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A new study shows that an AI assistant can conduct assessment conversations with patients with higher accuracy than the rating scales used in healthcare today. In the study, 303 participants were interviewed by the AI assistant Alba, who…

/article/ai-assisted-interviews-increase-accuracy-diagnosing-mental-illness- 2025-11-26

Researchers at Lund University have developed a new framework that can lead to the Öresund Link, thanks to the right maintenance at the right time and smart monitoring, having a total lifespan of 200 years. This is twice as long as…

/article/new-research-lifespan-oresund-bridge-can-be-doubled- 2025-11-25

We tend to attribute today's zoological menagerie of dog breeds to Victorian gentlemen with a penchant for selective breeding. The truth, however, goes back much further. An international study shows that the rich morphological variety…

/article/dog-diversity-thousands-years-older-we-thought- 2025-11-20

An international team of researchers has investigated whether oral insulin can prevent early signs of type 1 diabetes and clinical diagnosis in children with an increased risk of developing the disease. Although treatment with oral insulin…

/article/oral-insulin-delayed-onset-type-1-diabetes-some-children-increased-risk-disease- 2025-11-19

Current knowledge of food safety is based on traditional foods that include animal products. Corresponding knowledge of plant-based foods lags behind. “There is a naive belief that plant-based food is safer than animal-based food…

/article/researcher-challenges-myth-plant-based-food-safer- 2025-11-19

Lund University has climbed to first place in the world in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2026. The ranking includes around 2,000 higher education institutions from about 100 countries and measures how universities…

/article/lund-university-ranked-best-world-sustainability- 2025-11-18

The term of office for Lund University’s Vice-Chancellor expires at the end of 2026, and a recruitment process is already underway. This is because the process takes a little over a year. A total of 162 people. That is the number to have…

/article/recruitment-vice-chancellor-underway- 2025-11-17

Lund University and the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) are establishing a joint hub, focusing on water. The initiative will strengthen Lund University’s connection with the UN, and also…

/article/lund-university-start-new-un-collaboration-focusing-water- 2025-11-14

Alfa Laval and Lund University have formalized a new strategic partnership to strengthen collaboration, drive innovation, and address complex global challenges. At the same time, ground breaks for Alfa Lavals upcoming innovation center – a…

/article/alfa-laval-and-lund-university-strengthen-strategic-partnership- 2025-11-12

What if we could fight climate change using bacteria that live on air? That’s the vision behind a newly funded international research project led by scientists from Lund University, the University of Tromsø, and Harvard Medical School…

/article/living-air-scientists-enlist-arctic-bacteria-fight-climate-change- 2025-11-10

The most important mineral in today's electric car batteries is lithium. China completely dominates the market, with no extraction taking place in Europe. However, a new study shows that there is great potential for European lithium…

/article/new-lithium-mines-could-cut-eu-imports-half- 2025-11-10

For over 60 years, scientists have tried to determine whether plants are pollinated primarily during the day or at night — without reaching a clear conclusion. Now, a major research review from Lund University in Sweden has revealed that…

/article/nocturnal-pollinators-just-important-their-daytime-colleagues- 2025-11-10

Solar energy stored in the form of fuel is something scientists hope could partially replace fossil fuels in the future. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden may have solved a long-standing problem that has hindered the development of…

/article/solar-fuel-conundrum-nears-solution- 2025-11-10

By analysing over 100,000 field measurements as well as environmental data, an international research team has created maps that show how and when naturally regrowing forests bind most carbon. To fulfil climate goals and avoid the most…

/article/secondary-forests-could-be-key-factor-climate-management-if-we-protect-them-time- 2025-11-10

Environmental pioneer Henrik Smith has won a major international ecology prize. He is also keen to emphasise the importance of research activity’s interaction with society – gone are the days when writing an extensive study and then…

/article/award-environmental-pioneer-has-message-academia- 2025-11-10

Ten years have passed since the countries of the world signed the Paris Agreement. Political scientist Fariborz Zelli sums up the surprises – both positive and negative – in climate policy over the past ten years and also looks ahead. What…

/article/decade-paris-agreement-brings-progress-and-setbacks- 2025-11-06

Archaeologist Peter Jordan has together with colleagues from the UK and the US received the prestigious ERC Synergy Grant. The research aims to shed new light on the demography of hunter-gatherer societies, potentially shifting our…

/article/lund-archaeologist-awarded-erc-synergy-grant- 2025-11-06

Pregnancies do not weaken a woman’s skeleton. Breastfeeding, however, can reduce bone density considerably. These are findings from a research report produced at Lund University in Sweden. But breastfeeding women need not worry. “There is…

/article/new-findings-how-breastfeeding-affects-skeleton-could-boost-development-drugs-against-osteoporosis- 2025-11-04

Many might assume that we are powerless in the face of ongoing sea-level rise, and that the risk of flooding is inevitable near the coast. However, how governments choose to develop coastal regions is affecting exposure to flooding more…

/article/21st-century-flood-risk-affected-more-policy-climate-threats- 2025-11-03

Feeling unmotivated to carve another jack-o’-lantern out of a slimy pumpkin? As luck would have it, at least you don’t have to struggle with a rock-hard turnip. The pumpkin’s status as the main symbol of Halloween is actually somewhat of…

/article/root-vegetable-could-have-replaced-halloween-pumpkins- 2025-11-03