By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 8 September 2021 Physics researchers Peter Samuelsson, on the left, and Ville Maisi show the small brass component that contains connectors, microwave circuits and nanowires. PHOTO: SIMON WOZNY In a pioneering nanoexperiment, a research team in Lund has succeeded in constructing a new and very effecient microwave p

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/successful-experiment-microwaves-could-result-better-quantum-computers - 2025-08-07

By webmaster [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Webmaster) - published 4 December 2019 Kimberly Dick Thelander. Photo Kimberly Dick Thelander has been named Wallenberg scholar. The Wallenberg Scholar program focuses on Sweden’s leading senior researchers. It was implemented because researchers need long-term funding without the distraction of pressure to secure external grants in order to carry out wor

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/kimberly-dick-thelander-named-wallenberg-scholar - 2025-08-07

By webmaster [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 29 October 2021 While in Skåne, Swedish Minister of EU Affairs Hans Dahlgren and his entourage particularly asked for visiting NanoLund – and had a close look at the Lund Nano Lab. Photo: Evelina Lindén The semiconductor shortage was one reason why Swedish Minister of EU Affairs Hans Dahlgren recently visited NanoLund and the L

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/minister-eu-affairs-paid-nanolund-visit - 2025-08-07

By webmaster [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Webmaster) - published 5 December 2019 Jan Marcus Dahlström The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has announced 29 new Wallenberg Academy Fellows. Jan Marcus Dahlström from Lund University is one of them. The Wallenberg Academy Fellowship is a five-year grant that provides the young researchers with opportunities to make important scientific breakthrou

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/jan-marcus-dahlstrom-becomes-wallenberg-academy-fellow - 2025-08-07

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 22 December 2021 Arsenic and bismuth atoms on surface terraces of a GaAs nanowire. The red structures are GaBi islands. Figure: Johan Knutsson / Lund University / Nature Communications Site-selected crystal material synthesis at the atomic scale has been a long-standing challenge. NanoLundians Rainer Timm and Yi Liu use nanowire

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/novel-nanostructure-formation-atomic-scale-precision - 2025-08-07

By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 22 December 2021 The new study could be useful for future pandemics. ILLUSTRATION: UNSPLASH Using a mathematical model, researchers have been able to link confirmed covid-19 cases with intensive care admissions and deaths. The model, which allows prediction and planning of health care burden, could be valuable duri

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/mathematical-model-useful-pandemic-planning - 2025-08-07

By jonas [dot] andersson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jonas Andersson) - published 10 February 2022 Anne L'Huillier. The Wolf Prize in Physics has been awarded to Anne L'Huillier at the Department of Physics, Lund University, Paul Corkum at the University of Ottawa, and Ferenc Krausz at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics and Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. They were selec

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/professor-anne-lhuillier-awarded-wolf-prize-physics - 2025-08-07

By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 26 April 2022 Illustration by Claudio Verdozzi Research at Lund University in Sweden has found a new way to create nano-sized magnetic particles using ultrafast laser light pulses. The discovery could pave the way for new and more energy-efficient technical components and become useful in the quantum computers of t

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/researchers-create-exotic-magnetic-structures-laser-light - 2025-08-07

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 9 March 2022 Charlotta Böiers, head of StemTherapy FACS Core Facility research infrastructure, and Mikael Sommarin, research engineer, discuss the results of a 22-colour analysis made on the new FACS device Symphony S6. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter. Anna Fossum, Project Manager at the StemTherapy FACS Core Facility research i

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-addition-lund-stem-cell-center-facs-facility - 2025-08-07

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 14 March 2022 Magdalena Götz, a professor of physiology at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, held the prestigious Segerfalk lecture 2021. (Photo: private) Magdalena Götz, a professor of physiology at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, held the prestigious Segerfalk lecture last year. The discovery she made as a youn

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/control-experiment-transformed-entire-research-field - 2025-08-07

