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Half of inhaled diesel soot gets stuck in the lungs
The exhaust from diesel-fuelled vehicles, wood fires and coal-driven power stations contains small particles of soot that flow out into the atmosphere. The soot is a scourge for the climate but also for human health. Now for the first time, researchers have studied in detail how diesel soot gets stuck in the lungs. The results show that more than [...]
The students have a natural place in decision-making
“What made the deepest impression on me at Lund University, and touched my heart, is the democratic idea that everyone should be an active participant.These are the words of the outgoing chair of the students’ union, Simon Wetterling, when he spoke as the only student at the symposium of the U21 network’s annual meeting last week in Lund. ” Just [...]
Teachable robot gets ready for factory toil
If robots are to take over people’s jobs then they must become, well, more human! When it comes to learning from previous experience, fine motor skills and manual dexterity, today’s robots are far behind humans. However, researchers at the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) are now working to give robots these characteristics. “Today’s industrial robots [...]
New Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Press
John B Anderson, professor in digital communication at the Department of Electrical and Information Technology, has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Press for the period 2012—2013. The appointment was announced in December by Kenneth Moore, Director of Book and Information Services at the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers in [...]
A clothing ethicist, a coastal researcher and a professor of electronics are appointed honorary doctors
Renée Andersson, responsible for ethics and environmental issues at Indiska Magasinet (a high street chain), is one of three new honorary doctors at Lund University’s Faculty of Engineering. The others are Marcel Stive, professor of Coastal Engineering and Scientific Director at the Water Research Centre, Delft University of Technology, in the [...]
New York Times about the city of Lund
The New York Times has featured an article about the city of Lund in its travel section, published 23 September 2011. The New York Times article: A College Town with a bit of Viking Mayhem, written by Russ Juskalian, paints a picture of the city, describing the atmosphere and history of Lund as well as highlighting interesting sights and cultural [...]
New Method cleans up textile industry's most dangerous chemicals
Textile dying is one of the most environmentally hazardous aspects of the textile industry. During dying, harmful chemicals that are difficult to break down are released, all too often into rivers and agricultural land. However, Maria Jonstrup, a doctoral student in Biotechnology at Lund University, has developed a new, environmentally friendly [...]
The Strategic Plan for LTH 2012-2016
In February 2012, the Governance Council of LTH will lay down the new strategic plan for 2012-2016. The work to formulate the new plan is steadily progressing. Now it is your turn to provide input for the final version. All LTH employees are invited to participate in the consultation meetings that are scheduled for September 2011. Through the [...]
New treatment option for advanced prostate cancer
Prostate cancer that has become resistant to hormone treatment and that does not respond to radiation or chemotherapy requires new methods of treatment. By attacking stem cell-like cells in prostate cancer, researchers at Lund University are working on a project to develop a new treatment option. A successful interdisciplinary project is underway [...]
New measurement important complement to GI
Many people are careful to follow a low glycaemic index (GI) diet. However, the glycaemic index concept has some shortcomings, in the view of one young researcher, who has developed a complementary method, ‘glycaemic profile’ or GP. The findings were recently published in Nutrition Journal. “White pasta is one example of a product which in some [...]
Enzymes from garden compost could favour bioethanol production
The researcher in question is Nadia Skorupa Parachin and the secret of her technique is enzymes that she extracted from garden soil. If ethanol can be successfully made from xylose then ethanol production could increase by over 20 per cent – to the benefit of cheaper environmentally friendly fuel. Ethanol is manufactured by fermenting sugars from [...]
Professor awarded Volvo scholarship
On March 7, the Håkan Frisinger Foundation for Transportation Research will be presenting its scholarship for 2010 to Bengt Johansson, Professor at Lund university (LTH). The scholarship, worth SEK 250,000, will be awarded to Bengt Johansson for his internationally successful and practically important research concerning combustion engines. Bengt [...]
Research for safer railway tunnels
"We’re going to set fire to two trains. Then we’ll blow them up", says Daniel Nilsson. He is an associate senior lecturer in the Division of Fire Engineering and Risk Management at LTH and is working on a project to improve safety in underground systems and railway tunnels. The project, called Metro, will improve safety in tunnels and other [...]
Mr. LTH - always at the centre of events
In September a major anniversary will be celebrated in Lund. LTH will have been in existence for 50 years and this must be celebrated. At the centre of the celebrations is a person who has experienced all these years at close quarters, the many-talented Skotte Mårtensson. He is on the jubilee committee that is planning the celebrations and jubilee [...]
Ideon Life Science Village created
AstraZeneca is selling its research facilities in Lund to a foundation. The foundation has been founded by Mats Paulsson and is to support Region Skåne and Lund University, with the aim of establishing a new centre for research, innovation and enterprise, primarily within the field of medicine. In March last year, AstraZeneca decided to move its [...]