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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. People who trust others are less likely to die than those who are distrusting, conclude sociologist Jan Mewes and colleagues in “Trust, happiness and mortality: Findings from a prospective US population-based survey”, published in Social Science & Medicine. The effects of generalised trust - the belief that others, in

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/survival-advantages-people-who-trust-strangers - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Up to 45 per cent of all deaths in industrialised countries are caused by fibrotic diseases. Through boundary-crossing research and the high-tech MAX IV laboratory in Lund it is possible to increase the knowledge of fibrosis – bringing a cure closer. ”Fibrosis is a form of scarring that can affect all types of damaged

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/high-tech-collaboration-supports-fibrosis-research - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Odeum welcomes all new and old students! Hälsningsgillet, which takes place every semester in the AF castle, is an old cherished tradition in Lund. This year, Hälsningsgillet changes its format and becomes digital. Take the chance to meet people, associations, unions, nations and companies and visit Hälsningsgillet's

https://www.odeum.lu.se/en/article/digital-halsningsgillet - 2026-06-21

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Världsdiabetesdagen firas den 14 november, Frederick Bantings födelsedag. Han har fått äran av att 1921 ha upptäckt insulinet. För nästan 2000 år sedan gav den turkiske läkaren Aretaios sjukdomen sitt namn. ”Det syns mig som om sjukdomen bör kallas diabetes – något som liknar ett vattenrör, därför att vätskan inte s

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/historia-diabetes-en-underlig-sjukdom - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Is the gender-agenda the hero or enemy of equal opportunity in science? The gender-agenda is still-going-strong and in the news….all over the news. Sweden has a political party dedicated to gender equality and a couple of weeks ago the Nordic Forum 2014 was held in Malmö. Recently, and more locally the faculties (at l

https://www.wings.lu.se/article/epws-2014-report-wings - 2026-06-21

The SNIC Large Fall 2021 and LUMI Sweden Fall 2021 calls are open. The deadline for submissions is 15 October 2021 at 3 PM CEST. Please note that there are three calls–one each for Large compute, Large storage, and LUMI Sweden. SNIC Large compute call The call for compute at the SNIC website: https://snic.se/allocations/compute/large-allocations/ The call for compute in SUPR: https://supr.snic.se/

https://www.lubi.lu.se/article/snic-large-and-lumi-sweden-fall-2021-calls-are-open - 2026-06-21

What should you do when the urge to buy just rolls over you? The sale will end shortly, stock is running low and the “Buy Now - button” screams your name. Leading up to Black Friday, consumption researcher Carys Egan-Wyer from LUSEM has some advice for you. It's all about convincing us that we have short-lived access to a special price, which in reality might not be true at all. Pushy patterns are

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/black-friday-ultimate-pushy-pattern - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A researcher who made invisible female labour visible and had her hypotheses that efficiency thinking in healthcare is neither good nor cheap confirmed when her own husband became ill. Rosmari Eliasson-Lappalainen is a pioneer in elderly research. Photo: Gunnar Menander You could say that Rosmari Eliasson-Lappalainen

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/efficiency-mindset-inappropriate-elderly-care - 2026-06-21

What can be done about the fact that more Ukrainian civilians die in traffic accidents than from Russian bombs? How is it that trains run on time – even though Ukraine is at war? And how do you rebuild a country that wants to move beyond the old Soviet structures, with a green transition in sight? These were some of the topics of discussion when a ministerial delegation from Ukraine visited LTH. I

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2025/road-mutual-exchange-knowledge-and-resilience - 2026-06-21

Helena Elding Larsson har sett många framsteg inom diabetesvården sedan hon inledde sin karriär som diabetesforskare och barnläkare. Hennes målsättning är att förhindra att sjukdomen bryter ut. Årets Medeonstipendiat är en av föreläsarna under evenemanget Världsdiabetesdagen Skåne, som arrangeras i Malmö den 12 november. Som diabetesforskare vid Lunds universitets diabetescentrum (LUDC), barnläkar

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/diabetesforskaren-helena-elding-larsson-vill-forhindra-att-typ-1-diabetes-bryter-ut - 2026-06-21

