Published 27 January 2023 On the left are the images used to 3D reconstruct the liquid surface shown on the right. When you are cleaning your car with your high-pressure washer have you ever considered how it works? Well we have and to figure that out we need to see how the liquid looks like in 3D. As is seen in the video above we have 3D reconstructed the surface of a cone-like liquid using a tec

https://www.combustionphysics.lu.se/article/extracting-3d-structure-liquid-surfaces - 2025-04-21

Published 25 February 2023 Insects are essential to the natural world, playing a vital role in maintaining ecosystem processes and providing valuable ecosystem services. However, studying insect biodiversity has proven challenging and labor-intensive since current methods use manually emptied traps. We recognized the need for a powerful and efficient tool to study insect abundance and richness in

https://www.combustionphysics.lu.se/article/using-lidar-measure-biodiversity-insects-tai-rainforest - 2025-04-21

Published 1 August 2022 We are around 70 people who are working with everything from insects to catalysis with combustion in between. Read our other articles to learn more about our activities.

https://www.combustionphysics.lu.se/article/division - 2025-04-21

Published 21 March 2023 Candle light (left figure) emitting yellow light which originates from hot soot particles, such as the one shown in the right figure. Probably you have looked into a candle light and been fascinated by the high intensity of the yellow light! Have you ever been thinking about the origin of this light? This brilliant light actually comes from nano-meter sized carbonaceous par

https://www.combustionphysics.lu.se/article/soot-particles-remnants-incomplete-combustion - 2025-04-21

Published 29 March 2023 Here, a wild boar lung is used as a model similar to the lungs of a human child. A diode laser is used to check if the lung is filled with air. Did you know that lung complications are the most common cause of death for preterm infants, and that problems with lungs are one of the most serious complications that can happen when children are sedated for surgery? The aim of th

https://www.combustionphysics.lu.se/article/use-lasers-see-if-your-lungs-are-working - 2025-04-21

Published 19 April 2023 Detecting aerosol soot using Online Raman spectrosopy with a multi-pass configuration (Taken by Kim Cuong Le) Soot can be emitted from both natural and anthropogenic sources, including mineral deposits, open forest fires, savanna burnings, biomass burning, residential burning, and fossil fuel combustion. It absorbs solar radiation and contributes to atmospheric heating. Soo

https://www.combustionphysics.lu.se/article/quantitative-and-qualitative-measurements-aerosol-soot-using-laser-based-techniques - 2025-04-21

Published 20 April 2023 Turbulent ammonia flame. The contribution of carbon dioxide emissions from combustion to global warming is well known. How can this be mitigated? One way is carbon-free combustion with hydrogen. But how about challenges with hydrogen handling, storage and distribution? Combustion of hydrogen (H2) can provide energy without net carbon dioxide emissions contributing to global

https://www.combustionphysics.lu.se/article/ammonia-fuel-and-hydrogen-carrier - 2025-04-21

Published 20 April 2023 A gas turbine is a combustion engine that can convert fuel to mechanical power. This mechanical power can be used for producing electric power and generating thrust in a jet aircraft. We are all well familiar with climate change, global warming and the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gases. The use of hydrogen in the process industry, e.g., for steel production, in the pow

https://www.combustionphysics.lu.se/article/hydrogen-operation-siemens-industrial-gas-turbines - 2025-04-21

Published 20 April 2023 A 3D volume of a whole cleared mouse brain captured with a prototype SILMAS instrument at 2 µm isotropic resolution. We are working in close collaboration with neuroscientists from the B.R.A.I.N.S unit at the Biomedical Center to develop techniques for 3D imaging of cleared mouse brain tissue. These techniques will assist their research on Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseas

https://www.combustionphysics.lu.se/article/advanced-microscopy-imaging-whole-mouse-brains-3d - 2025-04-21

Published 28 April 2023 Our group works with medical laser diagnostics, specifically aimed at monitoring of oxygen in lungs using the GAs in Scattering Media Absorption Spectroscopy (GASMAS) technique. This has found successful application in the monitoring of the lung function for preterm infants, where careful monitoring of spatially distributed oxygen content can lead to optimal respiratory sup

https://www.combustionphysics.lu.se/article/monitoring-oxygen-lungs-using-light-amplification-suggested-thesis-project - 2025-04-21

Published 21 April 2023 Esophagus cancer is treated with surgery by stitching the upper stomach together with the healthy part of the esophagus. An optical fiber can send light down the esophagus to look for problems occurring after the surgery. Imagine you had to get surgery due to esophagus cancer. Initially, you seem to recover well, but suddenly you are rushed to emergency surgery. The wound h

https://www.combustionphysics.lu.se/article/method-measuring-healing-after-surgery - 2025-04-21

