"We will discover things we didn't even know we were looking for"

 

For over hundred years Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has given long term support for basic research in Sweden. For recent years, every year, more than two billion Swedish crowns – for building new knowledge for a brighter future.

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The brain is never finished: throughout our lives it has a fantastic capacity to change and restructure. Wallenberg Academy Fellow Gaia Olivo is using groundbreaking new technology to make a detailed study of the brain’s enormous capacity for change. This knowledge may pave the way for better support for people facing physical or mental challenges.
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Photo Magnus Bergström
Wallenberg Scholar Annica Ekman is developing a new model to describe cloud formation at the Earth’s poles, with the aim of making more reliable predictions about our future climate.
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Photo Johan Wingborg
Wallenberg Academy Fellow Karl Börjesson aims to create energy-efficient systems with fewer losses. This could significantly reduce the energy consumed by screens and light sources.
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Photo Kennet Ruona
Nobel prize laureate and professor of atomic physics Anne L’Huillier has been working on ultrashort light pulses for almost 40 years. Still there is more to learn, and she finds it just as fascinating as ever.