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Researchers Miriam Akkermann, Sandra Pauletto and Kira Vibe Jespersen are studying sleep and sound.

The scientists who want to help us sleep better

Music can help you fall asleep – but which music works best? That’s one of the questions an international consortium on sound, music and sleep are looking at.

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Leather bag
Researchers hope that products made from fungal leather could be available in stores, within a few years. (The bag pictured is made from traditional leather) (Photo: Mostphotos)

Leather bag made of fungus

From crummy food scraps to a stylish leather bag. In a new project, researchers from KTH Royal Institute of Technology and other institutions will investigate how biotechnology can be used to produce ...

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Student accommodation
Students testing co-living in an experimental apartment at the Live-in Lab, KTH's residential lab. (Photo: Fredrik Persson)

KTH researchers contribute to more sustainable student accommodation

More sustainability and less loneliness. This could be the result of the new building regulations for student accommodation that are proposed to be introduced on 1 July and where KTH has contributed w...

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Recent publications

[1]
S. Bhadoria et al., "A New PowerFlow Controller for HVDC Grids and its Protection against GroundFaults," in ECCE Asia 2025, 2025.
[2]
M. Zafarzadeh et al., "A framework and system architecture for value-oriented digital services in data-driven production logistics," International Journal of Production Research, pp. 1-21, 2025.
[3]
P. Grankvist, "A tale about telling stories about a climate-neutral future : Presentation by Per Grankvist, City Consensus Builder and Chief Storyteller, Viable Cities. Held at the Mistra Environment Communication Conference in Uppsala on the 13th of March 2025.," Viable Cities, 2025.
[4]
M. P. Tay et al., "A simulation-based decision support tool for circular manufacturing systems in the automotive industry using electric machines as a remanufacturing case study," International Journal of Production Research, pp. 1-20, 2025.
[5]
L. F. Gomez de Alba et al., "A sensitivity study and robustness evaluation of the CWFS and DISL approaches for brittle failure continuum modelling around underground excavations," Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, vol. 161, 2025.
Full list in the KTH publications portal