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Air pollution does not only harm human health. New research shows that birds also experience measurable biological changes after breathing in soot particles from traffic emissions. While the effects of polluted air are well documented in humans, far less is known about how animals with different physiologies respond. A new doctoral thesis from Lund University provides fresh evidence of how vehicle

https://www.science.lu.se/article/car-exhaust-fumes-linked-dna-damage-and-weakened-immunity-city-birds - 2026-09-09

How do some planets end up extremely close to their host stars, despite appearing to have formed much farther away? A new international study, led by the University of Southern Queensland in collaboration with MIT, seeks to answer this question. From Lund University, Judith Korth contributed key dynamical analysis. The study focuses on TOI‑1130b, a mini‑Neptune orbiting a star about 190 light‑year

https://www.science.lu.se/article/when-planets-migrate-lund-researcher-contributes-key-analysis - 2026-09-09

Extreme weather poses a big threat to birds. Yet there is a lack of both knowledge and methods for measuring its negative effects. In a new study, researchers from Lund University in Sweden have identified knowledge gaps and propose practical tools for analysing the risks to birds. Extreme weather has become increasingly common worldwide, often in the form of combinations of heat and drought. Thes

https://www.science.lu.se/article/birds-can-suffer-serious-harm-heatwaves - 2026-09-09

Salem Thawaba, Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at Birzeit University in Palestine, visited Lund at the end of April. He was there to participate in teaching activities and discuss potential collaborations with Lina Eklund from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (MGeo). On 30 April, he held a seminar entitled “Colonisation and ever-shifting borders: A Case from the West Bank”

https://www.science.lu.se/article/researcher-highlights-effects-border-changes-west-bank - 2026-09-09

When Crafoord Prize laureate Veerabhadran Ramanathan visited Lund on 18 May, he combined personal reflections with a powerful scientific message: understanding aerosols and greenhouse gases is key to tackling climate change, but solving the crisis will require new approaches, broad collaboration, and urgent public engagement. On Monday, May 18, Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Distinguished Professor (Eme

https://www.science.lu.se/article/crafoord-laureate-highlights-overlooked-climate-drivers - 2026-09-09

Abdulhakim Abdi, a researcher at Lund University, has produced new maps of the dominant tree species in southern Sweden using satellite data and machine learning. These have now been published and are available to everyone. The maps – available on the website treespecies.se – provide new insights into Sweden’s forests and can be used to track how they change over time, and how both long-term clima

https://www.science.lu.se/article/researcher-have-developed-unique-map-tree-species - 2026-09-09

Quantum. The word is appearing more and more frequently in discussions about future technologies, security, medicine and computing. At the same time, the field is often perceived as both abstract and difficult to understand. But what exactly is quantum physics, and why is there so much interest in it right now? “Quantum physics was developed to describe the very smallest building blocks of the uni

https://www.science.lu.se/article/what-quantum-science-and-why-everyone-talking-about-it - 2026-09-09

Two researchers at the Faculty of Science have secured funding through the Swedish Research Council’s initiative for the strategic recruitment of associate senior lecturers. Jennifer Graham at the Department of Physics and Adela YiYu Zhang at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences are among just 22 researchers to receive funding in the national initiative. Five years of funding for early-career rese

https://www.science.lu.se/article/double-success-faculty-science-swedish-research-council-call - 2026-09-09

They cross oceans, glide on monsoon winds, and can appear in new places after thousands of kilometres in the air. Now a new study from Lund University shows that dragonflies are among nature’s most extreme migrants - and that their journeys may help us understand climate change. Dragonflies and damselflies are predatory insects with powerful jaws, compound eyes and spectacular colours. What is les

https://www.science.lu.se/article/featherlight-long-distance-fliers-parchment-thin-wings - 2026-09-09

Flower-rich road verges may attract hungry bumblebees, but at the same time they risk being dangerous for the buzzing insects – if the traffic is too heavy. This is shown in a new research study from Lund University in Sweden. The new research examined the role that roadsides play for bumblebees. The results show that road verges can be a dangerous environment for insects searching for food. The t

https://www.science.lu.se/article/blooming-busy-roadsides-can-harm-bumblebees - 2026-09-09

