Published 8 November 2024 Illustration: Inger Ekström/Pixabay. A research team led by Lund University has developed an AI tool that traces back the most recent places you have been to. The tool acts like a satellite navigation system, but instead of guiding you to your hotel, it identifies the geographical source of microorganisms. This means you can use bacteria to determine whether someone has j

https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-gps-system-microorganisms-could-revolutionise-police-work - 2025-04-19

Published 26 November 2024 The concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere continue to rise. Photo: Marcin Jozwiak, Unsplash. Physical geographer Alex Vermeulen, who leads the work on the ICOS Carbon Portal, was the editor of a new publication on greenhouse gas flows that has received significant international recognition. It was recently presented at the UN Climate Summit in Baku. Alex,

https://www.science.lu.se/article/researcher-draws-attention-dark-report-greenhouse-gases - 2025-04-19

Published 22 November 2024 Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Lund University and the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) are establishing a joint hub, focusing on water. The initiative will strengthen Lund University’s connection with the UN, and also offer a unique UN track for students. The new hub will be called Water in a Changing Environment (WICE). The i

https://www.science.lu.se/article/lund-university-start-new-un-collaboration-focusing-water - 2025-04-19

Published 6 December 2024 Andreas Nord. Andreas Nord, a researcher at the Department of Biology, will receive EUR 2 million to study how warm-blooded animals are affected as the climate becomes warmer and more unpredictable. As part of the project, he will study different species of birds to determine how quickly heat tolerance could evolve and what will happen to our bird populations if tolerance

https://www.science.lu.se/article/researcher-receive-erc-consolidator-grant - 2025-04-19

Published 10 January 2025 Now that Christmas is just around the corner, thoughts inevitably turn to an expectant Mary in the stable. However, she is not alone in the sphere of life-giving without the involvement of both sexes. In the animal kingdom, there are many species that engage in immaculate conception. What we refer to as virgin birth means that an unfertilized egg can develop into a new in

https://www.science.lu.se/article/virgin-birth-beyond-biblical-legend - 2025-04-19

Published 24 February 2025 Reconstruction of the new plesiosaur with scales on the flipper and smooth scale-less skin along the body as informed by this new plesiosaur fossil. This is a significant update to how we reconstruct plesiosaurs (Image: Joschua Knüppe) Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have analysed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show

https://www.science.lu.se/article/soft-tissue-183-million-year-old-jurassic-plesiosaur-analysed - 2025-04-19

Published 7 March 2025 The ultra-hot exoplanet's atmosphere is so hot that it can melt iron (Illustration: Bibiana Prinoth) Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile, astronomers have made detailed observations of the mysterious exoplanet WASP-121 b. The discoveries of the element titanium and jet streams challenge our understanding of the winds and chemistry found on

https://www.science.lu.se/article/titanium-and-mysterious-jet-streams-discovered-extreme-exoplanet - 2025-04-19

Published 13 March 2025 Kristina Holmin Verdozzi wants to strengthen the faculty's position along the so-called knowledge corridor on Sölvegatan. A study center, a unified library, a student café, and an office for faculty management—plus a towering venue for events. Project manager and library director Kristina Holmin Verdozzi has grand visions for the Astronomy Building, which is set to undergo

https://www.science.lu.se/article/she-wants-create-space-scientific-curiosity - 2025-04-19

Published 31 March 2025 Satellite image of Lake Yamzho Yumco in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China – one of the lakes that, thanks to minimal human impact, has not undergone major colour changes. (Photo: Google Earth) Over the last 40 years, the majority of the world’s lakes have changed colour, according to a new study. The research team analysed 32 million satellite observations from over 67,0

https://www.science.lu.se/article/lakes-worldwide-are-changing-colour-possibly-due-human-impact - 2025-04-19

Published 3 April 2025 Among other things, the researchers were surprised to find that the hedgehogs contained so many different environmental toxins and such high levels of lead. Photo: Istockphoto/Maren Winter. Lead, pesticides, brominated flame retardants, plastic additives, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals. This is what researchers at Lund University in Sweden found when they

https://www.science.lu.se/article/surprising-number-environmental-pollutants-hedgehogs - 2025-04-19

