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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Within 100 years, approximately half of the 6,000 languages in the world will become extinct. A window to the past is currently being opened in Lund, where you can listen to languages that are no longer spoken thanks to a special resource for digital language documentation. Niclas Burenhult. Every two weeks, a languag
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/language-collectors - 2026-04-29
Food impacts not only the body but also the brain. Researchers at Lund University strive to understand how a diet rich on fat and sugar impacts memory functions in relation to obesity and type 2 diabetes. Their new study on mice shows that although an unhealthy diet leads to memory impairment, the damage does not have to be permanent. Obesity is a risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes and car
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/diet-rich-fat-and-sugar-damaged-memory-mice-not-permanently - 2026-04-29
Cancer is a genetic disease, caused by a change in the genes which make up our DNA. Normally one change or mutation is not enough to trigger the development of cancer, instead cancer is typically comprised of a combination of genetic mutations. Researchers at Lund University have now revealed a novel somatic gene mutation is involved in the formation and progression of acute myeloid leukemia. The
Malin Parmar, Professor of Cellular Neuroscience at Lund University and Director of the Lund Stem Cell Center, has been elected Vice President of the International Society for Stem Cell Research, the world’s leading organisation for stem cell science and regenerative medicine. The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) is an independent, global, nonprofit organization that brings tog
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Refugee influx calls for a new university roleHow can Lund University respond to the call for action with regard to the ongoing refugee influx? Tareq Emtairah, back at the IIIEE after three years working on renewable energy in the Arab region, suggests a programme facilitating for refugee students and academics to con
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-tareq-emtairah - 2026-04-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Despite the early morning, the pool is full of patients exercising in the warm water. There are laminated exercise programmes by the side of the pool depicting different exercises. Ronny Karlsson has been in the hospital for a week. A couple of months ago he was bitten by a tick and contracted TBE. He now has problems
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/perceptive-training-best-way-forward - 2026-04-29
Do epigenetic changes cause type 2 diabetes, or do the changes occur only after a person has become ill? A new study by researchers at Lund University provides increased support for the idea that epigenetic changes can cause type 2 diabetes. The researchers behind the new findings published in Nature Communications now aim to develop methods for disease prevention. We inherit our genes from our pa
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/epigenetic-changes-can-cause-type-2-diabetes - 2026-04-29
Lund University has reached a milestone with over 10 million reads in The Conversation since the start. In 2023, The Conversation published 24 articles by LU researchers. “It is very gratifying! I hope that we publish over 40 articles in 2024, which should be realistic given the increased interest we have seen,” says Per Mickwitz pro vice-chancellor with responsibility for research.Lund University
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-10-million-reads-conversation - 2026-04-30
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. With a research focus on the development and application of in vitro models to study human brain evolution and disease, PhD student Daniela Grassi will be defending her thesis on Thursday 23rd of April 2020. Here, Daniela tells us about her research in the Molecular Neurogenetics group, led by Johan Jakobsson, and her
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/thesis-defence-interview-daniela-grassi - 2026-04-29
Primitive stoves and diesel engines produce soot particles, besides being bad for your health, have a negative effect on the climate. By affecting the atmosphere’s ability to form cloud droplets and ice particles, soot can dislodge the radiation balance. This according to doctoral student John Falk, who is currently working on his dissertation about cloud droplet and ice particle formation in clou
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/iceparticles-clouds-can-affect-climate - 2026-04-29
Primitive stoves and diesel engines produce soot particles, besides being bad for your health, have a negative effect on the climate. By affecting the atmosphere’s ability to form cloud droplets and ice particles, soot can dislodge the radiation balance. This according to doctoral student John Falk, who is currently working on his dissertation about cloud droplet and ice particle formation in clou
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/ice-particles-clouds-can-affect-climate - 2026-04-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This year, Sweden celebrates a century of democracy and fair elections are seen as self-evident. How did our democracy develop and how did we get rid of election fraud? One of your researchers has now examined the country’s election fraud history and its underlying causes – from 1719 to the early 1900s. The conclusion
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/how-sweden-became-one-worlds-most-stable-democracies - 2026-04-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The recent hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria highlight the potential for the climate system to cause loss and damage. “Loss and damage” is a phrase used in different ways by people who work on climate policy, negotiation and adaptation/resilience. A new study clarifies these different perspectives which is a key issue
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/clarifying-perspectives-promote-action-loss-and-damage-climate-change - 2026-04-29
The Lung Bioengineering and Regeneration research group is made up of about 15 researchers focusing on chronic lung disease. The group’s work includes the development of different methods to study disease models for conditions such as COPD and pulmonary fibrosis. One of the researchers, John Stegmayr, has been awarded SEK 700,000 from the Carl Tesdorpf Foundation to expand research into idiopathic
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/focusing-chronic-lung-disease - 2026-04-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Andra Jugånaru comes from the threatened CEU university in Hungary. After three months as a visiting doctoral student at LU, she is not sure whether she will have any university to return to. Andra Jugånaru and Samuel Rubenson. Photo: Jenny Loftrup “If the university is closed down, it is a very big step backwards, a
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-community-deplores-threat-closure-hungarian-ceu - 2026-04-29
Packed tightly together like sparkling beehives in space. That's what the globular clusters of hundreds of thousands of stars look like. Now, for the first time, a team of researchers can reveal how these ancient and mysterious star systems are actually formed. The existence of these spherical clusters of millions of stars has been known since the invention of the telescope in the 17th century. Th
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/scientists-have-solved-astronomical-star-mystery - 2026-04-29
Particles, sometimes a long way from one another, can be entangled. This strange phenomenon completely confounds our intuition, but the explanation for it has been provided through quantum mechanics. Researchers at the Department of Physics show in a new study that entanglement can also be created in a new way, with the help of intense light, and that they can change the kinetic energy of electron
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/new-key-world-quantum-mechanics-intensity-light-affects-electrons-kinetic-energy - 2026-04-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. DPP-4 inhibitors are a group of drugs used to treat type 1 diabetes that lower high blood usgar levels by stimulating insulin production in the body. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now discovered that DPP-4 inhibitors are also effective against low blood sugar levels. The study, which was carried out on
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/diabetes-drug-could-protect-against-low-blood-sugar - 2026-04-29
Photo by M.Accelertor on Unsplash It is not necessarily the students who need to join a lecture via Zoom; sometimes the lecturer is the one taking part remotely. This is very practical for guest lecturers who are very far away and can thereby avoid a long trip. It also opens up opportunities for simple collaborations between higher education institutions. The solution will be different depending o
https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/guest-lecturers-good-opportunity-hybrid-teaching - 2026-04-29
Maj Hasager, rector at Malmö Art Academy, will be installed as Professor of Fine Arts at a ceremony in the University House auditorium on October 18th. In addition to her role as rector, Hasager is active as an international artist, focusing on moving images and photography in the social sphere. In connection to the installation as professor, we took the opportunity to ask her a few questions.How
https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/maj-hasager-rector-malmo-art-academy-installed-professor-fine-arts - 2026-04-29
