By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 2 May 2024 The Gaia space telescope, launched in 2013, is mapping the Milky Way through astrometry. Photo: ESA/ATG medialab; background: ESO/S. Brunier. Thanks to the Gaia space telescope, scientists have discovered a black hole in the Milky Way. The object, Gaia BH3, is located in the Eagle constellation, less tha

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/scientists-find-spectacular-black-hole - 2025-04-29

Published 12 May 2024 Mats Lindroos. Photo: ESS. Mats Lindroos has suddenly left us. Until recently, he worked at the Department of Physics. We remember him as a passionate, brave and valued colleague. Mats was an adjunct professor at the Division of Particle and Nuclear Physics. His colleagues at the research division miss a valued fellow researcher:"Mats Lindroos, in memoriamIt was with great re

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/memory-mats-lindroos - 2025-04-29

By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 13 June 2024 The ice line during a stellar outburst. Closest to the star, the solid material is dust, but outside the ice line, ice allows particles to grow larger. Illustration: A. Angelich (NRAO/AUI/NSF)/ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO) How planets form is a question that has long vexed the world's astronomers. In recent yea

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/ice-plays-important-role-swelling-small-celestial-bodies-massive-planets - 2025-04-29

By evelina [dot] linden [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 25 June 2024 One of the things the Lindau Meeting participants had the opportunity to experience in 2023 was a boat trip to Mainau. Photo: Julia Nimke/Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings. For the 73rd time, the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting will be arranged. It takes place 30 June–5 July 2024 in Bayern, Germany, by the beau

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/next-stop-lindau-nobel-laureate-meeting - 2025-04-29

By armin [dot] tavakoli [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Armin Tavakoli) - published 13 August 2024 Free Church of Mehedeby, built in 1898. Google Maps knows it under the name “Quantum Church”. Photo: Armin Tavakoli. An extraordinary event has taken place this summer in a small, overlooked village north of Uppsala, blending the rich history of Swedish religious movements with cutting-edge quantum res

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/quantum-redemption-unique-intersection-science-and-history-mehedebys-free-church - 2025-04-29

By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 21 August 2024 Artistic illustration of the ANDES (ArmazoNes high Dispersion Echelle Spectrograph) spectrograph. Image: ESO. In 2028, the first observations will be made at the world's largest optical telescope being built in Chile. It is now clear that the facility will be equipped with a powerful spectrograph tha

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/astronomers-develop-new-spectrograph-giant-telescope - 2025-04-29

By evelina [dot] linden [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 21 August 2024 Megan Hill, Jesús Carrero Robles, Jesper Wallentin, Ingrid Klint, Jesper Larsson, Aksel Mihailov, Filip Lenrick, and Huaiyu Chen are the four supervisors and four students in the Summer School Deep Dive into Synchrotron Analysis. Photo: Evelina Lindén A few sharp minds working together for almost an enti

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/mission-get-data-unstuck - 2025-04-29

By tiina [dot] meri [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Tiina Meri) - published 26 August 2024 Science Village in north-east Lund will be an innovative and international meeting place for students, cutting-edge research and business. A new and expanded nano laboratory is planned in the area to complement Max IV and ESS. Illustration: TMRW/Science V Answers relating to diseases and accurately targeted drug

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/world-leading-curiosity-driven-environment-new-nano-lab-one-cornerstones - 2025-04-29

By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 5 September 2024 Artistic illustration of exoplanet. Photo: ESO/M. Kornmesser. A team of researchers, led from Lund, has discovered a small planet that has a peculiar way of moving in its orbit. The wobbling planet TOI-1408c, located 455 light years from Earth, shows that planetary systems can be far more complex t

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/new-discovery-planet-wobbles - 2025-04-29

By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 5 September 2024 Yuhe Zhang, PhD at the Department of Physics. Photo: private. Yuhe Zhang, a recent PhD graduate from the Department of Physics, has been awarded the Werner Meyer-Ilse Prize. She is honoured for her work on using deep learning for 2D, 3D and 4D X-ray images. Congratulations, how does it feel to rece

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/young-researcher-wins-prestigious-award - 2025-04-29

