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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We spend 90 per cent of our time indoors. We can both exercise and shop without taking a step outdoors and the indoor trend is on the increase, despite the fact that we have little understanding of the air we are breathing. “The health effects may not be detected for a number of years”, says LTH researcher Aneta Wierz

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-good-our-indoor-environment - 2026-06-23

For the first time, researchers have linked specific frequent defects in sperm to risk of pregnancy complications and negative impacts on the health of the baby. The study from Lund University in Sweden shows that high proportion of father’s spermatozoa possessing DNA strand breaks is associated with doubled risk of preeclampsia in women who have become pregnant by IVF. It also increases the risk

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/defective-sperm-doubles-risk-preeclampsia - 2026-06-23

Three research groups at Lund University Diabetes Centre receive new project grants within precision medicine. The aim with the projects is to develop individualised treatment strategies that may benefit people with type 2 diabetes. One of the new projects will investigate whether it is possible to develop individualised treatment strategies for people with type 2 diabetes. The project EPIPREDIA i

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/precision-medicine-research-within-type-2-diabetes-and-dementia-receives-support - 2026-06-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund researchers Anna Sundlöv and Katarina Sjögreen-Gleisner have developed a method to personalise treatment using a newly approved radioactive cancer drug – by taking images of the drug’s dispersion inside the patient. Their article won the best publication of the year prize awarded by the journal EJNMMI Physics. 17

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/researchers-lund-receive-prize-publication-year - 2026-06-23

LUSEM has claimed first place at the John Molson MBA International Case Competition in Montréal — one of the world’s most prestigious international case competitions. The winning team – Hanna Simona Allas, Lina Meyer, Karl Enocson and James Raymond-Paul – together with their case coach Mats Urde, delivered an outstanding performance in a highly competitive international setting. The victory marks

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusem-wins-john-molson-mba-international-case-competition - 2026-06-24

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. From despair to transformation: evidence-backed ways to think and act on the nature crisis. Looking at the bigger pictureThe UN Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has just published a global assessment of the state of nature, ecosystems and nature's contributions to people. Compi

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-research-biodiversity-comment-ipbes-global-assessment-report - 2026-06-23

Taha Sen’s PhD thesis focus on the life span of red blood cells and elucidates the important role of mitochondria. He is defending his thesis on the 17th of November and in this interview he gives us an overview of his results as well as what it’s been like being a doctoral student during a pandemic. Can you tell us about the research during your PhD? I’ve been focusing my thesis work on the life

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-taha-sen - 2026-06-23

In November 2021, a private foundation was established to promote scientific research in pancreatic cancer, gastroenterology, and pain management at Lund University. The foundation will be endowed with a total of SEK 40 million and will be managed by Lund University. Earlier this spring, the first grants from the foundation were distributed – approx. SEK 3 million will support the efforts of five

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/sek-40-million-donation-faculty-medicine - 2026-06-23

Klimatfrågan är en av vår tids största globala samhällsutmaningar. I det arbetet är forskningen om vart klimatet är på väg en viktig del. Både för att kunna följa att de utsläppsminskningar som världens länder avtalat om i Paris 2015 verkligen får en effekt, men också för att vara bättre förberedda på de klimatförändringar som vi inte kommer att kunna undvika. En klimatmodell utvecklad av forskare

https://www.lu.se/artikel/klimatmodeller-visar-vagen-mot-framtiden - 2026-06-25

Kan kultur påverka hur du mår? Sambandet mellan kultur och hälsa är ett område som växer alltmer. Max Liljefors, professor i konstvetenskap vid Lunds universitet, fick i uppdrag av Region Skåne att ta fram metoder för hur deras digra konstsamling bättre kan komma till nytta. – Det finns ett perspektivskifte i hur vi kan ge patienter tillgång till kultur. Det räcker inte att bara hänga upp något på

https://www.lu.se/artikel/konsten-att-visa-ratt-konst-inom-varden - 2026-06-25

Precision medicine aims to deliver the right treatment to the right person at the right time. What does this mean for people with type 2 diabetes? Some of the research at Lund University Diabetes Centre (LUDC) focuses on the progression of type 2 diabetes to help develop more targeted treatments. Epigenetics can become a useful tool when diabetes care is tailored to the individual. People with typ

