Publicerad 2 september 2024 Bo Häggman. VD, Cyclicor LU Holdings portföljbolag Cyclicor, som utvecklar hållbara polyuretaner för CASE- och skumindustrin (färger, lim, tätningsmedel och elastomerer), har stängt en ny finansieringsrunda och välkomnar Bo Häggman som ny VD. Häggman har en gedigen erfarenhet inom kemiindustrin, med tidigare ledande befattningar på Perstorp. Hans djupa branschkunskap oc

https://www.innovation.lu.se/artikel/cyclicor-varvar-tungt-namn-fran-perstorp-och-tar-nytt-kapital - 2025-02-27

Published 11 August 2016 5G world record set by Lund University and Bristol University researchers. Photo: National Instruments Researcher Steffen Malkowsky, together with research colleagues from Lund University, Sweden, and the University of Bristol, UK, has achieved a new world record in 5G technology, thereby surpassing the previous record that he himself contributed to last spring. The succes

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-set-new-5g-world-record-and-earn-multiple-awards - 2025-02-27

Published 15 August 2016 Tuesday 16 August 2016 is "Arrival Day" for over 2,000 new international students at Lund University. Arrival Day is a dedicated day to welcome international students to their new environment at Lund University. Students are greeted by international mentors at Copenhagen Airport and at the Lund train station, before being driven to the Academic Society building to be ‘chec

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lu-welcomes-students-around-world-arrival-day - 2025-02-27

Published 16 August 2016 Scientists have been able to show that birds fly faster in flocks. Photo: Beninfreo New research at Lund University in Sweden shows that the flight speed of birds is determined by a variety of factors. Among the most sensational is that the size of the flock has a significant impact on how fast the birds can fly. The larger the flock, the higher the speed. Researchers at t

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Published 17 August 2016 An American emperor dragonfly accelerates streaks of smoke down when it flaps its four wings. The photo has been edited. PHOTO: IGOR SIWANOWICZ/HUAI-TI LIN The complicated structure of the dragonfly’s wings makes them sturdier and increases their stability and flexibility in the air, without affecting the aerodynamics. The research results may become applicable in the wind

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/dragonflys-flight-technique-uncovered - 2025-02-27

Published 17 August 2016 Abuse of addictive prescription drugs is increasing, and is at risk of becoming a major public health problem in Europe. Photo: MostPhotos The largest study of prescription drug abuse in Europe shows that more than 12 per cent of Swedes over age 12 have abused prescription medication. The results, published in the scientific journal BMC Psychiatry, are based on studies in

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Published 23 August 2016 Study uncovers what exactly makes authoritarian and socially dominant people have an increased tendency to accept torture. Photo: F. Mariani A research group of psychologists from Lund University in Sweden have shown that authoritarian people and those who perceive their own group as socially superior to others are often more inclined to accept the use of torture. The thin

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/why-do-some-people-find-it-easier-accept-torture-and-assault-others - 2025-02-27

Published 24 August 2016 21-year-old orangutang Naong demonstrated that he can predict the taste sensations. Photographer: Tomas Persson A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that orangutans can imagine whether or not a certain juice blend is good or not, based on its ingredients. Predicting an experience of something that has not yet occurred can be done by using so-called affective fo

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/orangutans-can-predict-future-experiences - 2025-02-27

Published 25 August 2016 By assigning barcodes to stem cells, researchers can see how individual stem cells in the blood differ from one another, and how their functions change with age. Photo: MostPhotos By assigning a barcode to stem cells, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have made it possible to monitor large blood cell populations as well as individual blood cells, and study the chang

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/barcodes-show-blood-family-tree - 2025-02-27

Published 5 September 2016 The three-dimensional structure of the RNR enzyme from the bacterium pseudomonas aeruginosa shows how it shuts down when there is no longer a need for DNA building blocks. Illustration: Derek Logan A study of an enzyme that helps build and repair DNA in living organisms increases our understanding of how these processes are controlled and how we can use this to combat in

