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30 Jun 2025
Moths use stars and Earth’s magnetic field as a compass
A groundbreaking study from Lund University in Sweden shows that the Australian Bogong moth uses the stars and the Milky Way as a compass during its annual 1,000-kilometre journey ...
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26 May 2025
Nocturnal pollinators just as important as their daytime colleagues
For over 60 years, scientists have tried to determine whether plants are pollinated primarily during the day or at night — without reaching a clear conclusion. Now, a major researc...
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9 May 2025
Unicellular green algae may carry giant virus DNA in their genome
Humans and animals are not the only ones affected by viruses. Unicellular organisms can also be attacked. In a new study, scientists establish that green algae can carry latent gia...
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17 Apr 2025
CERN’s Breakthrough Physics Prize highlights Lund University’s global impact
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 Ph...
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8 Apr 2025
Reptiles are brightest in open habitats
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 resu...
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3 Apr 2025
Migrating roach have sharper eyesight
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-ey...
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3 Apr 2025
Surprising number of environmental pollutants in hedgehogs
Lead, pesticides, brominated flame retardants, plastic additives, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals. This is what researchers at Lund University in Sweden found wh...
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31 Mar 2025
Lakes worldwide are changing colour – possibly due to human impact
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...
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13 Mar 2025
She wants to create a space for scientific curiosity
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 Verdo...
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7 Mar 2025
Titanium and mysterious jet streams discovered on extreme exoplanet
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 ...
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24 Feb 2025
Soft tissue from a 183 Million-Year-Old Jurassic Plesiosaur analysed
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have analysed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show that the long-necked marine reptile had bot...
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10 Jan 2025
Virgin birth - beyond the biblical legend
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 involv...
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6 Dec 2024
Researcher to receive ERC Consolidator Grant
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 unpredicta...
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26 Nov 2024
Researcher draws attention to dark report on greenhouse gases
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 internat...
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22 Nov 2024
Lund University to start new UN collaboration focusing on water
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 stren...
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8 Nov 2024
New GPS system for microorganisms could revolutionise police work
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 inst...
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24 Oct 2024
Successful experiment paves the way for new element
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 t...
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15 Oct 2024
Extinct brittle stars named after death metal bands
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 ...
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11 Oct 2024
Grazing zooplankton severely impacted by nanoplastic particles
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...
