Published 10 May 2022 Smokers have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer, but a higher risk of dying from the disease, according to a large population study led by Lund University in Sweden. The researchers followed more than 350 000 people over several decades, and the results are now published in European Urology. It is well known that smokers have an increased risk of developing various ca

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/smoking-worsens-prognosis-men-prostate-cancer - 2025-07-01

By marianne [dot] loor [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Marianne Loor) - published 10 May 2022 Åsa Petersén has been researching Huntington’s disease for 25 years and means that a lot can be done to reduce suffering, increase quality of life and make various adaptations for both the patient and their loved ones. Photo: Agata Garpenlind Huntington’s disease is hereditary, genetic and usually begins betw

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/huntingtons-complex-brain-disease-affects-movement-thoughts-and-feelings - 2025-07-01

Published 11 May 2022 Sara Thuresson The risk of being exposed to Covid-19 particles increases with shorter physical distance to a patient, higher patient viral load and poor ventilation. Measurements taken by researchers at Lund University in Sweden of airborne virus in hospitals provide new knowledge about how best to adapt healthcare to reduce the risk of spread of infection. Researchers hope c

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-knowledge-about-airborne-virus-particles-could-help-hospitals - 2025-07-01

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdottir) - published 13 May 2022 Anna Lyrevik, Vice-Chancellor for Culture and chair of the steering group for work with the Culture KIC, together with project manager Charlotte Lorentz Hjorth from LU Collaboration. Photo: Bodil Malmström On April 29, Lund University presented the strengths with which it aims to contribute to the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-creative-and-cultural-expertise-can-serve-force-solve-significant-social-challenges - 2025-07-01

Published 13 May 2022 3D rendering of the meteorite from Mars (Image: Josefin Martell) A research team led by Lund University in Sweden has investigated a meteorite from Mars using neutron and X-ray tomography. The technology, which will probably be used when NASA examines samples from the Red Planet in 2030, showed that the meteorite had limited exposure to water, thus making life at that specifi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-study-indicates-limited-water-circulation-late-history-mars - 2025-07-01

Published 13 May 2022 Gülsen Özkaya Sahin (Photo: Tove Smeds) At the end of March, the first cases of acute severe hepatitis of unknown origin in children were reported in the UK. Since then, the number has increased to more than 300 in around 20 countries; there are now reports of nine suspected cases in Sweden. The acute liver infection mainly affects otherwise completely healthy children under

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-search-answers-increase-acute-severe-hepatitis-children - 2025-07-01

Published 19 May 2022 After many years, a research team led by Lund University in Sweden has sequenced and characterized the entire genome of oats. This opens up for breeding healthier oats with even better nutritional content, and growing oats in a more environmentally sustainable way. The detailed genetic analyzes also strengthen the evidence that oats are safe in a gluten-free diet. The results

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/entire-oat-genome-mapped - 2025-07-01

Published 23 May 2022 Olivier Van Aken and Essam Darwish (Photo: Johan Joelsson) A 30-year-old genetic mystery has been solved. It has previously been established that touch can trigger stress reactions in plants. However, the molecular models for explaining this process have been quite spartan so far. Now researchers at Lund University in Sweden have found genetic keys that explain how plants res

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/what-happens-when-plants-have-stress-reactions-touch - 2025-07-01

Published 25 May 2022 Charlotte Ling (Photo: Kennet Ruona) A new study by researchers at Lund University supports the notion that patients with type 2 diabetes patient should be divided into subgroups and given individualised treatment. The study demonstrates that there are distinct epigenetic differences between different groups of patients with type 2 diabetes. The epigenetic markers are also as

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/epigenetic-markers-predict-complications-patients-type-2-diabetes - 2025-07-01

Published 30 May 2022 Photo: Charlie Cornwallis The ostrich is genetically wired to adapt to rising or falling temperatures. However, when the temperature fluctuates more often, as it does with climate change, the flightless bird with a 40-gram brain finds it much more difficult. A research team at Lund University has shown that the ostrich is very sensitive to fluctuating temperatures in terms of

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ostriches-can-adapt-heat-or-cold-not-both - 2025-07-01

