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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Negative emission technologies, or large scale carbon dioxide removal, are increasingly seen as key to slow or halt climate change. Researchers now warn that they are fraught with uncertainties, and raise questions about land use, justice and power. Wim Carton, researcher at Lund University Centre for Sustainability S

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/uncertain-future-negative-emission-technologies - 2026-06-03

The public event Sustainability Week 2026 took place in April in Lund. The event was a success with about 4000 visitors attending a range of events. This year was the anniversary edition - 10th year of the event - and added to program was also a series of breakfast seminars. The seminars allowed for topical sustainability discussions looking back and looking forward on topics including energy, bio

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/fruitful-collaboration-among-university-departments-sustainability-week-2026 - 2026-06-03

Positivity, humour and tireless energy have characterised Professor Roland Andersson's 40 years at the Faculty. As a happy retiree-to-be, he looks back on his time here. "My advice is to prepare in time", he says. Roland Andersson is a surgeon and professor. He is also one of the pioneers in life science and innovation and was involved in the founding of the Lund company Probi. For some time he wa

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/after-40-years-faculty-pioneer-retiring - 2026-06-03

China has suffered an extreme heat wave this summer and the Yangtze River has been completely dried up in parts. This is the topic of a new episode of the Swedish podcast Kinapodden with MERGE-researcher Deliang Chen as one of the guests. China has suffered an extreme heat wave this summer. The Yangtze River has been completely dried up in parts, resulting in an acute energy shortage. In a new epi

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/merge-researcher-deliang-chen-guests-kinapodden-talk-about-drought-along-yangtze-river - 2026-06-03

China has suffered an extreme heat wave this summer and the Yangtze River has been completely dried up in parts. This is the topic of a new episode of the Swedish podcast Kinapodden with BECC-researcher Deliang Chen as one of the guests. China has suffered an extreme heat wave this summer. The Yangtze River has been completely dried up in parts, resulting in an acute energy shortage. In a new epis

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-researcher-deliang-chen-guests-kinapodden-talk-about-drought-along-yangtze-river - 2026-06-03

Optimise lab routines, minimise unnecessary consumption of lab consumables, recycle when possible, and improve user behaviour. That’s some of the improvements that can make the Lund Nano Lab greener, according to the project that Sarah McKibbin gets funding for, from the Lund University Sustainability Fund. Sarah McKibbin, process and tool responsible research engineer at Lund Nano Lab, receives s

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/sarah-mckibbin-gets-funding-greening-lund-nano-lab - 2026-06-03

Four PhD and postdoctoral projects at the Department of Physics are awarded funding in the second academic call from WISE. In total, 54 projects across the country will share SEK 166 million. WISE, Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability, is Sweden´s largest-ever investment in materials science. The aim is to enable sustainable development through basic and needs-driven material

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/wise-grants-four-projects-department-physics - 2026-06-03

Phasing out coal for 2 °C target requires worldwide replication of most ambitious national plans despite security and fairness concerns. Ending the use of unabated coal power is a key climate change mitigation measure. However, we do not know how fast it is feasible to phase-out coal on the global scale. Historical experience of individual countries indicates feasible coal phase-out rates, but can

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/how-can-we-phase-out-coal-power - 2026-06-03

Dark excitons are material excitations not visible under light illumination. Some acquire intrinsic momentum and become inherently mobile, which can be exploited in charge transport applications. Studying the properties of such excitons via spectroscopy is extremely challenging due to their dark nature. “Although the intrinsic mobility of dark excitons may be suitable for charge transport in futur

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/dark-excitons-may-be-suitable-charge-transport-future-solar-cell-technologies - 2026-06-03

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 - 2026-06-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The 5th International Conference of the Spanish Association of Indian Interdisciplinary Studies AEEII will be held 29 November - 1 December 2017, at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Deadline to submit paper is 20 June 2017. Acts of injustice in or with the Indian subcontinent have been committed by previous generat

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/call-papers-aeeii-conference-barcelona - 2026-06-03

Seven PhD and postdoctoral projects at NanoLund are awarded funding in the second academic call from WISE. In total, 54 projects across the country will share SEK 166 million. WISE, Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability, is Sweden’s largest-ever investment in materials science. The aim is to enable sustainable development through basic and needs-driven materials science at the

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/seven-wise-grants-nanolundians - 2026-06-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. School students are right to demand more ambitious climate policies on 15 March. The scientific facts are entirely on their side. As researchers working on climate change we support the student movement and share our insights and research-based advice for local and global policymakers. For the past months, school stud

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-supports-ongoing-climate-strikes - 2026-06-03

Climate change is damaging public health and is also leading to premature deaths. At the same time, the healthcare sector itself is responsible for significant emissions. Studies of intensive care and surgical care in Sweden show that over 60 per cent of the climate impact in intensive care is driven by the growing volume of single-use products, according to research by Linn Hemberg at Lund Univer

https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/climate-change-threatens-public-health-and-healthcare-sector-contributes-emissions - 2026-06-03

Climate change is damaging public health and is also leading to premature deaths. At the same time, the healthcare sector itself is responsible for significant emissions. Studies of intensive care and surgical care in Sweden show that over 60 per cent of the climate impact in intensive care is driven by the growing volume of single-use products, according to research by Linn Hemberg at Lund Univer

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/climate-change-threatens-public-health-and-healthcare-sector-contributes-emissions - 2026-06-03

The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation is investing over SEK 3 billion in research that creates the conditions for a sustainable society. This will be done by developing new and improved materials and manufacturing processes, which, among other things, aim at better technology for the energy systems of the future and the control of pollution and toxic emissions. In addition, an increased investm

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/billions-materials-science-sustainable-world - 2026-06-03

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 - 2026-06-03

Bioenergy plays a vital role in the transition to a fossil-free society. However, the "unused" agricultural land, so-called marginal land, deemed suitable for bioenergy cultivation in southern Sweden is practically nonexistent, according to a new study from Lund University. Much of the land is already in use, for example, for horse grazing. "Our study shows that the potential for bioenergy product

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/land-identified-crucial-swedish-bioenergy-already-occupied-new-study-shows - 2026-06-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Idea Competition: 5 000 Euro prize for the best idea for new application areas for biocomputation The Horizon 2020 project Bio4Comp, coordinated by Heiner Linke (NanoLund and Solid State Physics, Lund University) announces an award for ideas to find applications for network-based computers using bio-molecular agents.

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/alternative-uses-computing-devices-using-nanoscale-biomolecules - 2026-06-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Focusing on low-carbon economy. Jonas Sonnenschein is a PhD candidate at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) at Lund University. He has a background in Philosophy & Economics (BA) from Germany – where he originally comes from – and he holds a Master in Environmental Management an

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-phd-candidate-jonas-sonnenschein - 2026-06-03