Published 13 October 2023 Photo: Hermann Knuewer. When humans are ill, we tend to be less active. This also applies to wild animals, but so far, it has not been known how long the reduced activity lasts or which activities are affected the most. New research from Lund University in Sweden shows that birds' activity decreases for up to three weeks when they become ill - something that could mean th

https://www.science.lu.se/article/disease-affects-blackbirds-more-previously-thought - 2025-01-19

Published 30 October 2023 The Hällekis quarry in Västergötland hosts Middle Ordovician limestone layers that have been sampled and analysed in the study. Photo: Anders Lindskog. Changes in oxygenation and climate had a fundamental impact on marine environments and ecosystems during one of the most transformative times of the development of life on Earth. This according to a new study in which rese

https://www.science.lu.se/article/colder-climate-and-oxygen-rich-ocean-currents-laid-foundations-modern-marine-ecosystems - 2025-01-19

Published 30 October 2023 A car is refueled with a liquid containing hydrogen. The fuel passes through the catalytic converter, where hydrogen is released into a fuel cell. When the hydrogen runs out, it is drained and filled with new liquid at the gas station. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden are investigating a car fuel comprised of a liquid that is converted to hydrogen by a solid catal

https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-catalyst-could-provide-liquid-hydrogen-fuel-future - 2025-01-19

Published 10 November 2023 The study shows that large herbivores have a positive impact on variation in tree cover in the world’s protected areas. The picture shows Tarangire National Park in Tanzania. Photo: Wikipedia. Using global satellite data, a research team has mapped the tree cover of the world’s protected areas. The study shows that regions with abundant large herbivores in many settings

https://www.science.lu.se/article/large-herbivores-such-elephants-bison-and-moose-contribute-tree-diversity - 2025-01-19

Published 17 November 2023 Pictured is the male, blue variant of the bluetail damselfly. Photo: Erik Svensson. For over 20 years, a research team at Lund University in Sweden has studied the common bluetail damselfly. Females occur in three different colour forms – one with a male-like appearance, something that protects them from mating harassment. In a new study, an international research team f

https://www.science.lu.se/article/scientists-have-solved-damselfly-colour-mystery - 2025-01-19

Published 13 December 2023 View from Lund University's research station in Hyltemossa, which is part of the European research infrastructure ICOS (Integrated Carbon Observation System) that collects and distributes high-quality greenhouse gas data. Photo: Tobias Biermann. Physical geographer Alex Vermeulen, who leads the work on the ICOS Carbon Portal, was the editor of a new publication about inc

https://www.science.lu.se/article/lund-led-greenhouse-gas-flow-publication-has-huge-media-impact - 2025-01-19

Published 13 December 2023 Photo: Maj Rundlöf. A new study from Lund University confirms that pesticides commonly used in farmland significantly harm bumblebees. Data from 106 sites across 8 European countries show that despite tightened pesticide regulations, more needs to be done. Despite claims of the world's most rigorous risk assessment process, the use of approved pesticides in European agri

https://www.science.lu.se/article/commonly-used-pesticides-are-still-harming-bees - 2025-01-19

Published 13 December 2023 The image, taken with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile, shows a high-resolution view of the innermost parts of the Milky Way. Photo: ESO. Through analysis of high-resolution data from a ten-metre telescope in Hawaii, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have succeeded in generating new knowledge about three stars at the very heart of

https://www.science.lu.se/article/astronomers-determine-age-three-mysterious-baby-stars-heart-milky-way - 2025-01-19

Published 20 December 2023 R. Michael Rich and Harriet Bulkeley. Photo: private / Henja Kooijman. One is an American astronomer who has charted the innermost parts of the Milky Way using spectroscopy, the other a British professor of Geography who has made a name for herself through her interdisciplinary climate research. R. Michael Rich and Harriet Bulkeley have been appointed honorary doctors at

https://www.science.lu.se/article/world-leading-astrophysicist-and-interdisciplinary-geographer-are-new-honorary-doctors-science - 2025-01-19

Published 2 January 2024 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, Karin Hall will have an assignment as Vice-Dean during 2024. Shortcuts to the interviewsInterview with Dean Pe

https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-deans-have-taken-office - 2025-01-19

