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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Unwanted formation of blood vessels (angiogenesis) in the brain is likely to be the cause of intractable walking and balance difficulties for people who suffer from Parkinson’s disease. This conclusion is supported by new research from Lund University in Sweden. Many people with Parkinson’s disease eventually experien
By licking a wound it heals faster – this is not simply popular belief, but scientifically proven. Our saliva consists of water and mucus, among other things, and the mucus plays an important role. It stimulates white blood cells to build a good defence against invaders, according to a group of researchers at Lund University in Sweden together with colleagues from Copenhagen and Odense in Denmark.
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/mucus-first-line-defence - 2026-04-27
An EU-funded research project is to make sausages, patties and other meat products healthier in the future. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and four other European research institutions have launched a joint project to reduce the risk of colon cancer – the most common cancer of the gastrointestinal tract in Sweden. Making processed me
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/sausages-antioxidants-berries-prevent-cancer - 2026-04-27
Africa is home to some of the fastest growing economies in the world while juggling an expanding interest from especially China and India to invest in the continent. Financial investments from these actors are have already turned into new roads and train tracks along with job openings and previously unseen opportunities in Africa. The question is if the surging capital flow is benefiting Africans
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/who-are-winners-and-losers-scramble-africas-resources - 2026-04-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “Most digital learning tools used in schools are unsatisfactory and only test the knowledge the pupils already have”, says Björn Sjödén a PhD researcher at Lund University, who has reviewed a large number of computer programs in his doctoral thesis “What Makes Good Educational Software?” “In a pilot study, we examined
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/pupils-learn-poorly-help-computer-programs - 2026-04-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A Special Issue celebrates the outstanding achievements and contributions of women in evolutionary biology by highlighting a sample of their research and accomplishments. “To my knowledge, this is the first time a scientific journal has devoted a whole Special Issue to celebrate and showcase the research of women”, sa
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/journal-devotes-whole-special-issue-highlight-women-science - 2026-04-27
The scholarly book isn't dead. Researchers have long been under pressure to publish articles rather than monographs, but complex issues call for a larger format than the article provides. The new Lund University Press testifies to that fact. In collaboration with the third largest University Press in Britain, it will spread top-class Lund research world-wide, publishing its books simultaneously on
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/launching-new-lund-university-press - 2026-04-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. New data presented by researchers at Lund University and others in the journal Oceanologia show that the air along the coasts is full of hazardous nanoparticles from sea traffic. Almost half of the measured particles stem from sea traffic emissions, while the rest is deemed to be mainly from cars but also biomass comb
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/sea-traffic-pollutes-our-lungs-more-previously-thought - 2026-04-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In late October, Lund University arranged a follow-up seminar in Rwanda on children’s rights at school. Some 30 representatives from the school sector in six different countries in West and East Africa participated and presented change projects that they have been working on with professional supervision for almost a
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-helps-strengthen-school-pupils-rights-africa-1 - 2026-04-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Workplace incivility should be treated with the utmost seriousness. This is the finding of three psychologists at Lund University in Sweden who surveyed nearly 6 000 people on the social climate in the workplace. Their studies show that being subjected to rudeness is a major reason for dissatisfaction at work and that
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/rudeness-work-contagious - 2026-04-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Four promising young top researchers from the Faculty of Science at Lund University get over 1 million Euro each in so-called "Starting Grants" from the European Research Council, ERC. These are the biologists Jessica Abbott and Helena Westerdahl, the physicist Caterina Doglioni and the mathematician Erik Wahlén. Read
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/promising-young-researchers-receive-european-research-council-grants - 2026-04-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “For us in the social sciences, it is very important to highlight that there is no simple link between climate change and migration”, says Dr. Angela Oels, a visiting professor at the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS). “In fact, multiple factors influence the decision to migrate.” Angela Oels
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/climate-migration-focus-official-cop21-side-event - 2026-04-27
On this page, you’ll find key information about how contract education tailored to your organisation's needs works and how you, as an employer, can develop your staff’s skills through this form of training. Contract education refers to university-level courses offered to professionals for a fee, typically paid by employers or public authorities. Contract education is also known as commissioned edu
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Wednesday 9 December all those who are interested can visit the Historical Museum and meet the founder of Lund University, Bishop Peder Winstrup (1605-1679). Peder Winstrup’s mummy and several fascinating artefacts from the coffin will be exhibited at the museum 10:00-20:00. Admission is free.“This is a unique oppo
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/open-house-unique-chance-see-mummy-peder-winstrup - 2026-04-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For 25 years Charlotte Erlanson-Albertsson at Lund University in Sweden has conducted research on appetite control, the energy balance of the body, and how we should eat to stay healthy and happy – both our bodies and our brains. Here’s her dietary advice captured in one compelling film. We eat too much, too often, an
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/video-shows-food-body-and-brain - 2026-04-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The KPMG International Case Competition is one of the largest case competitions in the world for economics students. The top eight teams from eight different business schools and universities in Sweden compete every year for the honour of representing Sweden in the international finals. This year it was a team from Lu
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-students-are-best-casework-all-sweden - 2026-04-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Anne L'Huillier and Sara Snogerup Linse chair their respective Nobel Committees at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; Anne for Physics and Sara for Chemistry. Both have worked extensively at Lund University and are among the few women who are, or have been, committee chairs. Here they talk about how the work proce
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/they-choose-years-nobel-prize-winners - 2026-04-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have discovered that our drinking water is to a large extent purified by millions of “good bacteria” found in water pipes and purification plants. So far, the knowledge about them has been practically non-existent, but this new research is about to change that. Watch video A
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-our-water-pipes-crawl-millions-bacteria - 2026-04-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Offenders sentenced to forensic psychiatric care do not consider their mental illness to be the main reason for their crime. Instead, they point to abuse, poverty or anger toward a particular person. This is shown in a new doctoral thesis by Pontus Höglund, PhD student at Lund University in Sweden, and ethics coordina
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/psychiatric-patients-and-staff-have-different-views-effects-mental-illness - 2026-04-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Can "borrowed" genes contribute to ecological adaptation in plants? A recently published article in the scientific journal Proceeding of the Royal Society B suggests that this may be the case. Transgenes are genes that have moved from a donor to a recipient organism in the absence of sexual reproduction. Whereas the g
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/natural-transgenes-could-help-plants-adapt-local-conditions - 2026-04-27
