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4 Apr 2024
Two physicists become new Wallenberg Scholars
Vanya Darakchieva, Professor of Semiconductor Materials, and Heiner Linke, Professor of Nanophysics, have been named Wallenberg Scholars, a programme funded by the Knut and Alice W...
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23 Feb 2024
New super-simulation of how galaxies are formed
Astronomers can use supercomputers to simulate the formation of galaxies from the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago to the present day. But there are a number of sources of error. An...
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20 Feb 2024
Detecting "Spooky Action at a Distance" with imperfect detectors
Entanglement, once dismissed by Einstein as an impossible phenomenon but later shown to be possible by Nobel Prize-winning physicists, continues to raise questions. How can we know...
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13 Feb 2024
New way of designing circuits could lead to large-scale quantum computers
By utilising quantum mechanics, a quantum computer can solve computational problems that today's supercomputers cannot. But there are problems. As the circuits in quantum computers...
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22 Jan 2024
Snails illustrate how new materials can be built at the nano level
Jonas Johansson is a professor of physics and develops new knowledge for the production of materials at the nanoscale. Anastasia Tsioki is a first-year student on LTH's MSc in Engi...
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12 Jan 2024
“A tremendous impact on the transformation towards a sustainable future”
WISE, the Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability, is the largest-ever investment in materials science in Sweden and is financed by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg...
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9 Jan 2024
Eva Lindroth appointed as new honorary doctor at LTH
Eva Lindroth is professor of Theoretical Physics at Stockholm University. In addition to being a highly cited and excellent researcher, she has been assistant supervisor for severa...
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9 Jan 2024
World-leading astrophysicist appointed new honorary doctor of science
The American astronomer R. Michael Rich has charted the innermost parts of the Milky Way using spectroscopy. R. Michael Rich have been appointed honorary doctors at the Faculty of...
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15 Dec 2023
Live streaming of LTH Nobel lecture
On December 18th, it's time for LTH's official celebration of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics. Then our own laureate – Professor Anne L'Huillier – will hold a Nobel lecture which w...
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14 Dec 2023
Everyday laser flashes and real-world attosecond physics
Down in the basement of the Department of Physics, the now world-famous short laser pulses are fired almost daily. This is home to Sweden’s cutting-edge research in attosecond phys...
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1 Dec 2023
Astronomers have managed to date three mysterious baby stars at the heart of the Milky Way
By analysing high-resolution data from a 10-metre telescope in Hawaii, researchers in Lund, Sweden, have managed to gain new insights into three stars in the centre of the Milky Wa...
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30 Nov 2023
Ruth Pöttgen becomes a Wallenberg Academy Fellow
Ruth Pöttgen, Senior lecturer at the Department of Physics, has been appointed a Wallenberg Academy Fellow. The grant from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation provides her wit...
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12 Oct 2023
Understanding the behaviour of light and matter - key to future technologies
If we can understand how and why light and matter behave as they do, we are one step closer to solving some of the most fundamental problems in physics. Finding the answers to thes...
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12 Oct 2023
Increase in forest fires may damage the crucial ozone layer
All particles that reach the atmosphere cause different chemical reactions. Particles come partly from natural sources such as volcanic eruptions and forest fires, and partly from ...
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14 Sep 2023
Researchers reveal deficiencies in “corrosion-resistant” metallic materials
Corrosion-resistant metallic materials are required in applications such as rocket engines, nuclear power stations and chemical industry. An alloy of nickel, chromium and molybdenu...
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8 Sep 2023
Science Festival at Culture Night
Would you like to look at the sun through stargazing binoculars or try your hand at physical experiments? During the Culture Night you are welcome to visit us and take part in our ...
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6 Sep 2023
The Department of Physics and NanoLund involved in two of Vinnova’s new competence centers
The Swedish Government Agency for Innovation Systems, Vinnova, will invest in 11 new competence centers starting in January 2024. Among the new ones, two are directly connected to ...
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5 Sep 2023
Pico wins students' top award
Luis Sarmiento Pico, Senior Lecturer in Physics, has been recognised as Educator of the Year by the student union LUNA. He is honoured for his positive and infectious manner and hi...
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23 Aug 2023
Anne L’Huillier receives an ERC Proof of Concept Grant
As one of two researchers in Sweden, Anne L’Huillier will receive an ERC Proof of Concept Grant in the second call for 2023. A total of 66 researchers from 14 different countries w...
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16 Jun 2023
New thesis explores photoionization dynamics
Delving into the realm where light and matter converge, Mattias Bertolino's embarks on a theoretical exploration of photoionization. Focusing on multiphoton ionization of noble gas...