Illustration: Bibiana Prinoth. The rare metal terbium has been found in an exoplanet’s atmosphere for the first time. The researchers at Lund University in Sweden have also developed a new method for analyzing exoplanets, making it possible to study them in more detail. KELT-9 b is the galaxy’s hottest exoplanet, orbiting its distant star about 670 light years from Earth. The celestial body, with

https://www.science.lu.se/article/scientists-discover-rare-element-exoplanets-atmosphere - 2025-08-27

Photo: Anders Hedenström. Small bats are bad at converting energy into muscle power. Surprisingly, a new study led by Lund University reveals that this ability increases the faster they fly. The researchers have studied the efficiency of migratory bats – a species that weighs about eight grams and is found in almost all of Europe. Efficiency, in this case, is the ability to convert supplied energy

https://www.science.lu.se/article/bats-ability-convert-energy-muscle-power-affected-flight-speed - 2025-08-27

Using samples from all across Europe, the researchers were able to show that microorganisms in soil can adapt to changes in temperature. Photo: Carla Cruz Paredes. A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that the ability of microorganisms to adapt to climate warming will slow down global warming by storing carbon in soil. In the study, researchers collected soil samples from across Europe

https://www.science.lu.se/article/microorganisms-climate-adaptation-can-slow-down-global-warming - 2025-08-27

A Weevil. Photo: Pixabay. Insects heavily rely on bacteria for essential nutrients that are lacking in their diet. This has allowed insects to access a wide variety of food, leading to remarkable species diversification in some cases, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. Insects are crucial for biodiversity and among the most successful species on the planet. However, until now

https://www.science.lu.se/article/bacteria-are-vital-diversity-and-survival-insects - 2025-08-27

Photo: Pixabay. Great tits in urban environments have lower levels of stress hormone than those living in woodland habitats. This according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. Certain animals are able to adjust well to environments that have been created or altered by human activity. We live in an age in which urbanisation is proceeding at an ever-faster rate, something that also affect

https://www.science.lu.se/article/urban-great-tits-less-stressed-their-countryside-cousins - 2025-08-27

Photo: Ulrika Ervander. The dry summer of 2018 hit Swedish forests hard - and hardest affected were the managed secondary forests. This according to a new study from Lund University. Northern boreal forest ecosystems are predicted to experience more frequent summer droughts in the future. The majority of Swedish forest are secondary forests that are managed commercial forests with little diversity

https://www.science.lu.se/article/secondary-forests-more-sensitive-drought - 2025-08-27

Group A streptococci growing on a blood agar plate. Photo: Fredric Carlsson. Why are certain people more severely affected than others by invasive streptococcal infections? According to a new study from Lund University in Sweden, the answer lies in our genome. Carriers of a certain variant of the STING gene are at greater risk, particularly if they encounter the bacterial strains that have increas

https://www.science.lu.se/article/why-killer-bacteria-affect-some-people-more-severely - 2025-08-27

Alfred Larsson assembles an electrochemical cell at the instrument "The Swedish Materials Science Beamline P21.2" at the PETRA III particle accelerator in Hamburg. Photo: Jinshan Pan. Corrosion-resistant metallic materials are required in applications such as rocket engines, nuclear power stations and chemical industry. An alloy of nickel, chromium and molybdenum is often used. However, a new stud

https://www.science.lu.se/article/researchers-reveal-deficiencies-corrosion-resistant-metallic-materials - 2025-08-27

Photo: Caroline Isaksson. A new study conducted by researchers in Europe shows that urban great tits have paler plumage than their countryside counterparts. Since the yellow pigment of the breast feathers of great tits comes from the food they eat, the paler yellow plumage of urban birds indicates that the urban environment affects the entire food chain. As urban areas expand, animals increasingly

https://www.science.lu.se/article/urban-great-tits-have-paler-plumage-their-forest-living-relatives - 2025-08-27

The ERC Starting Grant is aimed at younger researchers. Milda Pucetaite and Colin Olito were two of four researchers from Lund who received the starting grant. Photo: private. Two researchers at the Department of Biology, Milda Pucetaite and Colin Olito, have been awarded starting grants from the European Research Council, ERC. The research projects aim to advance methods in microbiological ecolog

https://www.science.lu.se/article/two-biology-researchers-receive-generous-starting-grants-european-research-council - 2025-08-27

