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Angry children can be a feature of Christmas. The fact is that the disappointment children feel is a great opportunity to train them for challenges later in life. This is according to Elia Psouni, professor of developmental psychology. A friend not turning up on time, a computer crashing in the middle of a game of Fortnite or a Christmas present that just could not be more wrong. “Disappointment i

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/dealing-kids-disappointment-their-christmas-presents - 2025-12-02

Donald Trump’s background in professional wrestling paved the way for his political career. By using the wrestling concept “kayfabe” – the art of making staged events seem real – Trump embodies the message that politics was always fake, while masquerading as authentic. This has tapped into an already existing disillusionment with the American political system. It can also explain why playing the v

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-trump-turned-elections-wrestling-match - 2025-12-02

The University has started a new initiative that involves inviting its new staff from far and wide to joint activities during the year. New international staff members and their families were recently welcomed to the new academic year at an event in the Main University Building. Specially invited staff members enjoyed a get-together and refreshments with music by Albin Rickman’s Trio and students

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-international-staff-members-were-welcomed-new-academic-year - 2025-12-02

Data from more than 400 000 patients in different countries will be used to increase knowledge and improve treatment of prostate cancer. This is all taking place within the international big data for better outcome (BD4BO) project PIONEER, in which Lund University has a prominent role. Despite intensive research, there are many unanswered questions concerning prostate cancer – one of the most comm

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/prostate-cancer-questions-could-be-answered-through-big-data-project - 2025-12-01

On May 29th, the Helsingborg Innovation District, a collaboration platform and catalyst for innovation, research, and development, will be inaugurated. The innovation district is initiated by the City of Helsingborg, Lund University, Region Skåne, and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Southern Sweden in collaboration with the business community. The district stretches from Helsingborg Centra

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/new-innovation-district-increase-regions-innovative-capacity - 2025-12-01

In a study led by Lund University and the Amsterdam University Medical Center, researchers used PET to analyse aggregates of tau pathology in more than 12,000 people from all over the world. The study – the largest ever of its kind – examines the connection between genetic predisposition, gender and age in relation to tau pathology in Alzheimer’s disease. The study is published in Nature Neuroscie

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/largest-ever-taupet-study-alzheimers-deepens-understanding-disease - 2025-12-01

At the time of the atmospheric nuclear weapons testing in the 1950s and 1960s, the level of carbon-14 in the atmosphere increased dramatically. Now researchers from Lund University have developed a method for measuring the carbon-14 content in atherosclerotic plaques in patients. The measurements reveal how old and dangerous the plaques really are. "On the one hand it’s important to find out wheth

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/nuclear-weapons-tests-provide-information-dangerous-atherosclerosis-plaque - 2025-12-01

Delving into the realm where light and matter converge, Mattias Bertolino's embarks on a theoretical exploration of photoionization. Focusing on multiphoton ionization of noble gas atoms, using a mixture of extreme-ultraviolet and infrared light, he explores the intricate interplay between light and matter. He aims to improve our understanding of the fundamental interactions between light and matt

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/new-thesis-explores-photoionization-dynamics - 2025-12-01

Just like self-driving cars, we can expect autonomous ships to become more common in the coming years. However, two safety challenges which need to be solved along the way, and which are different for ships compared to cars, are navigation without GPS and remote control. In his research, Mårten Lager has developed user interfaces for remote control of ships, as well as positioning using water dept

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/improving-conditions-autonomous-ships - 2025-12-01

When planning for food in times of crisis – what foodstuffs do we imagine? Many think of tin cans and freeze-dried food, but the fact is that if a crisis occurs, it is not stockpiled cans that will save us. Food preparedness is a subject being taken up by researchers from the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) at Almedalen Week, one of their reflections being  how local growing of crops that do not need

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/preparedness-more-stockpiling-pantry-provisions - 2025-12-02

