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• The quickest route to turbulence

  For decades, researchers in thermodynamics and fluid mechanics have debated exactly how fast waves and eddies, that is, turbulence can arise in different flows. KTH researchers have now come up with an answer.

• New car roof means reduced fuel consumption

  A researcher at KTH has managed to reduce the weight of the car roof by 80 percent without making the roof significantly more expensive or producing inferior properties. If anything, the opposite is true, the new roof provides greater comfort and it is much easier to hear your passengers when you talk to one another. If the techniques used for the design of the roof of the car are also applied to the entire vehicle, it can reduce fuel consumption substantially.