By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 24 June 2022 A graphical image depicting the reprogramming of human skin cells to astrocytes. Image credit: Cathrine Ahlenius Researchers from Lund University interested in understanding how aging affects the brain have made a new discovery that will help make it easier to study age-related brain diseases and potential

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/how-our-skin-cells-might-be-key-better-understanding-human-brain - 2025-07-29

Published 14 October 2019 For people with mental health problems, it can take time and be difficult to achieve a successful working life. A new thesis from Lund University describes what is required to facilitate working life for persons with mental health problems: Hope and belief in the person's ability to work. To focus on the person and increase knowledge of mental illness among both employers

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/belief-peoples-ability-work - 2025-07-29

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/new-type-solar-cell-being-tested-space - 2025-07-29

By caterina [dot] doglioni [at] hep [dot] lu [dot] se (Caterina Doglioni) - published 7 June 2023 The computing farm for the real-time data selection system of the ATLAS experiment at CERN, where Lund particle physics researchers work, analyses up to 100000 collision events per second when the Large Hadron Collider is running. Image: ATLAS Experiment Research in particle physics often relies on si

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/towards-green-software-tackling-energy-cost-scientific-software - 2025-07-29

Published 8 October 2018 By blocking a protein, VDAC1, in the insulin-producing beta cells, it is possible to restore their normal function in case of type 2 diabetes. In preclinical experiments, the researchers behind a new study have also shown that it is possible to prevent the development of the disease. The findings are published in the scientific journal Cell Metabolism. The researchers at L

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-discovery-restores-insulin-cell-function-type-2-diabetes - 2025-07-29

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 13 October 2020 3D illustration of different pollen. Is it possible that a tiny pollen dredged up from a European lake can hold answers about both our past and our future? Researchers at Lund University use pollen as old as 12 000 years to predict our future climate, and to study ecological and historical change. Researchers E

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/old-pollen-seed-can-predict-tomorrows-climate - 2025-07-29

By bodil [dot] malmstrom [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Bodil Malmström) - published 25 January 2023 Despite not being part of the winning team in the EU’s enormous culture and innovation push, Lund University regards itself as a clear winner. The preparatory work on the application acted like a beacon and all the faculties joined in to work together and find interdisciplinary innovation and collabor

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/rallied-competition-lu-continue-investment-creatives - 2025-07-30

By louise [dot] larsson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Louise Larsson) - published 16 September 2024 Illustration: Axel Brechensbauer One of the biggest perks of teaching at university? Supervising students and seeing them grow into their role. That is at least according to senior lecturers Olof Hallonsten and Anna Jonsson. Detectives with magnifying glasses and catching and preparing a fish. Those a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/comic-strips-and-metaphors-help-students-reflect - 2025-07-30

Published 17 January 2025 A few minutes in the same room as an infected person is enough to catch the virus yourself. Here, aerosol researcher Malin Alsved collects virus aerosols from an infected person in a mobile laboratory during the pandemic. Photo: Jakob Löndahl The virus winter season has struck – and COVID-19 is still part of everyday life. However, unlike during the pandemic, we now know

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/heres-how-easily-you-can-catch-covid-19-through-air - 2025-07-29

Published 13 June 2025 (Image: Mostphotos) The most important mineral in today's electric car batteries is lithium. China completely dominates the market, with no extraction taking place in Europe. However, a new study shows that there is great potential for European lithium production, which would bring improvements in competitiveness, the climate and security. The study also points out that ther

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-lithium-mines-could-cut-eu-imports-half - 2025-07-29

By kommunikation [at] kommuikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Nyhetsredaktionen) - published 16 July 2025 The researches examining one part of the flipper at Lund University. Courtesy of Katrin Sachs. Investigation of a metre-long front flipper, uniquely preserved with fossilized soft tissues, has revealed that the giant ichthyosaur Temnodontosaurus was equipped with flow control devices that likely serve

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ancient-giant-marine-reptile-relied-stealth-while-hunting-darkness - 2025-07-29

By peter [dot] kjallkvist [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Peter Kjällkvist) - published 14 September 2023 Ester Barinaga studies local currency initiatives. Photo: Juan Ocampo Local currencies may arise when there is a clear need for certain products and services in a local area and where the competences to produce them exist but the lack of traditional money puts obstacles in the way. The lack of mon

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/local-currencies-solution-times-crisis - 2025-07-30

By lena [dot] bjork_blixt [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Lena Björk Blixt) - published 13 December 2024 Space contains staggeringly more than we can see or measure. The universe is estimated to consist of 5 per cent visible matter, 27 per cent dark matter and 68 per cent dark energy. Photo: ESA/Hubble & NASA, V. Antoniou Visible matter in the universe represents only five per cent of everything t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/search-shadow-invisible - 2025-07-30

By jan [dot] olsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 13 February 2025 Heleneholm as a campus area for the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts has gained momentum. Photo: David Castor/wikimedia commons With Varvsstaden out of the picture, the University of Chicago’s establishment and investment in one of the US megacity’s most vulnerable areas, South Side, serve as the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/faculty-fine-and-performing-arts-mulls-co-location-heleneholm - 2025-07-30

By minna [dot] wallen-widung [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Minna Wallén-Widung) - published 2 April 2024 Annika Olsson, dean of LTH, Magnus Genrup, head of the Department of Energy Sciences, and Karolina Isaksson, Head of Finance at LTH. Photo: Kennet Ruona, Johan Persson and private Lund University’s researchers are good at applying for and obtaining external research grants. But many fun

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/co-funding-increasingly-difficult-challenge - 2025-07-30

Published 31 October 2024 Photo: Kennet Ruona WCMM Fireside Chat is a series of articles dedicated to showcasing the remarkable work of researchers within and around the Lund Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM). Our goal is to encourage collaboration, communication, and inspiration among the scientific community by highlighting innovative research, breakthrough discoveries, and the peo

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-fireside-chat-elin-tragardh - 2025-07-29

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 8 July 2024 The common reed is considered a weed, but in the farmed landscape it can benefit biodiversity as its seeds become food for insects and its pollen is a mummy for some pollinators. Here it grows beautifully in a spring barley field. One of the world's greatest challenges is to feed the world's population in a sustain

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/organic-farms-potential-higher-yields - 2025-07-29

By miriam [dot] sjodahl_jakobsen [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Miriam Sjödahl Jakobsen) - published 13 July 2021 A representative from the strategic research area (SRA) EpiHealth has talked to Martin L. Olsson, who is the faculty management representative of the EpiHealth board and Deputy Dean with special responsibility for research infrastructure and strategic issues at the Faculty of Medicine. Ma

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/genetically-upgraded-epihealth-cohort-gold-mine-could-help-more-researchers-excel - 2025-07-29

Published 20 March 2017 At a pub in Yokohama, history of religions scholar Andreas Johansson by chance came in contact with the Japanese mafia, the Yakuza. For two weeks, he was hanging out with the mafia, and will soon publish a book on the tattoos of the Yakuza and what they symbolise. It requires over 200 hours of painful pricks by hand, with a metal pin attached to a bamboo stick, to achieve t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/researcher-intrigued-mafia-tattoos-japanese-mafia-photographed-lund-researcher - 2025-07-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 20 April 2021 Photo by Charbel Karam on Unsplash After a long economic crisis, Lebanon is on the brink of ruin. The currency has lost much in value and people's savings have been eaten up. The crisis in the country is also taking place at the political and social level. Despite this, the corrupt elite continues to rule

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/will-lebanon-survive-crisis - 2025-07-29