Published 21 April 2023 Lasers can be used to look inside a flame and tell us what happens when things burn. How can we stop global warming? Simple: we need to stop burning fossil fuels. Unfortunately, it is difficult to replace fossil fuels in all parts of society. In this project, we develop laser techniques that can help us understand the how energy is produced when different things burn, which

https://www.combustionphysics.lu.se/article/lasers-will-help-us-discover-fuels-tomorrow - 2025-04-21

Published 21 April 2023 Hollow-cone spray illuminated using a laser with a stripy structure (lines seen on the left edge). Most milk powders you buy have been produced through spray drying. This means that the milk after some preprocessing is injected under high-pressure through a small hole into a warm room. Then almost instantly, the liquid evaporates leaving the powder. The final product now ha

https://www.combustionphysics.lu.se/article/improving-food-spray-drying-tetra-pak - 2025-04-21

Published 24 April 2023 This video shows backward and forward lasing signals from oxygen atoms in a flame recorded in real time. The forward lasing signal is stronger, but of limited diagnostic value. Ever since it was invented in the 1960s, the laser has found new areas of use, and is today very useful in research, industry and society. In most laser applications, for example material processing,

https://www.combustionphysics.lu.se/article/backward-lasing-breakthrough-remote-sensing - 2025-04-21

By louise [dot] howes [at] kilu [dot] lu [dot] se (Louise Howes) - published 8 October 2021 How can we leave the era of fossil fuels behind us? Join us for two mornings of inspiring talks focusing on the role of the bioeconomy in our transition to a sustainable, carbon-neutral society. We will demonstrate how this transition opens up new opportunities for technology, business, and consumers, along

https://www.lubirc.lu.se/article/time-register-bioekonomiriksdagen - 2025-04-21

By louise [dot] howes [at] kilu [dot] lu [dot] se (Louise Howes) - published 18 January 2022 Last month's Bioekonomiriksdagen conference is now available to watch again. For the next two weeks, videos from Bioekonomiriksdagen are available to watch via the Region Skåne website. Recordings of each presentation and panel discussion can be watched individually, or you can choose to watch both morning

https://www.lubirc.lu.se/article/watch-bioekonomiriksdagen-again - 2025-04-21

Publicerad 27 januari 2014 Hur påverkar våra matvanor kroppens fettdepåer? Var lagras fettet någonstans, hur växer mängden och vilken sorts fett är det? Med avancerad bildteknik kan det för första gången bli möjligt att ge en detaljerad bild av vad som händer i kroppen vid bl.a. fetma och övervikt. I takt med de växande problemen med övervikt görs också nya framsteg inom fetmaforskningen. I en avh

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/skillnad-pa-fett-och-fett-avancerade-bilder-kartlagger-sjukdomsrisk - 2025-04-21

Publicerad 27 januari 2014 Kan tidiga erfarenheter i livet påverka hur och vad vi äter i vuxen ålder? Det ska ett nytt forskningsprojekt ta reda på med hjälp av drygt 80 miljoner kronor från EU, varav 13 miljoner går till Göteborgs universitet. Forskningsprojektet, som leds av universitetet i Edinburgh, syftar till att undersöka hur våra matvanor utvecklas och hur valet av livsmedel påverkas av hu

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/stort-projekt-ska-forklara-vad-som-styr-vara-matval - 2025-04-21

Publicerad 27 januari 2014 Det har redan tidigare slagits fast att en kost baserad på nordiska livsmedel har flera positiva effekter, bland annat sänkt kolesterol, blodtryck och förbättrad insulinkänslighet. Vissa av de kolesterolsänkande effekterna är relaterade till den förbättrade fettkvaliteten i den nordiska kosten, och vår nordiska grötfrukost kan ha oväntade positiva effekter. Det framgår a

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/nordisk-kost-och-grotfrukost-kan-motverka-hjart-karlrisk - 2025-04-21

Publicerad 28 januari 2014 En ny metod gör det möjligt att i stor skala få fram mänskliga embryonala stamceller av hög klinisk kvalitet. Det går dessutom att göra utan att något embryo dödas. Upptäckten innebär ett stort kliv framåt för stamcellsforskningen  och för de stora förhoppningar som finns om att kunna ersätta skadade celler och på så sätt bota svåra sjukdomar som diabetes och Parkinsons

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/ny-metod-okar-tillgangen-pa-embryonala-stamceller - 2025-04-21