Published 17 December 2019 Following a generous donation by the LMK foundation our new telescope was purchased and installed in the south-east dome.  Donors and senior astronomers were invited to a small inauguration ceremony where it was revealed that the telescope would be named "Anres Öga" (or 'the Eagle Eye') to honor professor emeritus Arne Ardeberg.

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/inauguration-new-telescope - 2025-05-01

Published 30 March 2021 At the end of March Lund Observatory together with the Department of Theoretical Physics moved its website to the Lund University web server. This move gives the Lund Observatory website a whole new look, many new functionalities and enables us to comply with the guidelines of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). If you are no longer able find important content on our we

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/new-website-launched - 2025-05-01

By linn [at] astro [dot] lu [dot] se (Linn Eriksson) - published 26 May 2021 We congratulate our friend and colleague Anders Johansen who was recently elected new member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in the class for astronomy and space sciences.  Press release from the Royal Swedish Academy (in Swedish)

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/anders-johansen-elected-new-member-royal-swedish-academy-science - 2025-05-01

Published 1 September 2021 Oscar Agertz and his team of astronomers have been simulating galactic formation and evolution.  This is something Lund University has been covering in one of their latest press releases. Read the whole story on the LU news site

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/vintergatan-simulations-gets-some-well-deserved-attention - 2025-05-01

Published 1 October 2021 Big congratulations to Nils, who has just been promoted to Professor at the Department for Astronomy and Theoretical Physics.

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/nils-ryde-promoted-professor - 2025-05-01

By emelie [dot] frid [at] atp [dot] lu [dot] se (Emelie Frid) - published 25 October 2021 Today is the 20 year anniversary of the inauguration of our new building here at Sölvegatan 27.  We celebrated with cake!

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/cake-20-year-anniversary-astronomy-building - 2025-05-01

By emelie [dot] frid [at] atp [dot] lu [dot] se (Emelie Frid) - published 13 January 2022 Congratulations to our very own Michiel Lambrechts, who has received a starting grant from the European Research Council (ERC)! More information: https://erc.europa.eu/news/erc-2021-starting-grants-results 

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/erc-starting-grant-michiel-lambrechts - 2025-05-01

By emelie [dot] frid [at] atp [dot] lu [dot] se (Emelie Frid) - published 25 May 2022 Congratulations to Lennart Lindegren, Professor Emeritus of Lund Observatory, for being the shared recipient of the Shaw Price in Astronomy! Lennart shares the price with Michael Perryman, Adjunct Professor, School of Physics at University College Dublin, Ireland. The price was awarded for their lifetime contribu

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/lennart-lindegren-shared-recipient-shaw-price-astronomy - 2025-05-01

By anna [at] astro [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna S. Arnadottir) - published 5 December 2022 Congratulations to the Gaia team (and especially to the Lund Observatory members of the team) who will soon receive the 2023 Lancelot M. Berkeley - New York Community Trust Prize for Meritorious Work in Astronomy. The Berkeley Prize is awarded for highly meritorious work in advancing the science of astronomy.  In

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/berkeley-price-awarded-gaia-collaboration - 2025-05-01

By anna [at] astro [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna S. Arnadottir) - published 19 January 2023 Every seat in Lundmarkssalen was full, and around 50 additional visitors followed on zoom, as NASA astronaut Jim Pawelczyk gave his talk on Monday afternoon. Jim Pawelczyk is not only a NASA astronaut but also an associate professor of physiology and kinesiology at PennState University studying the effects of mic

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/nasa-astronaut-jim-pawelczyk-visits-lund-university - 2025-05-01

Published 26 April 2023 In a recent paper, Nicholas Borsato, along with collaborators Jens Hoeijmakers, Bibiana Prinoth, Brian Thorsbro, and Rebecca Forsberg, provides insightful research on the complex atmospheric composition of the exoplanet KELT-9b. The team captured the exoplanet's spectra during transit, revealing numerous elements within its atmosphere. This study not only verifies the prese

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/terbium-among-heavy-elements-discovered-atmosphere-exoplanet-kelt-9b - 2025-05-01

Published 20 February 2015 DPP-4 inhibitors are a group of drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes that lower high blood sugar levels by stimulating insulin production in the body. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now discovered that DPP-4 inhibitors are also effective against low blood sugar levels. The study, which was carried out on mice, has been published in the journal Diabetologia.

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/diabetes-drug-could-protect-against-low-blood-sugar - 2025-05-01

Published 23 February 2015 A group of Lund University students are behind a ’universal remote control’ called Unified Remote, an app that enables you to control your computer with your smart phone. After millions of downloads, they’re now looking at breaking into the the gaming world - by turning your phone into a joystick. WATCH VIDEO STORYTwo Swedish students who say they were ”too lazy to get o

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-students-behind-successful-remote-control-app-eye-gaming - 2025-05-01

Published 24 February 2015 Niels-Bjarne Woods Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have identified a previously unknown effect of vitamin A in human embryonic development. Their findings show that vitamin A affects the formation of blood cells. The signal molecule, retinoic acid, is a product of vitamin A which helps to instruct how different types of tissue are to be formed in the growing emb

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/previously-unknown-effect-vitamin-identified - 2025-05-01

Published 24 February 2015 A new research study has shed light on the underground interaction between tree roots and fungi. In order to understand how this important symbiosis came about, an international team of researchers have sequenced the genomes of different fungi that live underground. The study shows that in the course of evolution, the symbiotic fungi have lost many genes present in their

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lost-genes-make-fungi-dependent-trees - 2025-05-01

Published 26 February 2015 Åke Lernmark New research shows that it is possible to predict the development of type 1 diabetes. By measuring the presence of autoantibodies in the blood, it is possible to detect whether the immune system has begun to break down the body’s own insulin cells. “In the TEDDY study we have found that autoantibodies often appear during the first few years of life”, said Pr

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/early-signs-young-children-predict-type-1-diabetes - 2025-05-01

Published 2 March 2015 Researchers from institutions including Lund University have taken a step closer to producing solar fuel using artificial photosynthesis. In a new study, they have successfully tracked the electrons’ rapid transit through a light-converting molecule. The ultimate aim of the present study is to find a way to make fuel from water using sunlight. This is what photosynthesis doe

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/supersonic-electrons-could-produce-future-solar-fuel - 2025-05-01

Published 6 March 2015 Tomas Deierborg (Photo: Yiyi Yang) Inflammation is a natural reaction of the body’s immune system to an aggressor or an injury, but if the inflammatory response is too strong it becomes harmful. Inflammatory processes occur in the brain in conjunction with stroke and neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Researchers from Lund University and Karol

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-findings-key-players-brain-inflammation - 2025-05-01

Published 6 March 2015 Ukraine’s First Deputy Minister of Education, Inna Sovsun, meets international students. Photo: GUNNAR MENANDER “Being new in the government of Ukraine is like learning to ride a bike that is broken, while someone is throwing stones at you, and you are trying to fix the bike at the same time”, said Inna Sovsun, Ukraine’s First Deputy Minister of Education and a former Lund U

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ukraine-first-deputy-minister-education-back-lund-day - 2025-05-01

Published 9 March 2015 Jonas Hafström (Photo: Pawel Flato) Meet Jonas Hafström, a lawyer with a background in the diplomatic service, including as Swedish ambassador to the USA. For the past year he has led government trade delegations around the world and helped to coach Swedish embassy staff in countries with strong economic growth. Welcome to Lund University as the new chair of the University B

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-welcomes-new-chair-university-board - 2025-05-01