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19 Nov 2024
Physics at Lund University scores highly in new global subject ranking
Research and innovation in physics at Lund University reaches 44th place in the international Shanghai ranking.
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8 Nov 2024
Vectura is the landlord for future nanolab at Science Village
The procurement process is concluded. It has been decided that Vectura Fastigheter will host Lund University’s Nanolab Science Village, a lab for manufacturing nanomaterials and se...
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8 Nov 2024
Hydrogen from carbon dioxide and plant residues
A new technology that makes hydrogen from forestry and agricultural residues that are currently burnt is being developed at Lund University. The plan is to efficiently produce a gr...
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5 Nov 2024
Successful experiment paves the way for new element
Scientists have found an alternative way to produce atoms of the superheavy element livermorium. The new method opens up the possibility of creating another element that could be t...
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5 Nov 2024
Lund physicists receive 56 million from the Swedish Research Council
More than SEK 56 million in research grants for the years 2025-2028. This is how much researchers at the Department of Physics will receive in the Swedish Research Council's major ...
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17 Oct 2024
Knut and Alice Wallenberg Grant to Vanya Darakchieva
Vanya Darakchieva, Professor of Solid State Physics, has received SEK 26 million over five years from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation for the project “Transforming ceramic...
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7 Oct 2024
New method reveals hidden dimensions in multi-particle quantum entanglement
In a new study published in Science Advances, researchers Gabriele Cobucci and Armin Tavakoli present a new method to analyze a complex form of quantum entanglement involving multi...
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20 Sep 2024
WISE grants to four projects at the Department of Physics
Four PhD and postdoctoral projects at the Department of Physics are awarded funding in the second academic call from WISE. In total, 54 projects across the country will share SEK 1...
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12 Sep 2024
Great Gold Medal to Anne L'Huillier
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 ...
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9 Sep 2024
Atoms absorb energy in unexpected ways
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...
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5 Sep 2024
Young researcher wins prestigious award
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 4...
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5 Sep 2024
New discovery: the planet that wobbles
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 Eart...
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26 Aug 2024
A world-leading, curiosity-driven environment – with the new nano lab as one of the cornerstones
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 re...
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21 Aug 2024
On a mission to get the data unstuck
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 a...
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21 Aug 2024
Astronomers to develop new spectrograph for giant telescope
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 spect...
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13 Aug 2024
Quantum Redemption: A Unique Intersection of Science and History in Mehedeby’s Free Church
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 quant...
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25 Jun 2024
Next stop: Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
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 thi...
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13 Jun 2024
Ice plays an important role in the swelling of small celestial bodies into massive planets
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 gai...
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12 May 2024
In memory of Mats Lindroos
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.
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2 May 2024
Scientists find spectacular black hole
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 yea...