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CMES researcher Lisa Strömbom has co-authored an article on the Israeli flag as a symbol of protest together with Anne Lene Stein (Department of Political Science, Lund University) in Sydsvenskan. The article "I Israel har flaggan omvandlats till en protestsymbol" (English translation: "In Israel, the Flag Has Been Transformed Into a Symbol of Protest") was published on 21 August, 2023 in Sydsvens

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/israeli-flag-symbol-protest - 2026-06-27

CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored an article on identifying operational losses in agricultural water distribution systems in Iran published in the journal Agricultural Water Management. CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Operational loss estimation in irrigation canals by integrating hydraulic simulation and crop growth modeling" together with Ha

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/operational-losses-agricultural-water-distribution-iran - 2026-06-27

CMES researcher Svante Lundgren has authored the article "When the Assyrian Tragedy Became Seyfo: A Study of Swedish-Assyrian Politics of Memory" in the journal Genocide Studies International. Abstract Research into and widespread knowledge about the Assyrian Genocide, called Seyfo by Assyrians, is a recent phenomenon. Assyrians themselves have always known of the tragic events that occurred durin

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/swedish-assyrian-politics-memory - 2026-06-27

CMES researcher Svante Lundgren has written a review of a book which provides a solid overview of Turkey's history as the country approaches its centenary this autumn. The reviewed book is called Drama utan slut. Turkiet 100 år. (English translation: Drama Without End. Turkey 100 Years.) and was written by journalist Bitte Hammargren and photographer Stefan Bladh (Atlas, 2023). Svante's review was

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/book-review-100-years-turkish-republic - 2026-06-27

This 7.5 credit course is offered by the Faculty of Social Sciences as an interdisciplinary single–subject course at the doctoral studies level. The language of instruction is English. Course period: 29 November 2023 - 14 January 2024 This course covers the environmental impact of natural resources management and its political, social, and economic dimensions. The main objective is to understand l

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-phd-course-environment-and-sustainable-development-mena - 2026-06-27

Several Qur’an burnings occurred in Sweden this summer leading to protests in Muslim-majority countries. The repercussions might be limited in the short-term with the strong reactions from governments and Islamic organisations mostly being of a symbolic nature. However, the increasing perception in many countries in the MENA region that Swedish state and society are hostile to Islam endangers Swed

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-mena-responses-quran-burnings-sweden - 2026-06-27

Vanya Darakchieva, Professor of Semiconductor Materials, and Heiner Linke, Professor of Nanophysics, have been named Wallenberg Scholars, a programme funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation to support excellent basic research, primarily in medicine, engineering and natural sciences. Anne L'Huillier, Kimberly Dick Thelander and Stephanie Reimann, who are already Wallenberg Scholars, will

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/two-physicists-become-new-wallenberg-scholars - 2026-06-27

Particles, sometimes a long way from one another, can be entangled. This strange phenomenon completely confounds our intuition, but the explanation for it has been provided through quantum mechanics. Researchers at the Department of Physics show in a new study that entanglement can also be created in a new way, with the help of intense light, and that they can change the kinetic energy of electron

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/new-key-world-quantum-mechanics-intensity-light-affects-electrons-kinetic-energy - 2026-06-27

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 than 2 000 light years from the Sun. Lennart Lindegren, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy at the Department of Physics, who has worked for many years to develop the measurement methods used by Gaia, is delighted with the new space discovery.

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/scientists-find-spectacular-black-hole - 2026-06-27

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 regret that we learnt of the sudden death of Mats L

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/memory-mats-lindroos - 2026-06-27

How planets form is a question that has long vexed the world's astronomers. In recent years, the so-called pebble theory - where tiny gravel particles are sucked together - has gained ground. A new paper shows that ice plays a crucial role in allowing these celestial bodies to reach a certain size where they can continue to grow to planetary size. Just over 4.6 billion years ago, our planetary sys

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/ice-plays-important-role-swelling-small-celestial-bodies-massive-planets - 2026-06-27

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 beautiful Bodensee. One of the participants this year is Ruby Davtyan, a doctoral student at NanoLund and Solid State Physics. The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings are internationally renowned conferences, attended annually by about 30–40 Nobel Laureates and some of th

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/next-stop-lindau-nobel-laureate-meeting - 2026-06-27

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 research. The village of Mehedeby, home to fewer than 600 residents, recently hosted a remarkable science conference titled "Quantum Redemption" in its 125-year-old Free Church. The conference, organized by Lund Unive

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/quantum-redemption-unique-intersection-science-and-history-mehedebys-free-church - 2026-06-27

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 that researchers in Lund will help to develop. The telescope is called the Extremely Large Telescope and is being built by the European Southern Observatory, ESO - an international organisation with 16 member cou

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/astronomers-develop-new-spectrograph-giant-telescope - 2026-06-27

A few sharp minds working together for almost an entire summer. The task: to tackle the problem that a couple of days of work generates so much data, that it would take months to analyse. Synchrotron X-ray diffraction is a technique that allows us to obtain precise and detailed structural information of materials and their properties, and to fundamentally understand physical processes at the atomi

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/mission-get-data-unstuck - 2026-06-27

Answers relating to diseases and accurately targeted drugs. Enhanced batteries and sensors. Smarter solar cells, LED lighting and semiconductors – and a reduced need for natural resources. Lund University’s new nano lab has been made possible due to a long-term collaboration with external stakeholders in which the aim is to meet sustainability challenges and find answers to many of the future’s cu

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/world-leading-curiosity-driven-environment-new-nano-lab-one-cornerstones - 2026-06-27

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 than scientists previously thought. The newly discovered planet has a mass equivalent of eight Earths and orbits very close to a larger planet, the hot gas giant TO

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/new-discovery-planet-wobbles - 2026-06-27

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 receive this award?- Thank you very much! It feels amazing and I am really honoured. It is a great recognition of the work I have done and will motivate me to continue

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/young-researcher-wins-prestigious-award - 2026-06-27

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, the laws of nature as we know them do not apply

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/atoms-absorb-energy-unexpected-ways - 2026-06-27

Anne L'Huillier, Professor of Physics at Lund University, is awarded the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences’ (IVA) Great Gold Medal for significant contributions to the Academy's field of activity. The award is presented by IVA’s Chair, Marcus Wallenberg. Professor Anne L'Huillier is awarded the medal for developing new laser techniques for generating ultra-short light pulses, and studi

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/great-gold-medal-anne-lhuillier - 2026-06-27