Published 13 September 2024 Illustration of an exoplanet. Image: ESO/M. Kornmesser. A research team led by Lund University in Sweden has discovered a small planet that displays peculiar orbital motion. The shimmying planet, located 455 light-years from Earth, shows that planetary systems can be considerably more complex than researchers have previously thought. The newly discovered planet TOI-1408

https://www.science.lu.se/article/researchers-discover-space-oddity-exoplanet-moving-mysterious-ways - 2025-04-03

Published 24 September 2024 Film: Johan Nyman. Dung beetles are among the strongest animals in the world. They also possess an exceptional ability to cooperate. Research shows that female and male spider dung beetles together are able to move large dung balls across difficult obstacles. However, same-sex attempts to do the same always ended in aggressive fights. Dung beetles live in and on animal

https://www.science.lu.se/article/beetles-cooperate-tricky-dung-moves - 2025-04-03

Published 11 October 2024 Grazing zooplankton, daphnia, which are an important source of food for fish, were found to be particularly vulnerable. Photo: Erik Selander/Lund University. 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 wi

https://www.science.lu.se/article/grazing-zooplankton-severely-impacted-nanoplastic-particles - 2025-04-03

Published 15 October 2024 Brittle stars clinging to mussels. These specimen are about the same size as the Silurian echinoderms named after metal bands. Photo: Lea D. Numberger-Thuy. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered thirteen new species of extinct brittle stars on the island of Gotland, Sweden. The fossils were dug out of rocks from the Silurian Period (around 444 to 419 mi

https://www.science.lu.se/article/extinct-brittle-stars-named-after-death-metal-bands - 2025-04-03

Published 24 October 2024 SHREC the detector is inspected by Pavel Golubev. Photo: Dirk Rudolph. Scientists have found an alternative way to produce atoms of the superheavy element livermorium. The new method opens up the possibility of creating another element that could be the heaviest in the world so far: number 120. The search for new elements comes from the dream of finding a variant that is

https://www.science.lu.se/article/successful-experiment-paves-way-new-element - 2025-04-03

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 - 2025-04-03

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 - 2025-04-03

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 - 2025-04-03

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 - 2025-04-03

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 - 2025-04-03

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 - 2025-04-03

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 - 2025-04-03

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 - 2025-04-03

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 - 2025-04-03

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 - 2025-04-03

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 - 2025-04-03

Publicerad 27 september 2019 I år firar Pufendorfinstitutet tio år. Under dessa år har hundratals forskare haft möjligheten att utveckla nya tvärvetenskapliga idéer vid institutet. Två forskare som var med från start och sedan återkommit under årens lopp är filosofen Erik Persson och kemisten Petter Persson. Det var en verklig utmaning när Petter Persson och Erik Persson tillsammans med tio andra

https://www.pi.lu.se/artikel/pufendorfinstitutet-tio-ar-av-ideutveckling - 2025-04-03

Av cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - publicerad 11 oktober 2019 Jan-Åke Nilsson och Öivind Andersson från Temat Bioinspired Energy Conversion I år firar Pufendorfinstitutet 10 år. Under vårt jubileum den 19-21 September reflekterade vi över vad dessa tio år har betytt för forskarna och forskningen vid Lunds universitet. Tillsammans med inbjudna gäster ti

https://www.pi.lu.se/artikel/pufendorfinstitutets-jubileum - 2025-04-03

Av eva [dot] persson [at] pi [dot] lu [dot] se (Eva Persson) - publicerad 8 oktober 2019 Johan Mårtensson, koordinator för Pufendorfinstitutets ASG ”Rapid Brain Change and Longterm Outcome” 2018-2019, tilldelas LMK-stiftelsen medicinpris 2019. Temat för årets pris är ”Tvärvetenskap i fokus – möten mellan medicin och humaniora”. Johan Mårtensson får priset för sin unika forskning som kombinerar spr

https://www.pi.lu.se/artikel/lmk-stiftelsens-medicinpris-till-johan-martensson - 2025-04-03

Publicerad 24 oktober 2019 Max Koch, medlem i Pufendorfinstitutets Teman Sustainable Welfare (2014-2015) och Degrowth (2015-2016) har, tillsammans med medförfattaren Milena Büchs, tilldelats the Atlas Award för artikeln 'Challenges to the degrowth transition: The debate about wellbeing'. I samband med prisutdelningen bjuder Elsevier och Pufendorfinstitutet in till ett samtal med Max Koch och inbju

https://www.pi.lu.se/artikel/hur-paverkar-nervaxt-vart-valmaende-intervju-med-max-koch - 2025-04-03