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For the first time, researchers have identified a previously unrecognized metabolic defence mechanism in aggressive brain tumours: a sugar-rich shield that surrounds tumour cells and protects them against a particularly destructive form of cell death. Aggressive brain tumours grow in an extreme environment characterised by oxygen and nutrient deficiencies, low pH and chronic cellular stress. Insid
The idea that research results should be simplified and related to a media logic when being communicated to the public is challenged in a new report on research communication. “It is just as important, if not more so, to provide an understanding of what lies behind the results – of the knowledge and the methods used,” says organisational researcher Anna Jonsson. She has been involved in the recent
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/background-results-important-when-communicating-research - 2026-05-28
When planning for food in times of crisis – what foodstuffs do we imagine? Many think of tin cans and freeze-dried food, but the fact is that if a crisis occurs, it is not stockpiled cans that will save us. Food preparedness is a subject being taken up by researchers from the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) at Almedalen Week, one of their reflections being how local growing of crops that do not need
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/preparedness-more-stockpiling-pantry-provisions - 2026-05-28
The University has started a new initiative that involves inviting its new staff from far and wide to joint activities during the year. New international staff members and their families were recently welcomed to the new academic year at an event in the Main University Building. Specially invited staff members enjoyed a get-together and refreshments with music by Albin Rickman’s Trio and students
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-international-staff-members-were-welcomed-new-academic-year - 2026-05-28
Marta Ramos’ Ph.D project unravels how inflammation and the glymphatic system affect each other in the brain. September 9, she defends her thesis. Here, she explains how you may complement your thesis project with other missions to boost your career. Tell us about your research! The glymphatic system clears waste products away from the brain via the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). It consists of a peri
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/inflammation-and-glymphatic-system-phd-interview-marta-ramos - 2026-05-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ghana’s “overall best student 2018” is studying Sociology of Law in Lund. Labiks’s story shows how far hard work and perseverance can get you. Ghana’s Inter Tertiary Excellence Award 2018 for Overall Best Student 4th Year in the academia category went to Thomas Duke Labik Amanquandor, who is studying the second semest
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/virus-war - 2026-05-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Long-time NanoLund collaborator Dr. Heike Riel is one of three newly appointed honorary doctors by Lund University’s Faculty of Engineering in 2015/2016. She is the leader of the highly successful Materials Integration & Nanoscale Devices (MIND) group at IBM Research in Zürich. Heike Riel has collaborated with NanoLu
https://www.nano.lu.se/heike-riel-appointed-honorary-doctor - 2026-05-27
The spring semester course on environmental management in industry was kicked-started with a study visit to the company Södra Cell and their plant in Mörrum. Södra Cell posses valuable experience from a range of sustainability oriented business practices - and blended textile fiber is one of them. Students from Batch 30 from the master's program Environmental Management and Policy have completed a
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/study-visit-pulp-mill-discuss-recycled-blended-textile-fiber - 2026-05-27
Professor Torben R. Christensen has a comment published in the international top science journal Nature. In the comment, he looks back at the scientific work in the field of methane flux research since more than 20 years, and worries about the fact that Arctic methane emissions remain almost as uncertain as they were then, and points out that the research on methane fluxes needs to be extended."Me
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/torben-r-christensen-comments-nature - 2026-05-27
The Russian invasion of Ukraine raised concerns about Europe’s dependence on Russian natural gas. In a recent interview to Extrakt magazine Professor Aleh Cherp argues that this will increase the interest of European countries to construct new or prolong the operation of existing nuclear power plants. Aleh Cherp notes that such plans exist in the UK, the Netherlands, Poland and France. He also poi
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/will-war-ukraine-provide-boost-nuclear-power - 2026-05-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During this application round four (4) applications were received. A decision has now been taken to award two scholarships, which consequently go to:Beatrice Fäldt - Gender, Children and Commercial Sexual Exploitation - A study on gender relations in the Nicaraguan contextCecilia Emilsson - Chachawarmi and Its Effects
https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/results-second-application-round-during-autumn-2014-minor-field-studies-scholarships - 2026-05-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. New teaching material by Roger Hildingsson, Ludwig Bengtsson Sonesson och Johannes Stripple Our colleagues Roger Hildingsson, Ludwig Bengtsson Sonesson och Johannes Stripple have recently launched a new teaching material – Beyond the Fossil Society – for high school and upper secondary school. In collaboration with th
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/looking-future-world-beyond-fossil-society - 2026-05-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The articles concern first the Zelmid case, the first SSRI antidepressant in the journal Social Science & Medicine, second the use of broad migrant categories and third the question if maternal country of birth can be used to understand birthweight. Divergence and convergence of commercial and scientific priorities in
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/shai-mulinari-has-published-three-journal-articles-drugs-and-public-health - 2026-05-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Fifth International Conference on Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Plant Biomass - Bioproducts, Biocatalysts, and Biorefinery (SUTB4) will be held in Coimbatore, India on November 17-18th 2016. The Conference is organised by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in association with Indian Biomass Association (IBA)
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/conference-sustainable-utilization-tropical-plant-biomass - 2026-05-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On 16 November, the Centre gathered 19 scholars at Lund University, including six scholars at the Centre, to discuss their research and possible future collaboration. The Centre has identified some 26 scholars at Lund University, including ph.d students and more senior scholars, but all were not able to attend. The pl
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/research-day-east-and-south-east-asian-studies - 2026-05-27
