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Wolfgang Knorr, a researcher at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, is one of three authors of a high-profile climate article recently published in The Conversation. The article, about our future carbon footprint, has received widespread coverage after being shared on Twitter by Greta Thunberg. What prompted you to write the article in The Conversation? – There is a false o

https://www.science.lu.se/article/researcher-was-given-helping-hand-greta-thunberg - 2025-11-05

Colonisation of remote islands has contributed to irreversible changes in their ecosystems. This finding emerges from an international study to which researchers from Lund University contributed. The analysis of 5000-year-old pollen enabled the research team to reveal the islands’ vulnerability. In the new study, published in the research journal Science, a research team investigated how human act

https://www.science.lu.se/article/remote-islands-extremely-sensitive-human-impact - 2025-11-05

They are called foraminifera and have lived in the world’s oceans for 545 million years. A research team has established in a new study that some species of this protist will probably cope swimmingly even in a climate-impacted future. This is due to their ability to respire nitrate. One consequence of climate change is higher water temperatures and reduced oxygen levels in the world’s oceans. This

https://www.science.lu.se/article/microscopic-foraminifera-likely-winners-tomorrows-increasingly-deoxygenated-oceans - 2025-11-05

Torbjörn Sjöstrand, post-retirement professor at the Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, has been awarded the EPS High Energy and Particle Physics Prize. This desirable prize, which has previously been given to several Nobel laureates, is awarded by the European Physical Society. Congratulations on the prize, Torbjörn, how does it feel? Well, of course it feels great. In everyday life

https://www.science.lu.se/article/prestigious-prize-awarded-particle-physicist - 2025-11-05

For the first time, a unique study conducted at Lund University in Sweden has tracked the meteorite flux to Earth over the past 500 million years. Contrary to current theories, researchers have determined that major collisions in the asteroid belt have not generally affected the number of impacts with Earth to any great extent. Researchers have been studying geological series since the 19th centur

https://www.science.lu.se/article/earths-meteorite-impacts-over-past-500-million-years-tracked - 2025-11-05

Researchers in Lund, Copenhagen and Norwich have shown that harmful mutations present in the DNA play an important – yet neglected – role in the conservation and translocation programs of threatened species. “Many species are threatened by extinction, both locally and globally. For example, we have lost about ten vertebrate species in Sweden in the last century. However, all these species occur el

https://www.science.lu.se/article/genomics-informed-decisions-can-help-save-species-extinction - 2025-11-05

For the first time, a research team has succeeded in collecting diverse signatures of electronic properties of perovskite semiconductors in one comprehensive picture. By using a new spectroscopy technique, researchers have managed to produce horse-like two-dimensional diagrams that may contribute to more efficient solar cells in the future. Perovskites are new materials ideally suited to produce s

https://www.science.lu.se/article/researchers-lund-university-ride-out-unknown-solar-cell-territories-using-new-technique - 2025-11-05

Astronomers at Lund University in Sweden have played a central role in work with the Gaia space telescope. A new research project from the Gaia group in Lund has now been selected as one of two top candidates for the European Space Agency’s prestigious Voyage 2050 initiative. Since Gaia was launched in 2013, the telescope has provided us with completely new knowledge about the Milky Way. In total,

https://www.science.lu.se/article/lund-university-plays-key-role-new-prestigious-project-map-galaxy - 2025-11-05

Extreme differences in flight altitude between day and night may have been an undetected pattern amongst migratory birds – until now. The observation was made by researchers at Lund University in Sweden in a study of great snipes, where they also measured a new altitude record for migratory birds, irrespective of the species, reaching 8 700 metres. Great snipes are shorebirds that breed in Sweden,

https://www.science.lu.se/article/astonishing-altitude-changes-marathon-flights-migratory-birds - 2025-11-05

For the first time, researchers have been able to prove that city lights limit the ability of nocturnal animals to navigate by natural light in the night sky. Instead, they are forced to use streetlamps, neon light or floodlights to orient themselves. The findings are published in Current Biology. Some animals, including migratory birds, seals and moths, use light from the moon, stars and Milky Wa

https://www.science.lu.se/article/artificial-light-disrupts-dung-beetles-sense-direction - 2025-11-05

