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An international recruitment initiative from the university has attracted a large number of applicants. A total of 357 researchers from around the world have applied to become visiting professors at Lund University – as many as 86 of them to the Faculty of Science! “It was a very positive outcome of the initiative,” says Per Persson, Dean of the Faculty of Science. “When going through the applicat

https://www.science.lu.se/article/recruitment-initiative-attracts-international-top-researchers-faculty-science - 2026-08-17

Packed tightly together like twinkling stellar beehives, these globular clusters are made up of hundreds of thousands of stars. Now, for the first time, a team of scientists can reveal how the ancient and mysterious star systems actually form. The existence of these globular clusters, comprising millions of stars, has been known since the invention of the telescope in the 17th century. Globular cl

https://www.science.lu.se/article/scientists-solve-astronomical-riddle - 2026-08-17

A project at Lund University in Sweden has trained an AI model to identify breast cancer patients who could be spared from axillary surgery. The model analyses previously unutilised information in mammograms and pinpoints with high accuracy the individual risk of metastasis in the armpit. A newly completed study shows that the model indicates that just over 40 per cent of today’s axillary surgery

https://www.science.lu.se/article/ai-model-lund-university-indicates-four-out-ten-breast-cancer-patients-could-avoid-axillary-surgery - 2026-08-17

Solar energy stored in the form of fuel is something scientists hope could partially replace fossil fuels in the future. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden may have solved a long-standing problem that has hindered the development of sustainable solar fuels. If solar energy can be used more efficiently using iron-based systems, this could pave the way for cheaper solar fuels. “We can now see

https://www.science.lu.se/article/solar-fuel-conundrum-nears-solution - 2026-08-17

The sound of tawny owls makes young European robins eat less during their southward migration. A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows how the threat from nocturnal predators affects the birds’ behaviour – and by extension their survival. When young robins embark on their first southward migration in the autumn, they make regular stops along the way to rest and replenish their energy rese

https://www.science.lu.se/article/hostile-hoots-make-robins-eat-less-night - 2026-08-17

By analysing over 100,000 field measurements as well as environmental data, an international research team has created maps that show how and when naturally regrowing forests bind most carbon. To fulfil climate goals and avoid the most serious consequences of global heating, we need to both reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and remove carbon dioxide that is already in the atmosphere. Naturally

https://www.science.lu.se/article/secondary-forests-could-be-key-factor-climate-management-if-we-protect-them-time - 2026-08-17

High above us, the atmosphere is teeming with life. Birds, bats and insects share the airspace, but divide it into different lanes of traffic. New research from Lund University in Sweden reveals how the atmosphere is an ecosystem, with complex ecological processes that affect how animals move between different altitude levels. We must understand that the air is an arena for ecological processes th

https://www.science.lu.se/article/hidden-highways-sky-mapped - 2026-08-17

Armin Tavakoli, Associate Senior Lecturer at the Department of Physics at Lund University and researcher at the Wallenberg Centre for Quantum Technology (WACQT), has been appointed associate editor for Physical Review Letters (PRL) – one of the world’s most prestigious journals in physics. 'It’s an honour to take on this role,' says Tavakoli. “PRL holds a unique position in the physics community,

https://www.science.lu.se/article/lund-physicist-appointed-associate-editor-physical-review-letters - 2026-08-17

Antibody-based drugs often become too thick to be injected at high concentrations. Now, new research can explain why this happens—knowledge that could eventually lead to easily injectable medications. Antibody-based drugs are currently used to treat cancer, autoimmune diseases, and inflammatory conditions. To be administered as a simple injection under the skin, they need to be concentrated, but a

https://www.science.lu.se/article/researchers-take-step-towards-improved-antibody-therapy - 2026-08-17

A new instrument on the four-metre VISTA telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile has recently captured its first starlight. This marks the beginning of a new era in astronomy, as researchers prepare to map the sky in unprecedented detail. The instrument does not take ordinary images of the night sky. Instead, 4MOST – the Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope – collects spectra, that

https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-eye-universe-opens-chile - 2026-08-17

