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2 Feb 2023
Measurement of microwave photons could reveal mysteries of the universe
Ville Maisi, senior lecturer at the Department of Physics at Lund University’s Faculty of Engineering (LTH) and researcher at NanoLund, has been awarded a European Research Council...
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31 Jan 2023
New type of solar cell is being tested in space
With nanowires working as small solar radiation-collecting antennas, a new type of solar cell was sent into space a few days ago. By using three different materials they are a bett...
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24 Jan 2023
Stepping out of the comfort zone – kick-off with the new NanoLund Mentoring program
Last week, NanoLund arranged a kick-off with a pilot round of 12 PhD students who are about to meet their mentors. The PhD students are all well over halfway through their PhD stud...
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16 Jan 2023
Neuronano AB approaching the clinical phase
Neuronano AB – a med tech company spun out of NanoLund and the Neuronano Research Center (NRC) – recently issued new shares, according to the news service Rapidus. 20 MSEK are taki...
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21 Dec 2022
Kimberly Dick Thelander inducted into the Royal Academy of Engineering Sciences
Together with other prominent researchers and experts in the private and public sectors, Professor Kimberly Dick Thelander has been inducted as a new Fellow of the Royal Swedish Ac...
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20 Dec 2022
A national agenda for semiconductors is now proposed
In order to strengthen Swedish competitiveness, Lund University is taking the initiative to launch a national effort to mobilize expertise in the semiconductor field – and a propos...
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8 Dec 2022
NanoLund Distinction Prize to Yen-Po Liu, Lukas Hrachowina, and Sven Dorsch
The NanoLund Distinction is awarded to PhD students within the NanoLund environment who have shown particular dedication to research, education and outreach activities, have acquir...
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6 Dec 2022
How to develop your career – first event facing the mentor program was held
As a gateway into the NanoLund Mentoring program, a career development workshop for PhD students was held with the aim to teach transferable skills that non-academic employers valu...
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30 Nov 2022
First WISE PhD and Postdoc projects approved
193 applications were submitted in the first PhD and postdoc project call from which 90 projects have been granted funding. The projects are awarded in total 260 million Swedish Cr...
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28 Nov 2022
Researchers take first step towards controlling photosynthesis using mirrors
With the help of mirrors, placed only a few hundred nanometers apart, a research team led by NanoLundian Tönu Pullerits has managed to use light more efficiently. The finding could...
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14 Nov 2022
Biggest NanoLund student retreat ever
“Industry versus Academia” was the theme for this year’s NanoLund student retreat. It took place in Höllviken with more than 85 participants attending the exciting program.
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8 Nov 2022
Study of nanoplastics surprises scientists
There is still much we don’t know about the tiny plastic particles thought to be all around us. In a new study, Tommy Cedervall and his research group show that the rate of degrada...
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18 Oct 2022
Disease-preventing proteins and more temperature-resistant quantum computers
The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation is awarding SEK 700 million to 23 innovative basic research projects at Swedish universities. Four of them are based in Lund – and two are ...
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13 Oct 2022
Recap from the Annual Meeting 2022
An entire day full of scientific talks, poster mingling, and plenty of opportunities to discuss all varieties of playing with the energies inside materials. The NanoLund Annual Mee...
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4 Oct 2022
Nanowires promise high-efficient, economical solar cells
“Our main conclusion is that nanowires are promising building blocks for the next generation of high efficiency solar cells at economically viable cost that are sustainable, flexib...
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29 Sep 2022
Diligent participation in “Culture Night”
Able to celebrate the annual ”Culture Night” in Lund again, NanoLund and the Department of Physics contributed by showing the amazing world of physics – covering topics from the sm...
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22 Sep 2022
Lars Samuelson receives the IVA’s Great Gold Medal
Lars Samuelson, professor of nanotechnology and semiconductor electronics at LTH and founder of NanoLund, is awarded the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences’ (IVA) Great ...
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14 Sep 2022
Master equation to boost quantum technologies
NanoLund researchers Björn Annby-Andersson and Peter Samuelsson have developed a “master equation” that will help engineers understand feedback at the quantum scale.
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7 Sep 2022
Two Nobel Symposia held in Southern Sweden within one month
Normally, Nobel Symposia are quite rare, therefore it is quite remarkable that NanoLund researchers were the main organizers of two symposia that took place nearly at the same time...
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6 Sep 2022
ERC grant to NanoLund affiliated faculty member
Per Augustsson, Affiliated faculty member of NanoLund and Associate Professor at the department of Biomedical Engineering at Lund University, has been awarded an ERC Proof of Conce...