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A close up view of a studded tire
Beyond keeping cars from losing control studded tires also pulverize the pavement - generating micro-particles that go deep into the body when inhaled. Researchers have developed a metal that does less damage to the road surface. (Photo: David Callahan)

Alternative to studded winter tires reduces airborne particles by 20 percent

On icy roads, studded winter tires can save lives – but they pulverize pavement and fill the air with dangerous, inhalable particles. A new study shows that both road wear and airborne particles could...

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view of small islands from above the coast of
Two KTH researchers developed a more accurate way to measure gravity shifts as the Scandinavian peninsula continues its centuries-long rise from the sea. Pictured, a vew of Smögen on the west coast of Sweden. (Photo: Roger Borgelid/Visit Sweden)

As Scandinavian peninsula rises from sea, new satellite data shows gravity changes

Bouncing back from under the weight of Ice Age glaciers which have long since vanished, the Nordic region land mass is slowly rising above sea level. Two scientists at KTH Royal Institute of Technolog...

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Fusion energy reactor
After months of preparation, KTH has reached an exciting milestone in its fast-moving effort to build a reactor that can create and control the magnetic field required to keep super-hot plasma in place. Photo: Torbjörn Bergkvist

Clean fusion energy: important step forward in efforts to stabilise plasma

KTH has, in collaboration with Novatron Fusion Group (NFG), reached an exciting milestone in a fast-moving clean fusion energy project. After months of preparation, the research team has recently succ...

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Recent publications

[1]
Z. Liu et al., "A Module to Enhance the Generalization Ability of End-to-End Deep Learning Systems in Optical Fiber Communications," Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 596-601, 2025.
[3]
R. K. O. Behling, "A Compact X-Ray Source via Fast Microparticle Streams : A novel X-ray target concept," Doctoral thesis Stockholm, Sweden : KTH Royal Institute of Technology, TRITA-SCI-FOU, 2025:08, 2025.
Full list in the KTH publications portal