"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 Magnus Bergström
The question of why matter exists in the universe – but almost no antimatter – continues to puzzle nuclear physicists worldwide. Karin Schönning is studying the decay of hadrons in dramatic experiments, hoping to get closer to solving the mystery.
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Photo Magnus Bergström
As a Wallenberg Academy Fellow, Lindström is examining the neurobiological och psychological threads that intertwine to enable humans to learn from each other.
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Photo Magnus Bergström
Wallenberg Scholar Leif Andersson is examining how animals adapt to climate and environment, and models for evolution by natural selection.
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Photo Magnus Bergström
Xiaodong Zou has long dreamed of being able to take pictures of the tiniest constituents of nature, such as aromatic substances – scents and odors. She 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.