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• Wooden windows? New material could replace glass in solar cells and buildings

  Windows and solar panels in the future could be made from one of the best — and cheapest — construction materials known: wood. Researchers at Stockholm's KTH Royal Institute of Technology have developed a new transparent wood material that's suitable for mass production.

• Researchers target tenfold increase in X-ray resolution

  For all of its benefit to society, the technology we use for medical imaging is nevertheless flawed. Relevant little details go undetected due to limitations in resolution. But a recent investment in research at KTH aims to improve the picture – by at least 10 times.

• Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation

  The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW) promotes long-term, independent research in the natural sciences, technology and medicine. Since its inception in 1917, KAW has approved grants of over SEK 35 billion – including SEK 2.2 billion a year in recent years – for excellent research and education in Sweden.