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By studying green algae in Swedish lakes, a research team, led by Lund University in Sweden, has succeeded in identifying which environmental conditions promote multicellularity. The results give us new clues to the amazing paths of evolution. The evolution of multicellular life has played a pivotal role in shaping biological diversity. However, we have up until now known surprisingly little about

https://www.science.lu.se/article/algae-swedish-lakes-provide-insights-how-complex-life-earth-developed - 2025-11-29

The rare metal terbium has been found in an exoplanet’s atmosphere for the first time. The researchers at Lund University in Sweden have also developed a new method for analyzing exoplanets, making it possible to study them in more detail. KELT-9 b is the galaxy’s hottest exoplanet, orbiting its distant star about 670 light years from Earth. The celestial body, with an average temperature of a sta

https://www.science.lu.se/article/scientists-discover-rare-element-exoplanets-atmosphere - 2025-11-29

Small bats are bad at converting energy into muscle power. Surprisingly, a new study led by Lund University reveals that this ability increases the faster they fly. The researchers have studied the efficiency of migratory bats – a species that weighs about eight grams and is found in almost all of Europe. Efficiency, in this case, is the ability to convert supplied energy into something we need. F

https://www.science.lu.se/article/bats-ability-convert-energy-muscle-power-affected-flight-speed - 2025-11-29

A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that the ability of microorganisms to adapt to climate warming will slow down global warming by storing carbon in soil. In the study, researchers collected soil samples from across Europe in a wide range of temperatures, from minus 3.1 to 18.3 degrees Celsius. The samples revealed that microorganisms in soils – such as bacteria and fungi – are stron

https://www.science.lu.se/article/microorganisms-climate-adaptation-can-slow-down-global-warming - 2025-11-29

Insects heavily rely on bacteria for essential nutrients that are lacking in their diet. This has allowed insects to access a wide variety of food, leading to remarkable species diversification in some cases, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. Insects are crucial for biodiversity and among the most successful species on the planet. However, until now, it has been unclear how

https://www.science.lu.se/article/bacteria-are-vital-diversity-and-survival-insects - 2025-11-29

Great tits in urban environments have lower levels of stress hormone than those living in woodland habitats. This according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. Certain animals are able to adjust well to environments that have been created or altered by human activity. We live in an age in which urbanisation is proceeding at an ever-faster rate, something that also affects fauna. The gre

https://www.science.lu.se/article/urban-great-tits-less-stressed-their-countryside-cousins - 2025-11-29

The dry summer of 2018 hit Swedish forests hard - and hardest affected were the managed secondary forests. This according to a new study from Lund University. 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 managed commercial forests with little diversity in species and structur

https://www.science.lu.se/article/secondary-forests-more-sensitive-drought - 2025-11-29

Why are certain people more severely affected than others by invasive streptococcal infections? According to a new study from Lund University in Sweden, the answer lies in our genome. Carriers of a certain variant of the STING gene are at greater risk, particularly if they encounter the bacterial strains that have increased in the western world since the 1980s. The findings, published in Nature Co

https://www.science.lu.se/article/why-killer-bacteria-affect-some-people-more-severely - 2025-11-29

Corrosion-resistant metallic materials are required in applications such as rocket engines, nuclear power stations and chemical industry. An alloy of nickel, chromium and molybdenum is often used. However, a new study shows that this alloy rusts in a previously unknown way. Buildings, modes of transport, artworks and music instruments – we encounter metallic materials almost everywhere in society.

https://www.science.lu.se/article/researchers-reveal-deficiencies-corrosion-resistant-metallic-materials - 2025-11-29

A new study conducted by researchers in Europe shows that urban great tits have paler plumage than their countryside counterparts. Since the yellow pigment of the breast feathers of great tits comes from the food they eat, the paler yellow plumage of urban birds indicates that the urban environment affects the entire food chain. As urban areas expand, animals increasingly find themselves living in

https://www.science.lu.se/article/urban-great-tits-have-paler-plumage-their-forest-living-relatives - 2025-11-29

