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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 ultrahot planets. Just over 5,800 exoplanets – planets that orbit stars other than our Sun – have been discovered since the

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/titanium-and-mysterious-jet-streams-discovered-extreme-exoplanet - 2025-10-25

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards Ruth Pöttgen from Lund University the Tage Erlander Prize in Science and Technology 2025. Pöttgen is honored for her crucial role as physics coordinator for LDMX (The Light Dark Matter Experiment) and for her leadership in the design and construction of the hadron calorimeter, a key component of the LDMX detector. “I feel happy and honored - to have bee

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/ruth-pottgen-awarded-tage-erlander-prize-science-and-technology-2025 - 2025-10-25

Ann-Kathrin Raab is awarded the Swedish Physics Society's Oseen Medal 2025 for best thesis work in physics. Raab is being recognised for her groundbreaking research on ytterbium-based laser sources, which may be of great importance for the future development of semiconductor technology and medical imaging. In its motivation, the Swedish Society of Physicists emphasises that Raab's work makes impor

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/lund-physicist-wins-prize-best-thesis-2025 - 2025-10-25

A new relation could be a valuable tool for gathering new insights into the magnetic excitations of semiconductors and other materials with magnetic properties. In the future, it could contribute to the advancement of various electronic devices and their underlying components. “Our study provides a new fundamental relation in magneto-optics, particularly relevant for researchers working on antifer

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/opening-new-exciting-possibilities-study-magnetic-materials - 2025-10-25

Supported lipid bilayers are formed at a faster rate on light-guiding nanowires of high curvature than on conventional planar substrates, with single-vesicle resolution that proves their potential for studying relevant cellular phenomena. This is shown in a recent study by researchers Julia Valderas, Ruby Davtyan, Christelle Prinz, Emma Sparr, Peter Jönsson, Heiner Linke, and Fredrik Höök. “We des

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/role-nanowires-support-formation-model-lipid-membranes - 2025-10-25

The global scientific community celebrates a major achievement as CERN’s four flagship experiments—ATLAS, CMS, ALICE, and LHCb—receive the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, one of the most prestigious awards in science. This prize honors discoveries that reshape our understanding of the universe, including how particles gain mass via the Higgs boson, the imbalance between matter and

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/cerns-breakthrough-physics-prize-highlights-lund-universitys-global-impact - 2025-10-25

Nina Reistad, Senior Lecturer in Physics, has been awarded the Educator of the Year award by the W-section of the Student Union of Technology at Lund University. She receives the award for her inspiring and committed way of teaching, where she combines clarity with a genuine interest in student learning. Nina Reistad is responsible for a course in physics and electricity, gases and liquids, which

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/students-finest-award-nina-reistad - 2025-10-25

Superconductors are materials that can conduct electricity without resistance and are used in electromagnets, antennas and power lines. Researchers have now studied a multifaceted superconductor that exhibits a so-called vortex lattice when exposed to a magnetic field. The discovery could revolutionise technological development. Smart superconductors are predicted to fundamentally change our every

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/researchers-have-mapped-superconductor-multiple-personalities - 2025-10-25

Secondary school students from 38 countries will gather in Lund to compete in the International Young Physicists’ Tournament – a competition that trains future scientists in problem-solving, teamwork and communication. From 29 June to 5 July, Lund University will host the International Young Physicists’ Tournament (IYPT), one of the world’s most prestigious physics competitions for secondary schoo

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/lund-university-host-international-physics-tournament-summer - 2025-10-25

Dedicated, pedagogical and popular - that's how two of the Department of Physics' teachers are described by the students themselves. Andreas Ehn and Kristina Eriksson Stenström have both been awarded Teacher of the Year by their respective student sections at the Faculty of Engineering, LTH. Andreas Ehn - Teacher of the Year 2024/2025, I-sectionAndreas Ehn, senior lecturer and researcher at the Di

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/they-are-honoured-their-outstanding-teaching - 2025-10-25

