Med ökande ålder sker en generell förlust av funktioner i alla kroppens organ. Bland annat är nedsatt njurfunktion och benskörhet vanligare hos äldre. Det senare i högre grad hos kvinnor. En ny avhandling från Lunds universitet sätter ljuset på kvinnors åldrande och undersöker sambandet mellan två vanliga sjukdomar som kan följa på åldrandet – njursvikt och benskörhet. Bildkälla: Pixabay Njurarna

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/njurfunktion-och-benskorhet-pa-aldre-dar - 2025-08-21

Bland oktobers disputationer finns Marie Larssons om hemoglobinnivån hos mycket för tidigt födda barn. Foto: Istock. Bland de många disputationer som äger rum vid Medicinska fakulteten i höst, lyfter vi denna gång dessa: Jessica Melins arbete om hur familjen påverkas när ett barn med förhöjd risk för diabetes typ 1 deltar i screeningstudier. Ylva Bengtsson om vilken roll nivån av mineralerna selen

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/om-diabetesscreening-brostcancer-hemoglobin-och-alzheimer - 2025-08-21

The trend towards autonomous aids for the driver can help keep track of the roadsides to detect animals. Photo: iStockphoto If you wander off the lane or touch the lane marking, your car tells you about it, and the most recent models can even gently take you back to the middle of the lane. Research in ELLIIT has shown that if the car also provides help during swift avoi- dance manoeuvres, the numb

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/leaving-avoidance-manoeuvres-car-reduces-risk-accident - 2025-08-21

SI leaders 2020 SI stands for Supplemental Instruction - a collaborative and peer to peer study group designed to assist newly admitted students academically by offering them a learning environment. Meet our SI leaders (selected from each specialization) who share insights on why students should attend SI sessions, best study tips and what motivated them to become SI leaders. Why should students a

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/meet-our-si-leaders - 2025-08-21

Doctoral students living on relatively low external scholarships should get terms of employment that are more equal to those on doctoral studentships. This is the hope of the University’s Education Board, which has approved the faculties topping up the income of doctoral students on scholarships. However, the Faculty of Law and the University’s employment lawyers have registered reservations again

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/better-conditions-horizon-scholarship-holders - 2025-08-21

Election Ink at the Jordanian General Election 2016. Photo: Raya Sharbain (CC BY-SA 4.0). This Regional Outlook focuses on the 2024 Jordanian parliamentary elections, their political consequences, and how the elections were affected by the War on Gaza. Earlier this fall, on September 10th, almost 1.5 million Jordanians (31% of eligible voters) cast their ballots to elect the country’s 20th parliam

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-jordanian-parliamentary-elections - 2025-08-21

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/trendspotting-future-challenges-middle-east - 2025-08-21

Under onsdagen presenterades sex av de mest innovativa idéer och projekt som just nu finns inom Lunds universitet. De fick dela på totalt 300 000 kronor när Lunds universitets och Sparbanken Skånes pris för framtidens innovationer delades ut. Ett solenergisystem för skolor i utvecklingsländer och en ny behandling för patienter som drabbas av hjärtinfarkt korades till vinnare. Det är fjärde året so

https://www.innovation.lu.se/artikel/framtidens-innovationer-prisade - 2025-08-21

Med Enheten för forskningsdata satsar universitetet på att förbättra stödet till forskarna i hanteringen av forskningsdata. Varje fakultet har nu utsett en data steward som ska stötta forskarna med det som rör forskningsdata. Den nya Enheten för forskningsdata ska ge forskare bättre stöd i att hantera sina forskningsdata enligt juridiska krav och säkerhetsstandarder. Detta genom såväl tekniska lös

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/lu-datastewards - 2025-08-22

With the Research Data Office, the University is working to improve support for researchers in the management of research data. Each faculty now has a data steward to assist researchers in their work with research data. The new Research Data Office will better support researchers in managing their research data according to legal requirements and security standards. This is achieved through techni

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-research-data-office-data-stewards-each-faculty - 2025-08-22

Demonstrator holds a placard depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin with the text "tribunal". Photo: Andrej Cukic/EPA. Russia's invasion of Ukraine was clearly illegal. Yet it is unlikely that Vladimir Putin will be held accountable. Most people agree that war is morally wrong. But what is the legal framework? The UN Charter, which in 1945 laid the foundations for the UN's missions, powers, ru

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/charges-against-putin-unlikely - 2025-08-21