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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 - 2026-05-19

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 - 2026-05-19

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 - 2026-05-19

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 - 2026-05-19

Solar energy stored in the form of fuel is something scientists hope could partially replace fossil fuels in the future. Researchers may have solved a long-standing problem that has hindered the development of sustainable solar fuels. If solar energy can be used more efficiently using iron-based systems, this could pave the way for cheaper solar fuels. “We can now see previously hidden mechanisms

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/solar-fuel-conundrum-nears-solution - 2026-05-19

The NanoLund Annual Meeting 2025 took place on October 8th at the Loop. Not only underlined by the Nobel Prize in Physics announced the day before, this year’s theme, “Quantum science and technology – from fundamental science to applications”, is also connected to the 2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ), which marks a century since the foundational discoveries that gave

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/quantum-focus-years-annual-meeting - 2026-05-19

Work on Lund University’s establishment in Science Village has continued this year, but with a new focus. At the end of 2024, the boards of LTH and the Faculty of Science decided not to proceed with scenario 5 – a co-location of the Department of Physics and the Department of Chemistry in the area – due to cost considerations and the challenges of running education across two sites. The project gr

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/light-and-materials-focus-lund-universitys-science-village-establishment - 2026-05-19

On-chip optical communication between tiny light-based components can make neuromorphic (brain-inspired) computing much smaller and more energy-efficient. In this work, researchers demonstrate that individual nanowire devices on a silicon chip can transmit and receive light signals directly to each other. These miniature circuits communicate reliably, using significantly less power than convention

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/tiny-light-circuits-mimic-brain-fraction-energy-cost - 2026-05-19

When light ejects electrons from atoms, understanding their full quantum nature goes beyond measuring momentum. Using quantum-state tomography, researchers reconstructed the complete quantum states of electrons emitted from helium and argon atoms by ultrashort extreme-ultraviolet light pulses. They found that helium produces a pure state, while argon’s spin–orbit interaction entangles the electron

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/measuring-quantum-state-photoelectrons - 2026-05-19

“X-ray and neutron-based characterization of advanced semiconductors (Semiconductors)” is the name of one of the new Themes at LINXS, the advanced studies institute whose mission is to promote science and education focusing on the use of neutrons and X-rays. LINXS recently announced that, subject to formal acceptance by the applicants, four new Themes will start at LINXS as of 1st January 2026. Th

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/rainer-timm-leads-one-new-linxs-themes - 2026-05-19

Electrotherapy using injectable nanoparticles delivered directly into the tumour could pave the way for new treatment options for glioblastoma, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. “By drop casting the nanoparticles into the tumour cavity after an operation, we could electrify the edges while the immune system is also activated”, says Roger Olsson, professor of Chemical Biology

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/electrotherapy-offers-hope-glioblastoma-treatment - 2026-05-19

What started as a discovery in Lund Nano Lab ten years ago is now turning into a sustainable path for the semiconductor industry. AlixLabs recently closed a €14.1 million Series A funding round, and aims to build a new generation of semiconductor manufacturing solutions. “Lund Nano Lab has been foundational. AlixLabs would not exist without it. The lab provided the infrastructure, expertise, and l

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/alixlabs-scales-eu14m-investment - 2026-05-19

Hanbang Zou is awarded SEK 600 000 from the Knut & Ragnvi Jacobsson Family Foundation. The money will be used for his research into how fungus-based concrete solutions can extend the life of building structures. Hanbang Zou, researcher at the Department of Biology, has been awarded SEK 600,000 from the Familjen Knut & Ragnvi Jacobssons stiftelse for his research into how fungus-based concrete solu

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/extending-life-building-structures-fungus-based-concrete-solutions - 2026-05-19

The LTH Faculty Board has decided to support building a new nanolab and the establishment of more activities in Science Village. The board of the Faculty of Science has, given current conditions, decided not to proceed with their establishment in Science Village. The University Board and University Management continue to see the University’s establishment there as an important goal. “For Lund Univ

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/science-village-and-new-nanolab-remain-important-lund-university - 2026-05-19

Since the discovery of graphene twenty years ago, physicists have been looking for materials that consist of two-dimensional layers. This study is about a newly emerging family, the transition metal halides. “Transition metal halides are a new class of van der Waals materials that we have identified as an ideal platform for many-body engineering. We are very enthusiastic about this class of materi

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/robust-and-versatile-platform-many-body-engineering - 2026-05-19

Can a bee’s brain teach us to build better computers? Bees navigate with remarkable precision using less than one hundredth of a watt of energy, while today’s navigation chips often use over 7 watts and weigh about 80 times as much as a bee. In an interview with Horizon, Anders Mikkelsen, coordinator of the European Innovation Council-funded project InsectNeuroNano, tells us about how nature’s nav

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/how-bee-brains-are-shaping-next-generation-computer-chips - 2026-05-19

The development of the Lund innovation district places LTH in a highly central position. At LTH, we continue to evaluate the opportunities that an establishment there could offer, in what may become a dynamic environment for interdisciplinary breakthrough research and vibrant innovation, writes Annika Olsson, Dean of LTH, in her Dean’s Blog. With the major facilities MAX IV and ESS, north‑eastern

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/around-lunds-major-flagships-we-have-unique-opportunity - 2026-05-19

This year we are organising support activities on how to write a competitive proposal for an ERC grant. And we are happy to see so many taking part in the first workshop with a deep-dive into the finer points of how to effectively present and position yourself as the PI of a high-impact research grant. Researchers from NanoLund are welcome to participate in support activities on how to write a com

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/erc-proposal-writing-support-2026-kicked - 2026-05-19

Think of the proteins in your brain as delicate pieces of origami. A new study from the Medical Microspectroscopy group at Lund University reveals that polystyrene nanoplastics, commonly found in everyday items like food packaging, act like “clumsy hands” that force these proteins to fold incorrectly. Lead author Iran Augusto Neves da Silva used advanced label-free optical photothermal infrared (O

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/molecular-links-between-nanoplastics-and-alzheimers-pathways - 2026-05-19

The Swedish Research Council has recently recommended that the government establish new strategic research areas. In two of them, researchers within NanoLund play key roles: Quantum technologies and Advanced materials. These are two fields that are crucial for the future energy transition, digitalisation, and technological development. Strategic Research Area Advanced MaterialsWithin the research

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/contributing-new-strategic-research-areas - 2026-05-19