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Lead, pesticides, brominated flame retardants, plastic additives, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals. This is what researchers at Lund University in Sweden found when they collected dead hedgehogs to investigate the environmental pollutants found in urban environments. Previous research has investigated the presence of heavy metals in hedgehogs from other urban areas in Europe and

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/high-levels-environmental-pollutants-and-heavy-metals-hedgehogs - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. What do muffins and space travel have in common? Answer: They affect our genes through altered DNA methylation patterns. Two researchers who studied this recently met at the public defence of a doctoral thesis at Lund University. Andrew Feinberg from Johns Hopkins University's School of Medicine in Baltimore, USA, has

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/big-data-muffins-and-space-travel - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Rain – both its presence and more particularly its absence – controls most things in the Sahel. Despite the fact that the belt of land south of the Sahara has become greener, the outlook is gloomy when it comes to making resources stretch to a growing population in the face of climate change. Now researchers want inve

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/family-planning-new-weapon-against-threatened-sahel - 2026-07-23

Lead, pesticides, brominated flame retardants, plastic additives, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals. This is what researchers at Lund University in Sweden found when they collected dead hedgehogs to investigate the environmental pollutants found in urban environments. Previous research has investigated the presence of heavy metals in hedgehogs from other urban areas in Europe and

https://www.science.lu.se/article/surprising-number-environmental-pollutants-hedgehogs - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University have contributed to creating a uniquely detailed global climate model that will increase our understanding of climate change. It is the first time that vegetation and land use, at this level of detail, are included in climate modeling within EC-Earth, a global climate and earth system mo

https://www.science.lu.se/article/unique-climate-model-includes-vegetation-developed - 2026-07-23

Superconductors are a cornerstone of quantum computers and particle detectors, among other things. However, a common problem is that their efficiency is degraded by various interferences. Now, researchers have come one step closer to explaining what is happening through high-precision measurements. The results are now being published in Nature Physics. Superconductivity depends on the presence of

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/moments-silence-point-way-towards-better-superconductors - 2026-07-23

Swedish Journal "Aktuell Hållbarhet" has listed young talents that in one way or another already have made an imprint in the area of sustainability. The list contains activists, lawyers, researchers, engineers and others. Congratulations, Steven! Where does your engagement come from and what made you choose a career in sustainability? Thanks! I am really honoured to be recognised, and included amo

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/steven-curtis-listed-one-33-most-influential-sustainability-profiles-under-33-sweden - 2026-07-23

More than half of teenage girls experienced heavy bleeding and 40 per cent had an iron deficiency. The research, led from Lund University in Sweden, also shows that young teenage girls who experience heavy menstrual bleeding – and are therefore at greater risk of iron deficiency – can be identified using a simple questionnaire. As many as half of the teenage girls in the study published in PLOS On

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/heavy-menstruation-common-among-teenage-girls-questionnaire-reveals-risk-iron-deficiency - 2026-07-23

It will be a big change in many ways for David Fenyö as he now gets the possibility to return to Sweden after 34 years in the US. Thanks to a grant of SEK 50 million from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, he can now move his research in precision medicine to Lund University. And he is familiar with Sweden from childhood. “We came from Hungary to Sweden when I was five years old and spoke H

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/1st-avenue-new-york-solvegatan-lund - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Sara Nolbrant, from the Developmental and Regenerative Neurobiology lab, will be defending her PhD thesis on Friday 31st of January. Researching in the group led by Malin Parmar, Sara has been directing and dissecting the fate of dopaminergic neurons with the aim developing cell replacement therapy for the treatment o

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/thesis-defence-interview-sara-nolbrant - 2026-07-23

The results of the election in September may have an impact on academic freedom and the independence of universities from political power. The principle of keeping an arm's length between politics and higher education and research is increasingly being called into question. “I think we are currently in a situation in which the most important thing is not for universities to receive more money, but

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/academic-freedom-under-threat - 2026-07-23

Three researchers from Lund University in Sweden have been awarded grants by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation totalling SEK 87 million for research on the semiconductors for the future, our immunological memory and next-generation immunotherapies. The latter is lead by WCMM's own Filipe Pereira. Three researchers from Lund University in Sweden have been awarded grants by the Knut and Alice

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/filipe-pereira-among-three-lund-recipients-knut-and-alice-wallenberg-foundation-grants - 2026-07-23

The results from the autumn travel habits survey show that a majority of the University’s staff (approx. 80%) get to and from work by walking, cycling or using public transport. This is a higher percentage than for other large organisations in Lund. However, there is potential for even more people to commute sustainably by investments in public transport and measures to promote cycling on campus.

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-staff-are-best-sustainable-commuting - 2026-07-24

That life is not fair is hardly news. But that inequalities are at risk of increasing as we seek to improve the health of the population is perhaps unexpected. Health economics is a way of evaluating the potential health benefits of different interventions, setting them against the economic cost and their impact on society. Over two million people in Sweden are currently living with cardiovascular

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/unfair-life - 2026-07-24

It is not every day that the inauguration of a toilet draws a hundred spectators. Such a toilet would have to be pretty special – and this one is. It is special because it is flushed using rain water gathered from the roof of Kemicentrum. LUM was able to follow the rainwater’s journey from parapet to porcelain. An ordinary toilet flush uses around five litres of water. The water used is the same a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/rain-roof-restroom - 2026-07-24

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 800 people in Sweden are currently on the waiting list to receive donated organs, but there are too few organs. Nearly one person dies each week in Sweden while on the waiting list. How can this lack of donor organs in Sweden be solved? Researchers Darcy Wagner, Department of Experimental Medical Science, and Sandra L

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/translational-research-developing-new-methods-prevent-organ-rejection-and-growing-new-organs-lab - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Is there any underlying biological explanation for why men are responsible for such a large proportion of sexual assaults compared to women? Or, from a biological point of view, could women just as easily have been the ones to commit this type of harassment and assault, if the social and historical power structure wer

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/biology-could-partially-explain-sexual-abuse-power - 2026-07-23

Han Somsen has newly been appointed professor in environmental law at the Faculty of Law. He is best known for his recommendation that bird-killing cats should be kept indoors. “Humans see themselves as the kings of the hill, which extends to their cats. If you question this, many people get very angry. I got death threats,” says Han Somsen. Han Somsen’s latest position was as professor at Tilburg

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/law-professor-who-wants-put-nature-above-law - 2026-07-24

Covid-19 and the subsequent closure of universities around the world have meant that we all quickly had to learn how to teach remotely. Educators all over the world have gathered experiences and evaluated them, and talk about the present as a "new normal" where both teachers and students expect universities to take advantage of knowledge and skills acquired during the pandemic. Photo: Christin Hum

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/new-normal-literature-review - 2026-07-23

Stem cells programmed to produce insulin in people with type 1 diabetes or to repair the heart muscle after a heart attack. Gene and cell therapies that improve cancer treatments. These new and innovative therapies have the potential to cure, alleviate and treat diseases where traditional medicines are currently insufficient. The monk Gregor Mendel set more in motion than he could have imagined wh

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/advanced-treatments-future-are-soon-here - 2026-07-23