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14 Nov 2024
Cancer detection through hair analysis makes prestigious list
The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) has released its list of ongoing Swedish research projects with the potential to create societal benefit, dubbed the “100 li...
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5 Nov 2024
Foam cells in brain tumours
A research team at Lund University has discovered a certain type of cells – foam cells – in patients with the aggressive brain tumour glioblastoma.
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5 Nov 2024
ERC Synergy Grant awarded for the development of custom-made stem cell therapies
Malin Parmar, professor of cellular neuroscience, along with researchers in Italy and Denmark, has been awarded the prestigious ERC Synergy Grant.
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4 Nov 2024
New knowledge about type 1 diabetes – the large-scale TEDDY study will soon be completed
In 2025, children within the TEDDY study will submit their final samples.The study has provided new knowledge about how type 1 diabetes develops.
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24 Oct 2024
Lund University tops patent ranking
Swedish higher education institutions excel in patents from academia, with Sweden ranking fifth in Europe. Lund University claims the top spot on the Swedish list.
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24 Oct 2024
Successful experiment paves the way for new element
Scientists have found an alternative way to produce atoms of the superheavy element livermorium. The new method opens up the possibility of creating another element that could be t...
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23 Oct 2024
Eric K. Fernström Nordic Prize to genetics pioneer
Kári Stefánsson, professor emeritus at UI CEO of deCODE genetics, has been awarded Lund University’s Eric K. Fernström Foundation Nordic Prize.
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17 Oct 2024
Three Lund researchers awarded Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation grants
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 fo...
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15 Oct 2024
Research offers no evidence to support tougher sentencing
Despite harsher sentences and increased resources for the criminal justice system, research shows nothing to indicate that this leads to reduced criminality. “We wanted to problema...
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14 Oct 2024
AI lacks common sense – why programs cannot think
Can AI think? The short answer is no, at least not in the way humans think. AI does not have incentives, opinions, or empathy. Even two-year-olds possess something that our artific...
The arts, culture and science – news and features
Arts and culture, which stimulate self-reflection, questioning and innovation, help us to achieve a better understanding of society and ourselves. They also give us the opportunity to entertain hopes and visions and imagine possible futures, which in turn provides the opportunity to improve our world and the human condition.