News
Here you can find recent updates from the SweBITS project, including blog posts, university press releases, external articles, podcasts, and other media coverage.
Travelling South: The Landscape Behind the Data
Researcher Michael Hawgood reflects upon our trip south to visit the Ljungbyhed air filter station.
The air is full of DNA — here’s what scientists are using it for
This Nature News Feature by Aisling Irwin explores airborne DNA research, featuring Per Stenberg and the Swedish air filter archive.
Saved air filters from the 1960s offer unique "time travel"
Sara-Lena Brännström highlights how archived air filters from the 1960s are being used to reconstruct long-term biodiversity change through environmental DNA in an article for Forskning.se.
DNA floating in air reveals the hidden past of ecosystems
This Umeå University press release by Sara-Lena Brännström discusses our 2025 Nature Communications study using archived air filters to reconstruct long-term biodiversity change in Sweden.
How a system for measuring radioactive fallout became a goldmine for biological research
This FOI Rapporterat episode discusses how archived air samples originally collected for radioactive fallout monitoring are now being used to study biodiversity through eDNA.
Filters capture the air's DNA
Simon Magnusson at Sveriges Radio highlights our work showing how archived air filters can be used to study biodiversity and ecosystem change through environmental DNA.