Two researchers at the Department of Biology, Milda Pucetaite and Colin Olito, have been awarded starting grants from the European Research Council, ERC. The research projects aim to advance methods in microbiological ecology and map the development of sex chromosomes. Milda Pucetaite Researcher in microbiological ecology. Project: “Tracing single-cell scale chemical signaling between interacting

https://www.science.lu.se/article/two-biology-researchers-receive-generous-starting-grants-european-research-council - 2025-11-29

Anne L'Huillier, Professor of Atomic Physics at the Department of Physics, is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2023. Read more about Anne L'Huillier: The Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 | Lund University's main website

https://www.science.lu.se/article/nobel-prize-lund - 2025-11-29

One result of climate change is that spring is arriving earlier. However, migratory birds are not keeping up with these developments and arrive too late for the peak in food availability when it is time for breeding. By getting the birds to fly a little further north, researchers in Lund, Sweden, and the Netherlands have observed that these birds can give their chicks a better start in life. Globa

https://www.science.lu.se/article/migratory-birds-can-be-taught-adjust-climate-change - 2025-11-29

BECC researcher and Associate senior lecturer Daniel Metcalfe, the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant of €1.75 million over five years. ERC funding is sought in international competition with scientific excellence as the sole criterion for selection. Daniel Metcalfe is awarded €1.75 million over five years. Metcalfe's

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/daniel-metcalfe-receives-erc-consolidator-grant - 2025-11-29

On February 25 the new UN-initiated network SDSN (Sustainable Development Solutions Network Northern Europe) is launched. BECC researcher Thomas Sterner is one of the speakers. The University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology are hosting the network through GMV Centre for Environment and Sustainability. Welcome to the seminar "Science-based transformations 2030", February, 25th.

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/launch-network-sdsn-northern-europe-gothenburg - 2025-11-29

Hear the Functional Ecology podcast, interviewing Thomas Hasper and Johan Uddling, BECC researchers from University of Gothenburg. Hear Thomas Hasper and Johan Uddling, University of Gothenburg, talk to Functional Ecology Editor Alan Knapp about their recent paper "Water use by Swedish boreal forests in a changing climate". Authors: Hasper, T. B., Wallin, G., Lamba, S., Hall, M., Jaramillo, F., La

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/water-use-swedish-boreal-forests-changing-climate-podcast-thomas-hasper-and-johan-uddling - 2025-11-29

Read an interview with Kimberly Nicholas, BECC researcher, dealing with food, ecosystems and land-use. Kimberly talks about Paris and COP21, taking personal responsability and social media. After five years in Lund, Kimberly Nicholas has grown roots here. She comes from a family of turkey ranchers and wine-growers in California, and food has been with her for her whole life. Her research at LUCSUS

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/aiming-good-life-thoughts-about-paris-good-food-and-wine - 2025-11-29

William Sidemo Holm, PhD student within Environmental Science and BECC, has received a scholarship from the Swedish trade association, Foder och Spannmål for his thesis "Improving agricultural pollution abatement through result-oriented Remuneration schemes". On February 3, 2016, the trade association Foder och Spannmål, announced its’ annual scholarship for the best thesis in economics at the gra

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-phd-student-wins-scholarship-best-thesis - 2025-11-29

The Tibetan Plateau has long been seen as a “hotspot” for international environmental research, and there have been fears that water supplies in the major Asian rivers would drastically decline in the near future. However, new research now shows that water supplies will be stable and may even increase in the coming decades. Read more about the work of Deliang Chen, University of Gothenburg and BEC

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/water-supplies-tibet-set-increase-future - 2025-11-29

FORMAS will give five information meetings during February and talk about their open call. For more information about a specific meeting and regional activities, see contact information under each meeting below. The call will be published on Formas webb page on March 3: www.formas.se/ February 11, 13.00 -15.00, SLU Alnarp Location: Crafoordsalen, Alnarp, see building nb. 6 on this mapPreliminary p

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/five-information-meetings-about-formas-open-call-2016 - 2025-11-29