Excellence, internationalisation and innovation. These are Minister for Education Mats Persson’s key words for university policy. These are certainly words that resonate well with KTH and the way we work on a day-to-day basis, when the words are translated into action. At a meeting in mid-January, the minister gave a brief programme statement on how … Continue reading “Minister’s key words match KTH research”
Technological progress, curiosity, research. Which comes first? They are all closely interlinked and interdependent – especially in the life sciences. This was really brought home to me on a visit to the national research resource SciLifeLab, run jointly by KTH, the Karolinska Institute, and Stockholm and Uppsala Universities. This laboratory for the life sciences comprises … Continue reading “Research and technological progress go hand in hand”
Visiting KTH’s various research environments can be quite a breathtaking experience. The fields of research span such huge distances, from the minuscule nanometre – that’s one-billionth of a metre or 0.000 000 001 metres – to the truly vast light-year at 9.46 trillion kilometres, or 9,460,730,472,580,800 metres to be precise. And the fields of research … Continue reading “From nanometres to light-years”
One of the most pivotal issues right now – in homes, in business and in industry, in Sweden, in Europe and globally – is energy. How can we ensure there’s enough? What should it cost? Where should we get it from? There are many questions, and KTH has a whole lot of answers to offer. … Continue reading “Energy crucial to the future”
