Opinion by Håkan Wallander, Professor of Soil Biology and Environmental Science, Lund University 2014 If we divide the earth’s cultivable land between all its inhabitants, each person gets just 2 000 m2. How can we change the way we live so that there is enough space for everyone? In the...
Nasal congestion, dry cough, wheezing, fatigue and lack of energy affect many female hairdressers. Just one month after returning from holiday, their quality of life has decreased drastically as a result of working environment problems. This was made evident in a study from Lund University. “Many people have dreamt of...
Petra Östergren is a social anthropologist who has received SEK 3 million to participate in a major new EU project about how to tackle human trafficking by studying demand. Around 15 researchers from eight countries are taking part in the project, the goal of which is to reduce the suffering...
What is a human life worth? Most of us know instinctively that there is no answer to this question. However, the fact is that in many poor countries, there is an answer of sorts. A person is worth what someone is willing to pay. The one who is sold has...
Human trafficking is the second most lucrative criminal activity in the world, according to the UN. Only drug trafficking is more profitable. There are many indications that organised crime is steadily increasing its activities in human trafficking, as this entails much lower risks than drug trafficking. Official statistics from UNICEF...
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...
Anton Blidhem. student at Lund University School of Economics and Management 2014 So, let’s cut to the chase. Is bitcoin going to be the new ‘world currency’ that economist Gustav Cassel foresaw on his deathbed? Probably not. The currency is considered by many to be too volatile to be used...
Jerker Holm, Professor of Economics, Lund University How do you think the bitcoins system will develop in the future and what significance could it have? “There is a lot of enthusiasm about bitcoins in some quarters today. This is probably due in part to the revelation that the NSA can...
The Swedish Energy Agency has awarded SEK 6.8 million to a radical new principle for fuel injection in diesel engines. The technology is being developed at Lund University in collaboration with Swedish Biomimetics 3000. The technology resembles the way the Bombardier beetle sprays an irritating liquid mist on ants, frogs,...
