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Where, how often, and how much it is going to rain or snow in the future is difficult to predict. Anders Ahlström studies the importance of precipitation for ecosystems on Earth – and contributes with new knowledge in a complex and fraught area. Across the world, researchers are in agreement on future warming patterns. However, future precipitation is more difficult to predict, and climate models

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/importance-precipitation-ecosystems-earth - 2026-08-17

Smokers have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer, but a higher risk of dying from the disease, according to a large population study led by Lund University in Sweden. The researchers followed more than 350 000 people over several decades, and the results are now published in European Urology. It is well known that smokers have an increased risk of developing various cancers, but there have

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/smoking-worsens-prognosis-men-prostate-cancer - 2026-08-17

Huntington’s disease is hereditary, genetic and usually begins between the ages of 30 and 50. In Sweden, around 1,000 people have the diagnosis and several thousand live with the risk of getting the disease. Even more people have a connection to the disease as its symptoms also affect those close to the patient to a high degree. The disease leads to premature death and there are no treatments that

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/huntingtons-complex-brain-disease-affects-movement-thoughts-and-feelings - 2026-08-17

The risk of being exposed to Covid-19 particles increases with shorter physical distance to a patient, higher patient viral load and poor ventilation. Measurements taken by researchers at Lund University in Sweden of airborne virus in hospitals provide new knowledge about how best to adapt healthcare to reduce the risk of spread of infection. Researchers hope current international guidelines in he

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-knowledge-about-airborne-virus-particles-could-help-hospitals - 2026-08-17

On April 29, Lund University presented the strengths with which it aims to contribute to the world’s largest investment in cultural and creative sectors. The ‘Buzz of Europe’ conference showcased opportunities that the broad University can offer. Held in a packed university auditorium, the event was aimed at anyone interested in joining the Creatives & Friends network, which has now been establish

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-creative-and-cultural-expertise-can-serve-force-solve-significant-social-challenges - 2026-08-17

A research team led by Lund University in Sweden has investigated a meteorite from Mars using neutron and X-ray tomography. The technology, which will probably be used when NASA examines samples from the Red Planet in 2030, showed that the meteorite had limited exposure to water, thus making life at that specific time and place unlikely. In a cloud of smoke, NASA's spacecraft Perseverance parachut

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-study-indicates-limited-water-circulation-late-history-mars - 2026-08-17

At the end of March, the first cases of acute severe hepatitis of unknown origin in children were reported in the UK. Since then, the number has increased to more than 300 in around 20 countries; there are now reports of nine suspected cases in Sweden. The acute liver infection mainly affects otherwise completely healthy children under the age of 16, which puzzles researchers who are now searching

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-search-answers-increase-acute-severe-hepatitis-children - 2026-08-17

After many years, a research team led by Lund University in Sweden has sequenced and characterized the entire genome of oats. This opens up for breeding healthier oats with even better nutritional content, and growing oats in a more environmentally sustainable way. The detailed genetic analyzes also strengthen the evidence that oats are safe in a gluten-free diet. The results are published in Natu

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/entire-oat-genome-mapped - 2026-08-17

A 30-year-old genetic mystery has been solved. It has previously been established that touch can trigger stress reactions in plants. However, the molecular models for explaining this process have been quite spartan so far. Now researchers at Lund University in Sweden have found genetic keys that explain how plants respond so strongly to mechanical stimuli. Cracking this code could help lead to hig

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/what-happens-when-plants-have-stress-reactions-touch - 2026-08-17

A new study by researchers at Lund University supports the notion that patients with type 2 diabetes patient should be divided into subgroups and given individualised treatment. The study demonstrates that there are distinct epigenetic differences between different groups of patients with type 2 diabetes. The epigenetic markers are also associated with different risks of developing common complica

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/epigenetic-markers-predict-complications-patients-type-2-diabetes - 2026-08-17

The ostrich is genetically wired to adapt to rising or falling temperatures. However, when the temperature fluctuates more often, as it does with climate change, the flightless bird with a 40-gram brain finds it much more difficult. A research team at Lund University has shown that the ostrich is very sensitive to fluctuating temperatures in terms of whether it reproduces. If the temperature rises

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ostriches-can-adapt-heat-or-cold-not-both - 2026-08-17

