Tag: Lund University

  • That is the purpose of the new AI Act

    That is the purpose of the new AI Act

    After years of intense negotiations, the European Parliament today hammered through a new law to regulate the use of artificial intelligence – the most comprehensive law of its kind in the world. But what does the new law actually mean? What is the purpose of it? And how clear is it? Hear Sveriges Radio's EU…

  • The genocide in Srebrenica

    The genocide in Srebrenica

    This is the story of what happens in Srebrenica during the Bosnian War 1992-1995. Ten thousand Bosnian Muslims flee down to the valley where Srebrenica is located and the city turns into a huge refugee camp. The area is surrounded by Bosnian Serbs and there is an ongoing humanitarian disaster with acute food shortages. When…

  • The biggest myths about how you react in a crisis

    The biggest myths about how you react in a crisis

    This is also why it is so important to have good contact with your surroundings and your neighbours. Preparedness goes through myths about human behavior in a crisis along with Miss Westerprofessor at Lund University. And Anna Teljfors from MSB advises on how to get started with preparedness together with your immediate surroundings. Preparedness with…

  • The agents who assassinate in the service of the state

    The agents who assassinate in the service of the state

    When a man of Indian background is shot dead in Canada in the summer of 2023, India is singled out as the culprit by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The murdered man, a Canadian citizen with Indian roots, was a religious leader and Sikh who supported the independence movement for Khalistan in India. It is a…

  • Therefore, the FRA woman and the top military officer are detained

    Therefore, the FRA woman and the top military officer are detained

    At five minutes past five on Monday morning, the security police break open an apartment door in central Stockholm. A man and a woman are arrested on suspicion of gross unauthorized occupation with secret information. – The worst-case scenario would be that documents have been handled in such a careless way that a foreign power…

  • That’s how Swedes became the terrorists’ target

    That’s how Swedes became the terrorists’ target

    On October 16, Sweden meets Belgium in the qualifiers for the European Football Championship. Hundreds of Swedish supporters in blue and yellow shirts are on site in Brussels. Just before kick-off, two Swedes are shot dead and a third Swede is seriously injured. A police hunt begins and the fleeing perpetrator, Abdeslam Lassoued, posts a…

  • Awaiting Israel’s ground offensive

    Awaiting Israel’s ground offensive

    Hour 1: Hear our correspondent Cecilia Uddén, Bitte Hammargren, Foreign Policy Institute and Karin Aggegård, political scientist at Lund University. Civilians affected in the war between Hamas and Israel have been heard on the radio this week. Parliamentary elections in Poland Indigenous Australians subject to referendum Chronicle by Ulrika Knutson The panel Hour 2: Hear…

  • 3 scientists were awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics

    3 scientists were awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics

    The Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 has been awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier, the Royal Academy of Sciences in Stockholm announced on Tuesday. The trio of researchers were awarded for using light pulses to study electron behavior, in work that could advance medical diagnostics and electronics, the awarding body said. The…

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded for work in revealing the secrets of electrons

    The Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded for work in revealing the secrets of electrons

    Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 has been assigned to a trio of researchers for pioneering tools used to study the world of electrons. Electrons are subatomic particles that play a role in many phenomena we see every day, from electricity to magnetism. This year’s three Nobel laureates in physics demonstrated a way to create extremely…

  • Three researchers share the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics

    Three researchers share the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics

    © Provided by Xinhua “The three scientists have demonstrated a way to create extremely short pulses of light that can be used to measure the fast processes in which electrons move or change energy,” the academy said in a statement. STOCKHOLM, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) — Three scientists — Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier…

  • Vetenskapsradion In depth about the Nobel laureates

    Vetenskapsradion In depth about the Nobel laureates

    The 2023 edition of the Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded. It was Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier, active at Lund University since 1992, who were awarded the prize for their discovery of electrons in flash lighting. Hear Vetenskapsradion Deep in the player.

