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Licensing VS Building a startup? Some findings are well suited for a licensing deal while in the majority of cases, the case needs to be further developed before existing companies are interested adopting your findings. Research results are rarely packaged so neatly that a patent can be taken out, licensed, and then it's done. By developing the idea more thoroughly and adding the necessary skills,
https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/licensing - 2026-05-17
Trauma surgeon Dr. Gabriel Börner often saw patients suffer from complications after open abdominal surgery. Inspired by evidence that the small-bites technique could significantly reduce these issues, he founded Suturion in 2018. Now Suturion has entered the first commercial production of SutureTOOL™. Resembling an advanced surgical sewing device, SutureTOOL™ enables surgeons to adopt the recomme
https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/bench-bedside-suturion-enters-first-commercial-production-suturetooltm - 2026-05-17
We support the students at Lund University through VentureLab, platform to encourage entrepreneurship and support students and recent graduates who are considering starting their own business. Realize your ideas If you are a student, it is in most cases the VentureLab you should turn to for advice and support in developing your business idea. VentureLab is a part of LU Innovation and is co-funded
https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/students - 2026-05-17
The 10th International Conference on Attosecond Science and Technology (ATTO X) will take place in Lund, Sweden, from July 6–11, 2025. ATTO is the world’s leading conference in the field of attosecond science, gathering researchers from academia, institutes, and industry to share the latest developments in ultrafast science. Held biennially, ATTO showcases state-of-the-art advances in attosecond l
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/lund-host-prestigious-attosecond-science-conference-july-2025 - 2026-05-17
Anne-Lise Viotti and Armin Tavakoli at Lund University have been named Future Research Leaders 2025 by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF). The award is based on their pioneering research projects in nonlinear optics and quantum communication – fields with significant future impact on both technology and society. For the ninth time, the Foundation for Strategic Research has appoint
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/two-researchers-department-physics-named-future-research-leaders - 2026-05-17
Lund University is seeking 25 international researchers in its largest-ever global recruitment drive. Among these opportunities, the Department of Physics is offering two positions within the renowned NanoLund research environment as part of this major investment. “In an uncertain world where free research and education are under intense pressure, Lund University is making its largest-ever investm
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/nanolund-and-physics-key-lunds-largest-international-hiring-drive - 2026-05-17
Dive into the exciting world of physics here in Lund – from the tiniest building blocks of matter to the mysteries of the cosmos. Join us for fun experiments and demonstrations, where you can, among other things, try out a scanning electron microscope or slow down time with a high-speed camera. This year’s event also features research presentations (in English or Swedish), the chance to visit Lund
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/quantum-physics-and-double-anniversary-kulturnatten - 2026-05-17
What does it feel like to help shape our understanding of the universe – and still be searching for answers 50 years later? On Friday 5 September 2025, Lund University welcomes Professor Frank Wilczek, Nobel Laureate in Physics (2004), for a public lecture open to everyone. A lifetime with quantum physicsFrank Wilczek is best known for discovering asymptotic freedom, a breakthrough that led to Qua
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/meet-nobel-laureate-frank-wilczek-gives-public-lecture-lund - 2026-05-17
At the Department of Physics, she is Stina Loo, education administrator for first and second cycle programmes. But she can also call herself a linguist, entrepreneur and television personality. And now, with a dream come true: author. The book ‘Hitta din historia – släktforskning för alla’ (Find your story – genealogy for everyone), which Stina wrote together with Ingeborg Arvastsson, will be rele
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/stina-brings-history-life-new-book - 2026-05-17
Welcome back to a new termAfter a quiet August at Fysicum, everyone is back. Lund is once again a lively city, and there are more student activities at Fysicum than just resits. Last week, a mischievous group of students caused a commotion in the office corridor, but we will soon get used to it again. And of course it's nice to have the students back! Some are here for the first time, and the new
Cake and a packed Rydberg Hall set the tone when Fysicum celebrated its 75th anniversary. The Department of Physics invited guests to a party, and the audience was treated to a dizzying journey through history, presented by Professor Erik Swietlicki. When Lund University was founded in 1666, there was no faculty of natural sciences. Instead, physics was part of the faculty of philosophy, and for a
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/fysicum-75-years-lively-anniversary-long-history - 2026-05-17
Packed tightly together like sparkling beehives in space. That's what the globular clusters of hundreds of thousands of stars look like. Now, for the first time, a team of researchers can reveal how these ancient and mysterious star systems are actually formed. The existence of these spherical clusters of millions of stars has been known since the invention of the telescope in the 17th century. Th
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/scientists-have-solved-astronomical-star-mystery - 2026-05-17
‘It's about feeling safe.’ That's roughly how the advert broadcast in Denmark during my youth went. I'll avoid mentioning the company behind it, although I agree with the message: we need to feel reasonably safe in order to be creative and dare to look beyond short-term solutions.Security is a broad concept. It can mean not being exposed to violence, threats or unpleasantness in the workplace. It
Armin Tavakoli, Associate Senior Lecturer at the Department of Physics at Lund University and researcher at the Wallenberg Centre for Quantum Technology (WACQT), has been appointed associate editor for Physical Review Letters (PRL) – one of the world’s most prestigious journals in physics. 'It’s an honour to take on this role,' says Tavakoli. “PRL holds a unique position in the physics community,
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/lund-physicist-appointed-associate-editor-physical-review-letters - 2026-05-17
Recently, a new instrument on the four-metre VISTA telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile captured its first starlight. This marks the start of a new era in astronomy, where researchers will map the sky in unprecedented detail. The instrument, called 4MOST (Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope), does not take ordinary images of the night sky. Instead, it collects spectra or colour
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/new-eye-universe-opens-chile - 2026-05-17
Two distinguished researchers at the Department of Physics have been promoted to professors at Lund University: David Silvermyr, specialising in high-energy heavy-ion physics, and Rainer Timm, an expert in surface physics. Their research spans from the most extreme states of matter to atomic-level interfaces in next-generation electronics. David Silvermyr – Exploring the most extreme states of mat
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/quarks-nanostructures-two-physicists-appointed-professors-lund-university - 2026-05-17
I have taken part in many interviews during the autumn, and especially when the candidates come from the business world, there are often jokes about how slow the decision-making processes are in the academic world. Even those of us who work at the university can sometimes feel frustrated by the seemingly endless processes. This is often attributed to collegial leadership – where we strive to ensur
The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) has highlighted two research projects with strong contributions from the Department of Physics, as well as the Lund Laser Centre and the NanoLund research environments at Lund University, in its annual address on technology and scientific achievements. In her speech, IVA President Sylvia Schwaag Serger emphasised the importance of celebrating
Nearly SEK 31 million in research grants for the years 2026–2029. That is how much researchers at the Department of Physics will receive from the Swedish Research Council's major call for proposals in natural sciences and engineering sciences in 2025. With a total of 41 grants awarded, Lund University maintains its strong position in the field of natural sciences and engineering in the national co
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/lund-physicists-receive-31-million-swedish-research-council - 2026-05-17
Lund University awards Professor Cecilia Jarlskog the Silver Medal, an award that recognises individuals who make particularly significant contributions to the university and society. Cecilia Jarlskog has been a professor of mathematical physics at Lund University since 1994 and conducts internationally renowned research in theoretical particle physics. She has immersed herself in CP symmetry, whi
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/cecilia-jarlskog-receives-lund-universitys-silver-medal - 2026-05-17
