Published 20 October 2023 “At the time, I couldn’t imagine that my experiment could create such short pulses of light,” Anne L’Huillier later said of the discovery that paved the way for the Nobel Prize. Photo: ERCEA. This is the science behind the unimaginably quick attosecond pulses. The method can “photograph” electrons, giving us new insights into the inner life of atoms, and is the discovery

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/pulses-light-open-door-microcosm - 2025-07-07

Published 23 October 2023 Iryna Tsunovska and Nataliia Kohutyuk in Lund for a training course. Photo: Johan Persson Iryna Tsunovska and Nataliia Kohutyuk from Ukraine are taking home many new insights on how they can contribute to the protection of human rights in their professional roles. They have just completed a training course at Lund University for young policymakers, public servants and civ

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/young-ukrainian-civil-servants-explore-human-rights-lund - 2025-07-07

Published 23 October 2023 Photo: Dean Drobot/MostPhotos Video games are easy to exploit, and are being used by actors ranging from IS and Hizbollah for recruitment, to Russia, who use it to spread propaganda during the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. This according to a new report from Psychological Defence Research Institute at Lund University in Sweden. Since the 2016 US Presidential election, many

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-video-games-are-being-used-foreign-actors-and-extremists - 2025-07-07

Published 3 November 2023 The study shows that large herbivores have a positive impact on variation in tree cover in the world’s protected areas. The picture shows Tarangire National Park in Tanzania. (Photo: Wikipedia) Using global satellite data, a research team has mapped the tree cover of the world’s protected areas. The study shows that regions with abundant large herbivores in many settings

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/large-herbivores-such-elephants-bison-and-moose-contribute-tree-diversity - 2025-07-07

Published 8 November 2023 Illustration of phage virus injecting its DNA into a cell (Image: Alex Evilevitch and Ting Liu) Researchers at Lund University, together with colleagues at the NIST Synchrotron Facility in the USA, have mapped on an atomic level what happens in a virus particle when the temperature is raised. "When the temperature rises, the virus's genetic material changes its form and d

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/temperature-increase-triggers-viral-infection - 2025-07-07

Published 10 November 2023 Photo: Kennet Ruona Six of the most innovative ideas and projects currently within Lund University were spotlighted at the Future Innovations Award, held on November 7th. The contributors shared a total of SEK 500,000 when Lund University's and Sparbanken Skåne's Future Innovations Award was given out. The winning ideas included an energy storage system that makes use of

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/most-innovative-lund-university-receive-awards - 2025-07-07

Published 14 November 2023 Anna Sellgren Engskov (Photo: Ingemar Hultquist) A man who is exposed to physical pain feels less severe pain if he is subjected to pain by a woman compared with a man, according to new research from Lund University in Sweden. In addition, men experience less pain after surgery when asked about it by a woman than by a man. “This was true despite the fact that the men and

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/men-experience-less-pain-when-woman-charge - 2025-07-07

Published 17 November 2023 Pictured is the male, blue variant of the bluetail damselfly (Photo: Erik Svensson) For over 20 years, a research team at Lund University in Sweden has studied the common bluetail damselfly. Females occur in three different colour forms – one with a male-like appearance, something that protects them from mating harassment. In a new study, an international research team f

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/scientists-have-solved-damselfly-colour-mystery - 2025-07-07

Published 20 November 2023 Worldwide, coastal river deltas are home to more than half a billion people, supporting fisheries, agriculture, cities, and fertile ecosystems. In a unique study covering 49 deltas globally, researchers from Lund University and Utrecht University have identified the most critical risks to deltas in the future. The research shows that deltas face multiple risks, and that

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/coastal-river-deltas-threatened-more-climate-change - 2025-07-07

Published 22 November 2023 UN Climate Change/Kiara Worth The COP climate meetings are organised in a way that benefits richer and larger countries at the expense of smaller and poorer countries, according to a new study from Lund University and the University of Leeds. The study also labels the participating countries as either Radicals, Opportunists, Hypocrites or Evaders. Every year, the UN orga

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/un-climate-meetings-organised-way-benefits-richer-larger-countries - 2025-07-07

Published 23 November 2023 Image: iStock/Zanuck Breath-holding spells are common in young children and are benign. Yet children often undergo unnecessary diagnostic interventions when seeking medical care. This is because there are no national or international guidelines on how to assess children in these cases. A team of researchers at Lund University, Sweden has now proposed guidelines to reduce

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/children-breath-holding-spells-undergo-unnecessary-diagnostic-interventions - 2025-07-07

