Published 26 March 2020 There are many questions concerning the coronavirus and infection prevention that need to be answered as soon as possible. Jakob Löndahl, associate professor in aerosol technology at Lund University and faculty member of NanoLund is currently working to analyse air samples from patient rooms at Lund University hospital trying to detect the virus. Read the full news article

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/air-samples-coronavirus-patient-rooms-being-analysed - 2025-02-09

Published 2 April 2020 Oxana Klementieva and her colleagues in Lund and at Synchrotron SOLEIL in France have used a new method, optical photothermal spectroscopy (O-PTIR) to study protein structures in neurons from mice affected by early stage Alzheimer’s disease. “We saw that the structure of the protein changes in different ways depending on where in the nerve cell it is. So far, there have been

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/new-imaging-method-sheds-light-alzheimers-disease - 2025-02-09

Published 2 April 2020 Anne L’Huillier has been awarded the prestigious European Research Council’s (ERC) Advanced Grant of approximately SEK 25 million for the project Quantum Physics with Attosecond Pulses. With the grant from ERC Anne and colleagues plan to use laser technology to create ultra-short light pulses to study the motion of electrons within atoms and molecules. Their work will provid

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/erc-advanced-grant-awarded-anne-lhuillier - 2025-02-09

Published 8 April 2020 In a paper, recently published in Nature Communications with researchers from NanoLund and Lund Laser Centre, the ultrafast optical dynamics of porous gold nanosponges filled with zinkoxide was studied. This type of hybrid plasmon-emitter system could be useful for future optical computers as they are able to strongly amplify laser light. The study provides fundamental new i

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/porous-gold-nanosponges-can-be-useful-future-computers - 2025-02-09

Published 20 April 2020 In a recent review article Donatas Zigmantas and colleagues from 16 universities and institutes in Europe, Canada, the US and Singapore critically assess previously proposed persistence and role of quantum coherence in photosynthetic light harvesting. In the article they analyse the recent work on coherence in photosynthetic complexes, in particular, the results from femtos

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/no-quantum-effect-photosynthetic-light-harvesting - 2025-02-09

Published 3 May 2020 From the left, Lin Zhu, beamline scientist; Alexei Zakharov, MAXPEEM beamline manager; Axel Knutsson, Material Specialist at Alfa Laval; Oskar Darselius Berg, Alfa Laval. Photo by MAX IV. Through the advanced synchrotron radiation facility MAX IV, senior scientists and materials specialists from NanoLund are contributing to giving Alfa Laval detailed insights of the nanometer

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/protecting-nano-thin-oxide-layer-studied-alfa-laval - 2025-02-09

Published 14 May 2020 NanoLund has had an excellent 2019 – with an increasing amount of publications, more than 70 invited talks all over the world, 21 new graduated PhDs, and much more. Having been a Strategic Research Area of Sweden for a full decade now, NanoLund can look back on yet another year of success. 286 scientific publications, directly related to nanoscience, sets a new record. Of the

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/our-annual-report-out - 2025-02-09

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 28 May 2020 Due to the Corona pandemic, scientists all over the world have begun focusing on every aspect possible of the virus. NanoLund poses no exception. To detect a virus or other infectious agents, medical and clinical laboratories usually employ the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). This method, invented 1983, is widely us

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanolund-scientists-mobilize-against-covid-19 - 2025-02-09

Published 3 July 2020 Exciting research for PhD students is waiting ahead. Co-funded by EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, we are now opening as many as 6 projects in nanoscience and nanotechnology – in physics and chemical physics – for application. Initial deadline for applications: August 25, 2020Candidates can freely apply for one or more of the following projects:    Energy saving LEDs based

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/6-open-doctoral-positions-nanolund - 2025-02-09

Published 2 July 2020 The annual international nanoscience student conference INASCON is coming up. This year, it is held in Lund 11–13 August, broadcasted online, open for anyone interested in nanoscience: students, academics or businesses. INASCON is an annual, student-organized conference on nanoscience and technology, hosted in different countries since 2007 and originally to be hosted this ye

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/inascon-goes-digital-time-register - 2025-02-09

Published 3 July 2020 An exciting position as center coordinator at NanoLund is open for application. Are you a master of coordinating and managing? Do you have a strong interest in science, technological development and how it can be used in future society? Apply for the position as coordinator and get the chance to work at Sweden’s largest environment for nanoscience and nanotechnology! We are l

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/wanted-center-coordinator-nanolund - 2025-02-09

