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Geologist Birger Schmitz from Lund University in Sweden has found the fossil of an extinct meteorite that collided with Earth about 470 million years ago. The finding is the first of its kind and of a type of meteorite that no longer falls on Earth. The discovery, which could lead to new knowledge about our solar system, attracts attention both nationally and internationally. No one knows what the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/extinct-meteorite-changes-our-understanding-solar-system - 2025-12-01

In her own words, Dean of the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts Solfrid Söderlind writes about the future of the Malmö Art Academy. In the last few days there has been an intense debate in the media about the Art Academy, which has been described as threatened with shut-down due to an eviction notice from the city of Malmö on its current premises. Lund University has been warned that the city ne

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/current-and-future-premises-malmo-art-academy - 2025-12-01

For the first time ever, researchers have differentiated the risks of developing indolent or aggressive prostate cancer in men with a family history of the disease. Researchers from the Swedish universities of Lund, Uppsala and Umeå now present new and somewhat surprising results. It is a well-known fact that men with a family history of prostate cancer run an increased risk of developing the dise

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-findings-concerning-hereditary-prostate-cancer - 2025-12-01

New research discoveries at Lund University in Sweden show that in almost any lighting conditions, colour vision is crucial for chickens – and probably other birds as well – in order to find good food that is ripe to eat and identify high quality partners to mate with. Watch short video from the experiment The researchers have established that chickens – just like people – have colour constancy. F

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-color-vision-helps-birds-find-good-food-and-right-partner - 2025-12-01

The Master’s programme in Finance at the Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM) is ranked number 32 in the world in the Financial Times ranking of finance programmes that was released today. This is a climb from place 38 last year. “Our students simply seem to be very satisfied with where our programme has taken them professionally”, says Kristina Eneroth, Vice-Dean at LUSEM. T

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/school-economics-and-management-continues-climb-financial-times-ranking - 2025-12-01

We know that individuals who smoke take major health risks. Now a new research study from Lund University in Sweden shows that common treatment for breast cancer works less well in patients who smoke, compared to non-smokers. “Smokers who were treated with aromatase inhibitors had a three times higher risk of recurrence of breast cancer compared with the non-smokers who got the same treatment. The

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/smoking-can-hamper-common-treatment-breast-cancer-0 - 2025-12-01

Birds of the species Parus Major (great tit) living in an urban environment are at greater risk of dying young than great tits living outside cities. Research results from Lund University in Sweden show that urban great tits have shorter telomeres than others of their own species living in rural areas. According to the researchers, the induced stress that the urban great tits are experiencing is w

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/urban-bird-species-risk-dying-prematurely-due-stress - 2025-12-01

MAX IV – the most modern synchrotron radiation facility in the world – is now ready to open. Over 2,000 international researchers will use the Swedish-based laboratory each year to conduct groundbreaking experiments in materials and life sciences using the most brilliant X-ray light ever generated. The laboratory enables researchers to study atoms and molecules that are only a few tenths of a nano

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/max-iv-ready-make-invisible-visible - 2025-12-01

Traditionally, the evolutionary development of an insect species has been explained by the notion that the female insect chooses her male partner based on size and other factors, so-called assortative mating. These mating patterns have also been believed to partially explain how the isolation between different species is maintained. However, new research from Lund University in Sweden shows just t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-discoveries-evolution-can-save-endangered-species - 2025-12-01

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered that the appetite hormone CART is regulated by glucose and is found in greater quantity in people with type 2 diabetes. “This could be the body’s own defence mechanism to lower blood sugar levels in case of type 2 diabetes”, says Associate Professor Nils Wierup, in charge of the study. The study shows that the appetite hormone CART not only

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/antidiabetic-effects-discovered-appetite-hormone-cart - 2025-12-01

For the first time, researchers from Lund University have successfully measured in detail the flow of solar energy, in and between different parts of a photosynthetic organism. The result is a first step in research that could ultimately contribute to the development of technologies that use solar energy far more efficiently than what is currently possible. For about 80 years, researchers have kno

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-discoveries-about-photosynthesis-may-lead-solar-cells-future - 2025-12-01

Global environmental changes caused by a warmer climate can be combatted on a local level. The quality of our drinking water can be improved before it reaches water purification facilities and consumers through local efforts that minimise the growth of toxic algae and cyanobacteria in lakes. Lakes that serve as drinking water reservoirs are becoming warmer due to ongoing global climate change. The

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/local-measures-could-save-our-water-climate-heats - 2025-12-01

Latest issue:Insidan newsletter 25 November 2025 (bwz.se)

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/insidan-faculty-newsletter - 2025-12-01

2024Dean's Letter, December (bwz.se)Dean's Letter, September (bwz.se)Dean's Letter, June (bwz.se)Dean's Letter, January (bwz.se)

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/deans-letter - 2025-12-01

The Dean has made a so-called orientation decision which means that the work on the coordination of a joint department continues according to the conclusions and proposals that project manager Karin Hall has reported to the Faculty Board on 13 December 2023 and which the steering committee for the project supports.The goal of the work is that the basis for a decision on co-location will be ready i

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/orientation-decision-co-location-activities-geocentre - 2025-12-01

Dean Per Persson, Deputy Dean Karin Rengefors and Vice-Dean Charlotta Turner have now taken office. Get to know them better through the interviews below that were conducted in the spring of 2023, in connection with the election. In addition to the three mentioned, former Deputy Dean Karin Hall will have an assignment as Vice-Dean during 2024. Shortcuts to the interviewsInterview with Dean Per Pers

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/new-deans-have-taken-office - 2025-12-01

Lund University takes another step towards establishing itself in Science Village according to a new Vice-Chancellor decision made at the end of 2023. The decision assigns LU Estates, in close collaboration with LTH and the Faculty of Science, the task of evaluating the newly developed premises programme from December 2023 for Stage 2. It also involves conducting an in-depth investigation of space

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/new-vice-chancellor-decision-strengthens-efforts-regarding-science-village - 2025-12-01

In December last year (2023), the project group for Lund University's Science Village establishment (Stage 2) presented a comprehensive premises programme for Scenario 5, developed in collaboration with White arkitekter. This programme is a detailed description of the premises and functions needed to ensure efficient operations in the future. It marks the first, but very important, step towards th

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/premises-programme-and-next-steps-science-village-establishment-stage-2 - 2025-12-01

Three deparmental representatives are actively involved in supporting the coordination efforts of the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC), the Department of Geology, and the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science. These representatives were appointed last year and have now been reappointed to continue in their roles. Last year, the departmental representatives worked

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/meet-departmental-representatives-coordination-process - 2025-12-01

On 2 April, the faculty's dean made the decision to co-locate the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC), the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science (INES), and the Department of Geology at the Geocentre.Co-locating these organisations is a long-term strategic choice for the development of the Faculty of Science's activities in environmental science, climate, geology, p

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/decision-co-location-organisations-geocentre - 2025-12-01