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Five Lund University researchers to receive ERC Consolidator Grants
Lund University to start new UN collaboration focusing on water
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11 Dec 2024
Climate change plans include unrealistic land demands: an area larger than the US
For the first time, an international team of scientists have calculated the total land area that the countries of the world have included in their individual plans for climate acti...
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10 Dec 2024
Lund University ranked third in the world in QS Sustainability Ranking
Lund University continues its climb towards the top of the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability, which ranks sustainable development at universities around the world. The U...
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5 Dec 2024
LU alumni leave COP29 climate summit feeling hopeful
As students at Lund University, they studied the effects of climate change. As alumni, they are now negotiating the future of climate policy on behalf of the EU and the Swedish gov...
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5 Dec 2024
52 Million SEK towards uncovering genetic drivers of Parkinson’s Disease
A team of international researchers led by Professor Johan Jakobsson at Lund University has secured a 52 million SEK grant from the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) initi...
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4 Dec 2024
Unexpected discovery revives abandoned breast cancer treatment
A new study led by Lund University in Sweden has solved a years-old mystery: which patients with aggressive breast cancer are helped by a targeted cancer treatment that had been un...
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29 Nov 2024
Prominent South African researcher receives honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Humanities at Lund University
Elmi Muller, Professor of Medicine at Stellenbosch University, is awarded an honorary doctorate by the Faculty of Humanities at Lund University.
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27 Nov 2024
Jon Fosse receives honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts
The Norwegian author and playwright Jon Fosse, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2023, has been conferred with an honorary doctorate by the Faculty of Fine and Perfo...
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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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7 Nov 2024
New GPS system for microorganisms could revolutionise police work
A research team led by Lund University in Sweden has developed an AI tool that traces back the most recent places you have been to. The tool acts like a satellite navigation system...
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7 Nov 2024
Heart transplant patients need support in managing severe symptoms
When a patient with heart failure has received a new heart and survives – the transplantation is deemed a success. However, healthcare overlooks heart recipients who suffer from lo...
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