Published 7 June 2022 Illustration: ESA/ATG medialab The emergence of a mysterious area in the South Atlantic where the geomagnetic field strength is decreasing rapidly, has led to speculation that Earth is heading towards a magnetic polarity reversal. However, a new study that pieces together evidence stretching back 9,000 years, suggests that the current changes aren’t unique, and that a reversa

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/earths-magnetic-poles-not-likely-flip-study - 2025-07-01

Published 9 June 2022 The year is 2072, and the worst storm in two hundred years is about to hit Scania, in the south of Sweden. In Skanör-Falsterbo, a family is celebrating Christmas when the storm alarm sounds. The waves draw closer to the house, and the family dash towards the nearby church. What happens next is the result of many decades of decisions: did we work together, or did the lines of

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/soundwalk-imagines-climate-future - 2025-07-01

Published 10 June 2022 Two galaxies merging (Illustration: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva) Astronomers at Lund University in Sweden have found a group of stars in the Milky Way disk, that are most likely remnants from an unknown baby galaxy that was swallowed by the Milky Way over 10 billion years ago. Nothing like it has been discovered in the galaxy disk before. Af

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-find-ten-billion-year-old-ghost-stars-swallowed-galaxy - 2025-07-01

Published 28 August 2017 Mespom students at the IIIEE On 28 August, batch 12 of the Mespom programme (European joint Master's programme in Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management) began their time at the IIIEE - welcome!This year the students come from: Germany, Belgium, the UK, Tanzania, Canada, Jordan, India, Pakistan, Austria and China.

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/welcome-batch-12-mespom-masters-programme - 2025-07-01

Published 28 August 2017 From the left: Luis Mundaca, Oksana Mont, Jenny Palm and Nancy Bocken. Photo: Jenny Loftrup The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) was established in 1994 as an international centre at Lund University to address complex environmental challenges. Over the years, the IIIEE has developed into a unique interdisciplinary centre of excellence

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/four-new-professors-iiiee-transitions-low-carbon-and-resource-efficient-eco-nomies - 2025-07-01

Published 21 September 2017 On 29 September 2017, the annual Graduation Day at the IIIEE takes place. This year it is batch 22 who graduates from the Master's programme in environmental management and policy (EMP programme) at the IIIEE.If you would like to be part of this event and did not get an invitation, please contact Håkan Rodhe, Director of External Relations at the IIIEE.View invitation h

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-graduation-day-29-september-2017 - 2025-07-01

Published 25 September 2017 Photo: Håkan Rodhe From Thursday 21 September until Thursday 28 September, batch 22 of the Master's programme in Environmental Management and Policy are presenting and defending their Master's theses. The opponents are people from academia, business and industry.The week ends with the annual graduation ceremony on 29 September in the Lund University Assembly Hall.Click

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/msc-thesis-presentation-week-iiiee - 2025-07-01

Published 28 September 2017 Handbook on Urban Living LabsThere is a growing trend to involve citizens in city development to make urban areas more sustainable and livable. The urban living labs approach offers a way to foster new collaborative, trans-disciplinary ways of thinking in urban planning and development, and provides a real-world testing ground for urban innovation and transformation. Th

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/handbook-urban-living-labs - 2025-07-01

Published 3 October 2017 Photo: Sofie Sandin Håkan Rodhe at the IIIEE is in the process of finding out. Dr. Håkan Rodhe, senior lecturer and researcher at the IIIEE, is part of a committee at the Swedish Higher Education Authority, which is in the process of evaluating just how sustainable higher education is in Sweden. An interview with Håkan Rodhe was published in Lund University Magazine where

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/how-sustainable-higher-education-sweden - 2025-07-01

Published 6 October 2017 The programme aims to put Sweden on the map as a country that actively and critically works with the sharing economy in cities. The objectives of the programme are to: develop world-leading test-beds for the sharing economy in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö and Umeå, and develop a national node, Sharing Cities Sweden, in order to strengthen national (and international) coope

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/sharing-cities-sweden-national-programme-sharing-economy-cities - 2025-07-01