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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Tommy Cedervall has been interviewed about nanoplastics on two different occations during September. WHO issued a report on an analysis of current research related to microplastics in drinking-water and Tommy was interviewed on the need for more research because we do not yet know how nanoplastics affect humans and na

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/tommy-cedervall-interviewed-nanoplastic - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Martin Leijnse and three researchers from University of Copenhagen have received in total 10 million Euro for an ERC Synergy project called ‘Foundations of nonlocal and nonabelian condensed-matter systems'. Here, nonlocal means that quasiparticles encode a quantum state that is hidden from any local measurement, while

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/martin-leijnse-involved-awarded-erc-synergy-grant - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In recent work involving NanoLund's Lars Samuelson, Hongqi Xu and Sören Jeppesen closely collaborating with a group at University of Tokyo/RIKEN in Japan and a group at Peking University in China describes how they have successfully realized a double nanowire Josephson junction device and discovered an enhancement of

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/double-nanowire-josephson-junction-device-frontier-physics-research - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. At the 31st MAX IV User Meeting on September 23-25, 2019 Susanna Hammarberg won the Student Poster Award 2019 for her poster: “Strain mapping of nanowire device using scanning XRD”.Read more about the poster award (in English) or read the news at MAXIV's home page (in English).

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/poster-award-susanna-hammarberg - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation announced on October 1st that Kenneth Wärnmark wins one of 20 prestigious grants for ground-breaking research projects. The grant of 35 MSEK over five years is to support the project “Photofunctional iron complexes”, aiming to harvest solar energy with iron-based molecules.Kenn

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/kaw-project-funding-kennet-warnmark - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Associate Professor Maria Messing received the Smoluchowski Award August 27, 2019, during the Annual European Aerosol Conference in Gothenburg, Sweden.The Smoluchowski Award, named after the physicist Marian Smoluchowski (1872 – 1917) is awarded annually to one or two young researchers (under 40 years of age) who has/

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/smoluchowski-award-maria-messing - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We are very happy to announce that Luke Hankin is starting today as new Head of laboratory for Lund Nano Lab, succeeding Maria Huffman. Luke comes from a position as Engineering Director at Sol Voltaics where he has lead a team of 20 people. He was responsible for lab construction, equipment development, clean room, c

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/luke-hankin-new-head-lund-nano-lab - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A feature in Sydsvenskan describes Tönu Pullerits' research on perovskites as a material for more efficient solar cells and describes the limitations with the current silicon solar cells. The reason for the feature is that a journal article by Tönu and colleagues has been chosen as one of the best on Perovskites by th

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/solar-cell-research-featured-sydsvenskan - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Cellevate AB, a company spun out from a project at the Engineering Nanoscience Program at Lund University, was named Nordic Nanotech Company of the Year 2019 last week at the NanoForum 2019 conference arranged by SwedNanoTech as part of the IVC-21. Another company spun-out from the NanoLund research environment, Hexag

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/cellevate-named-nanotech-company-year-2019 - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Rapidus reports that the recently established Spermosens AB secured 2,5 MSEK in funding from private investors and and 0,3 MSEK from Vinnova.Spermosens AB led by NanoLund graduate Kushagr Punyani, develops a diagnostic device for male infertility, predicting if the patient’s sperms would bind to and fertilize a health

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/spermosens-ab-secures-funding - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Andreas Wacker was interviewed on May 20th by Swedish Radio P4 about the 2019 redefinition of the kilogram according to the SI base units.Listen to the interview here (Kilogrammet pensioneras) or read Andreas' short summary of the changes.

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/radio-interview-andreas-wacker-si-changes - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NanoLund postdoc Martin Hjort was selected to participate to the LMK foundation idea forum (LMK-stiftelsens Idéforum) in Björkliden, which will take place in September 2019.  The selection was made by nomination and in competition with many promising young researchers.

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/martin-hjort-lmk-foundation-idea-forum - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. April 4th NanoLund researchers Christelle Prinz from Solid State Physics and Erik Lind from Electrical and Information Technology were appointed Professors by the Vice-Chancellor. Christelle Prinz is Professor in Experimental Biophysics and Erik Lind is Professor in Nanoelectronics.

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/two-new-nanolund-professors - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Sara Linse has been awarded 10 MDKK from the Novo Nordisk Foundation for her project entitled "Unravelling the IAPP aggregation mechanism for the design of inhibitors that specifically suppress toxicity and cell death in type 2 diabetes" as part of the Foundation’ Research Leader Programme, which supports ambitious, o

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/sara-linse-awarded-10mdkk-novo-nordisk-foundation - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation have just announced their choice of Wallenberg scholars, one of them being Stephanie Reimann, professor in Mathematical Physics. A total of 22 excellent researchers, all among the foremost in their field in Sweden, receive 18 million SEK each from the Wallenberg Foundation in t

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/kaw-grant-stephanie-reimann - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We are proud to announce that two NanoLund postdocs have been selected by the The Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings to participate in this summers Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting from 30 June to 5 July. Rubén Seoane Souto and Yang Chen will be two of 580 young scientists from 88 countries will come together

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanolund-postdocs-selected-lindau-nobel-laureate-meeting - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Our warmest congratulations to Kristian Pietras, leader of BioCare and NanoLund board member, on winning the Göran Gustafsson prize in medicine, awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The research on the role of a cancer tumor’s micro environment was awarded a prize of  5.1 MSEK in research funding and a 25

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanolund-board-member-kristian-pietras-wins-prestigious-prize-young-researchers - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NanoLund member and board member Sara Snogerup Linse was awarded the “FEBS | EMBO Women in Science Award 2019” in part for her work on the molecular mechanisms of protein self-assembly in Alzheimer’s disease and related neurodegenerative disorders. The award of 10,000 euros and a bronze statuette will be presented to

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/distinguished-prize-sara-linse - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. i-Micronews has published an interview which Yole Développement has made with Glō on their microLED displays.Read more here (in English).

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/glo-brings-microled-displays-closer-commercialization - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. There is a considerable risk that plastic waste in the environment releases nano-sized particles known as nanoplastics, according to a new study from Lund University. NanoLund researchers studied what happened when takeaway coffee cup lids, for example, were subjected to mechanical breakdown, in an effort to mimic the

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/plastic-waste-disintegrates-nanoparticles - 2026-05-25