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The jury was out for a long time. But now, we can announce the winner in both categories: “Best visual communication of scientific content” and “Most aesthetically appealing image”. “Not far from the manners of Lennart Nilsson, Sara Davidsson Bencker has captured two pancreatic cells at the end of their cell division cycle, connected to the top of nanotubes. The image clearly visualizes both the c

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanolund-image-competition-we-have-winner - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUM asked a handful of employees this question after almost a year of working from home. Several of them spoke about putting on some extra weight, more TV and less exercise – but they were not too keen on putting their face to that in LUM... However, another group of employees told us about their new and creative ways

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-your-body-feeling-and-how-your-training-going - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A Dutch pilot, a safety manager from Australia, an average-adjuster from Denmark and twelve others who work with safety in high-risk industries came together a week before Christmas in Lund to hone their critical thinking skills. They are all studying the distance-learning MSc in Human Factors and System Safety, and i

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/scattered-risk-students-gather-lund - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Last week LUCSUS’ researcher (Assistant Prof.) Mine Islar presented her research about citizen movements in Barcelona at the ‘ecological democracy’ workshop at the University of Sydney, Australia. The aim of the workshop was to critically explore the tensions and synergies between democracy and sustainability on local

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/can-activist-politicians-be-agents-change - 2026-07-07

What is it like to go from attending design events as a visitor to exhibiting at Milan Design Week? In this personal reflection, Industrial Design student Amandine Quillard shares an honest account of expectations, preparation, teamwork, and new-found inspiration. I had been to different design events before, such as the Paris Design Week, but only as a visitor. It was always very impressive, insp

https://www.industridesign.lth.se/en/article/behind-scenes-preparation-presentation-milan-design-week - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On 19-21 April 2017, the British Association of South Asian Studies (BASAS) will hold its annual conference in Nottingham. The conference is hosted by Nottingham University’s Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies (IAPS) and Nottingham Trent University’s Postcolonial Studies Centre. The keynote speaker is Urvashi Butal

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/basas-annual-conference-2017-nottingham - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Many patients seeking treatment for chronic hip and groin pain are referred to an orthopaedic surgeon. Physiotherapist Anders Pålsson’s doctoral thesis from Lund University shows that these patients perceive a low quality of life and have low physical functioning. If their pain can be pinpointed and diagnosed at an ea

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/earlier-diagnosis-shortens-queues-orthopaedics - 2026-07-07

Lund University Outreach Academy fortsätter att erbjuda utbildningar till forskare som vill nå ut med sin forskning. Nytt för i vår är en workshop om hur du på ett enkelt sätt kan använda film för att nå en internationell publik. Sektion Kommunikation har satt ihop ett paket med utbildningar för forskare som vill utveckla sin förmåga att göra forskningen begriplig, relevant och intresseväckande fö

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/nya-kurser-dig-som-vill-na-ut-med-din-forskning - 2026-07-08

När Malmöbor födda i Irak erbjöds matlagningskurser och information om hälsa minskade de i vikt och mådde bättre – viktiga resultat i en befolkningsgrupp där risken att utveckla typ 2-diabetes är hög. Forskaren och läkaren Louise Bennet ledde en studie som gjordes 2015 inom ramarna för den större studien MEDIM (Migration och etnicitet för diabetesutvecklingen i Malmö). I MEDIM-studien deltog cirka

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/risken-diabetes-minskade-med-nya-vanor - 2026-07-07

Susan S. Silbey är professor i humaniora, sociologi och antropologi vid Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) och professor i beteende- och policyvetenskap vid MIT:s handelsskola Sloan School of Management. Susan Silbeys föreläsning, "Pragmatic Regulation: Governing Inside the House of Science", hålls online och är öppen för allmänheten.     Susan Silbeys forskningsintressen omfattar styrnin

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/artikel/hon-forelaser-vid-reza-banakars-minnesseminarium-i-ar - 2026-07-07

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Ketevan Bolkvadze har, tillsammans med Marina Povitkina från Göteborgs universitet, publicerat artikeln "Fresh Pipes with Dirty Water: How quality of government shapes the provision of public goods in democracies". Artikeln har publicerats i tidskriften ”European Journal of Political Research”. Om artikeln (på engel

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/tillhandahallande-av-offentliga-varor-i-demokratier - 2026-07-07

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Vad påverkar sannolikheten att en individ ansluter sig till en radikal grupp? Hanna Bäck och Niklas Altermark har, tillsammans med Emma Bäck och Holly Knapton, studerat den frågan i en experimentell studie. Resultaten av studien visar att när en individ upplever social exkludering så är sannolikheten högre att hen a

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/back-och-altermark-om-radikalisering - 2026-07-07

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Här är en lista över forskare från Lunds universitet som kan svara på många olika slags frågor som kan bli aktuella under de stundande helgerna, från A till Ö. God jul! önskar Lunds universitet AAdvent, jul och trettondag: historia, teologi och praktikStephan Borgehammar, professor i praktisk teologi, kan svara på f

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lunds-universitets-julexperter - 2026-07-08

With the help of mirrors, placed only a few hundred nanometers apart, a research team has managed to use light more efficiently. The finding could eventually be useful for controlling solar energy conversion during photosynthesis, or other reactions driven by light. For example, one application could be converting carbon dioxide into fuel. The sunlight that hits Earth for one hour is almost equiva

https://www.science.lu.se/article/researchers-take-first-step-towards-controlling-photosynthesis-using-mirrors - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Larry W. Swanson was among 100 most cited researchers in the world, all categories, between 1980 and 2000. In mid-May, he was invited as this year’s Segerfalk Lecturer to Neuroscience Day, organized by the Segerfalk Foundation. Larry W. Swanson has developed the so-called four-component model of how the brain works. L

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/renowned-researcher-offers-new-brain-model - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Research communication officer Evelina Lindén at the School of Economics and Management encouraged journalists to use their moral compass and be careful to give credit where it is due when interviewing researchers – in reference to a case in which SVT had assumed credit for a documentary. Here she points out what rese

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-deal-journalists - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Vice-Chancellor Torbjörn von Schantz is convinced that leadership at the University is a momentous question. “If we are perceived as being incapable of making uncomfortable decisions, there is a risk that we will see the same changes here as in other places such as Denmark – that collegial leadership is replaced by pu

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/vice-chancellor-its-important-managers-be-able-make-uncomfortable-decisions - 2026-07-07

This year’s largest grant from the IngaBritt och Arne Lundbergs Forskningsstiftelse goes to Vinay S. Swaminathan at Lund University. He is awarded five million SEK for his research on how healthy breast tissue develops into tumors and spreads. Vinay S. Swaminathan’s research group has developed 3D models that mimics the tumor microenvironment in the laboratory. The technology opens new opportuniti

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/healthy-sick-3d - 2026-07-07

David Gisselsson Nord and Tony Ingesson both love spy novels and have a nerdy interest in history. Their shared curiosity resulted in an interdisciplinary collaboration about how it might be possible to inspire smarter cancer treatment with the help of methods from espionage and intelligence analysis. Tony Ingesson finds it fairly easy to show a bit of attitude in front of the camera. David Gissel

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/cancer-researcher-and-intelligence-expert - 2026-07-07

Betty Saenyi is in her last semester of her doctoral studies at the Department of Informatics, Lund University School of Economics and Management. We asked her a few questions about her PhD journey so far. Betty, why did you choose to pursue a doctoral education?“Funny enough, a PhD was never my dream. After my undergraduate studies, I worked in industry for quite a while and only decided to retur

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/meet-betty-saenyi-doctoral-student-department-informatics - 2026-07-07