Published 11 April 2025 Carina Jarl, project manager at the faculty office, is together with Tobias Nilsson, investigator at the same office, the faculty’s point of contact for matters related to export control. Photo: C. Schubert Export control are regulations used to govern the export of military and dual-use goods—items with both civilian and military applications. While these rules are often a

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/getting-grips-export-control-what-you-researcher-need-know - 2025-04-29

Published 11 April 2025 Meeting of the Faculty Board of Science 9 April 2025.DecisionsThe matters for decision concerned the procedure for allocating faculty funding to research infrastructure initiatives, as well as the degree requirements for the one-year Master’s programmes in Biology, Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Physical Geography.Information and discussionAn annual cycle of the Faculty

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Published 23 April 2025 Commuting by bike or public transport is a simple and effective step towards greater sustainability. Image: Unsplash Sustainability is a priority – not only for the Faculty of Science but for the entire university. Working sustainably is not only about reducing climate and environmental impact – it also contributes to a more stimulating, safe, and inclusive workplace. Lund

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Published 22 April 2025 In the photo, from left: Sajitha Sasidharan, Postdoc; Sara Linse, Co-applicant of the centre; Anna Stradner, Coordinator of the Graduate School; Emma Sparr, Centre Director. Seated from left: Nicole Galenkamp, Postdoc, and Ferdinand Fandrei, Postdoc. When the Swedish Research Council announced funding for so-called "centres of excellence" almost three years ago, a total of

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/commons-centre-excellence-focus-common-ground - 2025-04-29

Published 23 April 2025 During the summer of 2025, the Geolibrary will move from its current location in Geocentrum II to new premises on the upper floor of the Astronomy Building at Sölvegatan 27A. Due to the move, the library will be closed from 9 June to 31 August. Please also note that the library will be closed on 6 June for Sweden’s National Day.Borrowing materials for the summerThe print co

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Published 7 October 2024 Astronomdagarna is a conference that gathers astronomers from across Sweden. It was held in Lund during October 2-4, 2024, with over 120 people attending.  The national conference Astronomdagarna is held every other year, with different universities taking turns on hosting the conference.  Back in 2022 the Astronomdagarna conference was held in Gothenburg.  Last time the c

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/article/astronomdagarna-2024 - 2025-04-29

By Anna [dot] Arnadottir [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna S. Arnadottir) - published 3 May 2023 In a recent paper, Nicholas Borsato, along with collaborators Jens Hoeijmakers, Bibiana Prinoth, Brian Thorsbro, and Rebecca Forsberg, provides insightful research on the complex atmospheric composition of the exoplanet KELT-9b. The team captured the exoplanet's spectra during transit, revealing numer

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/article/terbium-among-heavy-elements-discovered-atmosphere-exoplanet-kelt-9b - 2025-04-29

By anna [dot] arnadottir [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna S. Arnadottir) - published 26 April 2023 The European Space Agency Buissness Incubator Center (ESA BIC) hosted a meet-and-greet event at Ideon on April 25th.  Local professionals got to know more about ESA BIC and about a few of the ongoing space projects in Lund. This was well received by the people attending the event, and rumor has it

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/article/meet-and-greet-esa-bic - 2025-04-29

By anna [dot] arnadottir [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna S. Arnadottir) - published 27 April 2023 Image credit: Bibiana Prinoth Astronomers invited members of the public to look at the spring skies through the teaching telescopes. There are a number of both historical and modern telescopes at Lund Observatory.  Usually these are used for teaching purposes but every now and then the astronomers

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Published 4 May 2023   There is so much more to space than just rocket science. So said Deborah Lygonis, CEO Friendbase AB and Investor Relations, Innovatum, at a national hybrid lunch meeting titled ”The Future of the Space Industry”, which was jointly organised by ESA BIC and Women In Space Sweden (WISS) on May the fourth. She went on to explain how the space industry loosly divides into ’Upstre

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Published 30 May 2023  Several members of the Lund Observatory network gathered in Lundmarkssalen today to listen to Göran Östlins from Stockholm University give a seminar titled: "SELTIC, Swedish engagement in ELT instrumentation".SELTIC is a consortium developing instruments, such as MOSAIC and ANDES, for ESOs ELT - which is currently under construction and scheduled for first light in 2028.This

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/article/swedish-engagement-elt-instrumentation-development - 2025-04-29

Published 11 August 2023 The annual Space Research School was organized here in late August by Astronomic Youth (Astronomisk Ungdom) in collaboration with Lund Observatory. Attending this year's Space Research School were twenty intelligent, motivated and space-interested high school students from across Sweden.   During their 10 days in Lund the group of high school students attended several lect

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Published 28 September 2023 Prof. Joe Liske from Hamburg University, Germany, visited the Lund Observatory network on September 28th 2023 and gave a talk titled "Cosmological Conundrums". This seminar is a part of the Lund Observatory Seminar series.

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Published 9 November 2023 Prof. Stephen Mojzsis from the Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences (CSFK) in Budapest, Hungary, visited the Lund Observatory Network and gave a talk titled "Galactic chemical evolution expressed in rocky exoplanet geodynamics" This seminar is a part of the Lund Observatory Seminar series.  

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/article/galactic-chemical-evolution-expressed-rocky-exoplanet-geodynamics - 2025-04-29

Published 7 December 2023 Dr. Chiara Paleari from the Department of Geology gave a Lund Observatory Seminar titled "The search for extreme solar particle storms in polar ice cores" This seminar is a part of the Lund Observatory Seminar series.  

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Published 15 February 2024 Assistant professor Ása Skúladóttir from the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, Italy, gave a seminar titled "Digging into dwarf galaxies" This seminar is a part of the Lund Observatory Seminar series. 

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/article/digging-dwarf-galaxies - 2025-04-29

Publicerad 4 december 2017 Östersjöfinskt eldstål Utan östersjöfinnarnas kunskap hade det inte blivit några vikingafärder österut. Det visar ny forskning som uppmärksammas i en tv-dokumentär om östersjöfinnarnas och svearnas relation på vikingatiden. – I år firar Finland 100 år av självständighet. Därför är det extra roligt att berätta om nya forskningsrön och visa på kontakterna som fallit bort i

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Av kristina [dot] lindgarde [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Kristina Lindgärde) - publicerad 5 december 2017 Framtidens hållbara städer behöver byggas tätare, grönare och mer socialt inkluderande. Bild: Carl Elgenstierna/studentprojekt LTH-A ”Re-thinking LTH Campus" Våra städer både förtätas och förändras, vilket ställer nya krav på morgondagens arkitekter: Tätare och samtidigt grönare städer kräver e

https://www.lu.se/artikel/blivande-arkitekter-far-urban-spetskompetens - 2025-04-29

Av ulrika [dot] oredsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Ulrika Oredsson) - publicerad 5 december 2017 I en studie har forskare vid Lunds universitet visat att övningar i dialog och i att ge återkoppling ger positiva effekter på arbetsplatsen. Arbetsgrupper som tränades i detta upplevde en ökad inre drivkraft och de trivdes bättre på jobbet än grupper som inte fick samma träning. Studien har

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Av jan [dot] olsson [at] biol [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - publicerad 5 december 2017 Jordnematod i ett mikrochip. Nematoden har följt efter bakterier som den äter. Foto: Kristin Aleklett World Soil Day äger rum den 5 december. Vid Lunds universitet har forskare uppfunnit nya system för att studera mikroorganismernas liv i marken. Utan att gräva i jorden kan forskarna med hjälp av mikrochip se

https://www.lu.se/artikel/livet-under-markytan-i-direktsandning - 2025-04-29