New beamline at MAX IV to contribute to sustainable materials and green technology

MAX IV is awarded 200 million SEK from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and WISE to construct and establish a 3D imaging X-ray technology aimed at studying and developing advanced materials for the transition to a sustainable society.

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SEK 200 million for new research initiative on metabolism and obesity

Metabolism and obesity are the focus of a major research initiative by the University of Gothenburg and AstraZeneca, with the support of Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and Region Västra Götaland. The initiative includes a newly established professorship and research group with a total budget of SEK 200 million over ten years, starting in 2026.

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"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.

The abstract world of mathematics offers many challenges. As a Wallenberg Scholar, Andreas Strömbergsson has the opportunity to adopt a new approach to complex mathematical problems. His research centers on the overlap between number theory and dynamical systems, often relating to classical problems that are several hundred years old.
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Photo Johan Wingborg
Polluted groundwater seeps constantly into our seas. Researchers are now examining groundwater emissions throughout the Baltic Sea region, generating knowledge needed to reverse the trend.
Photo Magnus Bergström
Intensive knowledge building and research in areas of artificial intelligence, software, and autonomous systems is in progress within the Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program (WASP).
Photo Magnus Bergström
AI models such as Chat GPT, Claude and Gemini require enormous resources to be trained and to operate. Wallenberg Scholar Dejan Kostic thinks it is a democracy problem that only the largest businesses can afford to develop the models. The solution may be an entirely new AI platform.