The emergence of a mysterious area in the South Atlantic where the geomagnetic field strength is decreasing rapidly, has led to speculation that Earth is heading towards a magnetic polarity reversal. However, a new study that pieces together evidence stretching back 9,000 years, suggests that the current changes aren’t unique, and that a reversal may not be in the cards after all. The study is pub

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/earths-magnetic-poles-not-likely-flip-study - 2026-08-17

The year is 2072, and the worst storm in two hundred years is about to hit Scania, in the south of Sweden. In Skanör-Falsterbo, a family is celebrating Christmas when the storm alarm sounds. The waves draw closer to the house, and the family dash towards the nearby church. What happens next is the result of many decades of decisions: did we work together, or did the lines of conflict become even d

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/soundwalk-imagines-climate-future - 2026-08-17

Astronomers at Lund University in Sweden have found a group of stars in the Milky Way disk, that are most likely remnants from an unknown baby galaxy that was swallowed by the Milky Way over 10 billion years ago. Nothing like it has been discovered in the galaxy disk before. After the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago, space was a veritable Wild West. Stars formed inside huge gas clouds that collide

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-find-ten-billion-year-old-ghost-stars-swallowed-galaxy - 2026-08-17

Simon Davidsson har tilldelats Statsvetenskapliga förbundets pris för bästa uppsats av yngre forskare presenterad vid förbundets årsmöte 2022. Davidsson tilldelas priset för uppsatsen "Testing Paths to Strong Parties in Western Europe or the Efficient Secret Shared." Motiveringen lyder:    Davidssons uppsats är en noggrann undersökning av förklaringar till utvecklingen av partistyrka i västeuropei

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/simon-davidsson-tilldelas-statsvetenskapliga-forbundets-pris - 2026-08-17

Isabel Bramsen har skrivit kapitlet ‘The web of relations shaping the Philippine peace talks’ i boken Relational Peace Practices redigerad av Anna Jarstad, Johanna Söderström och Malin Åkebo. Kapitlet undersöker samspelet mellan regeringen och Filippinernas kommunistiska parti (CPP) under fredssamtal och diskuterar detta i förhållande till det större nätet av relationer som formar fredssamtalen. B

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/bramsen-om-natet-av-relationer-som-formar-de-filippinska-fredssamtalen - 2026-08-17

Nu drar det ihop sig till Almedalsveckan 2023. Statsvetenskapliga institutionens forskare är på plats och medverkar i olika paneler och diskussioner. Torsdag 29 juni Israel vid vägs ände som liberaldemokratisk stat? Israel kantas av den värsta interna politiska krisen på årtionden efter att dess nytillträdda högerextrema regering försöker ta total politisk kontroll över rättsapparaten. Vilka polit

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/statsvetare-pa-almedalsveckan-2023 - 2026-08-17

Efter lång och trogen tjänst avtackades i torsdags Tomas Bergström, prefekt för Statsvetenskapliga institutionen 2009–2017, som nu går i pension. Talare under vid tillställningen konstaterade att Statsvetenskapliga institutionen utvecklats otroligt mycket under åren och tack vare detta nu står väl rustad att möta framtida utmaningar. I detta har Tomas ledarskap spelat en stor roll för att modernis

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/tidigare-prefekt-tomas-bergstrom-uppmarksammas - 2026-08-17

Lisa Strömbom har samförfattat artikeln ”Abrahamavtalens implikationer för fred i Mellanöstern”, i senaste numret av Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift. Abrahamavtalen som undertecknades av Israel och fyra arabiska länder 2020 framställs ofta som en av Donald Trumps och Benjamin Netanyahus största utrikespolitiska framgångar. Artikeln problematiserar vilken typ av fred som Abrahamavtalen hittills har let

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/lisa-strombom-om-abrahamavtalens-implikationer-fred-i-mellanostern - 2026-08-17

Stina Melander, Julia Bahner och Oskar Krantz har publicerat artikeln “The Personal is Political – And Then What? Ideology, Representation, and Legitimacy in a Swedish Disability Organisation.” i Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research. Abstrakt Bakgrund: Vem som kan eller inte kan göra anspråk på att representera andra medlemmar inom funktionshinderrörelsen har diskuterats i årtionden, främst

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/stina-melander-medforfattare-om-ideologi-representation-och-legitimitet-i-en-svensk - 2026-08-17