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Gases used in anaesthesia are potent greenhouse gases, and their total global impact has not previously been known. A study published in The Lancet Planetary Health led by Lund University shows that greenhouse gas emissions from anaesthetic gases have decreased by 27% over the last ten years. By swapping out the anaesthetic gas with the highest climate impact, the climate impact of anaesthetic gas
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a digital cognitive test for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease that is intended for use in primary care. “This digital test, which patients perform on their own with minimal involvement from healthcare personnel, improves the primary care physician's ability to determine who should be further examined by blood tests for Alzheimer's pathology ear
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-digital-cognitive-test-diagnosing-alzheimers-disease - 2026-10-30
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Getting important information out fast to the right target group has been a challenge for the crisis management group, which has now entered a calmer phase after an intensive spring. “Now it is mostly a question of coordination and we are also considering opening the group up to representatives of education and resear
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-successful-quick-digital-restart - 2026-10-30
Lund University has a world-class art collection worth hundreds of millions of Swedish crowns. But many of the less valuable paintings are currently hidden in attics and cellar storage rooms. “With the initiative entitled ‘When collections come to life’ and a new open warehouse, we want to highlight the art collection and make it more accessible”, says Annie Lindberg, archivist and acting director
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/art-treasures-taken-out-hiding - 2026-10-30
Bringing together experts from diverse fields across the university along with a number of guest researchers, the Pufendorf theme "DigiJustice: Rethinking Digital Inequalities and Human Rights in the Age of AI" will showcase an interdisciplinary approach to digital justice and shaping an inclusive future. Co-led by Miranda Kajtazi, Associate professor in informatics, and Lena Halldenius, Professor
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/digijustice-interdisciplinary-approach-digital-equality - 2026-10-30
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Every year Birger Schmitz, Fredrik Terfelt and Ellinor Martin dissolve five to ten tonnes of limestone with highly dangerous chemicals. The aim is to find microscopic grains from fossilised meteorites that are many millions of years old, which can provide important clues to the development of life on Earth. LUM was g
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/chemically-empowered-hunt-space-grains - 2026-10-30
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. By analysing the growth rings from trees that are several thousand years old, preserved in peat bogs, geologist Johannes Edvardsson is creating a unique timeline of Sweden’s historical climate. The buried time capsules also hold clues that could help us to better understand how our forests will be affected by future c
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/chainsaw-geologist-studies-historical-climate-change-growth-rings - 2026-10-30
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The coronavirus pandemic has not put Lund University in any financial difficulty. There is money in the University's coffers, assures the head of planning Tim Ekberg. The agency capital currently amounts to SEK 1.7 billion. "It is money that could be useful to support affected areas of activity", he comments. The agen
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/no-threat-lund-universitys-finances-thanks-agency-capital - 2026-10-30
Kompetensportalen, Lucat, Lupin, Lubas and LUCRIS. Those are the names of some of Lund University’s administrative systems. They are now also the names of five new bacteriophages that have recently been discovered in the ponds of Lund University’s Botanical Gardens. Bacteriophages – often abbreviated to phages – are viruses that attack bacteria. Phages are astonishingly effective assassins – these
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/fishing-phages-lund-universitys-botanical-gardens - 2026-10-30
Eating cheese and cream with a high fat content may be linked to a lower risk of developing dementia. This is shown by a new large-scale study from Lund University. The researchers analysed the dietary habits of more than 27,000 people and linked these to the occurrence of dementia over a follow-up period of up to 25 years. The debate about low-fat diets has long shaped our health advice and influ
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/full-fat-cheese-linked-lower-risk-dementia - 2026-10-30
What happens if there is a power cut and the heating stops working for a long period of time? Besides the obvious consequences – that technology doesn’t work and it gets cold – how do we, as a society, prepare for such a crisis? Do we know who is supposed to do what when it happens? And who gets to decide on the crisis plans? There are many different unexpected and sudden events that can happen. A
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/everyone-must-be-included-crisis-planning - 2026-10-30
It is time to summarise 2021, a year in which nothing was the same as before, if a year can ever be like another. For me personally, it has been transformative to take over as vice-chancellor of Lund University together with a new management team: deputy vice-chancellor Lena Eskilsson and the five pro vice-chancellors Per Mickwitz, Kristina Eneroth, Ann-Kristin Wallengren, Jimmie Kristensson and V
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/time-ring-out-old-year-and-ring-new - 2026-10-30
We all remember the disruptive boys in the class. The ones who shoplifted, got into playground fights and started smoking early. Some of these boys were quite simply displaying normal defiance and are now living a good and stable life as adults. But for a few of them, these were warning signs of risky behaviour that later led them on to a life of crime. Almost all teenagers have a tendency to brea
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/early-signs-ending-life-crime - 2026-10-30
Wobbling and laughing, a few of the girls glide over the ice. They are holding hands in a chain. If one falls, they all go down. They are thirteen recently arrived girls and five volunteers in the Save the Children project, Girl to Girl, who are meeting on a Sunday at the ice rink in Lund. One of the volunteers is studying Human Rights as an activity for the Certificate of International Merits (CI
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/students-dont-need-pack-their-bags-gain-international-qualifications - 2026-10-30
The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, IIIEE, is taking the lead on open, month-long online courses, known as MOOCs. The investment in MOOCs has been quite a success. In recent years, every sixth student has stated that the online courses influenced them to apply for one of the IIIEE’s traditional courses or programmes. That MOOCs attract students to study programmes i
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/moocs-more-popular-during-pandemic - 2026-10-30
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “Toke is shy but does the most exploring of all of them, while Siggi is relaxed and friendly. But you have to know them to be able to work with them”, says cognitive scientist Stephan Reber. He is not talking about his colleagues but the alligators now on site in Ystad zoo, where the researchers have a specially adapt
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/alligators-are-key-world-dinosaurs - 2026-10-30
Perhaps not, argues Yulia Vakulenko. At least not when it comes to the delivery service needs and preferences of rural versus urban e-consumers in the age of consumer-centric supply chain management. The new age of consumer-centric supply chain management highlights the benefits of placing the consumer at the core of strategy development and operations design. Recent e-commerce shifts translate in
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/does-one-service-fit-all - 2026-10-29
After graduating from International Strategic Management at LUSEM, Sofie Bjerling has built a career combining business strategy with sustainability. Today, she helps companies turn sustainability data and frameworks into meaningful business action. Editor's note: this interview is from 2024. Sofie, tell us about what you do today! I'm working with sustainability data and encourage companies to me
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/sofie-combines-business-strategy-and-sustainability-drive-change - 2026-10-30
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Former doctoral student Firas Jumaah and supervisor Charlotta Turner have had a special bond since 2014, when Jumaah and his family got caught up in the first ISIS lightning offensive in Iraq. Employing far-reaching means, Charlotta Turner managed to get them back to Lund unharmed. Now they have written a book togeth
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-she-became-professor-hardcore - 2026-10-30
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. By 2023 the University is to have reduced its CO2 emissions by half, according to the new sustainability plan. Things look promising right now due to Covid-19 – there will be a radical reduction this year as air travel is the biggest CO2 villain. The number of flights booked between April and October 2020 fell by 97 p
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lus-new-plan-co2-emissions-be-halved-2023 - 2026-10-30
