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  • KTH-developed chatbot makes climate research accessible

    Published Sep 01, 2025

    Qbot is a KTH-developed chatbot that specialises in climate issues. What makes it stand out from similar services is that it relies exclusively on scientific and peer-reviewed sources and can be adapt...

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  • IMPreT: In vitro Models for Precision Therapies

    Woman in lab.
    The initiative is led by Professor Anna Herland.
    Published Sep 01, 2025

    The new research initiative IMPreT brings together world-leading expertise at KTH to develop advanced lab-based models that simulate human biology. The researchers’ vision is to become Sweden’s hub fo...

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  • New KTH course provides insight into food chemistry

    Researchers conducting experiments with food.
    The Food Chemistry and Technology course will give students a basic understanding of how the various components in food interact to give products their appearance, taste and texture. Photo: Mostphotos
    Published Aug 21, 2025

    A new KTH course in food chemistry and technology meets the needs of students, researchers and industry by raising questions about the future of food, sustainability and food technology. “Historic...

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  • Plant cell–inspired drug delivery system

    Woman outdoors.
    Anran Mao, a researcher at KTH who develops new drug delivery systems. Photo: Jon Lindhe, KTH
    Published Aug 13, 2025

    Natural plant cells are excellent drug delivery systems, but they are not straightforward to load. Newly designed synthetic plant cells developed by researchers at KTH may solve this conundrum.

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  • Two KTH researchers appointed Research Leaders of the Future

    Vitaly Petrov and Seraina Dual.
    Vitaly Petrov and Seraina Dual, Research Leaders of the Future from KTH.
    Published Jun 26, 2025

    The Foundation for Strategic Research has appointed the Research Leaders of the Future and among the 16 elected researchers are two from KTH: Vitaly Petrov and Seraina Dual. “I am truly honored to re...

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  • Entrepreneurship scholarship for more effective skin cream

    Man outdoors holding a model.
    William Ferreira Andrén has further developed the Rolling spiked microspheres technology. Photo: Patrik Lundmark, KTH Innovation
    Published May 28, 2025

    This year, the KTH Innovation & Stockholms Grosshandelssocietet Entrepreneurship scholarship goes to KTH student William Ferreira Andrén. His company has developed a new technology that greatly improv...

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  • Joint lab to find functional materials of the future

    Two men in suits.
    UTokyo professor Junichiro Shiomi and KTH professor Daniel Söderberg. Photo: Jon Lindhe, KTH
    Published May 27, 2025

    KTH Royal Institute of Technology is strengthening its collaboration with Japan. As part of a joint research project on nanomaterials, the University of Tokyo (UTokyo) and KTH are opening a joint lab ...

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  • Award goes toward study of wood-derived lignin for eco-friendly sunscreen

    Olena Sevastyanova in a lab.
    “I feel truly grateful for the recognition of my work,” Olena Sevastyanova says about receiving the Competence Development Award. Photo: Jon Lindhe, KTH
    Published May 21, 2025

    KTH researcher Olena Sevastyanova believes that trees and plants can serve as a source for sunscreen – an idea she is researching with a recent grant of 700,000 Swedish crowns.

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  • Oestrogen in the gut affects immune response to cancer

    Researcher in lab.
    Cecilia Williams is a professor in proteomics at KTH. Photo: Jon Lindhe
    Published Apr 29, 2025

    According to a recent study published by researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, the effect of oestrogen in the gut affects how immune cells penetrate colon tumors.

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  • KTH researchers make progress in cell cultivation

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    KTH researcher Johanna Pechan has been working on growing MSCs more efficiently. Photo: KTH
    Published Apr 09, 2025

    Researchers at KTH and the company Cellcolabs have successfully cultured a special type of stem cells in a bioreactor at KTH. These cells inhibit inflammation and restore balance between the immune sy...

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  • New Swedish initiative to integrate research and healthcare

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    The researchers behind PROMISE aim to establish a national database to facilitate access and integration of research and healthcare data. Photo: Mostphotos
    Published Apr 03, 2025

    A groundbreaking national initiative, Precision Omics Initiative Sweden (PROMISE), aims to connect research with healthcare and establish Sweden as a world leader in data-driven precision medicine. Th...

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  • 3rd National Meeting of the Swedish Chemical Society

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    Mark Rutland, professor of surface and corrosion science at KTH and co-chair of the 3rd National Meeting of the Swedish Chemical Society. Photo: Jon Lindhe
    Published Feb 26, 2025

    This summer, chemists from all over Sweden will meet in Västerås. Participants from all fields of chemistry are welcome and the programme includes top-level international plenary speakers, interactive...

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  • Paris Carbone is Teacher of the Year

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    “Students are really the toughest critics of every professor," says KTH Teacher of the Year Paris Carbone. Photo: Jon Lindhe, KTH
    Published Jan 24, 2025

    He was destined to go for a career in music, until he discovered programming and computer science. Now, the student union at KTH has awarded Associate Professor Paris Carbone the title as teacher of t...

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  • Catherine Trask gets funding for research on plug-in vehicle repair safety

    Catherine Trask
    Catherine Trask receives a grant to research the working conditions of car repairers in the green transition to battery-powered electric vehicles. Photo: Jon Lindhe, KTH
    Published Dec 10, 2024

    Two KTH researchers are receiving a total of more than SEK 10 million from Afa Försäkring for research within the new R&D programme The work environment in the green transition. One of them is Catheri...

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  • Mark Rutland new co-editor of influential journal

    Mark Rutland.
    Mark Rutland, professor of surface and corrosion science. Photo: Jon Lindhe
    Published Nov 20, 2024

    Professor Mark Rutland has been appointed co-editor of the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. The journal has an impact factor of around 10.

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  • New methods for modifying drugs with electricity

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    There will be an open call for the position. Photo: KTH
    Published Nov 14, 2024

    A new PhD project at KTH will investigate electrosynthetic modification of PROTAC drugs. The project has been granted funding from the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) and will be carri...

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  • Prize for thesis on catalyst for cheaper hydrogen fuel

    Hao Yang, postdoc
    Postdoc Hao Yang has has developed a polymeric catalyst that can make solar fuels more accessible and environmentally friendly. Photo: Sabina Fabrizi
    Published Nov 06, 2024

    Postdoc Hao Yang is awarded the 2024 Anna Sundström Award for his thesis in physical chemistry. He has developed a polymeric catalyst that can make solar fuels more accessible and environmentally fr...

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  • Newly appointed professor researches biomarkers for rare diseases

    Cristina Al-Khalili Szigyarto
    Cristina Al-Khalili Szigyarto. Photo: Åsa Karsberg, KTH
    Published Oct 15, 2024

    When Cristina Al-Khalili Szigyarto began studying mathematics, her former chemistry teacher back home in Trollhättan protested. It didn’t take long, however, for her to realise that it wasn’t mathemat...

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  • New professor wants to improve things for patients

    Rodrigo Moreno, Professor of Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
    Rodrigo Moreno, Professor of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Photo: Jon Lindhe
    Published Sep 04, 2024

    Rodrigo Moreno is passionate about improving the situation of patients by developing new tools for healthcare. In June, he was promoted to Professor of Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

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  • Summer school at Campus Flemingsberg – towards a better diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer

    Daniel Carlsson from KTH Innovation
    Daniel Carlsson from KTH Innovation held a much appreciated workshop on taking research to market. Photo: Åsa Karsberg, KTH
    Published Sep 03, 2024

    At the end of August, the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Health Systems organised a summer school as part of the Bosomshield project at KTH’s campus in Flemingsberg. Bosomshield is an EU-fun...

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