Published 6 February 2017 The second Climate-KIC Nordic Ideation Day was held at DTU Skylab on the 27th of January 2017. From preparations all the way until the finishing drinks, the event was in every way a great success. No less than 59 idea suggestions were submitted in advance. Out of this great pool of ideas, a little more than a third (23) was selected and allowed to pitch at the event. The

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Published 27 March 2017 Climate-KIC, Europe’s largest public-private partnership tackling climate change through innovation, today announces the appointment of Anders Wijkman as Chair of the Governing Board of Association Climate-KIC, with immediate effect.  Wijkman succeeds John Schellnhuber, who is stepping down having successfully served as Chair for six years, the maximum tenure of two terms.

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Published 10 April 2017 In early April we were informed that Lund University was awarded no less that two Climate-KIC Pathfinder Projects. Read more about the two awarded Projects here. An Auditing Tool for Climate Effective PackagingAssociate Professor Henrik Pålsson and Associate Professor Daniel Hellström of the Packaging Logistics department of Lund University was awarded a Pathfinder project

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Published 11 April 2017 Here is a video from Climate-KICs Ideation Day at DTU 27 January. Look out for dates for a possible second Ideation Day late autumn 2017.

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Published 5 May 2017 The Swedish cities of Malmö, Lund, Oskarshamn and Bjuv are looking for creative partners with innovative solutions that can be involved in a new venture, to convert waste heat into urban food or other biological production through an Open Innovation Competition. Clean residual heat emitted from a diverse range of sources – from single refrigerators to industrial sites – repres

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Published 19 May 2017 Did you miss the Climate-KIC Workshop 16/5? We gathered most of the presentations so that you can seethem here. Climate-KIC WorkshopProgramme 13.00–16.00:13.00–13.10 Welcome and introduction13.10–13.35 Innovations and climate change – how far can it take us? Helena Tillborg, Kraftringen13.35–14.05 Climate KIC – How to access possibilities, funding and network. Henrik Sönderga

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Published 12 March 2021 Here's what you should know and what investors look for. Most startup companies need investment at some point in their journey, but a lot of companies struggle to find it. Investors come in many shapes and at different times of the journey, from perhaps early investors like family and friends to business angels and later-stage venture capital. It is not one-size-fits-all, s

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Published 12 May 2021 Ideation is a creative process for generating ideas, lots of ideas. It can help you to think outside-the-box, and is an essential part of the design process. First of all, you need to come up with a problem or challenge that you want to solve. Look around - what problems do you or people in your surroundings encounter? When you've located this and narrowed the problem down, y

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By lina [dot] tornquist [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Lina Törnquist) - published 8 June 2023 Gedea Biotech secures €1.3 million (14 MSEK) to advance its antibiotic-free vaginal infection treatment pHyph towards market launch. Gedea Biotech, part of LU Holding’s portfolio, announced in May that it has raised €1.3 million (14 MSEK) for additional development activities of their product pHyph f

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Published 3 May 2023 Hyperspectral lidar measuring the backscattered spectra of free-flying insects that cross the laser beam. In this thesis, an instrument using a broadband light beam for remote sensing of insects was developed. The thickness of a free-flying insect wing was measured at a distance of 85 m and with an accuracy of 2 nm. Insects play a key role in the ecosystem and are essential fo

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Published 23 June 2023 Let me clarify that we are not referring to blood plasma, as that pertains to the field of biology. Instead, we are discussing the fourth state of matter, which can be envisioned as a mixture of electrons, atoms, and excited species. To put it simply, it can be described as an ionized gas or a "soup" of charged particles. Our research group focuses on exploring the applicati

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Published 24 October 2023 An irradiated fluorophore. What if it was possible to identify elements by simply shining a light on them? This proposed method might make it possible to do just that - by analysing just one photograph. Many of us have probably encountered a pen with” invisible” ink that is only visible if you shine on it with a UV lamp. Besides that, these are useful for writing secret m

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Published 28 November 2023 Dr Kim Cuong Le from the Division of Combustion Physics at Lund University is conducting one of the first experiments using the new Aerosol Sample Delivery System A newly developed sample delivery system at MAX IV lets researchers study the properties of aerosol particles. With this knowledge, they can further understand the health and climate effects of soot from burnin

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Published 28 October 2022 Iron particles burning. Looks like fireworks since metals are what is used in fireworks to create different colors. Can metals really burn? Well yes, and you have most definitely seen them burn since metals often are used in fireworks to get different colors. These colorful flames have the potential to be used as alternative to gasoline and other fossil fuels in a clean c

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Published 1 November 2022 Recording of person coughing. The velocity and sizes of the found droplets are shown later in the movie. When we cough and speak we launch droplets and if the person launching these droplets is sick from some kind of virus disease, such as COVID19, the droplets can contain viruses. These viruses have been found to be one of the main contributors to the spreading of the pa

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Published 1 November 2022 Here, a wild boar lung is used as a model similar to the lungs of a human child. A diode laser is used to check if the lung is filled with air. Throughout life, our lungs are vital organs. For newborns as well as for elderly patients, there is a need for safe and continuous lung monitoring in the healthcare. Some of today's common methods of examining the lungs, such as X

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Published 9 January 2023 Left image is the Lund university logo imaged through milk that makes it blurred to almost invisible. Right is the reconstruction shown in this work to extract the logo details. You are out in the woods taking your new profile picture when suddenly a fog rolls in. First you think it is mystical and perfect, but it is so thick that you just look like a blurry blob in the pi

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Published 24 January 2023 TEM image of soot aggregate. Soot is generated from incomplete combustion or pyrolysis of organic compounds. Soot strongly absorbs solar radiation contributing to global warming. Additionally, soot can enter deeply into human organs causing various types of cancers. Understanding soot nano-structures and properties is essential to predict their impacts on climate and huma

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Published 25 January 2023 Observing soot oxidation during thermal treatment by a LINKAM heating stage. Soot is a light-absorbing material that is formed when hydrocarbons are not completely burned during combustion processes. Soot has significant impacts on climate, glacial regions, agriculture, and human health due to its strong light-absorbing ability, small size and complex structure. Various s

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Published 27 January 2023 On the left are the images used to 3D reconstruct the liquid surface shown on the right. When you are cleaning your car with your high-pressure washer have you ever considered how it works? Well we have and to figure that out we need to see how the liquid looks like in 3D. As is seen in the video above we have 3D reconstructed the surface of a cone-like liquid using a tec

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