Ten postdoc positions and at least eight doctoral studentships on the 2030 Agenda and sustainable development will be announced at Lund University on 30 August. The announcement is part of the university’s research programme for excellence in sustainable development. Lund University aspires to be a part of the sustainable solution and contribute to the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development. The

https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-positions-research-sustainable-development - 2025-11-05

By capturing a weak signal from outer space, a research team was able to study the atmosphere of an exoplanet 300 light-years from Earth. The study shows that the planet’s gas envelope contains a specific isotope of carbon, which indicates that it was formed a long way from its host star. Exoplanets are planets located in solar systems other than our own. The first confirmed discovery was made in

https://www.science.lu.se/article/researchers-have-found-carbon-isotopes-exoplanets-atmosphere-first-time - 2025-11-05

Using a supercomputer simulation, a research team at Lund University in Sweden has succeeded in following the development of a galaxy over a span of 13.8 billion years. The study shows how, due to interstellar frontal collisions, young and chaotic galaxies over time mature into spiral galaxies such as the Milky Way. Soon after the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago, the Universe was an unruly place.

https://www.science.lu.se/article/how-disorderly-young-galaxies-grow-and-mature - 2025-11-05

Lund University has recruited Trevor Forsyth to lead the development of LINXS, Lund Institute of advanced Neutron and X-ray Science. He also takes up the position as professor of biophysics at the Faculty of Medicine. This strategic recruitment is part of Lund University's efforts to develop new research using neutron and synchrotron light techniques - and is an important step to maximise the pote

https://www.science.lu.se/article/top-international-researcher-will-maximise-potential-max-iv-and-ess - 2025-11-05

In a pioneering nano experiment, a research team in Lund has succeeded in constructing a new and very efficient microwave photon detector. The discovery could accelerate the development of future quantum computers. Microwaves are a collective term for electromagnetic radiation in the higher radio frequency bands; they can be used for everything from warming up fish dishes to searching for extrater

https://www.science.lu.se/article/successful-experiment-microwaves-could-result-better-quantum-computers - 2025-11-05

How do birds avoid collision when flying in dense foliage and other cramped environments with many obstacles? And what does flying in such complex environments entail for the birds? These were the questions Per Henningsson of Lund University in Sweden pondered before engaging the help of the family’s own pet budgie to get some answers. His study has now been published in Royal Society Open Science

https://www.science.lu.se/article/pandemic-restrictions-enabled-unique-bird-study - 2025-11-05

20 years of measurements are only the beginning. Long-term measurements over several decades are crucial to enable predictions of how airborne particles affect the future climate, according to Lund University researcher Erik Ahlberg. “Long-term measurements are important to prove that various climate initiatives actually work. Say we were to close all coal power plants today – with our time-series

https://www.science.lu.se/article/long-term-measurements-show-how-climate-changing - 2025-11-05

It is a catalyst that will modernise the Faculty of Science, both at Brunnshög and Sölvegatan. Dean Sven Lidin may have become “nearsighted, flabby and middle-aged” during his ten years in symbiosis with Science Village, but his future visions are more vital than ever. It is one of those pale September mornings when there is one online meeting after another. But a few minutes after 11:00, the dean

https://www.science.lu.se/article/facultys-journey-towards-science-village-brunnshog - 2025-11-05

Oscar Agertz, associate senior lecturer at the Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, has been elected to the Young Academy of Sweden. Over the next five years he will work to inspire young people and strengthen the role of research in society. “I felt very happy and honoured when I got the news”, says Oscar Agertz. The Young Academy of Sweden brings together young, prominent researchers

https://www.science.lu.se/article/astronomy-researcher-elected-young-academy-sweden - 2025-11-05

Using 150 000 images from the Perseverance space rover, an international research team has studied the Western delta in Jezero crater, Mars, revealing evidence of deltas that advanced into a lake. The new discovery not only provides important keys to the geological history of our neighbouring planet, and it also intensifies the search for life. A cloud of red smoke. And a couple of seconds of unce

https://www.science.lu.se/article/analysis-36-billion-year-old-lake-intensifies-search-life-mars - 2025-11-05