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-knowledge-about-building-blocks-life - 2025-02-27

Published 6 September 2016 Lund University has once again been ranked as the number one university in Sweden and the 73rd best in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2016/17 that was released today. With 17,000 internationally recognised universities in the world, this ranking reinforces Lund University’s place in the global top tier of higher education, among 0.4% of the world’s univers

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-once-again-top-100-qs-university-rankings - 2025-02-27

Published 13 September 2016 Study points out how important follow-ups are to evaluate patients’ psychological well-being after gastric bypass surgery. Photo: Shutterstock Research from Lund University shows that one in five adolescents who have undergone obesity surgery experience poor mental health. Some have even had suicidal thoughts. The study is based on follow-up studies of 88 adolescents wh

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/increased-focus-mental-health-young-obesity-surgery-patients - 2025-02-27

Published 17 September 2016 Researchers at Lund and Bristol universities are making great strides in 5G technology. Photo: C. Schubert Researchers at the universities of Lund and Bristol have conducted a number of experiments using a form of 5G technology called Massive MIMO (multiple input, multiple output), and set not one but two world records in so-called spectrum efficiency for wireless commu

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-making-strides-5g-technology - 2025-02-27

Published 19 September 2016 The first image of the entire sky produced with the help of Gaia data. Photo: ESA/Gaia/DPAC The European Space Agency’s satellite Gaia is now delivering its first results after having travelled around the sun for more than two years. The goal is to draw up a whole new map of the Milky Way, showing where the billion different stars are located and how they move. Lennart

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-plays-key-role-mapping-milky-way - 2025-02-27

Published 20 September 2016 Malin Parmar, Professor of Cellular neurosciences. Photo: Kennet Ruona Is it possible to convert a patient’s own skin cells into functioning nerve cells? Or insert healthy genes to reprogram the cells of a damaged brain? Stem cell researcher Malin Parmar at Lund University in Sweden is studying these types of issues, in close collaboration with clinical researchers. She

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/stem-cell-researcher-receives-fernstrom-prize - 2025-02-27

Published 21 September 2016 Lund University is ranked in 96th place in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2016/17. The Times Higher Education ranking follows on from the recent release of the QS World University Rankings 2016/17, in which Lund University is ranked 73rd best in the world and the number one university in Sweden.The Times Higher Education ranking lists

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Published 23 September 2016 Welcome to the annual Law Day at Lund University on 1 October 2016. Photo: K. Ruona We are pleased to invite you to Law Day at the Faculty of Law on Saturday 1 October! The day will include interesting and thought-provoking popular science lectures held by our teaching staff and researchers, inspiring guided tours including a visit to our library, moot courts with judge

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Published 23 September 2016 Horse-flies are highly attracted to darker-coated horses but not as much white horses. Scientists have now uncovered why this is. Photo: Shutterstock Susanne Åkesson, Professor of Evolutionary Ecology at Lund University in Sweden, has been awarded the prestigious Ig Nobel Prize. The prize, which she shares with six other researchers from Hungary and Spain, was presented

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-biologist-receives-ig-nobel-prize - 2025-02-27

Published 23 September 2016 New study indicates that the amount of gluten could be a more important clue than breast-feeding or the timing of the introduction of gluten for continued research into the causes of gluten intolerance. Photo: Shutterstock The amount of gluten could be a more important clue than breast-feeding or the timing of the introduction of gluten for continued research into the c

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-research-delimits-possible-causes-celiac-disease - 2025-02-27

Published 26 September 2016 Jiri Lukas (left) and Jiri Bartek (right), the 2016 recipient of the Eric K. Fernström Nordic Prize.P otographer: Kennet Ruona This year’s Nordic Prize from the Fernström Foundation – one of the largest medical prizes in Scandinavia– is awarded to two cancer researchers, Jiri Bartek and Jiri Lukas, for their research on cellular responses to DNA damage. Genetically dama

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/czech-danish-duo-receives-major-award - 2025-02-27