Published 24 November 2023 Daniel Bexell, Joan Yuan and Andreas Nilsson Daniel Bexell, Joan Yuan and Andreas Nilsson have each been awarded the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant. They will spend five years conducting research on childhood cancer neuroblastoma, the crucial role of B cells in our immune system and the Earth’s magnetic field. Daniel Bexell, senior lecturer and associate professor at

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/three-lund-researchers-receive-erc-consolidator-grants-0 - 2025-07-07

Publicerad 9 januari 2017 Ullrika Sahlin, forskare vid Centrum för miljö- och klimatforskning, CEC, har fått Richard J. Burk Outstanding Service Award för sitt arbete inom fältet riskanalys. Ullrika Sahlin, forskare vid Centrum för miljö- och klimatforskning CEC, har fått Richard J. Burk Outstanding Service Award för sitt arbete inom fältet riskanalys. Utmärkelsen tillsammans med USD 500 delades u

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/forskare-far-pris-av-society-risk-analysis - 2025-07-07

Publicerad 18 januari 2017 Avsikten med Dr. Pejchars besök är att utveckla forskningen i intersektionen mellan biodiversitet, ekosystemtjänster och jordbruk i samarbete med BECC:s forskare. Dr. Liba Pejchar brings expertise in several emerging topics in BECC at the intersection of biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being. Her lively research program explores innovative strategies for

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/valkommen-till-becc-gastforskaren-liba-pejchar-associate-professor-fran-department-fish-wildlife-and - 2025-07-07

Publicerad 1 februari 2017 • Do you get your Friday emails from Research professional with the latest funding opportunities? • Is your profile in LUCRIS, ORCID-ID and PRISMA in order? • What happens with your articles once they are published? How do you get them in all these databases? Warmly welcome to a workshop on tools for researchers at LU on 9 February 10–12. This event is open to both CEC F

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/workshop-tools-researchers-lu - 2025-07-07

Publicerad 3 februari 2017 I januari 2017 signerade Lunds universitet ett Memorandum of Understanding med Stockholm Environmental Institute, SEI. Samarbetet mellan Lunds universitet och SEI har pågått en längre tid inom områden som klimatanpassning, anpassningar till fossilfri ekonomi i Sverige, jordbruk och livsmedelssäkerhet och senast med ett gemensamt 58 MSEK Mistra Geopolitik och Hållbar Utve

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/lunds-universitet-och-sei-signerar-mou - 2025-07-07

Publicerad 6 februari 2017 Johanna Alkan Olsson från CEC, Lunds Universitet lyckades med hjälp av en lysande presentation ta hem 5.000 euro för sitt projekt om algoritmisk potatisodling på Climate-KIC Nordics Ideation Day 27/1. Projektet ska skapa en metod för lantbrukare för att bättre kunna hantera utbrott av bladmögel på potatisplantor, ett problem som kommer att bli mer vanligt med ett förändr

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/potatisprojekt-far-finansiering - 2025-07-07

Publicerad 10 februari 2017 Fyra olika forskargrupper har haft i uppdrag att utvärdera landsbygdsprogrammet 2007–2013. En av forskargrupperna har varit ansvarig för delrapport II med uppdrag att utvärdera programmets effekt då det gäller åtgärder för att uppnå en bättre miljö. Denna forskargrupp har arbetat under ledning av Henrik Smith som även varit redaktör för delrapporten tillsammans med Juli

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/slututvarderingen-av-landsbygdsprogrammet-2007-2013 - 2025-07-07

Publicerad 15 februari 2017 Anna Persson, forskare på CEC är en av författarna av en ny publikation från Naturvårdsverket ”Argument för mer ekosystemtjänster”. Från rapporten; Ekosystemtjänster är grunden i människans välfärd, ändå är tjänsterna ofta osynliga i flera samhällsbeslut. Den här rapporten innehåller statistik, studier och forskning som visar hur ekosystemtjänster bidrar till människors

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/argument-mer-ekosystemtjanster - 2025-07-07

Publicerad 6 mars 2017 Forskningsprojektet Värdering av ekosystemtjänster i jordbruket – en väg mot effektivt beslutsfattande (VESA) som letts av Katarina Hedlund presenterar sina resultat på Naturvårdsverkets slutkonferens 21 mars i Stockholm. Ett av resultaten från VESA är C-bank, som är ett webbaserat verktyg (C-bank) som kan användas av lantbrukare och rådgivare för att värdera ekosystemtjänst

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/slutkonferens-vardet-av-ekosystemtjanster - 2025-07-07