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6 Dec 2023 | News
Nanoplastics influence microbial activity in the soil
Remnants of plastic left by humans can now be found practically everywhere in nature – in waterways, within animals, and even amidst the clouds. In her thesis, Micaela Mafla-Endara...

5 Dec 2023 | News
Congratulations to ICOS!
Congratulations on the funding for the research infrastructure ICOS, Natascha Kljun, Scientific Principle Investigator of the Lund University ICOS stations! ICOS Sweden has been aw...

4 Dec 2023 | News
Commonly used pesticides are still harming pollinators
A new study from Lund confirms that pesticides commonly used in farmland significantly harm bumblebees. Data from 106 sites across eight European countries show that despite tighte...

4 Dec 2023 | News
One step closer towards improving cancer surgery and reprogramming cells
What if ordinary skin cells could be effectively reprogrammed to become brain cells and help with diseases like Alzheimer's? And what if machine learning allowed surgeons to precis...

23 Nov 2023 | News
Five questions for Markku Rummukainen ahead of the COP28 climate summit
The UN's annual climate summit, COP28, is just around the corner. Starting on 30 November, the world's countries will meet for two weeks to discuss global climate cooperation and h...