Biochemistry Professor Pål Nyrén was awarded one of Europe's most prestigious innovation awards yesterday for pioneering a DNA analysis technique that has revolutionised medicine.
KTH Royal Institute of Technology researchers are helping to ensure that the power grids of the future meet the new demands created by renewable energy.
Rarely has an environmental researcher from KTH had such an impact in the media. When Josefin Wangel highlighted the environmental shortcomings in Hammarby Sjöstad and Norra Djurgårdsstaden, it triggered strong reactions both from the people responsible and the general public. In terms of media training, this was a baptism by fire.
KTH Professor Hannes Alfvén was rewarded with the Nobel Prize in 1970. He shared the Nobel Prize for Physics, for, as the citation read, “for fundamental work and discoveries in magnetohydrodynamics with fruitful applications in different parts of plasma physics”.