Helena Elding Larsson har sett många framsteg inom diabetesvården sedan hon inledde sin karriär som diabetesforskare och barnläkare. Hennes målsättning är att förhindra att sjukdomen bryter ut. Årets Medeonstipendiat är en av föreläsarna under evenemanget Världsdiabetesdagen Skåne, som arrangeras i Malmö den 12 november. Som diabetesforskare vid Lunds universitets diabetescentrum (LUDC), barnläkar

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/diabetesforskaren-helena-elding-larsson-vill-forhindra-att-typ-1-diabetes-bryter-ut - 2026-06-22

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. What's the status on today’s citizen journalism? And what are the potential consequences of writers trying to push a particular narrative? In order to explore these questions, the organizers behind The Festival arranged a talk show in Malmö Folkets Park on September 2, 2018. Andreas Mattsson participated in the talk

https://www.journalistik.lu.se/artikel/talk-show-about-citizen-journalism-kickstarted-media-festival - 2026-06-21

Despite the pandemic, the mood is good among those working with international students. Richard Stenelo and Louise Corrigan think it is fantastic that so many of them have managed to arrive in Lund. “They have defied obstacles such as closed airports and vacated embassies. The most creative students seem to have made it here – and these are exactly the type of students we want”, they observe. Ther

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/international-students-managed-arrive-lund - 2026-06-21

(By natascha [dot] kljun [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Natascha Kljun and Julia Kelly) - published 6 August 2024)Even in Earth’s high northern-latitude forest, climate change is predicted to make wildfires more frequent and severe.Earth’s far north hosts the boreal forest, a vast green belt that stretches from North America to Siberia. The boreal forest is one of the world’s largest CO₂ sinks. Over

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/forests-destroyed-wildfires-emit-carbon-long-after-flames-die - 2026-06-21

On Saturday 16 September, there will be Lund Culture Night with a lot of activities from Lund University open for everyone. Culture NIght Lund is a festival for the whole Lund Municipality, and Lund University is a part of the programme. Bring your family or friends and take a part of the events and activities that Lund University have to offer. For everybody and all ages. Some of the activities i

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-culture-night-saturday-16-september - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The question of how small, dwarf galaxies have sustained the formation of new stars over the course of the Universe has long confounded the world’s astronomers. An international research team led by Lund University in Sweden has found that dormant small galaxies can slowly accumulate gas over many billions of years. W

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/how-stars-form-smallest-galaxies - 2026-06-21

Nature-based solutions offer excellent opportunities to address environmental and social challenges. They can help mitigate climate change and protect biodiversity. However, better governance and funding, complemented by clear political priorities, are needed to scale up such solutions in the Nordic region. This is the finding of a new research report from the Nordic Council of Ministers, in which

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/opportunities-scale-nature-based-solutions-nordics - 2026-06-21

A blood biomarker yet to be used in cardiac arrest care can give a clearer picture of the extent of brain damage after a cardiac arrest. This has been shown in a large international multicentre study led by researchers at Lund University that has been published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. Worldwide, around four million people each year suffer a sudden cardiac arrest. “This will transform c

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/blood-test-reveals-prognosis-after-cardiac-arrest - 2026-06-21

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Vid Pufendorfinstitutet pågår just nu temat Postantibiotiska framtider, som samlar forskare från flera discipliner och fakulteter för att undersöka hur en värld där antibiotika inte längre fungerar kan vara levbar. I samband med coronavirusets framfart har vi fått se hela städer och länder stängas ner, människor pla

https://www.pi.lu.se/artikel/livet-bortom-antibiotikan - 2026-06-21

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Ellen Palm är kvinnan bakom ”Supermiljöpodden” och kampanjen ”Plastfri november”. Som nybliven doktorand ingår hon nu också i forskningsgruppen kring Mistras stora projekt om hållbara plaster. Hon hoppas att det projektet ska ge en viktig pusselbit till ett hållbart samhälle. – Jag vill väcka debatt och visa på både

https://www.lu.se/artikel/kampen-mot-en-ohallbar-plastvarld - 2026-06-21