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Rare copy of Copernicus book found at Lund University
New study challenges the idea of humans as innately nature-loving
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17 Dec 2025
How to reduce the risk of lymphedema
Lymphedema after head and neck cancer is considerably more common than previously assumed and can persist long after cancer treatment has finished. Researchers at Lund University i...
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17 Dec 2025
Heavy menstruation common among teenage girls – questionnaire reveals risk of iron deficiency
More than half of teenage girls experienced heavy bleeding and 40 per cent had an iron deficiency. The research, led from Lund University in Sweden, also shows that young teenage g...
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17 Dec 2025
Lund University’s requirements when recruiting a Vice-Chancellor
A decisive, visionary leader with the ability to safeguard academic freedom. These are some of the requirements when Lund University recruits the University’s 163rd Vice-Chancellor...
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17 Dec 2025
The university – a thousand-year-old institution that must defend its freedom
The institution of the university as we know it today emerged during the Middle Ages and has survived shifts in forms of government and economic systems, wars and periods of unrest...
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15 Dec 2025
Contaminated bathing water easier to detect
Urbanisation and a warmer climate means that more people want to swim in canals, harbours, and urban beaches. However, this means that they may swimming close to where treated wast...
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12 Dec 2025
Why we accept Santa’s traditional masculinity
Through the years, most gender norms have been challenged or changed in modern society. Yet each Christmas, a strikingly similar image of Santa Claus appears in the media and in ou...
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12 Dec 2025
Can Europeans still dream about a white Christmas?
Given the current warming climate, many of us have wondered if snow around Christmas time is slowly becoming a thing of the past. We asked Alex Vermeulen, Director of the ICOS Carb...
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12 Dec 2025
Blood test reveals prognosis after cardiac arrest
A blood biomarker yet to be used in cardiac arrest care can give a clearer picture of the extent of brain damage after a cardiac arrest.
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11 Dec 2025
New technology reveals migratory birds’ stunning precision in flight
Red-backed shrikes fly thousands of kilometres to reach Africa – and they do so with astonishing precision. Aided by new technology, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have b...
Sustainability
Climate and the conditions for future generations to live in a sustainable world are highly topical issues. At Lund University, ranked number one in the world for sustainability in 2026, leading research is seeking solutions to some of our time’s greatest societal challenges.