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  • Cash prize for polymer pioneers

    Published Mar 15, 2013

    Mercene Labs has won the 2013 Ingemar Croon Award from KTH Royal Institute of Technology’s Greenhouse Labs. The pioneering firm founded in 2012 is behind an advanced polymer solution with great potential.

  • Phd Summerschool in Shanghai Aug 26-31 2013

    Published Mar 08, 2013

  • Traceable nanoparticles may be the next weapon in cancer treatment

    Published Mar 04, 2013

    Small particles loaded with medicine could be a future weapon for cancer treatment. A recently-published study shows how nanoparticles can be formed to efficiently carry cancer drugs to tumor cells. And because the particles can be seen in MRI images, they are traceable.

  • Eco-safe antibacterial fibre discovered

    Published Feb 14, 2013

    Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology have discovered an antibacterial polymer that can be used in everyday products such as sportswear, diapers and bandages, without causing resistant bacteria.

  • Virtual Grasp – an award-winning innovation for both rehabilitation and computer gaming

    Published Jan 16, 2013

    Don’t bother with the keyboard and the computer mouse - use your hands instead. Virtual Grasp is an innovation that can be useful to rehabilitate stroke patients, but is also useful in computer gaming.

  • Textile electrodes can be used for bioimpedance measurements

    Published Jan 10, 2013

    Textile electrodes embedded in wearable garments can be as reliable as traditional ones when used for bioimpedance measurements for total body composition assessment and cardiac monitoring. The results are presented in a dissertation at STH.

  • Researcher at KTH develops tool for evaluating methods for DNA analysis

    Published Jan 10, 2013

    Francesco Vezzi, researcher from KTH Royal Institute of Technology at the SciLifeLab has, together with international colleagues, developed a method to better compare the quality of two or several versions of what is called genome assemblies.

  • The Helmet That Can Save Football

    Published Dec 20, 2012

    Athletes in the U.S. suffer 3.8 million sports-related concussions each year. While helmet makers dither with small improvements, Swedish scientists have built something that could protect us all.

  • Promising results for textile electrodes

    Published Dec 19, 2012

    Textile electrodes could be possible to use for EEG-monitoring in newborns. This is shown in a study from STH’s division Medical Sensors, Signals and Systems.

  • Best Poster Award to Elektrodress project

    Published Dec 12, 2012

    STH’s employee Fernando Seoane has received the Best Poster Award at the IDTechEX International Conference and Tradeshow Printed Electronics USA 2012.

  • STH’s dean receives Erna Ebeling’s Prize

    Published Dec 05, 2012

    STH’s dean Lars-Åke Brodin has been awarded Erna Ebeling’s Prize for his research in cardiovascular diagnostics and his entrepreneurial activities.

  • Agreement signed in South Korea

    Published Nov 22, 2012

    KTH has signed an agreement on researcher exchange with the South Korean university Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, KAIST. The collaboration is based on the donation from Rune and Kerstin Jonasson.

  • Cardiovascular research projects receive funding

    Published Nov 22, 2012

    A screening method for early detection of cardiovascular disease and a simulation tool for treatment decision support. These are two STH projects that have received funding from the Swedish Research Council.

  • Nanoparticles Glow Through Thick Layer of Tissue

    Published Oct 01, 2012

    An international research team has created unique photoluminescent nanoparticles that shine clearly through more than 3 centimeters of biological tissue — a depth that makes them a promising tool for deep-tissue optical bioimaging.

  • First annual PhD summer school in Shanghai a success

    Published Sep 10, 2012

  • Grant Will Speed Production of Gas Sensor “Noses”

    Published Aug 02, 2012

    KTH and a group of industrial partners have been granted $1.5 million for large-scale development of new sustainable production systems for gas sensors. Current and future applications include wearable monitors for asthma patients, breath alcohol lock-out devices for cars, carbon dioxide monitoring for climate control systems and oxygen monitoring for hospital intensive-care units.

  • An Algorithm to Track Cell Movements

    Published May 29, 2012

    PhD student Klas Magnusson has developed a successful new algorithm for automated image analysis in cell biology. Tests using the algorithm at Stanford University show that it can reduce manual labor by over 90 per cent. Magnusson was recently awarded a Best Student Paper award for his creation.

  • Scholarship awarded to Håkan Jönsson

    Published Apr 30, 2012

  • Ny stor investering i medicinsk forskning

    Published Apr 03, 2012

  • Nanobioteknik höjer tempot på biologisk forskning

    Published Mar 30, 2012