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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated.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 - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University is once again the most popular choice for international students wanting to study their Master’s degree in Sweden, with 1/3 of all applicants from the latest application round choosing Lund University programmes. Of the total 74,620 students who applied to autumn 2017 Master’s degree programmes at Swed

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-once-again-top-choice-sweden-international-applicants - 2026-07-01

Ten years have passed since the countries of the world signed the Paris Agreement. Political scientist Fariborz Zelli sums up the surprises – both positive and negative – in climate policy over the past ten years and also looks ahead. What has been the biggest success of the Paris Agreement so far?I would say the biggest success is that the UN has succeeded in keeping its central role in global cl

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/decade-paris-agreement-brings-progress-and-setbacks - 2026-07-01

What is worth sustaining? Steinunn Knúts-Önnudóttir's research is all about a theatre audience facing themselves with that profound question. "In my work I offer a frame or a situation for my guests to meet their own stories and their values through an encounter with a host in their own surroundings". For 20 years, the Icelander Steinunn Knúts-Önnudóttir has tried to create a meaningful dialogue w

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/no-man-island - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden can now reveal what the Danish King Hans had planned to offer when laying claim to the Swedish throne in 1495: a two-metre-long Atlantic sturgeon. The well-preserved fish remains were found in a wreck on the bottom of the Baltic Sea last year, and species identification was mad

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/atlantic-sturgeon-kings-pantry-unique-discovery-baltic-sea-wreck-1495 - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Meet Ivanna Read: the Master's student in Strategic Communication who is putting Lund University on the map as a blogger on Studyinsweden.se. In addition to being a high achiever academically, she is also the University's latest global ambassador - on 8 May she will be named as Lund University's Global Swede at a cere

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-universitys-new-global-ambassador - 2026-07-01

Lund University will partner in and coordinate two research projects that involve the future of European democracy. One will examine extremism and polarisation, while the other will look at EU enlargement. ”This demonstrates Lund University’s capacity to both lead and contribute to major international research collaborations on issues of direct relevance to Europe’s democratic future,” says Anamar

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-takes-roles-two-new-horizon-europe-projects - 2026-07-01

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/i-hope-ig-nobel-helps-spur-peoples-interest-science - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A group of engineering students at Lund University in Sweden noticed that there were no vegan cake mixes available on the Swedish market. They set to work and came up with a dry mix that only requires the addition of oil and water. The final product contained no eggs or wheat flour, making it vegan as well as gluten-f

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-students-develop-vegan-gluten-free-mud-cake-mix - 2026-07-01

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/expert-american-patriotism-and-welfare-researcher-awarded-honorary-doctorates - 2026-07-01

There are plenty of protein drinks on the shelves of supermarkets these days. However, a vegan, fermented version made from locally grown field peas is definitely unique. That’s exactly what a group of food technology students came up with for an assignment. “One aim with this drink was to increase the absorption of iron in vegans who can have a tendency towards iron deficiency. The fermentation p

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/students-make-fermented-protein-drink-ancient-peas - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A skeleton was found during construction work at Leine castle in Niedersachsen, Germany in the summer of 2016. This is where Swedish count Philip Christoph Königsmarck disappeared 322 years ago – could it be him? Lund University in Sweden follows the dangerous love story between Philip Königsmarck and Georg Ludwig’s w

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-could-300-year-old-murder-mystery-finally-be-solved - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For decades, researchers have thought that access to food determined the brood size of birds. Now, biologists at Lund University in Sweden have discovered a completely new explanation: the body temperature of small birds can increase by more than 4°C to exceed 45°C when they are feeding their young. Larger broods woul

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/small-birds-almost-overheat-while-feeding-their-young - 2026-07-01

There are currently a large number of newcomers in Sweden from countries such as Syria, Iraq and the Ukraine that hold highly interesting academic degrees. To benefit from their expertise, Lund University in cooperation with Folkuniversitetet are offering the programme Korta vägen (“The shortcut”) – a project funded by the Swedish Public Employment Service. On 8 September, some 80 academic newcome

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/shortcut-academics-international-degree - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new study may have uncovered why wall lizards have become the most successful reptile in the Mediterranean region. The results reveal how drastic changes in sea levels and climate 6 million years ago affected species formation in the area. The researchers believe they can now explain why the lizards became so divers

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-species-formed-when-mediterranean-dried - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Through cooperation, animals are able to colonise harsher living environments that would otherwise be inaccessible, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden, together with researchers in England and USA. The research community has long believed this was the other way around - that species in tough envir

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/those-who-help-each-other-can-invade-harsher-environments - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new analytical model for e-sports developed by researchers in Sweden, Denmark and Germany, not only helps game developers better understand how players perform, but can also predict the outcome of the game. E-sports is the term used for the increasingly popular phenomenon of competitive computer and video gaming, wh

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-analytical-model-e-sports-predicts-who-winning-and-why - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. New research from Lund University in Sweden has shown that intestinal bacteria can accelerate the development of Alzheimer’s disease. According to the researchers behind the study, the results open up the door to new opportunities for preventing and treating the disease. Because our gut bacteria have a major impact on

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/gut-bacteria-may-play-role-alzheimers-disease - 2026-07-01

An international study led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden shows that the rapid increase in land use in the world's tropical areas is affecting the global carbon cycle more than was previously known. By studying data from a new satellite imaging system, the researchers also found that the biomass in tropical forests is decreasing. Vegetation fills a very important function in the carbo

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/increasing-tropical-land-use-disrupting-carbon-cycle - 2026-07-01

An innovative IVF test and a methane detector – these are some of the future innovation stars developed at Lund University. They are now being recognised by the University and Sparbanken Skåne. Since its launch in 2017, the Future Innovations Award has recognised ideas that can “change our world for the better”. This year, the awards were worth a total of SEK 800,000.The top prize this year goes t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/innovative-ideas-and-pioneering-solutions-lund-university-celebrated - 2026-07-01