Environmental pioneer Henrik Smith has won a major international ecology prize. He is also keen to emphasise the importance of research activity’s interaction with society – gone are the days when writing an extensive study and then leaving it to gather dust was enough. Henrik Smith, professor of animal ecology at Lund University, has been awarded the internationally renowned Marsh Awards for Ecol

https://www.science.lu.se/article/award-environmental-pioneer-has-message-academia - 2026-08-17

What keeps spaghetti from disintegrating in boiling water? The answer, according to new research, is gluten. The amount of salt in the water also has an unexpected significance. Using advanced techniques, researchers examined the internal structure of regular and gluten-free spaghetti – straight off the shelf. The results show that gluten has a crucial role in protecting the structure of pasta dur

https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-study-reveals-innermost-secrets-spaghetti - 2026-08-17

Continuous-cover forestry methods are gaining attention as a way to enable forests to deliver a broader range of benefits. The aim is to make forestry more sustainable, but significant challenges remain. These will now be addressed in a new project where five organizations are testing continuous-cover forestry in practice. In Bockeboda, just outside Kristianstad, the future of continuous-cover for

https://www.science.lu.se/article/continuous-cover-forestry-testing-methods-future - 2026-08-17

We tend to attribute today's zoological menagerie of dog breeds to Victorian gentlemen with a penchant for selective breeding. The truth, however, goes back much further. An international study shows that the rich morphological variety among dogs began to take off 11,000 years ago – long before nineteenth century kennel clubs. Look at the dogs of today: the dainty Chihuahua, which most resembles a

https://www.science.lu.se/article/dog-diversity-thousands-years-older-we-thought - 2026-08-17

Through the DNA analysis of old air samples collected by the Swedish Armed Forces, researchers at Lund University in Sweden can show that spore dispersal of northern mosses has shifted over the past 35 years. It now starts several weeks earlier, revealing how quickly nature’s calendar can reset in line with a warmer climate. When the Swedish military began collecting air samples in the 1960s to re

https://www.science.lu.se/article/old-air-samples-hint-effects-climate-change - 2026-08-17

CMES scholar Lina Eklund has received a career grant from the Swedish National Space Agency for a 4 year project on wildfires in the Middle East. Research on vegetation fires, their spatiotemporal patterns, and their links to biophysical as well as political and socio-economic factors in drylands is limited. No large scale, interdisciplinary assessment of fire dynamics have been carried out for th

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/lina-eklund-receives-swedish-national-space-agency-career-grant - 2026-08-17

The Olof Palme visiting professorship in 2023 is held by Raphael Cohen-Almagor, University of Hull. The professorship is funded by the Swedish Research Council and hosted by CMES and the Department of Political Science, Lund University. During his research visit at Lund University, Raphael will be engaged as a guest lecturer in different educational programmes as well as presenting his research in

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-welcomes-olof-palme-visiting-professor-raphael-cohen-almagor - 2026-08-17

CMES scholar Pinar Dinc has been interviewed by Dagens Nyheter about the relationship between Turkey and Sweden in relation to Sweden's NATO application and recent protests in both countries. The article "Expert: Så bör Sverige agera efter hotet om bojkott" (In English "Expert: How Sweden Should Act After the Threat of Boycott"), written by Frida Bergkvist, was published on January 26, 2023 in Dag

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/pinar-dinc-interviewed-about-sweden-turkey-relations - 2026-08-17

On 22 February, CMES researcher Pinar Dinc gives a lecture on democracy in Turkey at AF-Borgen (18:00-20:00) co-organized by CMES and UPF. Welcome! This lecture will focus on the upcoming general elections in Turkey by taking a look at the 22 years of the AKP government. It will do so by elaborating on the long process from “democratic opening” to “democratic breakdown” in Turkey and questioning t

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/eleventh-hour-elections-past-and-future-democracy-turkey - 2026-08-17

In this seminar, which is co-organised by the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies and the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies, we will look at some cases of fluid boundaries and intertwined identities, when religious belonging and ethnic identification freely mix, and evolve, and change. We will hear about two groups, in Israel and in Turkey, with intertwined identities. And we will t

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/seminar-religious-belonging-and-ethnic-identification-middle-east - 2026-08-17