Published 9 September 2024 Photo: MostPhotos. A surprising behaviour of atoms is giving scientists new insights into one of the most fundamental phenomena in nature: the absorption of light. A new physical phenomenon for light pulses has been discovered. The study, published in the prestigious journal Physical Review Letters, was conducted by physicists at Lund University. In the world of atoms, t

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/atoms-absorb-energy-unexpected-ways - 2025-04-29

By jessika [dot] sellergren [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 12 September 2024 Anne L’Huillier, Professor of Physics at Lund University, is awarded the Great Gold Medal 2024 from the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA). Photo: Charlotte Carlberg Bärg Anne L'Huillier, Professor of Physics at Lund University, is awarded the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineer

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/great-gold-medal-anne-lhuillier - 2025-04-29

By johan [dot] lindskoug [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Lindskoug) - published 20 September 2024 Materials research today is largely conducted at the nano level. Here, a wafer is lifted with tweezers in the clean room at Lund Nano Lab. Photo: Charlotte Carlberg Bärg. Four PhD and postdoctoral projects at the Department of Physics are awarded funding in the second academic call from WISE. In t

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/wise-grants-four-projects-department-physics - 2025-04-29

By johan [dot] lindskoug [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Lindskoug) - published 7 October 2024 Gabriele Cobucci and Armin Tavakoli. Photo: Johan Lindskoug. In a new study published in Science Advances, researchers Gabriele Cobucci and Armin Tavakoli present a new method to analyze a complex form of quantum entanglement involving multiple particles. The new method opens a door to a deeper under

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/new-method-reveals-hidden-dimensions-multi-particle-quantum-entanglement-0 - 2025-04-29

Published 17 October 2024 “This grant allows our team to become a key player in the global race to find solutions for the creation of future smart energy grids and the electrification of transportation,” says Vanya Darakchieva. Photo: Jonas Tegenfeldt. Vanya Darakchieva, Professor of Solid State Physics, has received SEK 26 million over five years from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation for

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/knut-and-alice-wallenberg-grant-vanya-darakchieva - 2025-04-29

By johan [dot] lindskoug [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Lindskoug) - published 5 November 2024 Mathieu Gisselbrecht is one of the Lund physicists now receiving research grants from the Swedish Research Council. Photo: Johan Joelsson More than SEK 56 million in research grants for the years 2025-2028. This is how much researchers at the Department of Physics will receive in the Swedish Researc

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/lund-physicists-receive-56-million-swedish-research-council - 2025-04-29

By kommunikation [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Lena Björk Blixt) - published 5 November 2024 HREC the detector is inspected by Pavel Golubev. Photo: Dirk Rudolph. Scientists have found an alternative way to produce atoms of the superheavy element livermorium. The new method opens up the possibility of creating another element that could be the heaviest in the world so far: number 120. The search f

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/successful-experiment-paves-way-new-element - 2025-04-29

By kristina [dot] lindgarde [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Kristina Lindgärde) - published 8 November 2024 Pyrolysis oil from wood chips and other biomass becomes hydrogen. Biochar is added to the mix. Photo of the process in the centre. Photos: Christian Brackmann. A new technology that makes hydrogen from forestry and agricultural residues that are currently burnt is being developed at Lu

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/hydrogen-carbon-dioxide-and-plant-residues - 2025-04-29

By susanna [dot] olsson [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Susanna Olsson) - published 6 December 2021 Photo credit: Thomas Millot, Unsplash Researchers have investigated the possibilities of independent, global monitoring of fossil fuel carbon dioxide emissions globally based on satellite observations. This would improve the quality of the monitoring compared to today, which is built on individual re

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/improved-model-monitoring-co2-emissions - 2025-04-29

By susanna [dot] olsson [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Susanna Olsson) - published 9 December 2021 Dr. Oskar Löfgren, who works interdisciplinary between remote sensing and botany to understand plant communities and their ecology, has been awarded for his thesis. "Plants can provide an overall picture of the habitat's characteristics that physically measured environmental variables cannot. Analyzi

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/award-winning-thesis-combines-remote-sensing-and-botany - 2025-04-29