The study is based on interviews with 23 forest owners in southern Sweden. Many express a clear and emotional connection to their forests, often rooted in memories, family ties and identity. Forests are frequently valued for recreation and local cohesion. A majority express strong care for nature and possess good knowledge of it.Despite this, no obvious link emerges between forest owners’ emotiona

https://www.science.lu.se/article/caring-forests-not-always-connected-more-biodiversity - 2026-09-09

Bibiana Prinoth, who completed her PhD at Lund University in 2025, has now been recognised internationally. She is one of only nine researchers worldwide to receive the IAU PhD Prize. The award highlights the most outstanding doctoral theses globally and places her research among the very best in the world. Bibiana Prinoth is being honoured by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), an organis

https://www.science.lu.se/article/astrophysicist-lund-receives-international-prize-her-thesis - 2026-09-09

Researchers have now tested a prevailing theory about the relationship between body size and metabolism in animals. Their study overturns decades of research that has maintained that metabolic rate always increases more slowly than body size. For decades, it has been regarded in biology as a natural law that there is a fixed relationship between body size and metabolic rate across all animal group

https://www.science.lu.se/article/dragonflies-challenge-classical-theory - 2026-09-09

A pied flycatcher from Siberia flies over 4,500 kilometers farther than necessary to reach its wintering grounds in Africa. The reason is that the birds’ migration route is still guided by genetic instructions from the last Ice Age. How migratory birds find their way to their wintering grounds and back to their breeding sites has long been one of biology’s great mysteries. In a new study published

https://www.science.lu.se/article/genes-ice-age-guide-migratory-birds-detours-africa - 2026-09-09

Anders Reinholdt, a researcher at the Department of Chemistry, is one of six Lund researchers to be awarded an ERC Starting Grant. He will receive 1.5 million euros to spend five years investigating unusual triple bonds between metals and other elements. Could you tell us a bit about your project N-VERT?“My background is in organometallic chemistry – the part of chemistry that explores what happen

https://www.science.lu.se/article/chemist-awarded-prestigious-eu-grant - 2026-09-09

Honey bees have long been the model species for studying insect vision. However, new research from Lund University shows that several smaller bee species might actually have sharper eyesight. The honey bee has held a special place in vision research. It is one of the best-studied insects, and much of what scientists know about how bees perceive the world is based on studies of honey bees.The honey

https://www.science.lu.se/article/bees-see-world-more-ways-previously-thought - 2026-09-09

Astronomers at Lund University in Sweden have found evidence of exocomets – comets in other solar systems – orbiting a young star similar to our Sun. The observations point to a possible mechanism for how water might be transported from the cold outer regions of the planetary system to regions where planets form. The PDS 70 planetary system is just over five million years old and lies around 370 l

https://www.science.lu.se/article/comets-may-have-transported-water-young-planetary-system - 2026-09-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University in Sweden has two new honorary doctors in science. One is an entertaining and creative circus artist in the subject of physics. The other is a chemistry professor who is passionate about providing students with an early link to qualified research. The Faculty of Science at Lund University has now annou

https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-honorary-doctors-science-lund-university - 2026-09-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A study by researchers from Sweden and Hungary shows that white, painted stripes on the body protect skin from insect bites. It is the first time researchers have successfully shown that body-painting has this effect. Among indigenous peoples who wear body-paint, the markings thus provide a certain protection against

https://www.science.lu.se/article/body-painting-protects-against-bloodsucking-insects - 2026-09-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Using a specially designed camera, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have succeeded for the first time in recreating how birds see colours in their surroundings. The study reveals that birds see a very different reality compared to what we see. Human colour vision is based on three primary colours: red, green a

https://www.science.lu.se/article/unique-camera-enables-researchers-see-world-way-birds-do - 2026-09-09