  • Climate change can be taught to migratory birds: Research

    Climate change can be taught to migratory birds: Research

    Washington DC [US]September 22 (ANI): Spring is coming earlier as a result of climate change. Migratory birds, on the other hand, do not keep up with these changes and arrive too late at the peak of the food supply when it is time to reproduce. Researchers in Lund, Sweden and the Netherlands discovered that by…

  • Research reveals secondary forests more sensitive to drought than primary forests

    Research reveals secondary forests more sensitive to drought than primary forests

    Stockholm [Sweden], August 1 (ANI): According to a new study from Sweden’s Lund University, the dry summer of 2018 had a severe impact on Swedish woods, particularly managed secondary forests. Northern boreal forest ecosystems are predicted to experience more frequent summer droughts in the future. The majority of Swedish forest are secondary forests that are…

  • Gut bacteria linked to fatty deposits in heart arteries: Research

    Gut bacteria linked to fatty deposits in heart arteries: Research

    Washington DC [US], July 14 (ANI): Researchers in Sweden established a link between the number of particular bacteria in the gut and coronary atherosclerotic plaques in a large study. Atherosclerotic plaques, which are generated by the accumulation of fatty and cholesterol deposits, are a leading cause of heart attacks. The results of the study, led…

  • Yngsjö murderer Anna Månsdotter – jealousy, fornication and beheading

    Yngsjö murderer Anna Månsdotter – jealousy, fornication and beheading

    The editorial staff for this section consists of: Emma Peters – narrator Erik Laquist – producer Mårten Andersson – script and research Julia Öjbrandt – sound design and final mix Zardasht Rad – stage narrator Also participating is Kjell Åke Modéer, lawyer and professor emeritus of legal history at Lund University. Do you want to…

  • Europe’s concern about a Trump in the White House

    Europe’s concern about a Trump in the White House

    US Foreign Minister Antony Blinken has landed in Luleå for a summit between the US and the EU. Trade and Technology is a forum focused on trade strategies and joint technology development, but this year Sweden’s NATO process and the strategic stance towards China are also important themes. Hear about how the US is currently…

  • How the pen can help your brain

    How the pen can help your brain

    Opinions are divided on how important it is for schools to teach their students to write by hand. If hand movements help us think clearly and remember better, or if digital writing works just as well. Pen or keyboard, that is the question in this section. In the brain of Louise Epstein is an entertaining…

  • Part 1/2: Birdsong Night 2023

    Part 1/2: Birdsong Night 2023

    Naturmorgon editorial office is doing for the fourth year in a row a special program entirely devoted to birdsong. Eight hours of live broadcast, where we initially listen to mysterious night singers in the dark, and then welcome new voices into the choir in step with the light. Around dawn, birdsong is usually at its…

  • Part 2/2: Birdsong Night 2023

    Part 2/2: Birdsong Night 2023

    Naturmorgon editorial office is doing for the fourth year in a row a special program entirely devoted to birdsong. Eight hours of live broadcast, where we initially listen to mysterious night singers in the dark, and then welcome new voices into the choir in step with the light. Around dawn, birdsong is usually at its…

  • Finland’s election: what happened to Sanna Marin and what awaits next

    Finland’s election: what happened to Sanna Marin and what awaits next

    The result of the Finnish parliamentary election signals a tumultuous period ahead. This was anticipated to a certain extent by surveys before the election, which showed that the Prime Minister True Marines The Social Democratic Party (SDP) was about to lose to the conservative opposition party Coalition Party (Kok), led by Petteri Orpo. The final…

  • The technology that can reveal Alzheimer’s long before symptoms

    The technology that can reveal Alzheimer’s long before symptoms

    Hear about the blood test that can show the disease even in people who are still cognitively healthy. And about the genetic test that shows future risk of suffering – is it a good idea to, like actor Chris Hemsworth, take such a test when you’re 39? Louise asks how much you want to know…

  • That’s why Elon Musk dreams of chips in the brain

    That’s why Elon Musk dreams of chips in the brain

    Jens Schouenborg, professor of neurophysiology, tells how far research has come in alleviating functional impairments with the help of implanted microcomputers. And explains the difference between that and trying to influence intelligence or thought paths. Louise Epstein is also testing the idea of ​​implanting chips in criminals who have had difficulty with impulse control. In…

  • Claudius – emperor against all odds

    Claudius – emperor against all odds

    The editorial staff for this section consists of: Cecilia Düringer – presenter and script Erik Laquist – producer Zardasht Rad – stage narrator Viktor Bergdahl – sound design and final mix Also participating is Lovisa Brännstedt, antiquities historian at Lund University.