Published 12 August 2020 NanoLund is a very proud sponsor of INASCON 2020. The annual international nanoscience student conference opened yesterday with 1100 registered students from 70 countries around the world.   This year the conference is organized by a team of 35 Lund University undergraduate students. Due to the circumstances around COVID-19 the conference is broadcasted online and has attr

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/inascon-2020-more-1000-registered-participants-all-over-world - 2025-02-09

Published 24 August 2020 Researchers from strategic research areas NanoLund and StemTherapy have developed a promising new method for delivering biomolecules into human blood stem cells using nanotechnology. With little to no detrimental effects on target cells, this novel approach has great potential for research and clinical applications. The discovery and development of therapeutic biomolecules

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanostraws-used-deliver-biomolecules-stem-cells - 2025-02-09

Av Eva [dot] Persson [at] pi [dot] lu [dot] se (Eva Persson) - publicerad 3 april 2023 På Pufendorfinstitutet arbetar forskare i så kallade Teman eller Advanced Study Groups kring aktuella vetenskapliga problem, som för att lösas kräver kunskap från flera discipliner i samverkan. Foto K. Ruona Nu är det klart! Vid styrelsemötet den 28 mars fattades beslut om Teman för perioden 2023 – 2024. Sammanl

https://www.pi.lu.se/artikel/fyra-nya-teman-startar-hosten-2023 - 2025-02-09

Av Cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] pi [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - publicerad 12 maj 2023 City Horses by Byström Källblad. Foto: Tina Axelsson Vi ser ständigt monument av kungar och hjältar till häst i den offentliga konsten. Men var är kvinnorna? Kan en flock ”mänskliga hästar” påverka hur vi ser på konst, makt och den kvinnliga kroppen i det offentliga rummet? Den 23 maj arrangerar for

https://www.pi.lu.se/artikel/konferens-om-offentlig-konst-varfor-finns-det-bara-statyer-av-man-till-hast - 2025-02-09

Publicerad 12 maj 2023 Varför ska man betala hög skatt i Sverige när det tack vare ny teknik är möjligt att bedriva verksamhet och arbete utan att vara fysiskt närvarande och därmed skatteskyldig i Sverige? Vad krävs för att ett system som den svenska välfärdsmodellen ska överleva i en digital värld? Frågeställningarna är centrala för forskarna inom Pufendorfinstitutets Advanced Study Group (ASG)

https://www.pi.lu.se/artikel/digitalisering-staller-nya-krav-pa-skattesystemet - 2025-02-09

Publicerad 22 juni 2023 Till hösten välkomnar Pufendorfinstitutet fyra nya Advanced Study Groups. Grupperna kommer att utforska energikrisens påverkan på hushåll, industrier och energiomställningen; markanvändningskonflikter i Sverige; kopplingarna mellan digital innovation och växande digitala ojämlikheter i förhållande till mänskliga rättigheter; och konstnärliga processer i musik och litterärt

https://www.pi.lu.se/artikel/hostens-nya-advanced-study-groups - 2025-02-09

Av cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] pi [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - publicerad 8 september 2023 På Pufendorfinstitutet arbetar forskare i så kallade Teman eller Advanced Study Groups kring aktuella vetenskapliga problem, som för att lösas kräver kunskap från flera discipliner i samverkan. Nu är Pufendorfinstitutets årliga utlysningar öppna. Anställda vid Lunds universitet inbjuds att ansö

https://www.pi.lu.se/artikel/utlysning-av-teman-och-advanced-study-groups-vid-pufendorfinstitutet-2024 - 2025-02-09

Publicerad 28 september 2023 Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard arbetar vanligtvis som professor i musik vid Aalborgs universitet i Danmark, men under de kommande sex månaderna gästforskare i Temat Sound of Democracy vid Pufendorfinstitutet.   Läs intervjun med gästforskaren Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard på vår engelska hemsida  Missa inte Mark Grimshaw-Aagaards gästforskarföreläsning "Ultrasound: Unheard worlds" den

https://www.pi.lu.se/artikel/mot-temat-sound-democracys-gastforskare-mark-grimshaw-aagaard - 2025-02-09

Publicerad 9 november 2023 Berit Løkensgard Strand, gästforskare i Temat Färdplan för Biomaterial 4.0 Berit Løkensgard Strand är professor vid Norges tekniska och naturvetenskapliga universitet - NTNU. Under hösten 2023 och våren 2024 är hon gästforskare vid Pufendorfinstitutet och arbetar med Temat Färdplan för Biomaterial 4.0. Berit hoppas kunna bidra till gruppens arbete med sin expertis inom b

https://www.pi.lu.se/artikel/mot-var-gastforskare-berit-lokensgard-strand - 2025-02-09