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More than half a billion people are affected by type 2 diabetes – and the number is growing. In a recent publication in the journal Small, researchers explain how nanoelectroporation can be used to deliver molecules that can affect insulin expression through epigenetic means, potentially leading to new treatments. Genetics cannot explain type 2 diabetes, and epigenetics (i.e. chemical modification

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/taming-insulin-gene-nanoelectroporation - 2026-04-29

Science Village will now be the focal point for semiconductor research in Lund after Lars-Erik Wernersson’s research group moved to The Loop. The move is expected to provide new opportunities for collaboration, as well as increased cooperation with MAX IV, ESS, and the upcoming Nanolab Science Village. Lars-Erik Wernersson describes the move as “a strategic step forward”. Lars-Erik Wernersson, pro

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/lund-semiconductor-research-moves-science-village - 2026-04-29

Last year, Sarah McKibbin received funding from the Lund University Sustainability Fund for a project aimed at making the Lund Nano Lab greener by optimising lab routines, minimising unnecessary consumption of lab consumables, recycling when possible, and improving user behavior. This has now resulted in recognition from a laboratory sustainability programme – My Green Lab. Following the successfu

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/lund-nano-lab-awarded-platinum-certification-my-green-lab - 2026-04-29

The search is on for 25 researchers from around the world in Lund University’s largest ever international recruitment drive. Two positions in the NanoLund research environment are available within this major investment. “In an uncertain world where free research and education are under intense pressure, Lund University is making its largest ever investment in international recruitment. The aim is

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanolund-part-lund-universitys-largest-ever-recruitment-drive - 2026-04-29

Consumer electronics, radar and mobile antennas, quantum technology, lasers, and lighting. These are just some of the applications that can benefit from Nitride semiconductors – a research field that plays an important role in sustainable development. On July 6, the 15th International Conference on Nitride Semiconductors is on. We got to talk to Vanya Darakchieva about what to expect.Why are Nitri

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/detailed-program-icns-15-published - 2026-04-29

Read all about our successful year – highlighting our research, grants, awards, and publications, paving the way to new frontiers and constantly growing, thanks to the hard work of our scientific community and all those who support us. We are fortunate to work in areas with extreme attention worldwide, as they are central to solving the many challenges facing our society. As a result, we collabora

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/our-latest-annual-report-out - 2026-04-29

A new study has recently been published in Nature Communications: “Observation of Genuine High-dimensional Multi-partite Non-locality in Entangled Photon States”. This work marks a significant advancement in high-dimensional quantum technologies, demonstrating, for the first time, genuine multi-partite non-locality in entangled photon states beyond qubit systems. Nicola D’Alessandro, Gabriele Cobu

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/important-step-more-complex-quantum-computing-and-communication-protocols - 2026-04-29

“A good way to see the daily life of science.” That is one of the conclusions from the summer scholarship holders from high schools in Skåne – a programme offering teenagers a way to dive into how it is to work with research. “This is a good way to see the daily life of science – how it is to work in a lab, as a fact, not just only seeing a show that is the result of something that has had been pr

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/they-went-nanoscientific-summer-school - 2026-04-29

“Novel nonlinear optical platforms for advanced materials” – and ”Beyond binary quantum communication”. Those are the two projects that brought associate senior lecturers Anne-Lise Viotti and Armin Tavakoli, both PI:s at NanoLund, to being appointed Research Leaders of the Future by SSF, the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research. For the ninth time, the Foundation for Strategic Research has ap

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/anne-lise-viotti-and-armin-tavakoli-are-appointed-research-leaders-future - 2026-04-29

How do you challenge the struggles with your PhD? How do you explain nanoscience to pupils in elementary school? And how do you maintain the balance between science and social activities? These are topics discussed in a podcast where Areej Al-Sabban from Lund University Global Engagement talks to Adam Burke, Patrik Nilsson, and Pratik Bhagwat. In a recent podcast made by Areej Al-Sabban from Lund

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/lund-universitys-international-podcast-visited-nanolund - 2026-04-29

