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 - 2025-03-29

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 - 2025-03-29

By johan [dot] lindskoug [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Lindskoug) - published 9 May 2022 Professor Janne Rydberg. Photo: Per Bagge The 2022 Rydberg lecture will be given by Professor Jun Ye, Fellow of JILA and the NIST, as well as an adjoint professor in the physics department at the University of Colorado, USA. Professor Jun Ye's research focuses on the development of new tools for light-ma

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/jun-ye-give-2022-rydberg-lecture - 2025-03-29

By johan [dot] lindskoug [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Lindskoug) - published 16 May 2022 Kim Svensson. Photo: Moa Eriksson What role does programming play in physics teaching? Can programming be used to teach physical concepts? In his dissertation, Kim Svensson examines how the movement between formula, code and visualisation can contribute to learning in physics. In the future, Kim hopes t

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/freer-programming-can-help-evolve-physics-education - 2025-03-29

By evelina [dot] linden [at] luhm [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 2 September 2022 Anne L’Huillier, Professor of Atom Physics and member of NanoLund, is awarded the Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award. Photo: Kennet Ruona In memory of the nuclear physicist Lise Meitner, the Gothenburg Physics Centre since 2006 awards a prize to a scientist who made a breakthrough discovery in physics. Nex

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/gothenburg-lise-meitner-award-anne-lhuillier - 2025-03-29

By jessika [dot] sellergren [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 22 September 2022 Lars Samuelson celebrates together with colleagues including Lund University. vice chancellor Erik Renström, NanoLund directors Anders Mikkelsen and Maria Messing – and, online, colleagues from the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). Lars Samuelson, professor of nanotechno

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/lars-samuelson-receives-ivas-great-gold-medal - 2025-03-29

By jessika [dot] sellergren [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 22 September 2022 In the Jet Engine Lab the interaction between the fuel and the engine is possible to study. The knowledge is necessary to reach the goal of renewable aviation fuel by 2045. Photo: Eva Darron/Unsplash The lab that will take us closer to the aviation fuel of the future has now opened. The Jet En

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/new-dedicated-lab-tomorrows-aviation-fuel - 2025-03-29

By johan [dot] lindskoug [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Lindskoug) - published 21 October 2022 In his thesis work, Lund University Master's student Daniel Diaz Rivas shows that is possible to reconstruct the time-dependent polarization of a very short pulse using a dispersion scan technique. Rivas recently recieved a price for best Master's thesis by PhotonicsSweden. Hi Daniel, congratulation

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/daniel-diaz-rivas-awarded-best-masters-thesis-photonics-2022 - 2025-03-29

By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 19 October 2022 “If we succeed, this could be a method that helps find materials to build quantum computers that can withstand higher temperatures, with the possibility of fast operations,” says Mathieu Gisselbrecht. This is a quantum mechanical phenomenon that can best be described as an ensemble of particles for

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/mathieu-gisselbrecht-receives-sek-26-million-study-entanglement - 2025-03-29

By johan [dot] lindskoug [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Lindskoug) - published 5 December 2022 Professor Anton Zeilinger at the University of Vienna. Photo: Jacqueline Godany, University of Vienna. Professor Anton Zeilinger of the University of Vienna is one of three researchers sharing the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics. Professor Zeilinger receives the award for his work on "experiments with e

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/2022-nobel-laureate-physics-give-lecture-lund-december-14 - 2025-03-29

By kristina [dot] lindgarde [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Kristina Lindgärde) - published 1 February 2023 Nanowire solar cells are being tested in space (Photo: Mostphotos) Physics researchers at Lund University in Sweden recently succeeded in constructing small solar radiation-collecting antennas – nanowires – using three different materials that are a better match for the solar spectrum

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/new-type-solar-cell-being-tested-space - 2025-03-29

By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson & Jessika Sellergren) - published 6 February 2023 Ville Maisi and Martin Bech have been awarded the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant. Photo: Kennet Ruona/Till Dreier Ville Maisi and Martin Bech have been awarded prestigious ERC Consolidator Grants. Over a five-year period, the two researchers will conduct projects focusing on

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/erc-consolidator-grants-detection-microwave-photons-and-x-ray-microscopy - 2025-03-29

Published 16 March 2023 The new collaboration with the Olle Engkvist Foundation is of strategic importance to Lund University’s expansion in Science Village, says Vice-Chancellor Erik Renström. NanoLund at Lund University has established a long-term strategic collaboration with the Olle Engkvist Foundation, which intends to support the purchase of equipment for Nanolab Science Village to the tune

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/strategic-collaboration-olle-engkvist-foundation-100-msek-nanolab-science-village - 2025-03-29

By evelina [dot] linden [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 31 March 2023 The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences goes in this fifteenth edition to Anne L’Huillier and her companions in the pioneering field of “attophysics”, Paul Corkum and Ferenc Krausz. Photo: Kennet Ruona For her pioneering work in attosecond physics, Anne L’Huillier is one of the

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/anne-lhuillier-new-frontiers-knowledge-awardee - 2025-03-29

By evelina [dot] linden [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 5 May 2023 “Nanotechnology and nanoscience are necessary to address global challenges and achieve a sustainable world. We are already working on this, but we are bursting at the seams,” says NanoLund’s director Anders Mikkelsen. Work is now in progress on procuring a landlord who wants to be part of the development of

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/next-milestone-lund-universitys-road-science-village-landlord-wanted - 2025-03-29

By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 4 May 2023 Illustration: Bibiana Prinoth, Lund University. The rare metal terbium has been found in an exoplanet’s atmosphere for the first time. The researchers at Lund University in Sweden have also developed a new method for analyzing exoplanets, making it possible to study them in more detail. KELT-9 b is the g

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/scientists-discover-rare-element-exoplanets-atmosphere - 2025-03-29

By jessika [dot] sellergren [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 4 May 2023 The ACTRIS and ICOS masts at the Hyltemossa research station in northern Skåne. Photo Erik Swietlicki. ACTRIS is a state-of-the-art European research infrastructure within atmospheric science. The European Commission has now decided to establish ACTRIS ERIC – a consortium for research infrastructures

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/atmospheric-research-europe-reaches-new-heights - 2025-03-29

By jonas [dot] andersson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jonas Andersson) - published 5 May 2023 Christelle Prinz. Photo: Kennet Ruona. Christelle Prinz, Professor of Solid State Physics at Lund University, has been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept Grant for her research into creating cost-effective biosensor diagnostics for the early detection of ovarian cancer. What is your research project

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/erc-grant-research-early-detection-ovarian-cancer - 2025-03-29

By johan [dot] lindskoug [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Lindskoug) - published 1 June 2023 Hugo Laurell. Private photo. NEW THESIS ON ULTRA-FAST PHYSICS: By firing a short laser pulse at an atom, an electron can be ejected from its previous context. What happens to it, where does it go? In his thesis, Hugo Laurell develops a method to study ejected electrons and their behaviour. His work may

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/hugo-studies-stray-electrons - 2025-03-29

By johan [dot] lindskoug [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Lindskoug) - published 7 June 2023 Timea Vitos. Private photo. NEW THESIS IN PARTICLE PHYSICS: Timea Vitos aims to provide accurate predictions for important measurements at particle facilities like the Large Hadron Collider at Cern, which will aid in the search for new physics beyond the Standard Model and advance our understanding of t

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/pushing-precision-frontier - 2025-03-29