The 10th International Conference on Attosecond Science and Technology (ATTO X) will take place in Lund, Sweden, from July 6–11, 2025. ATTO is the world’s leading conference in the field of attosecond science, gathering researchers from academia, institutes, and industry to share the latest developments in ultrafast science. Held biennially, ATTO showcases state-of-the-art advances in attosecond l

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/lund-host-prestigious-attosecond-science-conference-july-2025 - 2025-10-25

Anne-Lise Viotti and Armin Tavakoli at Lund University have been named Future Research Leaders 2025 by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF). The award is based on their pioneering research projects in nonlinear optics and quantum communication – fields with significant future impact on both technology and society. For the ninth time, the Foundation for Strategic Research has appoint

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/two-researchers-department-physics-named-future-research-leaders - 2025-10-25

Lund University is seeking 25 international researchers in its largest-ever global recruitment drive. Among these opportunities, the Department of Physics is offering two positions within the renowned NanoLund research environment as part of this major investment. “In an uncertain world where free research and education are under intense pressure, Lund University is making its largest-ever investm

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/nanolund-and-physics-key-lunds-largest-international-hiring-drive - 2025-10-25

Dive into the exciting world of physics here in Lund – from the tiniest building blocks of matter to the mysteries of the cosmos. Join us for fun experiments and demonstrations, where you can, among other things, try out a scanning electron microscope or slow down time with a high-speed camera. This year’s event also features research presentations (in English or Swedish), the chance to visit Lund

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/quantum-physics-and-double-anniversary-kulturnatten - 2025-10-25

What does it feel like to help shape our understanding of the universe – and still be searching for answers 50 years later? On Friday 5 September 2025, Lund University welcomes Professor Frank Wilczek, Nobel Laureate in Physics (2004), for a public lecture open to everyone. A lifetime with quantum physicsFrank Wilczek is best known for discovering asymptotic freedom, a breakthrough that led to Qua

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/meet-nobel-laureate-frank-wilczek-gives-public-lecture-lund - 2025-10-25

At the Department of Physics, she is Stina Loo, education administrator for first and second cycle programmes. But she can also call herself a linguist, entrepreneur and television personality. And now, with a dream come true: author. The book ‘Hitta din historia – släktforskning för alla’ (Find your story – genealogy for everyone), which Stina wrote together with Ingeborg Arvastsson, will be rele

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/stina-brings-history-life-new-book - 2025-10-25

Cake and a packed Rydberg Hall set the tone when Fysicum celebrated its 75th anniversary. The Department of Physics invited guests to a party, and the audience was treated to a dizzying journey through history, presented by Professor Erik Swietlicki. When Lund University was founded in 1666, there was no faculty of natural sciences. Instead, physics was part of the faculty of philosophy, and for a

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/fysicum-75-years-lively-anniversary-long-history - 2025-10-25

Packed tightly together like sparkling beehives in space. That's what the globular clusters of hundreds of thousands of stars look like. Now, for the first time, a team of researchers can reveal how these ancient and mysterious star systems are actually formed. The existence of these spherical clusters of millions of stars has been known since the invention of the telescope in the 17th century. Th

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/scientists-have-solved-astronomical-star-mystery - 2025-10-25

Armin Tavakoli, Associate Senior Lecturer at the Department of Physics at Lund University and researcher at the Wallenberg Centre for Quantum Technology (WACQT), has been appointed associate editor for Physical Review Letters (PRL) – one of the world’s most prestigious journals in physics. 'It’s an honour to take on this role,' says Tavakoli. “PRL holds a unique position in the physics community,

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/lund-physicist-appointed-associate-editor-physical-review-letters - 2025-10-25

Recently, a new instrument on the four-metre VISTA telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile captured its first starlight. This marks the start of a new era in astronomy, where researchers will map the sky in unprecedented detail. The instrument, called 4MOST (Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope), does not take ordinary images of the night sky. Instead, it collects spectra or colour

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/new-eye-universe-opens-chile - 2025-10-25