Seven innovation projects in AI and quantum technology receive grants

The seven projects have been granted grants within the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation's Proof of Concept program. The purpose of the program is to bridge the gap from academic basic research to innovations. 

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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.

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Photo Johan Wingborg
As a child, he built models with LEGO and Meccano. As a researcher, he builds molecules. 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 Magnus Bergström
Wallenberg Scholar Xiaodong Zou is now developing analytical methods that image small molecules in three dimensions and in greater detail than ever before. This opens the way for better drugs and new fundamental discoveries in chemistry.
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Photo Magnus Bergström
Patrik Ernfors is using new technologies to identify exactly which neurons cause chronic pain.
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Photo Magnus Bergström
Wallenberg Scholar Peter Oppeneer aims to understand the dynamic quantum mechanisms that arise in materials when they are out of equilibrium. His cutting-edge theoretical research could lead to ultrafast electronics.