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/epigenetics-and-genetics-help-illustrate-how-diabetes-care-can-be-individualised - 2026-06-23

With 10,000 new cases a year, prostate cancer is the most common cancer type in Sweden. To create equal, accessible and high-quality prostate cancer care, Region Skåne has introduced Organised prostate cancer testing, OPT. "Anyone who wants to should be allowed to be tested for prostate cancer. Studies show that early detection lowers long-term mortality", says Anders Bjartell, one of Sweden’s lea

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/organised-prostate-cancer-testing-provide-more-equal-care - 2026-06-23

Informal networking, panel discussion, and Q&A session. During the forum for LTH's employees last week, Dean Annika Olsson highlighted a selection of recent good news from LTH. The management also discussed some of the key issues for the coming years – including strategic recruitment and the fact that, despite major successes, LTH cannot rest on its laurels in the competition for large grants. Emp

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2025/best-obtaining-erc-grants-and-40-cent-new-students-are-women - 2026-06-23

Anne Sofie Djernis Anne Sofie Djernis´ MFA exhibition entitled “There is no emotional connection to numbers on a gravestone without a story being told” consisted of paintings, either on canvas or on newspaper. The paintings had an expanded colorscape and suggested different meditative states.   In the hand-out text Djernis mentioned how “In a meditative state, you observe” as a way she understood

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/mfa-student-interview-series-part-iv-anne-sofie-djernis-and-cornelia-hermansson - 2026-06-23

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. I sommar är det femtio år sedan människan för första gången satte sin fot på månen. Med avstamp i denna utomjordiska händelse har Lunds universitets magasin tagit pulsen på aktuell astronomiforskning vid Lunds universitet. Sofia Feltzing och Ross Church jobbar i ett par av de stora satsningar som ligger i forskarnas

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/pulsen-pa-astronomin-50-ar-efter-manlandningen - 2026-06-25

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. I sommar är det femtio år sedan människan för första gången satte sin fot på månen. Med avstamp i denna utomjordiska händelse har LUM tagit pulsen på aktuell astronomiforskning vid Lunds universitet. Sofia Feltzing och Ross Church jobbar i ett par av de stora satsningar som ligger i forskarnas horisont inför framtid

https://www.lu.se/artikel/pulsen-pa-astronomin-50-ar-efter-manlandningen - 2026-06-25

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Det är inte bara det att Lunds universitet har samlat på sig ett stort ekonomiskt överskott genom att inte använda fakultetsanslagen. – Eftersom räntan är negativ så betalar vi dessutom för att vi inte använder pengarna, säger Lise Bröndum som har gjort en särskild utredning om myndighetskapitalet. Lise Bröndum har

https://www.lu.se/artikel/myndighetskapitalet-vaxer-igen-och-det-kan-bli-dyrt - 2026-06-25

Med julen kommer tiden för romantiska, vintriga komedier som ”Love Actually” och ”The Holiday”. – Kulturkonsumtion under julen handlar mycket om att vi vill ha samma sak om och om igen, säger Jonas Lindkvist, doktorand i filmvetenskap. Det finns stora pengar att hämta i att bli en del av en årligt återkommande jultradition. Varje år toppar Mariah Carey topplistorna med sin hit ”All I want for Chri

https://www.lu.se/artikel/love-actually-och-holiday-som-julritualer - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. High blood pressure damages our blood vessels. It also damages our heart, our brain and our kidneys. A high blood pressure increases the risk of suffering a heart attack and stroke. However, it is not known exactly why a high blood pressure is so dangerous. – The reason is that we have effective antihypertensive medic

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/high-blood-pressure-bloody-serious - 2026-06-23

In this article published in Sydsvenskan, CMES scholars Sarah Anne Rennick and Dalia Abdelhady argue that the political mobilization of Middle Eastern migrants in European states represents a unique opportunity to revitalize our own democratic practices. Read the article in Swedish in Sydsvenskan Last decade, pinpointing political mobilization in the Middle East was a straightforward affair. At pr

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-political-mobilization-opportunity-european-democracy - 2026-06-23