Anne L'Huillier, Professor of Atomic Physics at the Department of Physics, is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2023. Read more about Anne L'Huillier: The Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 | Lund University's main website

https://www.science.lu.se/article/nobel-prize-lund - 2025-08-27

Photo: Viiru Pesonen/Wikimedia Commons. One result of climate change is that spring is arriving earlier. However, migratory birds are not keeping up with these developments and arrive too late for the peak in food availability when it is time for breeding. By getting the birds to fly a little further north, researchers in Lund, Sweden, and the Netherlands have observed that these birds can give th

https://www.science.lu.se/article/migratory-birds-can-be-taught-adjust-climate-change - 2025-08-27

NanoLundian and Assistant professor Sara Blomberg at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Lunds tekniska högskola, Lunds universitet, was awarded the Swedish Catalysis Society Berzelius Prize at the 19th Nordic Symposium on Catalysis in Esbo stad, Finland. Sara Blomberg receives the prize for broadening the possibilities to measure processes on the catalytic surface and the gas phase simultaneo

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/swedish-catalysis-society-berzelius-prize-nanolundian - 2025-08-27

Joanna Persson, Alexander Lundh and Jennifer Cately just finished second grade in high school – and are spending two weeks at NanoLund as part of a program aiming to rise the priority of scientific perspectives. Photo: Evelina Lindén Summer holiday? Not yet – at least not for the three high school students, who were chosen to spend two weeks at NanoLund right after the end of the school year. “Thi

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/getting-sneak-peek-science - 2025-08-27

The Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability – WISE – is hiring, and two of the WISE fellows will be at NanoLund, one in Materials Chemistry. Please help us spread the word! The Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability (WISE) is the largest-ever investment in materials science in Sweden and will encompass major efforts at seven of Sweden’s foremost universities.

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/call-wise-faculty-recruitments - 2025-08-27

The new, interdisciplinary profile areas will contribute to increased interaction with industry and society. Picture: Catrin Jakobsson The latest edition of NanoLund’s newsletter is here! Due to a technical issue with the Lund University email servers, our latest newsletter may have got stuck in your spam filter. Please read it below!  Donation for equipment to Nano Lab Science Village • NanoLundi

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/our-latest-newsletter - 2025-08-27

A first meeting with the aim of coordinating the national agenda is booked by Erik Renström, Lund University, Stefan Christiernin, Volvo Cars, Darja Isaksson, Vinnova, Pia Sandvik, RISE and Lars-Erik Wernersson, LTH. Photo: Jessika Sellergren How should we collaborate on a national strategy for semiconductors? The answer could be closer than we think. After the panel discussion during “Politics We

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/working-towards-semiconductor-strategy-sweden - 2025-08-27

Sparbanken Skåne's CEO Andreas P. Nilsson presents the award to Louise Green at LTH's graduation ceremony. Photo: Johan Persson The Sparbanken Skåne Prize to a new doctor at LTH for particularly outstanding doctoral thesis is in 2022 awarded NanoLundian Louise Gren for her thesis in Aerosol Technology. The Sparbanksstiftelsen Färs and Frosta awards the Sparbanken Skåne Prize to a new doctor at LTH

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/louise-gren-receives-sparbanken-skanes-research-prize-2022 - 2025-08-27

Anne L’Huillier, Professor of Atom Physics and member of NanoLund, is awarded the Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award. Photo: Kennet Ruona In memory of the nuclear physicist Lise Meitner, the Gothenburg Physics Centre since 2006 awards a prize to a scientist who made a breakthrough discovery in physics. Next week, Anne L’Huillier is given the prize at a ceremony in Gothenburg. The Gothenburg Physics Cen

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/gothenburg-lise-meitner-award-anne-lhuillier - 2025-08-27

Normally, Nobel Symposia are quite rare, therefore it is quite remarkable that NanoLund researchers were the main organizers of two symposia that took place nearly at the same time. The Nobel Symposium NS 173: “Exploring complex molecular and condensed phase processes and functions by multidimensional spectroscopy from THz to X-rays” was held August 7–11, 2022 in Båstad. The Nobel Symposium NS166:

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/two-nobel-symposia-held-southern-sweden-within-one-month - 2025-08-27