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Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten lanserade 2025 en ny forskarutbildning i beräkningsvetenskap för att möta det ökande behovet av avancerade beräkningsmetoder inom forskning. Satsningen syftar till att främja tvärvetenskapligt samarbete och utbilda doktorander i att hantera och analysera stora datamängder inom allt från medicin till miljövetenskap och teknik. Forskarutbildningen skapades som en respon
En unikt bevarad meterlång fena med fossiliserad mjukvävnad från en jättelik, 183 miljoner år gammal fisködla har undersökts av forskare som upptäckt en oväntad egenskap: djuret kunde jaga nästan ljudlöst. Något motsvarande har forskarna aldrig tidigare stött på hos något havslevande djur, vare sig utdött eller nutida. Studien publiceras idag i tidskriften Nature. Ichthyosaurier eller fisködlor va
https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/uraldrig-havsreptil-smygjagade-i-morker-har-aldrig-tidigare-setts - 2025-10-27
En ny studie från Lunds universitet visar att förändrad markanvändning inte bara minskar antalet insekter – den ökar även risken för inavel bland svenska fjärilar. Detta gäller särskilt arter med specifika krav på livsmiljöer, vilket kan få allvarliga konsekvenser för deras långsiktiga överlevnad. I sin doktorsavhandling har Zachary J. Nolen undersökt hur förlusten av gräsmarker i södra Sverige på
https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/forandrad-markanvandning-leder-till-okad-inavel-hos-svenska-fjarilar - 2025-10-27
Utseendet hos blommor av samma art påverkas av storskaliga mutationer. Dessa kan ha lika stor inverkan på storlek och form som den naturliga selektionen från pollinerare. Det visar en ny studie som Lunds universitet medverkat i. – För mig var det länge ett mysterium – hur kan blommor av samma art som bara växer några mil ifrån varandra och som pollineras av samma insekter se så olika ut, säger bio
https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/mutationer-lika-viktiga-som-pollinerare-evolutionen-av-blommors-utseende - 2025-10-27
Japanska vaktlar som utsätts för värmeböljor som kycklingar är bättre rustade att hantera extremvärme när de blivit vuxna än vaktlar som växer upp i kyla. Men det finns ett tak för hur värmetoleranta de små hönsfåglarna kan bli. Det visar en ny studie från Lunds universitet. I takt med att klimatet blir varmare och mer oförutsägbart måste fåglar och andra varmblodiga djur anpassa sig. Det sker exe
https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/det-finns-en-grans-hur-mycket-varme-faglar-klarar-av - 2025-10-27
En omfattande studie på forntida människo-dna slår fast det forskarna tidigare anat men inte fullt ut kunna bekräfta. Människan drabbades av ett stort antal nya sjukdomar i samband med att våra förfäder började domesticera djur. I studien, som publiceras i den vetenskapliga tidskriften Nature, har ett internationellt forskarlag studerat mänskligt dna från över 1 313 individer som spänner över 37 0
https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/djurhallning-ledde-till-en-cocktail-av-nya-sjukdomar - 2025-10-27
En ny masterinriktning inom livsvetenskaper visar på hur beräkningsvetenskap kan tillämpas inom medicin och biologi. Satsningen speglar ett växande behov av matematiskt och tekniskt kunniga naturvetare som vill lösa komplexa problem inom livsvetenskaperna. Den nya inriktningen är en del av det befintliga masterprogrammet i beräkningsvetenskap, men öppnar för ett nytt område: tvärvetenskapliga till
https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/matte-och-medicin-kopplas-ihop-i-ny-masterinriktning-i-berakningsvetenskap - 2025-10-27
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have studied how nanoplastic affects aquatic organisms in lakes and rivers. The results are surprising and the researchers are the first to show that some species are being wiped out, while others – such as cyanobacteria that contribute to algal blooms – are completely unaffected. Every year, the amount of plastic in the world’s oceans increases by between
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/grazing-zooplankton-severely-impacted-nanoplastic-particles - 2025-10-27
A year has passed since Anne L’Huillier became Lund University’s first Nobel laureate. Since then, she has tried to use the attention to revive interest in research. But she has also had to come to terms with the oddity of becoming a science rock star asked for selfies all over town. What do you remember most about that very special day, the 3rd of October 2023?Well, what I remember most is, of co
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/anne-lhuillier-reflects-her-year-science-rockstar - 2025-10-27
Kulturnatten (”Culture Night”) is a very popular annual event in Lund that attracts thousands of people to enjoy concerts, science-shows, arts and good food. This time NanoLund again took part in joint efforts with the Physics Department and MAX IV Laboratory to show and explain what our science is all about. One of the key events this year was a popular physics lecture by our very own Nobel Prize
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanolund-and-physics-department-kulturnatten - 2025-10-27
