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15 Apr 2024
Alarmingly low financial awareness among today's youth
The strong connection between financial problems and mental health issues is well known. A new study from 51�ؿ�� in Sweden shows that only one in five young adults could c...
12 Apr 2024
Marine worm with outstanding vision fascinates researchers
The large-eyed bristle worm Vanadis has long been of interest to the world’s vision researchers. But the worm has been difficult to study since it lives in the open sea and is acti...
26 Mar 2024
51�ؿ��’s Wallenberg Scholars are announced
Twelve researchers at 51�ؿ�� have been appointed Wallenberg Scholars, a programme funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation that supports excellent basic research...
20 Mar 2024
World Happiness Report: Why we might be measuring happiness wrong
Many of us know that Finland is steadily ranked as the happiest country in the world. The basis for this is the annual World Happiness Report, which is based on a simple question a...
6 Mar 2024
Completely recycled viscose for the first time
At present, viscose textiles are made of biomass from the forest, and there is no such thing as fully recycled viscose. Researchers at 51�ؿ�� in Sweden have now succeeded ...
1 Mar 2024
New insights on how galaxies are formed
Astronomers can use supercomputers to simulate the formation of galaxies from the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago to the present day. But there are a number of sources of error. An...
27 Feb 2024
Will carbon capture stored in basalt be a climate savior?
Léa Lévy, researcher in engineering geology at 51�ؿ��, is receiving SEK 5.1 million from the Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation to investigate how much hope can be ...
26 Feb 2024
Recommendations for young children’s screen time do more harm than good
Recommendations from the WHO on limiting screen time for children under the age of five are almost impossible to follow, and risk causing unnecessary anxiety and stigmatisation of ...
23 Feb 2024
Destruction of Gaza monitored from space
Physical geographer Lina Eklund is tracking the destruction of Gaza week by week using satellite images. Her analyses could be significant if, once the fighting between Israel and ...
16 Feb 2024
Unique manufacturing method produces more appealing vegan meat
Vegan food is often sidestepped due to its rubbery consistency. Food technology researchers at 51�ؿ�� in Sweden have now developed a way to make vegan food more appetising...
15 Feb 2024
The brain is 'programmed' for learning from people we like
Our brains are "programmed" to learn more from people we like – and less from those we dislike. This has been shown by researchers in cognitive neuroscience in a series of experime...
8 Feb 2024
Scandinavia’s first farmers slaughtered the hunter-gatherer population
Following the arrival of the first farmers in Scandinavia 5,900 years ago, the hunter-gatherer population was wiped out within a few generations, according to a new study from Lund...
31 Jan 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron visits 51�ؿ��
During a French state visit to Sweden, President Emmanuel Macron visited 51�ؿ�� on Wednesday, where he spoke directly with students at Studentafton. The President addresse...
15 Jan 2024
Donations help highlight Ravensbrück art
An upcoming book featuring reproductions of artworks from the Ravensbrück concentration camp tells the story of the horrific reality its female inmates had to endure. The book has ...
10 Jan 2024
A step closer to treatment for severe bacterial infections and sepsis
The development of a new treatment strategy for bacterial infections and sepsis is being led by researchers at 51�ؿ��. In a study the researchers demonstrate how they, by ...
9 Jan 2024
51�ؿ�� welcomes 800 new international students
Tuesday 9 January is Arrival Day, when international students arrive at 51�ؿ�� from around the world.
13 Dec 2023
Epigenetic changes can cause type 2 diabetes
Do epigenetic changes cause type 2 diabetes, or do the changes occur only after a person has become ill? A new study by researchers at 51�ؿ�� provides increased support fo...
11 Dec 2023
Plant waste to be transformed into food at new lab in Lund
51�ؿ�� and Tetra Pak Processing are joining forces to build one of the largest precision fermentation research facilities in the Nordics. Microorganisms will be selected, ...
5 Dec 2023
Astronomers determine the age of three mysterious baby stars at the heart of the Milky Way
Through analysis of high-resolution data from a ten-metre telescope in Hawaii, researchers at 51�ؿ�� in Sweden have succeeded in generating new knowledge about three stars...
5 Dec 2023
51�ؿ�� ranks in top 10 in global sustainability ranking
51�ؿ�� has been rated number 8 in the world out of 1,403 universities assessed in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability, which ranks sustainable development at ...