  • The right to speak

    The right to speak

    Mathilda is 26 years old and when she lives in Australia, in Melbourne. On a Friday afternoon, she stands in a fitting room. She’s trying on clothes one second, the next she wakes up on the floor, she can’t get up. She tries to crawl out and scream for help, but the scream gets stuck…

  • Pregnancy complications linked to increased risk of heart disease: Study

    Pregnancy complications linked to increased risk of heart disease: Study

    Washington [US]Feb 8 (ANI): Certain pregnancy problems increase the risk of heart disease later in life. However, much more research is needed to understand how atherosclerosis occurs between pregnancy and heart disease later in life. A new study led by Lund University researchers in Sweden shows that narrowing and calcification of the heart’s blood vessels…

  • The ultra-processed food – how dangerous is it?

    The ultra-processed food – how dangerous is it?

    How much do you know about what you put into you? And if you were to turn over that falu sausage package at the grocery store to read the ingredients list, you’d probably quickly come across words and lists that you probably don’t understand. Is it dangerous? Or is it useful? Ingrid Larsson, who is…

  • This is how you recover at work

    This is how you recover at work

    Several research projects at healthcare centers in Skåne have shown that joint short exercises at morning meetings, short lunchtime walks or personal micro breaks give energy and strength to the staff. For nurses, research has shown that it is very important how they are introduced to the profession in the first years. What happens then…

  • The chimpanzees two weeks after the Furuvik drama: “They are screaming and have been looking”

    The chimpanzees two weeks after the Furuvik drama: “They are screaming and have been looking”

    Today there are three chimpanzees left at the zoo. How are they and how does the zoo view the event like this two weeks later? Hear Sandra WilkeCEO at Furuviksparken and Mathias Osvathdocent in cognitive zoology at Lund University.

  • Swedish nuclear reactor will be operated at half capacity this weekend

    STOCKHOLM, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) — One of Sweden’s nuclear power reactors will operate at a speed of around 50 percent this weekend, at a time when electricity prices are unusually high and some of the country’s other reactors are also off the grid. “Reactor 3 at the Ringhals nuclear power plant will run at half…

  • Swedish nuclear reactor is removed from the power grid for repair

    STOCKHOLM, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) — The largest nuclear reactor in Sweden will be taken off the grid next week for repairs, as electricity prices rise during the winter season. Reactor 3 at the Oskarshamn nuclear power plant in the southeastern part of the country will be disconnected on December 9, Sweden’s nuclear power operator OKG…

  • Dog and cat – do animals understand more than we do?

    Dog and cat – do animals understand more than we do?

    In the first program Dog and Cat, our presenter has Agneta Furvik conversation with Mathias Osvath docent in cognitive zoology at Lund University, Elin Hirsch PhD in ethology at Lund University with a focus on the behavior of the domesticated cat and Per Jensen professor of ethology, Linköping University and author. In Hund och Katt…

  • The study finds cell behavior as the reason behind resistance in neuroblastoma

    The study finds cell behavior as the reason behind resistance in neuroblastoma

    Washington [US], Nov 13 (ANI): One of the reasons for neuroblastoma’s resistance to chemotherapy has been discovered by researchers. The results are important for how treatments should be developed in the future. The study was led by Lund University in Sweden and the results of the study were published in Science Advances. Neuroblastoma is an…

  • EXTRA: Here is the evidence against the suspected spy brothers

    EXTRA: Here is the evidence against the suspected spy brothers

    The indictment against the “spy brothers” is here. Gräns ​​explains what we now know and what it might mean. This looks like it could be one of the biggest espionage cases in Sweden ever, according to Tony Ingesson, espionage researcher at Lund University. The prosecution: He was Russia’s mole in the Swedish intelligence service The…