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It was truly great to meet all partners at the Sentio Days 2025 in Lund. Thanks for coming and contributing to such a creative and inspiring meeting! Sentio Days 2025 was arranged on the 20-21 March at the newly inaugurated facilities of LINXS Institute of X-ray and neutron science at the Loop in Science Village, Lund.The first day was open to anyone interested in knowing more about Sentio - and o
https://www.sentio.lu.se/article/sentio-days-2025-0 - 2026-06-07
The very first Sentio PhD-course "Sensors for sustainable production" has been kicked off. Our students are now looking forward to an autumn filled with team-working, lectures, literature reviews, study visits and probably some more cups of coffee. The aim is to equip our PhD students with comprehensive knowledge of sensor technologies and their integration into sustainable manufacturing systems.
https://www.sentio.lu.se/article/sentio-phd-course-kicked - 2026-06-07
Emelie Haettner, PhD-student in Sentio, reports back from a promising first survival test performed at Sandvik Coromant in Västberga. The unprotected semiconductor microstructures that were printed on tool inserts managed to survive the rough cutting process in the workshop. The results are promising for developing sensors that will work under such extreme conditions. Why did you go to Sandvik Cor
https://www.sentio.lu.se/article/rough-survival-test-sandvik-coromant - 2026-06-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The LMK foundation has granted Lund Observatory funds for purchasing a brand new, state-of-the-art 24" telescope that will benefit both universtity students and members of the public. After extensive renovations of one of the observing domes Lund Observatory now has its brand new telescope in place. The new telesco
https://www.astro.lu.se/article/new-telescope-installed - 2026-06-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Following a donation by Carl O. Springer, Lund Observatory purchaised an optomechanical GOTO projector and started a Planetarium back in 1978. 40 years later there may not be much left of the original installation, but the planetarium is as popular as ever. The planetarium was first established at Lund Observtory when
https://www.astro.lu.se/article/lund-university-planetarium-celebrates-its-40-years - 2026-06-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Anders Johansen, professor i astronomi, har tilldelas Göran Gustafssonpriset 2019 tillsammans med Kristian Pietras, professor i molekylär medicin. Båda får drygt fem miljoner kronor till sin forskning. Pressmeddelande från Kungliga Vetenskapsakademin
https://www.astro.lu.se/article/anders-johansen-has-been-awarded-goran-gustafssonpriset-physics-2019 - 2026-06-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The American Astronomical Society's Division on Dynamical Astronomy (DDA) has awarded our friend and colleague professor Lennart Lindegren the 2020 Brouwer Award for his profound impact on the fields of astrometry and celestial mechanics. Press release from the American Astronomical Association
https://www.astro.lu.se/article/lennart-lindegren-awarded-dirk-brouwer-carreer-award - 2026-06-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The University pedagogical prize 2020 was awarded to Paul McMillan here at Lund Observatory. Press release from LUNA
https://www.astro.lu.se/article/paul-mcmillan-awarded-pedagogical-prize - 2026-06-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. By the end of 2019 it emerged that there were work environment problems in the astronomy section of the Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, also known as Lund Observatory. The then head of department had received a significant number of complaints from staff members about bullying and harassment. The Facu
https://www.astro.lu.se/article/work-environment-lund-observatory - 2026-06-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 Arn
https://www.astro.lu.se/article/inauguration-new-telescope - 2026-06-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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). I
https://www.astro.lu.se/article/new-website-launched - 2026-06-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 - 2026-06-07
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 - 2026-06-07
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 - 2026-06-07
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 - 2026-06-07
The world's oldest complete wooden hunting weapons are 200,000 years old, not 300,000 as previously believed. This is shown by a new dating study that Zoran Perić from the Department of Geology participated in, which has now been published in Science Advances and highlighted in international media. The discovery indicates that the spears originate from Neanderthals, deepening our understanding of
Compared with other migratory birds, the common swift follows a very unusual pattern when it migrates from the breeding areas in Europe to its wintering locations south of the Sahara. This is what researchers have observed in a major eleven-year international study of the birds. “Our study is very significant for understanding how organisms, in this case the common swift, can migrate from one part
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/rare-pattern-observed-migrating-common-swifts - 2026-06-07
Professor Anders Hedenström receives SEK 22,9 million from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. Together with his colleagues Susanne Åkesson and Christoffer Johansson he will take a holistic approach to the factors that affect migratory birds and their flight from one part of the world to another. The project runs over a 5-year period. For birds, flying takes a lot of energy. Therefore, it is ext
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/sek-229-million-holistic-approach-migratory-birds - 2026-06-07
Insects have difficulties handling the higher temperatures brought on by climate change, and might risk overheating. The ability to reproduce is also strongly affected by rising temperatures, even in northern areas of the world, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. Insects cannot regulate their own body temperature, which is instead strongly influenced by the temperature in the
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/high-temperatures-threaten-survival-insects - 2026-06-07
