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2 Feb 2023
What you do in your garden to help pollinators works
Have you made adjustments to your garden to make it more welcoming for pollinators? If so, you have probably made a valuable contribution, according to a new study from Lund Univer...
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2 Feb 2023
Radiation physicist receives SEK 20 million grant from the European Research Council (ERC)
Martin Bech, senior lecturer in medical radiation physics, has been awarded a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant. Over a five-year period, he will conduct several exciting projects...
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24 Jan 2023
Stress may trigger male defence against predators
Only males among the fish species crucian carp have developed a strategy to protect themselves from hungry predators, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. The e...
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19 Jan 2023
Feathered robotic wing paves way for flapping drones
Birds fly more efficiently by folding their wings during the upstroke, according to a recent study led by Lund University in Sweden. The results could mean that wing-folding is the...
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5 Jan 2023
Colloid chemist is new honorary doctor of science
Jan Dhont, a chemist whose major achievements have been significant for life science and food science, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the Faculty of Science at Lund Univ...
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5 Jan 2023
Researchers take first step towards controlling photosynthesis using mirrors
With the help of mirrors, placed only a few hundred nanometers apart, a research team has managed to use light more efficiently. The finding could eventually be useful for controll...
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6 Dec 2022
Sharp shooting biologist winner of international photography award
Roberto García-Roa, postdoc at the department of Biology has won yet another prestigious photo award. This time he’s the overall winner of “Capturing Ecology”, the British Ecologic...
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9 Nov 2022
Study uncovers widespread and ongoing clearcutting of Swedish old forests
Almost one fourth of Sweden’s last unprotected old-growth forest was logged between 2003 and 2019. At this rate, all of these ecologically unique and valuable forests will be lost ...
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9 Nov 2022
The UN’s climate change conference COP27 – topics on the agenda
The UN’s annual climate change conference is currently ongoing in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt. Over the course of two weeks, representatives of the world’s nations will gather to disc...
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30 Sep 2022
Less bird diversity in city forests
A new study led by Lund University in Sweden shows that cities negatively affect the diversity of birds. There are significantly fewer bird species in urban forests compared with f...
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26 Sep 2022
Mysterious ripples in the Milky Way were caused by a passing dwarf galaxy
Using data from the Gaia space telescope, a team led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden has shown that large parts of the Milky Way's outer disk vibrate. The ripples are c...
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19 Sep 2022
Strawberries were smaller when bees ingested pesticides
Solitary bees that ingested the pesticide clothianidin when foraging from rapeseed flowers became slower. In addition, the strawberries pollinated by these bees were smaller. This ...
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1 Sep 2022
Study reveals flaws in popular genetic method
The most common analytical method within population genetics is deeply flawed, according to a new study from Lund University. This may have led to incorrect results and misconcepti...
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25 Aug 2022
Researchers develop the first AI-based method for dating archaeological remains
By analyzing DNA with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), an international research team led by Lund University in Sweden has developed a method that can accurately date up t...
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16 Aug 2022
Many reasons to take care of lake water
When you take a dip in a Swedish lake, it is not unusual to find you cannot see the lake bottom. Lake water coloured brown by organic material can be an inconvenience for swimming ...
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14 Jun 2022
Ostriches can adapt to heat or cold – but not both
The ostrich is genetically wired to adapt to rising or falling temperatures. However, when the temperature fluctuates more often, as it does with climate change, the flightless bir...
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14 Jun 2022
Earth’s magnetic poles not likely to flip
The emergence of a mysterious area in the South Atlantic where the geomagnetic field strength is decreasing rapidly, has led to speculation that Earth is heading towards a magnetic...
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14 Jun 2022
Researchers find ten billion-year old “ghost stars” from swallowed galaxy
Astronomers at Lund University in Sweden have found a group of stars in the Milky Way disk, that are most likely remnants from an unknown baby galaxy that was swallowed by the Milk...
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13 May 2022
New study indicates limited water circulation late in the history of Mars
A research team led by Lund University in Sweden has investigated a meteorite from Mars using neutron and X-ray tomography. The technology, which will probably be used when NASA ex...
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2 May 2022
New study on space dust strengthens theory that Earth was formed by pebble accretion
Last year, researchers in Lund, Sweden, launched a ground-breaking theory that Earth was formed by pebbles that were sucked together into a celestial body over millions of years. T...