Published 28 March 2019 Anna Nieto, Olivia Arbab and Shubha Vasavada The whisked liquid left over when boiling beans and chickpeas – aquafaba – can replace egg whites in providing the right consistency for mayonnaise, cakes and desserts. It has therefore become a popular alternative among vegans, but within the food industry it is rare to find aquafaba as an ingredient. Now, a group of Masters’ de

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/students-whip-crispy-crackers-waste-product - 2025-05-13

Published 14 October 2019 Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are the latest topics within health and care services. With its capacity to process large volumes of data, self-learning software can detect complex correlations between patients, find disease markers at an early stage and make more correct diagnoses. However, this new technology also implies a risk. An interdisciplinary r

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/researchers-study-how-self-learning-software-can-provide-improvements-healthcare - 2025-05-13

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 23 September 2020 Johan Richter and Ilana Moscatelli. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter Johan Richter's research has resulted in the successful development of gene therapy for the hereditary disease malignant infantile osteopetrosis. For the past few years, the research group has established a collaboration with an American biotec

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By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 14 March 2024 In a study led by Lund University, researchers can show for the first time that traumatic brain injuries activate dormant endogenous retroviruses that have been inserted into human DNA over the course of millions of years. The activation of these viruses may be the driving force behind the inflammation that worse

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/severe-brain-trauma-activates-dormant-endogenous-retroviruses-brain - 2025-05-13

By anna [dot] lothman [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Löthman) - published 31 October 2023 Annually, THE World University Rankings produces the 'World University Rankings by subject'. In the most recent release on October 26, Lund University improved its standing in seven subjects, securing a position among the world's top universities in six of them. Notably, within LUSEM, the Business and Econo

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/top-ranked-lusem-shines-latest-world-university-rankings - 2025-05-13

By louise [dot] larsson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Louise Larsson) - published 21 August 2019 Photo: Johan Persson Lund University School of Economics and Management received two prestigious accreditation messages during the summer. We are now accredited for five years by both EQUIS and AMBA, and hence belong to the top 1 per cent of Business Schools globally that hold both accreditations. John A

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/school-acquires-double-accreditations-holds-high-international-standard - 2025-05-13

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 22 May 2024 Carita Håkansson researches the importance of activity balance for our well-being. She herself recovers by hiking, among other things. Private photo. How do you fit everything together – at home and at work – and feel good at the same? Our researcher at the Faculty of Medicine, Carita Håkansson, has don

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By sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - published 3 October 2024 Karolin Hansén Nord will take on the role as Head of the Department of Laboratory Medicine (ILM). Photo: Agata Garpenlind. Karolin Hansén Nord will take on the role of Head of the Department of Laboratory Medicine (ILM) at the end of this year. What attracts most is the opportunity to influence and promote

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Published 6 February 2015 … CEO of Lund University’s student consulting company Lunicore, which increased its turnover by 45 per cent last year. As a result, it is now probably the largest student-run consulting company in Scandinavia. Why should students work as consultants during their studies? “Because they get the chance to put their theoretical knowledge into practice while they’re still stud

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/meet-emil-erikssonabout-students-consultants - 2025-05-13

Published 13 June 2016 The more reputable the scientific journal, the more expensive it will be to publish an article with Open Access. Research publishers are riding the gravy train, but for the individual researcher the cost often comes as an unpleasant surprise, after they have spent all of their funding. Librarian Aron Lindhagen helps researchers with any questions they have concerning publish

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Published 24 September 2018 We know that noise affects our ability to learn as well as generating irritation and stress. This, in turn, reduces efficiency and well-being in the workplace. Some research findings indicate that workplace efficiency could increase by as much as 50% with the right sound environment.     Memory researchers and cognitive scientists have conducted a lot of research into h

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Published 17 June 2019 More healthy food products in the shops and more sustainable production: these are the goals of the EU’s major food initiative which now includes Lund University. It worked out – in the end. The enormous European investment in food development, “Food KIC”, did not go to the consortium of which Lund University was a part in 2016. But that was then. Now the board of the winnin

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Published 13 November 2019 Joan Yuan (Photo: Åsa Hansdotter) Directly after birth, the immune system completes production of a subtype of antibody-producing immune cells, B-1, that are to last for a lifetime. No more B1-cells are formed after that point. However, these cells are self-reactive – they produce not only antibodies against foreign substances, but also against the body’s own substances,

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By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 6 September 2021 Professor Lena Uller was awarded a gold medal. The original ceremony was planned to be held in Barcelona, but had to be downsized to Zoom due to current circumstances. Europe's largest respiratory society, ERS, has awarded its winners for 2021. By doing so the society wishes to recognise the achiev

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/european-gold-medal-respiratory-medicine-awarded-professor-lund - 2025-05-13