Published 3 April 2017 The Swedish Research Council has decided to support a project lead by Jonas Tegenfeldt on diagnosing disease such as sleeping sickness and malaria in remote locations with the help of a nanotechnology based device coupled to a mobile phone camera.The method will enable quick and precise diagnosis with very minuscule amounts of sample and will first be tested in Ghana and Tan

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/mobile-phone-microscope-diagnostics - 2025-04-21

Published 1 March 2017 As part of Lund University Science Week, NanoLund will host the event Nanotechnology for the Future. This day we will open up the lab and give guided tours, telling the story of the role that nanotechnology plays in current and future challenges. Come evening time, we welcome you to lectures and debates about nanotechnology in society. Welcome to k-space (Q179) at the Depart

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanotechnology-future-drop-march-7th - 2025-04-21

Published 26 June 2017 In a February 2017 paper in Nanotechnology NanoLund researchers reports the results of simulations and experiments investigating the effect of the nanowire doping profile on photodetection characteristics in InP nanowire array photodetectors, emphasizing the role of bias dependence.The study was done by V Jain, M Heurlin, M Karimi, L Hussain, M Aghaeipour, A Nowzari, A Berg,

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/bias-affects-nanowire-photodetector-studies - 2025-04-21

Published 2 March 2017 February 23 the Swedish Research Council announced funding of Research Environments within natural and engineering sciences for the 2016 call. NanoLund researcher Jens Schouenborg was awarded 24MSEK over six years for his project with the Swedish title: "Utveckling av implanterbar och vävnadsvänlig optoelektronisk teknik för att monitorera och kommunicera med den medvetna hj

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/research-environment-funding - 2025-04-21

Published 16 May 2017 At the General Meeting of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on 14 December, Tönu Pullerits was elected foreign member of the Academy's Class for chemistry.More information on the Academy's homepage in Swedish and English.

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/tonu-pullerits-elected-academy - 2025-04-21

Published 7 February 2017 NanoLund spin out company Hexagem, founded in 2015, has raised 2 MSEK from Almi Invest, Rapidus reports.GaN, which is a high bandgap semiconductor, is the main contender for next-generation power electronics and mobile platforms, including 5G. Today, GaN technology is hampered by challenges in wafer fabrication and material quality.Read more about Hexagem (in English) and

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/funding-hexagem - 2025-04-21

Published 2 February 2017 The NanoLund spin out company Sol Voltaics was named "Rapidus Company of the Year" at a ceremony in Malmö on January 24 2017. Organized by Swedish technology and business news publisher Rapidus, the award encompasses all business categories in the Öresund region of Sweden.The recipient of "Company of the Year" is recognized as having the greatest potential for future succ

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/sol-voltaics-wins-rapidus-company-year-2016 - 2025-04-21

Published 3 January 2017 NANOWIRE WEEK will take place at the end of May 2017 in Lund, Sweden. Nanowire Week is the merger of two long-standing workshops, NANOWIRES and the Nanowire Growth Workshop, and is the foremost event worldwide for all areas of nanowire research. The aim of Nanowire Week is to promote lively discussion on all areas of nanowire research from growth to applications.For more i

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanowire-week-2017 - 2025-04-21

Publicerad 2 juli 2019 Forskarna i Lund undersöker samspelet mellan en vegetation i förändring och klimatet. Vad kommer till exempel hända med tundran när det blir varmare? På bilden vulkanen Korjakskaja Sopka i nordöstra Ryssland. Forskare vid Lunds universitet har bidragit till att skapa en ny, uppdaterad version av en global klimatmodell som ska öka förståelsen för den globala uppvärmningen. Ge

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/unik-klimatmodellering-i-lund-med-vegetation-i-fokus - 2025-04-21

Publicerad 4 juli 2019 Konstnärlig tolkning av ett asteroidbälte. Illustration: NASA. Nu har forskare för första gången lyckats bevisa att en del av asteroiderna i vårt solsystem ursprungligen föddes längre bort. Enligt studien har vissa asteroider i ung ålder påverkats kraftigt av de jättelika gasplaneternas gravitation. Mellan planeterna Mars och Jupiter ligger tiotusentals asteroider i ett ring

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/torr-avslojar-asteroiders-ursprung - 2025-04-21

