Companies withhold studies of potential harm from pesticides
New study shows that one in four industry-funded studies examining the potential harm from pesticides on the developing brain were not shared with EU authorities.
Reduced emissions led to increased climate warming
The Covid pandemic shutdowns in South Asia reduced the concentration of short-lived cooling particles in the air, while the concentration of long-lived greenhouse gases was barely affected.
New way to purify water from pharmaceutical pollutants
Researchers have developed porous crystals made from pomegranate extract to capture and degrade pharmaceutical molecules found in local municipal wastewater.
During the spring term 2023, student ambassador Karolina Anurova has published posts about her studies on Fysikum's social media. Karolina is in her final year of the bachelor's programme in physics and tells us about her future plans. We thank Karolina and are now looking for new student ambassadors for the autumn.
The use of short flashes of X-ray light brings scientists one big step closer toward developing better catalysts to transform the greenhouse gas methane into a less harmful chemical. The result, published in the journal Science, reveals for the first time how carbon-hydrogen bonds of alkanes break and how the catalyst works in this reaction.
Today, 8th June, we celebrate our oceans, our planet’s “lungs”. While all oceans are very susceptible to climate change, among of the most affected ones is the Arctic Ocean.