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DIY tests to detect malaria, sleeping sickness
A new simple and affordable method of detecting early malaria, sleeping sickness and even certain types of cancer and bacterial diseases at an early stage is being developed in a consortium with Lund University in the lead. A grant of EUR 4.2 million from the EU has been received to finalise the ‘lab-on-a-chip’ technique. VIDEO STORY “We have [...]
Prestigious grants to LU researchers
Four researchers at Lund University have been awarded SEK 73 million in prestigious grants from the European Research Council (ERC). The grants go to research on Alzheimer’s disease, self-constructing nanoparticles, electron studies using ultrafast camera flashes, and nanowires. In the announcement of the ERC grants, Lund University topped the [...]
Meet our new Assistant Dean, Annika Olsson
”My name is Annika Olsson, and as of July I am an Assistant Dean at the Faculty of Engineering, LTH, and will be focusing on collaboration and innovation. This role will be both exciting and challenging. My duties fall exactly in the area that I feel most inspired by, and that I see as a prerequisite to success for universities in general, and [...]
On The Cover!
Wireless communication is a runaway success with the public, but the number of bits that our systems need to carry is growing faster than traditional transmission methods can sustain. How can we carry more bits through a given space and radio spectrum? A number of ways are being explored at EIT, and one that was pioneered here is called faster than [...]
Five questions to...
Five quick questions to Stefan Lechtenböhmer, Director of Future Energy and Mobility Structures at Wuppertal Institute in Germany, currently doing guest research at the Faculty of Engineering at Lund University. Stefan Lechtenböhmer is appointed as guest professor at the Division of Energy and Environmental Systems Studies with financial support [...]
Major grant to Vattenhallen Science Centre
Vattenhallen Science Centre LTH at Lund University has received a development grant of SEK 4 million from the Färs & Frosta Savings Bank Foundation. The money will be the first contribution to a planned extension, which will more than triple the size of the popular attraction. Färs & Frosta’s grant is earmarked for high-tech audiovisual technology [...]
LTH News summer issue now available
The summer issue of LTH-nytt (LTH-news) is now available. The focus of this particular issue is on medical technology. Several researchers tell us about their work and what they hope to achieve. It is not just doctors who are important when it comes to our health in today’s world. Another vital ’detail’ is water – a subject that we investigate in [...]
New cloud research institute in Skåne to reinforce Sweden's mobile technology industry
Ever since the day when mobile phones were used exclusively for talking, mobile technology has continued to develop at a rapid pace and evidence suggests this is still only the beginning. Today, completely different industries – such as energy, health, mining and automotive – are discovering the opportunities wireless technologies offer. As one [...]
Two researchers at LTH becomes Wallenberg Academy Fellows
Two young researchers, Kimberly Dick Thelander and Johan Malmström, at the Faculty of Engineering LTH, are among the first Wallenberg Academy Fellows. 25 young researchers have been selected to receive funding enabling them to focus on their projects and address difficult research questions over an extended period of time. The researchers will be [...]
Research discovery could revolutionise semicondoctur manufacture
A completely new method of manufacturing the smallest structures in electronics could make their manufacture thousands of times quicker, allowing for cheaper semiconductors. The findings have been published in the latest issue of Nature. Instead of starting from a silicon wafer or other substrate, as is usual today, researchers have made it [...]
LTH could support Sony Mobile’s Lund software venture
In conjunction with the recent announcement of cutbacks at Sony Mobile in Lund, the company announced that it is to establish a development consulting firm. Software researchers at Lund University’s Faculty of Engineering (LTH) believe that the venture will present opportunities. “Lund actually has the strongest expertise in software engineering in [...]
Half of inhaled diesel soot gets stuck in the lungs
The exhaust from diesel-fuelled vehicles, wood fires and coal-driven power stations contains small particles of soot that flow out into the atmosphere. The soot is a scourge for the climate but also for human health. Now for the first time, researchers have studied in detail how diesel soot gets stuck in the lungs. The results show that more than [...]
The students have a natural place in decision-making
“What made the deepest impression on me at Lund University, and touched my heart, is the democratic idea that everyone should be an active participant.These are the words of the outgoing chair of the students’ union, Simon Wetterling, when he spoke as the only student at the symposium of the U21 network’s annual meeting last week in Lund. ” Just [...]
Teachable robot gets ready for factory toil
If robots are to take over people’s jobs then they must become, well, more human! When it comes to learning from previous experience, fine motor skills and manual dexterity, today’s robots are far behind humans. However, researchers at the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) are now working to give robots these characteristics. “Today’s industrial robots [...]
New Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Press
John B Anderson, professor in digital communication at the Department of Electrical and Information Technology, has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Press for the period 2012—2013. The appointment was announced in December by Kenneth Moore, Director of Book and Information Services at the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers in [...]