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.

Photo Magnus Bergström
Wallenberg Scholar Gonçalo Castelo-Branco is seeking to discover what happens in the brain during the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS). His findings may lead to new ways of diagnosing and treating the disease earlier than is currently possible.

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As a Wallenberg Scholar, Tore Ellingsen is examining how ethics and a sense of duty shape our economy and our society.
Forest are vital to Sweden. After decades of rising growth, the trend reversed around 2013 – but is now climbing again. The shifts raise key questions: What drives forest growth, and how do climate, soil and management practices affect it?
This is one of the questions to be addressed in the program Wallenberg Initiatives in Forest Research – WIFORCE. Another key issue is how increased forest growth can be combined with retention of biodiversity.
Photo Magnus Bergström
Healthy blood vessels are fundamental to human health. Failing blood vessels can contribute to the establishment and progression of diseases. Lena Claesson-Welsh’s research is focused on how blood vessel leakage can promote cancer and how new drugs promise to strengthen the blood vessel barrier can be useful in a number of diseases.