In a recent study, eighty-eight per cent of the respondents said they were in favour of body checking. Sixty-four per cent said they did not think there would be more injuries. Photo: Istock/vencavolrab In 2022, Sweden became the first country in the world to allow body checking in women's ice hockey. Major hockey nations are now following Lund University's research on the consequences of tougher

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/swedish-female-ice-hockey-players-favour-body-checking - 2025-09-11

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/forests-destroyed-wildfires-emit-carbon-long-after-flames-die - 2025-09-11

Photo: Dylan Shaw/Unsplash The city of Cali, in Colombia, is hosting the UN’s 16th biodiversity summit, known as Cop16. The summit, which runs until Friday, November 1, is focused on how countries will fulfil previous pledges to protect at least 30% of the world’s land and water and restore 30% of degraded ecosystems by 2030. It’s a noble aim, yet Colombia itself shows just how far we have to go.

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/colombia-hosts-un-biodiversity-summit-its-own-amazonian-rainforest-crisis - 2025-09-11

Grass fodder production in southern Sweden. Photo: Josefin Winberg. Bioenergy plays a vital role in the transition to a fossil-free society. However, the "unused" agricultural land, so-called marginal land, deemed suitable for bioenergy cultivation in southern Sweden is practically nonexistent, according to a new study from Lund University. Much of the land is already in use, for example, for hors

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/land-identified-crucial-swedish-bioenergy-already-occupied-new-study-shows - 2025-09-11

We need to prioritise nature even if there are other conflicting interests – biodiversity is essential to all of us on the planet and ultimately to our health and wellbeing. The statement comes from Maria Blasi Romero, researcher in Biodiversity and Conservation at Lund University and a member of BECC. “I went to COP15 to learn about the processes and how to share my research with those who can ma

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/young-scientists-eager-influence-policy-makers-biodiversity - 2025-09-11

With the Amazon under threat, Jesica López receives the Agenda 2030 Award for her research showing how cattle ranching is driving deforestation - and for her efforts to promote dialogue between communities, policymakers and landowners. Wildfires and deforestation are spreading in the wake of an expanding cattle industry in the Amazon rainforest. Now, Jesica López is being recognised for her resear

https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/jesica-lopez-honoured-her-fight-future-amazon - 2025-09-11

Marie Sydoff, PhD, Medical Radiation Physicist is working with imaging in nuclear medicine at LBIC, using techniques such as PET/SPECT/CT. Photo: Lisa Karlsson In a major leap forward for preclinical nuclear medicine research at Lund University Bioimaging Centre (LBIC), the IngaBritt and Arne Lundberg Research Foundation has granted 2.6 million SEK to upgrade important equipment at centre’s Precli

https://www.lbic.lu.se/article/lund-university-bioimaging-centre-secures-26-million-sek-nuclear-medicine-imaging-equipment-upgrade - 2025-09-11

Arsenic and bismuth atoms on surface terraces of a GaAs nanowire. The red structures are GaBi islands. Figure: Johan Knutsson / Lund University / Nature Communications Site-selected crystal material synthesis at the atomic scale has been a long-standing challenge. NanoLundians Rainer Timm and Yi Liu use nanowire crystal phase heterostructures as templates for self-selective growth of one- and two-

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/novel-nanostructure-formation-atomic-scale-precision - 2025-09-11

ChatGPT is one of the AI services used in cheating. Academic misconduct has increased with about 200% during the past covid years. As a precaution Lund University has started a project to prevent deception and misleading in examination, whether it’s unauthorized cooperation, plagiarism, or non-allowed aids. In every study environment there is a unique culture, with boundaries to what is considered

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/ai-forces-teachers-change-way-courses-are-examined - 2025-09-11

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 funding bodies require faculties and departments to co-fund research projects, something that is becoming a major fi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/co-funding-increasingly-difficult-challenge - 2025-09-12

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 are two of the metaphors that Anna Jonsson and Olof Hallonsten use to explain the relationship betw

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/comic-strips-and-metaphors-help-students-reflect - 2025-09-12

The study was a joint effort between doctoral student and first author Ninoslav Pandiloski (centre), postdoctoral researcher Vivien Horvath from the Laboratory of Molecular Neurogenetics (left), and PI Christopher Douse (right). Photo by: Alexis Luis. Researchers at Lund University’s Lund Stem Cell Center have made a new discovery about how the human genome protects itself from disruption during c

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-research-gives-insights-human-genomes-defence-mechanisms - 2025-09-11

In the photo, from left: Sajitha Sasidharan, Postdoc; Sara Linse, Co-applicant of the centre; Anna Stradner, Coordinator of the Graduate School; Emma Sparr, Centre Director. Seated from left: Nicole Galenkamp, Postdoc, and Ferdinand Fandrei, Postdoc. When the Swedish Research Council announced funding for so-called "centres of excellence" almost three years ago, a total of 15 new initiatives were

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/commons-centre-excellence-focus-common-ground - 2025-09-11

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-jordanian-parliamentary-elections - 2025-09-11

This year's final surpassed even last year's in terms of excitement and impressive serves—and last year's final was already in a class of its own! Photo: Anna Löthman On 2 April, it was time for the the annual FEK Table Tennis Tournament again, and this year also marked its 10th anniversary! The competition first started in 2013 but has had three breaks over the years, which is why the 10-year cel

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/who-made-it-podium-years-fek-table-tennis-tournament - 2025-09-11

Maria Blasi Romero took her strong drive and engagement to the UN Conference of the Parties on Biodiversity, COP15, in Montreal. Photo: Kennet Ruona. We need to prioritise nature even if there are other conflicting interests – biodiversity is essential to all of us on the planet and ultimately to our health and wellbeing. The statement comes from Maria Blasi Romero, researcher in Biodiversity and

https://www.science.lu.se/article/young-scientists-eager-influence-policy-makers-biodiversity - 2025-09-11

Arsenic and bismuth atoms on surface terraces of a GaAs nanowire. The red structures are GaBi islands. Figure: Johan Knutsson / Lund University / Nature Communications Site-selected crystal material synthesis at the atomic scale has been a long-standing challenge. NanoLundians Rainer Timm and Yi Liu use nanowire crystal phase heterostructures as templates for self-selective growth of one- and two-

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/novel-nanostructure-formation-atomic-scale-precision - 2025-09-11

”As educators, we need to prepare students to be leaders in an AI-driven world,” says Burak Tunca, senior lecturer and newly appointed Director of AI Integration in Business Administration at LUSEM. (AI-generated illustration, made with MidJourney). When the next semester starts, the students and teachers in Business Administration here at the School will have the privilege of collaborating with o

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/meet-first-director-ai-integration-education-business-administration - 2025-09-11

Trump’s attack on US universities and their research is actually a broader attack on democratic values, according to historian of knowledge Johan Östling. By destroying them, the Trump administration is paving the way for a very different kind of society.  “We need to understand the breadth and depth of this offensive,” says Johan Östling.Could you put Trump’s actions against universities in the U

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/researcher-johan-ostling-attack-us-universities-unprecedented - 2025-09-12

Bertrand Chavarría-Aldrete. Photo: Marco Giugliarelli for Civitella Ranieri Bertrand Chavarría-Aldrete has been a doctoral student at Malmö Academy of Music since September 2020 and will soon be defending his dissertation project “Plastic Extension of Music” (22 May 2025). Part of his doctoral defence is a large exhibition that will take place at IAC (16–23 May 2025). What is your dissertation pr

https://www.mhm.lu.se/artikel/if-your-music-was-sculpture-what-would-it-look-meet-bertrand-chavarria-aldrete-find-out-more - 2025-09-11