Vanya Darakchieva, Professor of Solid State Physics, receives SEK 26 million over five years from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation for the project “Transforming ceramics into next-generation semiconductors”. The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has awarded SEK 835 million in grants to 30 projects in medicine, science, and technology that have the potential to lead to future scientific
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/knut-and-alice-wallenberg-grant-vanya-darakchieva - 2025-10-27
In a new study published in Science Advances, researchers Gabriele Cobucci and Armin Tavakoli present a new method to analyze a complex form of quantum entanglement involving multiple particles. The new method opens the door to a deeper understanding of quantum mechanics, a field known for its strange and often counterintuitive phenomena. Quantum entanglement, where particles are coupled together
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/new-method-reveals-hidden-dimensions-multi-particle-quantum-entanglement - 2025-10-27
Nano and New Frontiers in Computing – technologies and insights in biology, materials, light and quantum. That was the inspiring and captivating theme of this year’s edition of the NanoLund Annual Meeting. With a head start from inside an insect’s brain, brought to us by Stanley Heinze, we were given talks about new computational methods such as machine learning and AI to benefit nanoscience resea
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/glimpses-nanolund-annual-meeting-2024 - 2025-10-27
The Vice-Chancellor has designated three of the university’s major research infrastructures as University Core Facilities. The designation signals that these research infrastructures are of high strategic importance for the entire university. “We are very happy that Lund Nano Lab (LNL) has been selected as one of three new Lund University Core Facilities. This recognition underscores LNL’s vital r
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/lund-nano-lab-among-three-research-infrastructures-named-university-core-facilities - 2025-10-27
Students, PhDs and postdocs at NanoLund are welcome to join a retreat to bring together junior researchers from all parts of NanoLund. The retreat is arranged every year for all NanoLund PhDs, postdocs, and student members. The 14–15th October, the bus went off to a conference resort by Öresund for a day of inspirational lectures, workshops, and fun teambuilding mixed with great food, relax-opport
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/report-nanolund-student-and-postdoc-retreat-2024 - 2025-10-27
Bioelectronics research and development of implants made of electrically conductive materials for disease treatment is advancing rapidly. However, bioelectronic treatment is not without complications. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have taken another step forward by developing a refined method to create detailed and tissue-friendly bioelectronics. In a study published in Advanced Science
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/using-light-create-bioelectronics-inside-body - 2025-10-27
Per Augustsson, a researcher in biomedical engineering, is one of five Lund University researchers receiving the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant. He is developing new devices to separate cells and nanoparticles using ultrasound. Sound contains energy that can generate forces on microscopic objects such as blood cells and biological nanoparticles. Blood is mostly made up of red blood cells, but
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/erc-consolidator-grant-augustsson - 2025-10-27
NanoLund Director Anders Mikkelsen thanks the staff for all your contributions. The end of 2024 is getting closer, and in the midst of the final hectic attempt to finish all projects and ideas, we can look back at the year. We sadly had to say goodbye to our deputy director Maria Messing, who took a new leadership position at Chalmers. After a thorough process, the recruiting group found a new top
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/wrapping-year - 2025-10-27
NanoLund researchers engage in three of the competence centres invested in by Sweden’s Innovation Agency, Vinnova. It has been a productive year for all of them – below, you can read their reports from 2024. C3NiT, managed by Vanya Darakchieva has for the second time arranged its yearly meeting in Lund with great success together with industrial and academic partners. The updates on the six projec
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/strong-year-our-vinnova-competence-centres - 2025-10-27
The long-term vision of the InsectNeuroNano project is a novel on-chip hybrid nanostructure platform for energy-efficient, fast artificial neural networks and integrated sensor arrays. The Horizon Europe programme InsectNeuroNano had an exciting visit to Lund University School of Economics and Management, whose students participated in a business case competition. The students all received a small
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/business-students-presented-ideas-commercializing-insectneuronano-bee-chip - 2025-10-27