Can innovation strengthen research? Former NanoLund director Heiner Linke, professor of nanophysics and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, achieved this by combining research and innovation. His own attitude towards utilisation and innovation has evolved from a sense of duty to passion: “Now I think it’s genuinely exciting.” Do you see increasing integration of innovation within rese

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/best-both-worlds-heiner-linke-why-swedish-researchers-should-invest-innovation - 2026-04-29

MAX IV is awarded 200 million SEK from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and WISE to construct and establish a 3D imaging X-ray technology aimed at studying and developing advanced materials for the transition to a sustainable society. Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability, WISE, is the largest investment ever in materials science research in Sweden. The vision for the rese

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/new-beamline-max-iv-contribute-sustainable-materials-and-green-technology - 2026-04-29

By studying how materials build themselves and by mimicking those processes, it is possible to create materials with new structures and properties. This is what Wallenberg Scholar Kimberly Dick Thelander, professor of materials science at Lund University, is doing. At the nano scale, which is measured in billionths of a meter, phenomena occur that do not otherwise exist. Thelander and her colleagu

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/were-trying-make-materials-are-more-sustainable-economically-well-environmentally - 2026-04-29

Two NanoLundians attended the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting this summer in Bayern, Germany, by the beautiful Bodensee. PhD student Julia Valderas and Postdoctoral fellow Ajeet Kumar share their trip experiences with us. The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings are internationally renowned conferences, attended annually by about 30–40 Nobel Laureates and some of the most promising young scientists f

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/reports-2025-lindau-nobel-laureate-meeting - 2026-04-29

New funding from the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research will enable and reinforce research on how to increase the circularity and material recycling, enhance the lifetime and reduce the energy consumption of semiconductor components, and find new ways to create and synthesize innovative, sustainable materials for this purpose. The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/major-investment-sustainable-development-nanolund-recruits-environmental-research-leader - 2026-04-29

Several NanoLund networks were chosen when the Swedish Research Council decided on the applications to be awarded network grants for planning future excellence clusters for groundbreaking technologies. The network grant call was the first step in a government initiative to invest in clusters of excellence for groundbreaking technologies. The total grant amount is 48 million SEK.“It has been incred

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/network-grant-planning-future-excellence-clusters-groundbreaking-technologies - 2026-04-29

One of the honorary awards in this year’s “Future Innovations Award 2025” went to NanoLundian Mattias Borg. He is awarded for his, Johannes Svensson's, and Johan Lundgren’s major climate impact project “Detecting greenhouse gas leaks with room-temperature camera sensor”. Since its launch in 2017, the Future Innovations Award has recognised ideas that can “change our world for the better”. This yea

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/mattias-borg-awarded-low-cost-monitoring-methane-emissions - 2026-04-29

To promote global collaboration and address critical challenges in science and technology, the United Nations General Assembly declared 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology under the leadership of UNESCO. NanoLund contributed to the effort with a new quantum exhibition during Kulturnatten – The Culture Night. A new item on the agenda for Kulturnatten was the Quantum Roo

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/culture-night-year-quantum-science-and-technology - 2026-04-29

The Swedish Research Council’s board has appointed members to the Committee for Engineering Sciences for the period from 1 October 2025 to 31 December 2027. Their task is to manage new initiatives in the field of engineering sciences. One of them is Christelle Prinz, professor at Solid State Physics and a PI at NanoLund. The Committee for Engineering Sciences at the Swedish Research Council is pri

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/christelle-prinz-appointed-committee-engineering-sciences - 2026-04-29

The NanoLund spin-off company AlixLabs has been selected as a winning entrant from the third batch of the IC Taiwan Grand Challenge, an international competition that recognizes groundbreaking innovations in semiconductor and related technologies. Out of a highly competitive global field, AlixLabs was selected for its Atomic Layer Etch Pitch Splitting (APS™) technology – a breakthrough equipment s

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/alixlabs-wins-ic-taiwan-grand-challenge - 2026-04-29