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Scientists all over the world agree: the earth is getting hotter and hotter and extreme weather such as heat waves or prolonged droughts create a greater risk of forest fires. In a new photographic exhibition in the Pufendorf Institute's garden in Lund, visitors could take part of powerful photographs of how people, animals and communities are affected by forest fires. The fire season is getting l

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/world-fire-how-do-we-adapt-warmer-planet - 2026-04-27

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/journey-discovery-research-multipark-opens-labs-parkinsons-association - 2026-04-27

During last week of August, we explored the physics of electron microscopy, cryo-specimen preparation, and a range of applications to soft matter. We also shared unforgettable experiences together, from in-depth technical lectures, lab visits and visiting the Cryo-EM@MAX IV facility in Lund.This week was not just about learning but also about building a community at the frontiers of cryo-EM resear

https://www.commons-center.lu.se/article/cryo-em-summer-school-august-2025 - 2026-04-27

Obesity is a common cause of diabetes, heart disease and early death, but risk differs greatly from one person to the next. In work led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden as part of the Innovative Medicine Initiative project SOPHIA, a pioneering clinical risk prediction algorithm has been developed that splits obesity into 5 separate diagnostic profiles each with contrasting health conseq

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-precision-medicine-approach-helps-detect-subgroups-people-obesity-high-risk-diabetes-and-heart - 2026-04-27

Obesity is a common cause of diabetes, heart disease and early death, but risk differs greatly from one person to the next. In work led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden as part of the Innovative Medicine Initiative project SOPHIA, a pioneering clinical risk prediction algorithm has been developed that splits obesity into 5 separate diagnostic profiles each with contrasting health conseq

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-precision-medicine-approach-helps-detect-subgroups-people-obesity-high-risk-diabetes-and-heart - 2026-04-27

The aim of the evening is to increase interest in exchange studies among our students, but also to take care of our incoming students and give them the opportunity to meet each other and our Swedish students. Every semester, the Faculty's International office organizes an "Evening for international opportunity". Students who have been away on exchange studies present their experiences and incoming

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/student-exchange-experiences-and-pizzas-shared-evening-international-opportunity - 2026-04-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Just over ten years after Goran Basic came to Sweden as a refugee from the former Yugoslavia, he travelled back to his ethnically cleansed village. As a researcher in sociology, he wanted to try and carry out a non-judgemental study and interview survivors about forgiveness, reconciliation and the role of victim. One

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/life-goes-scars-remain - 2026-04-27

SWEAH Alumni Interdisciplinary Network (SAIN), har som främsta syfte att skapa en bas för långsiktig och framstående svensk forskning om äldre och åldrande. Detta ska ske genom ämnesöverskridande samarbeten mellan svenska lärosäten. SWEAH-alumnen Charlotta Nilsen från Jönköping University och Stockholms universitet, ingår i styrgruppen för nätverket. Hon har tillsammans med Caroline Hasselgren (Gö

https://sweah.lu.se/artikel/nytt-alumnnatverk-har-sett-dagens-ljus - 2026-04-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A great deal of moral courage or a really desperate situation – these are the requirements for someone to disclose state secrets. And life will most certainly never be the same again. This is what emerges from the experiences of the Cold War’s first major defectors, Mr and Mrs Petrov, as from those of Edward Snowden,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/spy-novel-way-present-new-research - 2026-04-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “My first project was about giving poor families in Thailand the opportunity to send their children to school. A student and I helped set up chicken farms at the schools, which the children took care of. The money they earned by selling the eggs on the markets covered their school fees”. Leif Bjellin. Photo: Gunnar Me

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/helping-earthquake-victims-nepal - 2026-04-27

A career in science was not on the map for Kári Stefánsson, who aspired to become a writer. But life took another road and the return to Iceland almost three decades ago marked the start of a journey that would revolutionize genetics. Meet this year’s receiver of the Eric K. Fernström Award. "Genetics is the only way to systematically study human nature. So we came to the conclusion that the way t

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/success-makes-it-difficult-quit - 2026-04-27

Professor Olle Melander has been awarded research support from SRA EpiHealth for the employment of a postdoc for the project “Translational epidemiological studies of the cardiometabolic hormones neurotensin and adrenomedullin” SRA EpiHealth is interested in knowing how he intends to use the EpiHealth cohort in his research and Olle explains “The beauty of a big cohort such as the EpiHealth cohort

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/epihealth-cohort-includes-biobank-which-we-can-retrieve-important-research-data - 2026-04-27

A group of researchers from Wuhan University and the Research Institute of Environmental Law have visited the IIIEE to learn about our activities and to discuss possible joint projects. On Monday 21 August, researchers from Wuhan University, Research Institute of Environmental Law visited the IIIEE. The delegation presented Wuhan and their institute and listen to ongoing research on the IIIEE in r

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/visit-researchers-wuhan-university - 2026-04-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. As a young journalist, Tomas Sniegon had fantastic material – more than one hundred hours of interviews with the former KGB chairman Vladimir Semichastny. It was intended for a memoir, but time moved on and the market was suddenly saturated with Soviet confessions. Twenty years later, the winds have changed. There is

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/investigating-doctored-memories-old-soviet-communist - 2026-04-27

When in life we gain weight can have a significant impact on our health many years later. In a study involving over 600,000 people, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have investigated how changes in weight between the ages of 17 and 60 are linked to the risk of dying from various diseases. The results show a clear pattern: weight gain early in adulthood has the greatest impact. It has long

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/early-weight-gain-can-have-lifelong-consequences - 2026-04-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. An innovative project has received support from the Swedish Institute under its “support for cooperation with academics from Turkey” scheme. “Turkey Beyond Borders: Critical Voices, New Perspectives” aims to foster collaboration between academics in Sweden and scholars from Turkey whose academic freedoms are implicitl

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/seminar-and-vodcast-series-draws-attention-infringements-academic-freedom-turkey-and-provides-forum - 2026-04-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Associate Professor Rustam Urinboyev spent more than five years studying the experiences and life stories of Uzbek migrant workers in Moscow. In the book Migration and Hybrid Political Regimes: Navigating the Legal Landscape in Russia, he reveals how migrants navigate an ever-changing migration system pervaded by corr

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/imagination-and-creative-navigation-simplifies-life-central-asian-migrants-russia - 2026-04-27

The number of cyber attacks against the University is always high, but the attacks are growing in sophistication. In addition to direct attempts to intrude or exploit vulnerabilities in our IT systems, phishing (aimed at stealing login credentials) and the spread of malicious software known as malware are on the rise. Fraudulent emails, especially so-called CEO scams, have increased markedly. Thes

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/be-alert-cyber-attacks - 2026-04-28

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. So say Mats Benner and Freddy Ståhlberg after having reviewed both self-evaluations and assessor reports. The RQ20 Research Quality Evaluation Project is now entering its final phase and, so far, the results are looking good. “But it would be out of the question for us to sit back now just because we’re known globally

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/rq20-research-still-evaluated-despite-pandemic-obstacles - 2026-04-27

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 - 2026-04-28