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Drying laundry could be bad for your health
Can you become ill from doing laundry? Clothes contain traces of washing powder which are released into the indoor air when they are tumble-dried. Researchers at the Division of Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology at Lund University are investigating how inhaling the particles affects us. The particles we inhale are zeolites, which are used in [...]
German design award for LTH students
Lund University School of Industrial Design was recently honored with a prestigious award at the DMY International Design Festival in Berlin. The award was given in the education category, for four different projects; a bike workshop initiative, a Geiger counter, some LED solutions and Snego building blocks.
100 doctoral theses completed in automatic control
The 100th doctoral thesis has now been produced at the Department of Automatic Control at Lund University’s Faculty of Engineering, LTH. This achievement will be marked by exhibiting all the theses - old as well as new – on one wall. Alumni from LTH gathered in the M building in April to celebrate, and got a fresh opportunity to pin up their [...]
Swedish higher education "best in Europe"
Sweden is the top provider of higher education in Europe, second only to the U.S. in the world, a global study has found for the third year running. Sweden's higher education system was also ranked best in the world, when each country’s level of economic development was taken into account.* The ranking of the 50 countries worldwide was done by [...]
Veggies, fruits stay fresh with new freezing method
Imagine a fresh, crunchy salad that has been… frozen and defrosted? A unique method of freezing vegetables and fruit that keeps cells alive has been developed, and patented, at Lund University in Sweden. The researchers say that within a year, fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables could be available in the middle of winter. “When we keep the [...]
Buy lunch, pay with your hand
Paying for a coffee or lunch by simply scanning your palm still sounds like science fiction to most of us. However, an engineering student at Lund University in Sweden has made it happen - making his the first known company in the world to install the vein scanning technique in stores and coffee shops. Fredrik Leifland got the idea for his start-up [...]
Deans’ conference focuses on connection
The ECED, European Convention of Engineering Deans, was organised in April at LTH. For two days, everything from student recruitment to the use of global research facilities was discussed. The main theme was ‟Engineers for a connected world”. In total, around 80 vice-chancellors and deans from around twenty countries visited Lund and LTH. The [...]
How to create the ultimate veggie burger
A group of engineering students at Lund University in Sweden noticed there was a rather lacklustre range of veggie burgers available in supermarkets, despite a growing demand for green products. And sure enough - too many additives, no flavour, and no texture, were common complaints they came across when they asked consumers. WATCH: how to create [...]
New engine could reduce truck emissions
Gasoline in truck diesel engines can give more than 50% efficiency if the combustion process is done correctly WATCH: How a new engine type could improve fuel efficiency A modified diesel engine running on gasoline could be a way of significantly reducing truck emissions, according to research at Lund University in Sweden. New fuel efficiency [...]
Lighting candles could be good for your heart
Inhaling candle smoke has a positive effect on how the heart regulates its rhythm, a study at Lund University in Sweden has found. One theory is that the salts of sodium and potassium in the candle smoke affect the rhythm regulation. The study concluded that the variability in heart frequency increases when someone inhales candle smoke, even at [...]
Feature: LTH alumna on designing Google Glass
GOOGLE GLASS IS one of Google’s latest and most exciting projects in which user-friendliness – not technology – is the focus. One of the key people behind the glasses which always provide an answer is Swedish Isabelle Olsson, an industrial design graduate from Lund University’s Faculty of Engineering, LTH. LTH News obtained an exclusive interview [...]
Innovators who created smarter materials and new medical imaging awarded honorary doctorates
Professors Lihong Wang, Washington University, and Leslie Banks-Sills, Tel Aviv University, have been awarded the 2013 honorary doctorates at the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) at Lund University. Leslie Banks-Sills is honoured for her work to develop ‘composites’, in which the best properties of several different materials are combined to produce [...]
Lund University ranked among top 150 universities for employability
With a 108th place ranking, Lund University is among the top 150 universities in the world when it comes to the employability of its students, according to the Emerging Employability University Ranking. The list is compiled by the French Human Resources consultancy group Emerging Associates together with German polling and research institute [...]
DIY tests to detect malaria, sleeping sickness
A new simple and affordable method of detecting early malaria, sleeping sickness and even certain types of cancer and bacterial diseases at an early stage is being developed in a consortium with Lund University in the lead. A grant of EUR 4.2 million from the EU has been received to finalise the ‘lab-on-a-chip’ technique. VIDEO STORY “We have [...]
Prestigious grants to LU researchers
Four researchers at Lund University have been awarded SEK 73 million in prestigious grants from the European Research Council (ERC). The grants go to research on Alzheimer’s disease, self-constructing nanoparticles, electron studies using ultrafast camera flashes, and nanowires. In the announcement of the ERC grants, Lund University topped the [...]