The number of patients with osteoarthritis has increased dramatically since the 1950s. Along with diabetes, the illness is now one of the fastest-growing endemic diseases in the world. Andrea Dell’Isola, an associate professor at the Department of Clinical Sciences at Lund University in Sweden, investigating the connection between osteoarthritis and metabolic diseases in a new research project. Ar

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/we-are-getting-older-and-heavier-osteoarthritis-increasing - 2025-12-02

LUCSUS is part of the annual Sustainability Week in Lund, 8-13 April. This year's theme "Transforming our world" focuses on the global goals and agenda 2030. LUCSUS will participate in, and host, several events about sustainable transformations at different levels. 8 AprilOpening  and guided tour of the exhibition Carbon Ruins. ‘Carbon Ruins’ aims to transport the visitor into a future where trans

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-sustainability-week - 2025-12-01

A few weeks ago The Huntington Disease Center in Lund, Sweden, welcomed researchers, clinicians and representatives from patient organizations in the Nordic countries to the second Nordic Huntington Disease Research Meeting in Lund. Among the prominent visitors were Patrick Weydt, representative of the European Huntington Disease Network and Astri Arnesen, President of The European Huntington Asso

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/european-huntington-heights-met-lund-summit - 2025-12-01

B cells and the antibodies they produce play an important role in our immune system, protecting us from the microscopic enemies that make us ill. Uncovering how they form and are ‘programmed’ during development is key to better understanding the immune response to infections and vaccinations. A new study by researchers from Lund University in Sweden provides new insights into the origin and develo

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/how-b-cells-are-programmed-early-life-can-impact-long-term-immune-health - 2025-12-01

B cells and the antibodies they produce play an important role in our immune system, protecting us from the microscopic enemies that make us ill. Uncovering how they form and are ‘programmed’ during development is key to better understanding the immune response to infections and vaccinations. A new study by researchers from Lund Stem Cell Center at Lund University in Sweden provides new insights i

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/how-b-cells-are-programmed-early-life-can-impact-long-term-immune-health - 2025-12-01

A new study from Lund University in Sweden on how the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine affects human liver cells under experimental conditions, has been viewed more than 800,000 times in just over a week. The results have been widely discussed across social media – but the results have in many cases been misinterpreted. Two of the authors, Associate Professor Yang de Marinis (YDM) and Professor Ma

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/qa-covid-19-vaccine-study-gains-attention - 2025-12-02

Working with people from many different backgrounds, cultures and nationalities is one of the biggest benefits from studying the bachelor's programme in Economy and Society, according to alumnus Felix Danielsson who graduated from the programme in 2023. As well as, doing something fun out of thesis writing, like collecting data in the Scottish lowlands. After graduation, Felix experienced an inten

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/felix-danielsson-alumnus-bsc-economy-and-society-2023 - 2025-12-02

With a background in economics and law and extensive experience in financial and administrative management, Gisela Caesar today is the Administrative Manager for the CGB office. Going forward she has taken on the job to bring together different work cultures in the new organisation, as the new Administrative Manager for MGeo. How would you briefly describe your background and yourself as a person?

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/meet-gisela-caesar-new-administrative-manager-mgeo - 2025-12-01

The transition of the salary and human resources administration to the National Government Service Centre (SSC) is not painless. After just over four months, uncertainty still prevails among administrative staff and managers about processing cases through Primula. “We are happy to come and help people out where there is a need”, says human resources director Ann Silbersky Isaksson. She sees the tr

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hr-director-promises-help-tricky-salary-payments-0 - 2025-12-01

The city of Helsingborg first implemented the Housing First method seven years ago. Since then, the number of homeless per 10,000 inhabitants has fallen sharply. The programme, introduced by researchers at the School of Social Work, has also brought about additional positive effects for socially vulnerable groups in Helsingborg. This is shown in a new report, written by Arne Kristensen and Marcus

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/seven-years-housing-first-success-story - 2025-12-01