By jessika [dot] sellergren [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 22 September 2022 In the Jet Engine Lab the interaction between the fuel and the engine is possible to study. The knowledge is necessary to reach the goal of renewable aviation fuel by 2045. Photo: Eva Darron/Unsplash The lab that will take us closer to the aviation fuel of the future has now opened. The Jet En

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/new-dedicated-lab-tomorrows-aviation-fuel - 2025-07-03

By johan [dot] lindskoug [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Lindskoug) - published 21 October 2022 In his thesis work, Lund University Master's student Daniel Diaz Rivas shows that is possible to reconstruct the time-dependent polarization of a very short pulse using a dispersion scan technique. Rivas recently recieved a price for best Master's thesis by PhotonicsSweden. Hi Daniel, congratulation

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/daniel-diaz-rivas-awarded-best-masters-thesis-photonics-2022 - 2025-07-03

By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 19 October 2022 “If we succeed, this could be a method that helps find materials to build quantum computers that can withstand higher temperatures, with the possibility of fast operations,” says Mathieu Gisselbrecht. This is a quantum mechanical phenomenon that can best be described as an ensemble of particles for

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/mathieu-gisselbrecht-receives-sek-26-million-study-entanglement - 2025-07-03

By johan [dot] lindskoug [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Lindskoug) - published 5 December 2022 Professor Anton Zeilinger at the University of Vienna. Photo: Jacqueline Godany, University of Vienna. Professor Anton Zeilinger of the University of Vienna is one of three researchers sharing the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics. Professor Zeilinger receives the award for his work on "experiments with e

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/2022-nobel-laureate-physics-give-lecture-lund-december-14 - 2025-07-03

By kristina [dot] lindgarde [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Kristina Lindgärde) - published 1 February 2023 Nanowire solar cells are being tested in space (Photo: Mostphotos) Physics researchers at Lund University in Sweden recently succeeded in constructing small solar radiation-collecting antennas – nanowires – using three different materials that are a better match for the solar spectrum

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/new-type-solar-cell-being-tested-space - 2025-07-03

By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson & Jessika Sellergren) - published 6 February 2023 Ville Maisi and Martin Bech have been awarded the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant. Photo: Kennet Ruona/Till Dreier Ville Maisi and Martin Bech have been awarded prestigious ERC Consolidator Grants. Over a five-year period, the two researchers will conduct projects focusing on

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/erc-consolidator-grants-detection-microwave-photons-and-x-ray-microscopy - 2025-07-03

Published 16 March 2023 The new collaboration with the Olle Engkvist Foundation is of strategic importance to Lund University’s expansion in Science Village, says Vice-Chancellor Erik Renström. NanoLund at Lund University has established a long-term strategic collaboration with the Olle Engkvist Foundation, which intends to support the purchase of equipment for Nanolab Science Village to the tune

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/strategic-collaboration-olle-engkvist-foundation-100-msek-nanolab-science-village - 2025-07-03

By evelina [dot] linden [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 31 March 2023 The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences goes in this fifteenth edition to Anne L’Huillier and her companions in the pioneering field of “attophysics”, Paul Corkum and Ferenc Krausz. Photo: Kennet Ruona For her pioneering work in attosecond physics, Anne L’Huillier is one of the

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/anne-lhuillier-new-frontiers-knowledge-awardee - 2025-07-03

By evelina [dot] linden [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 5 May 2023 “Nanotechnology and nanoscience are necessary to address global challenges and achieve a sustainable world. We are already working on this, but we are bursting at the seams,” says NanoLund’s director Anders Mikkelsen. Work is now in progress on procuring a landlord who wants to be part of the development of

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/next-milestone-lund-universitys-road-science-village-landlord-wanted - 2025-07-03

By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 4 May 2023 Illustration: Bibiana Prinoth, Lund University. The rare metal terbium has been found in an exoplanet’s atmosphere for the first time. The researchers at Lund University in Sweden have also developed a new method for analyzing exoplanets, making it possible to study them in more detail. KELT-9 b is the g

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/scientists-discover-rare-element-exoplanets-atmosphere - 2025-07-03

