lu.se/artikel/digital-dos-and-donts-indian-perspective - 2025-10-29

Mark this day by learning how you can make electronics more circular! Today is the official Circular Electronics Day and the IIIEE is participating. For the sixth year in a row, the 24th of January means the Circular Electronics Day. The IIIEE is a participating organisation in the Circular Electronics Initiative. The goal is to create awareness about the need for a longer life for electronic prod

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/january-24-official-circular-electronics-day - 2025-10-29

NYTT FRÅN VÅRA FORSKARE: Jan Teorell har en ny publikation ute som förklarar valfusk i Sverige ur ett historiskt perspektiv, med utgångspunkt i originaluppgifter från andra instansens överklaganden som lämnades in 1719-1908, "Partisanship and Unreformed Bureaucracy: The Drivers of Election Fraud in Sweden, 1719-1908". Dessa överklaganden avslöjar systematiska processuella övergrepp som begåtts av

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/teorell-om-1700-talets-valfusk-i-sverige - 2025-10-29

As resistance to existing antibiotics increases, new approaches to serious bacterial infections are needed. Now researchers at Lund University in Sweden, together with colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) in the US, have investigated one such alternative. “We were able to show that a tailor-made protein which previously worked against various kinds of Gram-negative b

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/specially-designed-protein-fights-several-species-bacteria - 2025-10-29

Building an Easier Path Toward Open Access Book Publishing:  Support for Authors Christina Emery har skrivit en artikel i The Scholarly Kitchen om vilka prövningar och vilket stöd som finns i förhållande till publicering av OA-böcker. Länk till artikel: Building an Easier Path Toward Open Access Book Publishing:  Support for Authors Do you obey public-access mandates? Google Scholar is watching Go

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-april-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation-0 - 2025-10-29

Alumni Clara Mosconi current with exhibition and publication launch Paralingual Score. Opening Thursday 24 October 17:00-20:00, with a Performance at 18.00 at BLADR in Copenhagen.In the exhibition A Paralingual Score, the public is invited into a space, where the invisible and underheard dimensions of language come to the fore. The installation presents a paralinguistic polyphony, composed of the

https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/alumni-exhibition-and-publication-launch-clara-mosconi - 2025-10-29

Is it possible to improve the antibodies that the body produces to fight SARS-CoV2? In a study led by researchers from Lund University in Sweden, this was investigated by redesigning antibodies and combining them against the virus. The modified antibodies have been tested in human cells and with mice. Many antibodies used to treat covid infection during the pandemic have been so-called neutralizin

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/cocktail-modified-antibodies-provides-strong-effect-against-sars-cov-2 - 2025-10-30

Why are some governments more corrupt than others? Why do high-level officials in some countries seem to extract more rents than others? In the recently-published article “Cabinets, Prime Ministers, and Corruption: A Comparative Analysis of Parliamentary Governments in Post-War Europe” Hanna Bäck and Jan Teorell, together with Staffan Lindberg, present one answer to such questions, focusing on the

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/corruption-governments - 2025-10-29

Sweden is trending right now, with cultural concepts such as “lagom” (just enough) and “fika” (coffee break) selling everything from books to fashion. The nation is often seen as a social democratic model country, where people are egalitarian, wealthy and happy. As Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of the Swedish multinational furniture retailer IKEA, recently passed away, it is interesting to reflect o

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-ikeas-founder-exported-certain-image-sweden-frugality-fika - 2025-10-29

Have the flight-free movement’s calls to avoid flying because of climate change had an impact on travel behaviors? What can be attributed to economic factors, changed social norms or a combination of both is unclear - but air travel in Sweden has decreased by 20 percent compared to before the pandemic. – The movement seeks to achieve change by making visible other ways of traveling, and in a large

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-dissertation-explores-how-swedens-flight-free-movement-challenges-social-norms-around-flying - 2025-10-29

The Historical Museum at Lund University reopened during the first weekend of December after almost one year of renovation and rebuilding. “It feels great to be able to welcome new and previous visitors to the museum at last. We hope that they will make new discoveries about the past and find new approaches to our collections, while it will be easier to find your way here and around the museum”, s

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/reopened-museum-looks-future - 2025-10-29

Antikroppar är kroppens superhjältar som känner igen och röjer undan sjukdomsframkallande ämnen. Genom att kombinera delar från antikroppar har forskare vid Lunds universitet designat en hybridantikropp som bättre stimulerar immunförsvaret mot både SARS-CoV-2-virus och streptokockbakterier. –  Hybridantikroppen är betydligt bättre än kroppens egna antikroppar på att bekämpa såväl streptokocker som

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/receptet-pa-en-fantastisk-antikropp - 2025-10-30

The South Korean Truth and Reconciliation Commission has released findings on human rights violations in international adoption practices, highlighting the state's failures in child welfare. On 26 March 2025, the South Korean Truth and Reconciliation Commission released the first of its findings on human rights violations committed in international adoption practices. South Korea has operated the

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/youngeun-koo-comments-washington-post-south-koreas-truth-commission-report-international-adoption - 2025-10-29

CMES researcher Pinar Dinc has recently published an article in the Conversation. Published: July 14.The historic disarmament ceremony on July 11 where members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) laid down their arms marked a pivotal moment in a decades-long conflict in Turkey. The ceremony was described by many who attended as a profoundly symbolic and emotional day that may signal the beginnin

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/how-does-pkks-disarmament-affect-turkey-syria-and-iraq - 2025-10-29

Thursday 20 May Morten is giving a CMES Research Seminar on the topic: What is so Sectarian about Sectarian Politics? Identity Politics and Authoritarianism in a New Middle East. 1.    How has sectarian politics been debated before, during and after the Arab Revolts? The public debate on sectarianism easily leaves the impression that this is a very recent issue emerging in the wake of the Arab rev

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/three-questions-morten-valbjorn - 2025-10-29

Marion von Osten som doktorerade med 'In The Making : Traversing the project exhibition In the Desert of Modernity. Colonial Planning and After' vid Konsthögskolan i Malmö 2018, avled tragiskt nog i cancer under helgen som gick. Hennes kollegor i doktorandgruppen samt hennes handledare har skrivit ihop några minnesord till Marion. Läs nedan: With deep sadness we mourn the passing of our dear frien

https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/minnesord-marion-von-osten - 2025-10-29