Published 9 February 2024 The Porsmose man from the Neolithic period, killed by two arrows with bone tips. Photo: National Museum of Denmark. Following the arrival of the first farmers in Scandinavia 5,900 years ago, the hunter-gatherer population was wiped out within a few generations, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden, among others. The results, which are contrary to prevai

https://www.science.lu.se/article/scandinavias-first-farmers-slaughtered-hunter-gatherer-population - 2025-01-19

Published 26 February 2024 Lina Eklund is one of the researchers in the international team working to analyse satellite images of the destruction of Gaza. Photo: Johan Joelsson. Physical geographer Lina Eklund is tracking the destruction of Gaza week by week using satellite images. Her analyses could be significant if, once the fighting between Israel and Hamas is over, questions of possible war c

https://www.science.lu.se/article/destruction-gaza-monitored-space - 2025-01-19

Published 7 March 2024 Part of the simulated universe. In the center, a galaxy is born through gas that later transforms into stars. The whole process takes billions of years but is simulated in just a few months by supercomputers. Photo: The AGORA Collaboration. Astronomers can use supercomputers to simulate the formation of galaxies from the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago to the present day. Bu

https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-insights-how-galaxies-are-formed - 2025-01-19

Published 12 April 2024 Sharp-sighted bristle worm. Photo: Michael Bok. The large-eyed bristle worm Vanadis has long been of interest to the world’s vision researchers. But the worm has been difficult to study since it lives in the open sea and is active at night. Now, a research team has succeeded in locating an Italian worm colony and is able to confirm that the worm has completely unique vision

https://www.science.lu.se/article/marine-worm-outstanding-vision-fascinates-researchers - 2025-01-19

Published 16 April 2024 Lund researchers Thomas Pugh and Raimund Muscheler from the Faculty of Science have been awarded the ERC Advanced Grant. Photo: Private/Kenneth Ruona. Quaternary geologist Raimund Muscheler and physical geographer Thomas Pugh have been awarded the ERC Advanced Grant by the European Research Council. They will receive EUR 2.5 million each over a five-year period to study his

https://www.science.lu.se/article/two-lund-researchers-receive-prestigious-eu-grant - 2025-01-19

Published 18 April 2024 Gustavo Jasso Ahuja is one of 18 mathematicians to receive support from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. Photo: Private. Gustavo Jasso Ahuja, a researcher at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, has been awarded funding within the framework of the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation’s mathematics programme. The grant will be used to recruit a researcher from over

https://www.science.lu.se/article/maths-researchers-receive-funding-study-mysterious-algebras - 2025-01-19

Published 25 April 2024 The team during field work in northern Sweden. Photo: Geerte Fälthammar-de Jong. During the unusually dry year of 2018, Sweden was hit by numerous forest fires. A research team led from Lund University in Sweden has investigated how climate change affects recently burnt boreal forests and their ability to absorb carbon dioxide. The boreal forests form a single biome that sp

https://www.science.lu.se/article/unique-field-study-shows-how-climate-change-affects-fire-impacted-forests - 2025-01-19

Published 14 May 2024 The Hulk-like lizard. Photo: Javier Abalos. Body shape, colour and behaviour often evolve together as species adapt to their environment. Researchers from Lund University have studied this phenomenon in a specific type of large, bright green and aggressive common wall lizard found near the Mediterranean. They discovered that a unique cell type might have played a key role in

https://www.science.lu.se/article/incredible-hulk-lizard-provides-clues-understanding-evolution - 2025-01-19

Published 14 May 2024 Photo: Emma Kritzberg. Climate researchers often emphasise the fact that reducing carbon emissions is in everyone’s best interest, and should involve all of us. But how good are they at minimising their own carbon footprint? A new study carried out jointly by Lund University and the University of Lausanne in Switzerland shows that some of them use up half their annual carbon

https://www.science.lu.se/article/conferences-make-scientists-climate-transgressors - 2025-01-19

Published 16 August 2024 In the study, each bumblebee had a small tag attached to its back so that the researchers could distinguish the various individuals when testing their navigation ability. Photo: Rickesh Patel. Bumblebees have a great capacity to navigate despite their small brain size. This is borne out of new research conducted at Lund University in Sweden, among others. The research resu

https://www.science.lu.se/article/bumblebees-sense-direction-rivals-humans - 2025-01-19