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International collaboration on forest fires
Two global research initiatives have been jointly awarded SEK 9 million from Underwriters Laboratories (UL) to increase knowledge about forest fires. The collaboration includes international fire research organizations and universities. Lund University is one of the institutions of higher learning participating in the consortium that conducts the [...]
Two LTH researchers receive ERC Starting Grants
LTH researchers Carmelo D’Agostino and Lea Fünfschilling have each been awarded European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grants for their research on automated vehicles, and on the dynamics of transformative innovation and knowledge, respectively.
Nanowire transistor with integrated memory to enable future supercomputers
For many years, a bottleneck in technological development has been how to get processors and memories to work faster together. Now, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have presented a new solution integrating a memory cell with a processor, which enables much faster calculations, as they happen in the memory circuit itself.
Large grant for competence centre on sustainable turbine fuels
Eleven competence centres will share 600 million SEK from the Swedish Energy Agency to accelerate the transition away from the fossil fuel society and strengthen Sweden's competitiveness. LTH coordinates one competence centre and participates in three others.
Dean's blog: International exchanges make a difference
At a time of global challenges, we need to examine complex problems from various perspectives and starting points – to find the solutions that work best. In that perspective, it is obvious that international connections formed by LTH students and staff lead to benefits for industry and society, writes Annika Olsson, Dean of LTH, in her blog.
Large grants for research solving Nordic challenges
Eleven projects are funded by the research programme "Future Challenges in the Nordics — People, Culture and Society". More than 100 million will be awarded. Two of the projects are led from Lund.
LTH appoints three new honorary doctors
Urban architecture, dynamic control systems and sustainable growth are in focus when LTH appoints honorary doctors for 2022. Dana Cuff, John C. Doyle and Nils Hannerz are the new honorary doctors.
Better knowledge needed about handling of nanomaterials
Christina Isaxon has always been interested in how small particles in the air affect our health. As society’s use of nanomaterials increases, research questions about safety are becoming urgent. ‟We need to know more about the conditions in which nanoparticles can affect us and how we can safely handle these materials.”
Cancer, hope and daring to live
To be hopeful, to help one another and to go along with the changes in life. These are actions that can help people find safety in the event of a serious illness such as cancer, according to Ulrika Sandén. She recently defended her PhD thesis in Innovation Engineering at Lund University’s Faculty of Engineering (LTH). The thesis is about living [...]
Dean's blog: It is important that the Lise Meitner professors work in LTH’s environments
Ultimately, it is about creating an open and creative environment that attracts students and researchers, and where everyone can realise their potential. I have taken part in events which highlight the fact that currently more women than men leave academia after earning a PhD – and that it is thus harder for LTH to recruit women as lecturers and [...]
Swedish Minister of EU Affairs paid NanoLund a visit
The semiconductor shortage was one reason why Swedish Minister of EU Affairs Hans Dahlgren recently visited NanoLund and the Lund Nano Lab.
LTH hosts CESAER conference - to benefit the world
Today, LTH is hosting a major conference, "Academia for the benefit of society - to meet critical challenges", which addresses some of today's major challenges. The conference is part of the CESAER Network, Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research, which brings together representatives from 53 technical [...]
Rural areas forgotten in e-commerce
What is the importance of commerce for those living in rural areas? It’s great, according to researchers in logistics at LTH. The poorer access people in the countryside have to products and services makes online shopping an important function. But as an increasing number of e-business services are adapted to big cities, rural areas are in danger [...]
"Some of the materials will probably not be recycled, but composted instead"
The use of substances from citrus rinds in bioplastics is an example of how we can be inspired by nature’s own protective systems – and more research is needed in future about how to extend the shelf life of food products, according to Katrin Molina-Besch, packaging researcher at Lund University’s Faculty of Engineering, LTH.
Dean's blog: LTH is a lively 60-year-old continuing on a creative path to benefit the world
Students, researchers, alumni, collaborative partners, innovators and innovation support representatives. Everyone in LTH's problem-solving community is needed as LTH brings together curious questions and the highest quality research to improve living conditions and find answers to challenges of all kinds. This is what LTH's Dean Annika Olsson [...]