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When 1,200 researchers from 60 countries arrived at the end of July, it marked a milestone: the largest academic congress ever held in the city – and the most important event in the field of economic history worldwide. For one week, the World Economic History Congress (WEHC) transformed Lund into a hub for ideas, networking, and public engagement. “I was very nervous right up until Monday morning,

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/nerves-pride-lusem-made-history-lund-universitys-largest-congress - 2025-12-02

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/archaeologist-sailing-viking-makes-unexpected-discoveries - 2025-12-02

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 there are complex international trade dependenc

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-lithium-mines-could-cut-eu-imports-half - 2025-12-02

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 served to suppress self-generated noise when foraging in dimly lit pelagic environments about 183 million years ago. Thus, this visually guided megapredator relied on underwater stealth—or ‘silent s

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ancient-giant-marine-reptile-relied-stealth-while-hunting-darkness - 2025-12-02

It was not an entirely uncontroversial decision to gather cancer researchers in the abandoned AstraZeneca premises ten years ago. Carl Borrebaeck was pro vice-chancellor at the time and pushed for the move which in itself cost SEK 50 million in central university funds. “I was not very popular with the deans at that time,” he says. “But now it turns out that Medicon Village is a great success and

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/medicon-village-ten-years-after-start - 2025-12-02

Research is like solving a puzzle, some might say. One of the biggest of these is the body’s proteins – with over 90,000 pieces to keep track of. LUM meets three professors of protein to understand what makes the subject so fascinating and how they are working to understand when proteins go wrong in the body. If a research field were to be evaluated based on the number of Nobel Prizes it has been

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/protein-professors-puzzle - 2025-12-02

"Now I dare to rejoice a little", says Sven Lidin, dean of the Faculty of Science. "The uphill task that establishment in Brunnshög had become at times is now much easier, as the whole Department of Chemistry has agreed to join in the move." Another person breathing a sigh of relief is Leif Bülow, who is in his fourth year as head of the department. These years have been marked by extensive discus

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/chemists-jump-science-village-bandwagon - 2025-12-02

Enjoying your job is a condition for both academic success and freedom, according to pro vice-chancellor Jimmie Kristensson. He is in charge of the University’s new initiative for gender equality and equal opportunities. The work environment has also moved up on the agenda. Jimmie Kristensson is taking the opportunity to breathe a little fresh air outside the Wrangel building. He has been in non-s

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/going-work-should-be-fun-0 - 2025-12-02

Contained within Greenland’s millennia-old ice are the traces of gigantic solar storms. Geology professor Raimund Muscheler is now undertaking a major initiative to chart the storms back through time, to improve our knowledge of potentially dangerous solar flares. Our sun is currently in an active phase which is seeing an increased number of solar storms. During such events, particles from the sun

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ice-stone-age-might-reveal-future-solar-storms - 2025-12-02

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 served to suppress self-generated noise when foraging in dimly lit pelagic environments about 183 million years ago. Thus, this visually guided megapredator relied on underwater stealth—or ‘silent s

https://www.science.lu.se/article/ancient-giant-marine-reptile-relied-stealth-while-hunting-darkness - 2025-12-01

The official figures for forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon in August 2020 show a slight decrease from last year. But researchers at the Brazil's Space Research Institute, Inpe, warn that data may need to be corrected so much that they instead reveal the worst fires in a decade. Torsten Krause, researcher in forest hunting, deforestation and sustainability at LUCSUS, comments on the situation. W

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/researcher-torsten-krause-comments-fires-brazilian-amazon-august-2020 - 2025-12-01

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-discovery-restores-insulin-cell-function-type-2-diabetes - 2025-12-01

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 the tattoos that are comm

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/researcher-intrigued-mafia-tattoos-japanese-mafia-photographed-lund-researcher - 2025-12-01

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 Johannesson, former Dean of the Faculty of Engineering (LTH)… Thomas Johannesson was

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/shared-vision-about-good-design-everyone-behind-huge-donations - 2025-12-01

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/kind-methods-mean-happy-cells - 2025-12-01

The UN Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) global assessment on nature highlights that one million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction. Dr. Mine Islar, one of the lead athors of the report, and senior lecturer and researcher at Lund University, explains the significance of the report’s findings. Why is this report importa

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lead-author-ipbes-global-assessment-loss-biodiversity-crucial-climate-change - 2025-12-01

Ultrasound that detects rare cells in a drop of blood. Business models for a circular economy. Laser technology that can film at almost the speed of light, and another that can map insects from several kilometres away. Four promising researchers from Lund University have been awarded starting grants from the European Research Council (ERC) amounting to a total of approximately seven million euros,

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/four-lund-university-researchers-awarded-erc-starting-grants - 2025-12-01

How regional, local and national governments decide to develop coastal regions affects 21st century flood exposure more than climate threats according to a new study, focusing on China. The research, which for the first time integrates projected land use change under different policies, sea-level rise, extreme events, and land subsidence, identifies that strategic coastal planning can have huge ef

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/coastal-development-planning-matters-more-21st-century-flood-risk-climate-change - 2025-12-01

The Bundy Academy’s 2022 major prize amounting to SEK 3 million is awarded to Sebastian Palmqvist, Associate Professor of Clinical Memory Research at Lund University and Senior Physician at the Memory Clinic at Skåne University Hospital, for his research on improved diagnostics of Alzheimer’s disease. RationaleSebastian Palmqvist has published a large number of research papers in the field of cogn

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/awardees-2022-bundy-academy-major-prize - 2025-12-01

In the middle of October, the first project partner meeting was held in Helsingborg. The project is about shared and sustainable mobility in new housing developments, and was hosted by Lund University, Campus Helsingborg and the City of Helsingborg. The goal of the project is to create innovative conditions for new residential areas with the preservation of green spaces that enables valuable natur

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/reduced-number-parking-spaces-favour-green-meeting-places-new-eu-project - 2025-12-01