By jessika [dot] sellergren [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 4 May 2023 The ACTRIS and ICOS masts at the Hyltemossa research station in northern Skåne. Photo Erik Swietlicki. ACTRIS is a state-of-the-art European research infrastructure within atmospheric science. The European Commission has now decided to establish ACTRIS ERIC – a consortium for research infrastructures

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/atmospheric-research-europe-reaches-new-heights - 2025-07-03

By jonas [dot] andersson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jonas Andersson) - published 5 May 2023 Christelle Prinz. Photo: Kennet Ruona. Christelle Prinz, Professor of Solid State Physics at Lund University, has been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept Grant for her research into creating cost-effective biosensor diagnostics for the early detection of ovarian cancer. What is your research project

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/erc-grant-research-early-detection-ovarian-cancer - 2025-07-03

By johan [dot] lindskoug [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Lindskoug) - published 1 June 2023 Hugo Laurell. Private photo. NEW THESIS ON ULTRA-FAST PHYSICS: By firing a short laser pulse at an atom, an electron can be ejected from its previous context. What happens to it, where does it go? In his thesis, Hugo Laurell develops a method to study ejected electrons and their behaviour. His work may

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/hugo-studies-stray-electrons - 2025-07-03

By johan [dot] lindskoug [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Lindskoug) - published 7 June 2023 Timea Vitos. Private photo. NEW THESIS IN PARTICLE PHYSICS: Timea Vitos aims to provide accurate predictions for important measurements at particle facilities like the Large Hadron Collider at Cern, which will aid in the search for new physics beyond the Standard Model and advance our understanding of t

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/pushing-precision-frontier - 2025-07-03

By caterina [dot] doglioni [at] hep [dot] lu [dot] se (Caterina Doglioni) - published 7 June 2023 The computing farm for the real-time data selection system of the ATLAS experiment at CERN, where Lund particle physics researchers work, analyses up to 100000 collision events per second when the Large Hadron Collider is running. Image: ATLAS Experiment Research in particle physics often relies on si

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/towards-green-software-tackling-energy-cost-scientific-software - 2025-07-03

By johan [dot] lindskoug [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Lindskoug) - published 12 June 2023 Cecilia Jarlskog. Photo: Rebeca Romero Escrivà. Professor Emerita Cecilia Jarlskog has been awarded the prestigious EPS High Energy and Particle Physics Prize. She is awarded the prize for discovering a way to determine a property called CP violation for both quarks and leptons. CP breaking means that

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/prestigious-award-cecilia-jarlskog - 2025-07-03

By johan [dot] lindskoug [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Lindskoug) - published 16 June 2023 Mattias Bertolino. Private photo. Delving into the realm where light and matter converge, Mattias Bertolino's embarks on a theoretical exploration of photoionization. Focusing on multiphoton ionization of noble gas atoms, using a mixture of extreme-ultraviolet and infrared light, he explores the intric

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/new-thesis-explores-photoionization-dynamics - 2025-07-03

By bjorn [dot] fritz [at] kultur [dot] lu [dot] se (Björn Fritz) - published 4 March 2021 As long as we need to examine remotely, we will need to examine in partly new ways. There are no methods for "translating" an on-campus examination into an identical remote examination, but rather, different forms of examination cope with the transition to varying degrees. Photo by pan xiaozhen on Unsplash Ex

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/better-course-formative-examination - 2025-07-03

Published 4 March 2021 Many teachers would probably agree that it is an art to write good multiple choice questions. Multiple Choice Questions or MCQ are so-called closed questions, where the answering person gets to choose from a number of given answer options instead of formulating an answer themselves. Photo by Dan Asaki on Unsplash Text by Ann-Catrin Johansson, LTH  MCQ When creating your mult

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/art-formulating-mcq-quiz - 2025-07-03

Published 4 March 2021 Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash The pandemic has made us test alternatives to our traditional exam methods, alternatives that work digitally and on remote. Some of these alternatives are worth keeping also when we head back to traditional, on campus, teaching. One thing we have learned the past years is that remote surveillance is problematic (no guarantee it works 100%)

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/digital-open-book-exam-flexible-option - 2025-07-03