Published 17 March 2022 To the left: Petri dishes for cell cultures in the lab. To the right: Cells from the cell line the researchers used in the study. (Photo: Massimo De Marinis and Yang de Marinis) A new study from Lund University in Sweden on how the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine affects human liver cells under experimental conditions, has been viewed more than 800,000 times in just over a

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/qa-covid-19-vaccine-study-gains-attention - 2025-08-07

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 21 March 2022 Kristina Fagher together with a Chinese colleague, "Ski-doctor", on the slopes. Meeting international colleagues is very rewarding and inspiring. Photo: Private photo. Our researcher is part of the Swedish Olympic Committee’s development programme “Tomorrow’s Sports Researchers” and her research on pa

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/researcher-supporting-our-athletes-most-successful-paralympic-winter-games-long-time - 2025-08-07

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 31 March 2022 The islets of Langerhans are clusters of cells that are spread out over the pancreas. Lena Eliasson and Jones Ofori separate the islets of Langerhans from the pancreas to study them in the lab. Photo: Petra Olsson Researchers at Lund University have discovered increased levels of a microRNA in type 2 diabetes

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/newly-discovered-drug-candidate-increases-insulin-secretion-type-2-diabetes - 2025-08-07

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 8 April 2022 Image: Ben Sweet Two young experimental researchers have been awarded grants from the Anna-Lisa Rosenberg Foundation, the Department of Experimental Medical Science´s own grant for research in the neurobiological field with a clinical collaboration. Congratulations Alessandro Fiorenzano on the Anna-Lis

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/young-neurobiologists-awarded-grants-alzheimers-and-parkinsons-research - 2025-08-07

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 27 April 2022 Photo: Mostphotos. In addition to memory problems and other cognitive symptoms, most people with Alzheimer’s disease also suffer from mental health issues. It has long been unclear whether these occur because of tissue changes in the brain, or whether they represent psychological reactions to cognitiv

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/psychiatric-symptoms-alzheimers-disease - 2025-08-07

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 29 April 2022 Illustration: iStock/koto_feja. This year's prestigious Segerfalk lecture will be given by Eero Castrén, Research Director at the Neuroscience Centre at the University of Helsinki. In his research on brain plasticity, he has discovered clues about which mechanisms in the brain are affected by antidepressants – an

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/brain-plasticity-and-link-depression - 2025-08-07

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 13 May 2022 Obesity and excess weight increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, but individuals of normal weight can also develop the disease. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered that it is possible to identify at-risk individuals by measuring BMI in a new way. The authors of the study have iden

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/metabolic-bmi-can-predict-risk-type-2-diabetes-normal-weight-patients - 2025-08-07

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 13 May 2022 Gülsen Özkaya Sahin (Photo: Tove Smeds) At the end of March, the first cases of acute severe hepatitis of unknown origin in children were reported in the UK. Since then, the number has increased to more than 300 in around 20 countries; there are now reports of nine suspected cases in Sweden. The acute liver infecti

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/researchers-search-answers-increase-acute-severe-hepatitis-children - 2025-08-07

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 23 May 2022 Charlotte Ling, Tina Rönn and Karl Bacos carry out research at Lund University Diabetes Centre. They summarise some of the most important advancements within the field of epigenetics and diabetes in a review article. Photo: Petra Olsson Epigenetics has become an important tool for researchers endeavoring to und

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/epigenetics-can-pave-way-individualised-treatment-type-2-diabetes - 2025-08-07

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 31 May 2022 Inger Kristensson Hallström and Hanne Tønnesen, head of the WHO Collaboratoring Centre at Lund University. Photo: Jon Ulvsgärd. One in three patients is asked about their lifestyle habits when they visit the outpatient healthcare clinics. This figure really ought to be higher, according to Professors Hanne Tønnesen

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/who-mission-creating-evidence-how-health-care-can-prevent-disease - 2025-08-07