Publicerad 5 augusti 2019 Två rudor. Den nedre har levt med rovfisk och försvarat sig genom att växa på höjden. Den andra har inte behövt skydda sig på samma sätt. Foto: Jerker Vinterstare Rovdjur utgör inte bara ett omedelbart dödshot för många djur. De påverkar dem även rent fysiskt genom att finnas i deras närhet. Forskare vid Lunds universitet har undersökt vad som händer med bytesdjurens immu

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/standig-radsla-rovdjur-okar-risken-att-bli-sjuk - 2025-04-21

Publicerad 5 augusti 2019 Mindre storlek på åkrarna påverkar biologisk mångfald i jordbrukslandskap positivt, visar forskning. Bild från Halland. Foto: Yann Clough. Mindre åkrar och en större variation av grödor ger en god effekt på den biologiska mångfalden i jordbrukslandskap. Det visar en omfattande internationell studie där forskare från Lunds universitet har deltagit. Den positiva effekten gå

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/okat-hopp-om-biologisk-mangfald-med-mindre-falt-och-fler-olika-grodor - 2025-04-21

Publicerad 14 augusti 2019 Forskarna kritiserar EU:s jordbrukspolitik för att premiera produktion framför hållbarhet. EU:s förslag till ny jordbrukspolitik håller inte måttet. Det menar en internationell forskargrupp som granskat reformförslaget. Varken miljöskydd eller klimatmål förbättras, snarare tvärtom, säger Dagmar Clough, ekolog vid Lunds universitet och en av dem som står bakom studien. I

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/forskare-sagar-eus-nya-jordbrukspolitik-inte-hallbar-framtiden - 2025-04-21

Published 6 November 2017 Lars Strupeit defends his doctoral dissertation at 13:00. On 6 November, Lars Strupeit at the IIIEE defends his doctoral dissertation in Industrial Environmental Economics, with the title “Scaling up solar photovoltaic use: A system-oriented assessment of experiences gained in deployment”.Appointed faculty opponent is Professor Tomas Kåberger, Chalmers University of Techn

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/thesis-defence-iiiee - 2025-04-21

Published 7 November 2017 New paper published in the Elsevier journal on energy research and social science. This new paper presents a framework to help a dialogue of energy economists, sociologists of technology and political scientists to meaningfully discuss national energy transitions.Cherp, Aleh, Vadim Vinichenko, Jessica Jewell, Elina Brutschin, and Benjamin K Sovacool. 2018. "Integrating Te

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/integrating-techno-economic-socio-technical-and-political-perspectives-national-energy-transitions - 2025-04-21

Published 9 November 2017 An upcoming IIIEE ‘Massive Open Online Course’ to be launched on the Coursera platform in the 3rd quarter of 2018 The CE-MOOC – or “The Circular Economy: Managing Materials Sustainably” – will reach out with learning content, and best practice examples, to broader social and political audiences.The CE-MOOC content will be full of concrete examples of how and where raw mat

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/circular-economy-managing-materials-sustainably - 2025-04-21

Published 10 November 2017 New publication Based on national legislations, Swedish municipal authorities have the responsibility as well as the means to shape their own transport and energy systems and lead the transformation towards fossil fuel free cities. In this report we explore how sixteen Swedish municipalities work toward fossil fuel free visions and goals with a particular emphasis on the

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/fossil-fuel-free-municipalities-sweden-analysing-modes-governing - 2025-04-21

Published 21 November 2017 In the photo from left to right: Yuchen Yang, Aija Baumane, Jonas Hafström, Vitaliya Mokhava, Hans Eliasson, Christopher Nilsson, Erik Hjort, Thomas B Johansson and Shambhatra Sreepada. Photographer: Jens C Hilner IIIEE student awarded in the category "Talent of the year" On 15 November, the winners of the yearly award "Årets framtidsbyggare" was announced during a cerem

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/winners-yearly-award-arets-framtidsbyggare-announced - 2025-04-21

Published 30 November 2017 Seminar on 15 December at the IIIEE This seminar is organized in the framework of the EU Interreg Lighting Metropolis project by the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) at Lund University.IIIEE invites you to a special seminar on procuring LED responsibly, including minimising risks, on 15 December, at Lund University. At the the semina

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/leds-go-green - 2025-04-21

Published 30 November 2017 On 29 November, a project meeting in the Smart Cities Accelerator research programme (SCA) was held at IIIEE. Participants came from Swedish and Danish universities, and Swedish and Danish corporations in the energy sector. Almost 40 participants attended the meeting. The SCA project – funded by Interreg - deals with sustainable local energy solutions, including renovati

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/smart-cities-accelerator-research-programme-meeting-iiiee - 2025-04-21