Published 3 April 2025 Roaches that migrate between watercourses have sharper vision than their stationary counterparts. Photo: Aron Hejdström Roach that migrate between different lakes and water courses have larger pupils and better eyesight than roach that stay in one place. The adaptation makes it easier for the red-eyed freshwater migrants to find food in murky waters. This is shown in a large

https://www.science.lu.se/article/migrating-roach-have-sharper-eyesight - 2025-04-19

Published 8 April 2025 A Bornean pit viper (Tropidolaemus subannulatus) thrives in the undergrowth of a tropical forest near Kubah National Park, Malaysia. (Photo: Jonathan Goldenberg) Reptiles living in open habitats generally have brighter colouration than species living in denser vegetation. This is shown in a new study from Lund University in Sweden. The results suggest that changes in habitat

https://www.science.lu.se/article/reptiles-are-brightest-open-habitats - 2025-04-19

Published 17 April 2025 The Atlas research group in Lund. Back: Samuel Kattaya & Lennart Österman. Centre: Georgios Floros, Joey Staa, Hannah Herde & Else Lytken. Front: Xintong Yu, Frank Fielder, Nairit Sur & Lara Calic. Photo: Johan Lindskoug. The global scientific community celebrates a major achievement as CERN’s four flagship experiments—ATLAS, CMS, ALICE, and LHCb—receive the 2025 Breakthrou

https://www.science.lu.se/article/cerns-breakthrough-physics-prize-highlights-lund-universitys-global-impact - 2025-04-19

Published 10 January 2019 Stanley Micklavzina. Lund University in Sweden has two new honorary doctors in science. One is an entertaining and creative circus artist in the subject of physics. The other is a chemistry professor who is passionate about providing students with an early link to qualified research. The Faculty of Science at Lund University has now announced its honorary doctors for 2019

https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-honorary-doctors-science-lund-university - 2025-04-19

Published 18 January 2019 Human models used in the experiment. Photo: Gabor Horvath. A study by researchers from Sweden and Hungary shows that white, painted stripes on the body protect skin from insect bites. It is the first time researchers have successfully shown that body-painting has this effect. Among indigenous peoples who wear body-paint, the markings thus provide a certain protection agai

https://www.science.lu.se/article/body-painting-protects-against-bloodsucking-insects - 2025-04-19

Published 23 January 2019 The image to the right was taken with the specially designed camera Photo: Cynthia Tedore. Using a specially designed camera, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have succeeded for the first time in recreating how birds see colours in their surroundings. The study reveals that birds see a very different reality compared to what we see. Human colour vision is based on

https://www.science.lu.se/article/unique-camera-enables-researchers-see-world-way-birds-do - 2025-04-19

Published 5 February 2019 A dung beetle rolling its ball under an artificial moonlit sky. Photo: Chris Collingridge. Of all nocturnal animals, only dung beetles can hold their course using polarized moonlight. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now shown that the beetles can use polarized light when its signal strength is weak,which may allow them to find their bearings when artificial

https://www.science.lu.se/article/dung-beetles-navigate-better-under-full-moon - 2025-04-19

Published 15 February 2019 Greya politella and Greya obscura on a Lithophragma cymbalaria. Photo: Magne Friberg. A research team that includes researchers from Lund University in Sweden, the University of California Santa Cruz, Cornell University and the University of São Paulo, has discovered that the scent of flowers of the same species can be completely different - despite growing only some10 k

https://www.science.lu.se/article/scent-flower-varies-locally - 2025-04-19

Published 26 February 2019 Algal sample. Photo: Karin Rengefors. Work is going ahead on several new research projects about extreme weather in the light of last summer’s extreme drought. Three of these projects concern extreme weather’s impact on algal blooms, its consequences for bumble bee colonies, and the use of climate models to investigate effects on political, legal and social engagement. T

https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-research-extreme-weather - 2025-04-19

Published 8 March 2019 Pallid swift (Photo: Davide D'Amico). Nearly 100 species of swift are completely adapted to life in the air. That is the conclusion of researchers at Lund University in Sweden after having studied a third species and observing that some individuals did not land for over three months. “They eat and sleep while they are airborne. This is something that researchers have believe

https://www.science.lu.se/article/swifts-are-born-eat-and-sleep-air - 2025-04-19