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KTH puts the food industry in focus for a sustainable transformation
The KTH Transformation Day 2022 attracted many participants when the food industry transformation was discussed. Published Oct 25, 2022More than 140 people from academia and industry gathered at KTH in October 2022 to discuss the transformation of the food industry. The food industry accounts for a quarter of carbon dioxide emissions...
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Environmental taxes make companies invest in research
Christian Thomann, associate professor and one of the researchers behind the study. Published Oct 24, 2022Companies with emissions affected by environmental taxes invest more in research and development. This is shown in a new international study by two Indek researchers.
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Newsmakers at KTH
Published Oct 24, 2022Who has received what when it comes to funding? What findings, results and researchers have attracted attention outside KTH? Under the vignette Newsmakers, we provide a selection of the latest news an...
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Solar energy, fusion and international co-operation in focus at this year's KTH Energy Dialogue
Researchers, students and representatives from business and government authorities gather at the KTH Energy Dialogue to be inspired by each other’s work and find new ways to collaborate. Photo: Fredrik Persson Published Oct 19, 2022The theme of KTH Energy Dialogue 2022, which will be held on 17 November between 1pm and 4pm, is co-operation and internationalisation. This year’s panel discussions will focus on the importance of in...
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Jonas Garemark, Fibre and Polymer Technology
Jonas Garemark. Photo: Jon Lindhe, KTH. Published Oct 19, 2022The wood aerogels can be used as thermal insulation in buildings and for energy harvesting from water in order to create materials for self-sustained systems. Even though it’s a pure wood material, th...
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KTH Energy Platform visits the lab where sustainable materials are being designed for the future
Liubov Belova and Veena Singh were two of the researchers from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering who welcomed the Energy Platform, including Director Lina Bertling Tjernberg (right). Photo: Mikael Sjöberg Published Oct 17, 2022KTH Energy Platform’s visit to the Department of Materials Science and Engineering included a well-received tour of labs and research centres. This is where new materials, methods and products are cre...
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Energy Platform visits KTH Live-In Lab smart building testbed
KTH Live-In Lab, where new technologies are tested and developed with the aim of accelerating the development of smart, sustainable buildings. Photo: Mikael Sjöberg Published Oct 17, 2022At the end of August, the Energy Platform visited the KTH Live-In Lab, which provides researchers and companies with opportunities to test new technologies for smart buildings, in particular systems d...
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Researchers can help cut down global data center power consumption
Credit: KTH Royal Institute of Technology Published Oct 17, 2022Researchers have discovered a way to reduce power consumption in data centres significantly. They offload computation by converting particular types of commodity Network Interface Cards into processor...
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COP27 hub on Campus
Published Oct 14, 2022During the UN's annual climate conference COP27 on November 8–17, KTH Climate Action Centre hosts a hub in Stockholm together with the organisation We Don't Have Time. A series of seminars and activit...
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KTH Great Prize 2022 goes to innovator behind solar powered water purifier
Petra Wadström, designer, artist and the innovator behind Solvatten receives the KTH Great Prize 2022. Today the technology is used in more than 20 countries, improving the lives of more than half a million people. Published Oct 13, 2022The Solvatten innovation is saving lives in refugee camps, war zones and other places where a lack of clean water has reached crisis proportions. Solvatten provides a container that users fill with c...
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Six tons of batteries in experimental student residence
Unloading the batteries outside KTH Live-In Lab. Photo: Einar Mattsson Published Oct 12, 2022A large group of batteries has been installed for a research project in KTH Live-In Lab, an experimental student residence where KTH, Northvolt and Einar Mattsson conduct research together. They’re te...
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The first KTH Transport Stories film released
Screenshot from the first film with one of the researchers Karl Garme. Published Oct 11, 2022Today, the KTH Transport Platform releases the first of four short films called KTH Transport Stories. Transport Platform Director Magnus Burman interviews Nicole Kringos, former platform deputy direc...
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Inventory identifies new area of strength for Stockholm region's automotive industry
Photo: Fordonsdalen Published Oct 11, 2022In August 2022, Fordonsdalen Stockholm organised its second high-level meeting with Regional Chair Gustav Hemming (c) as chairman. During the meeting, it was discussed, among other things, that the in...
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Associate professors from INDEK with new publication in the Review of Financial Studies
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Awarded doctoral student studies biofuels from inedible crops
Teun Kuil, doctoral student at the department Industrial Biotechnology, has been awarded for his abstract and presentation. Photo: Jon Lindhe. Published Oct 04, 2022Teun Kuil, doctoral student at the department Industrial Biotechnology, has received the 2022 ESBES award for the combination of best abstract and presentation. “It was a big surprise and I feel hono...
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Autonomous transport systems can benefit both society and the climate
Speakers from Scania, Ericsson, Einride, Univrses, and PostNord during the workshop. Photo: Screenshot. Published Oct 03, 202220 September 2022 saw the network event entitled "Autonomous transportation – Challenge in digitalisation and solution to sustainability?" at KTH Campus. Attended by researchers and representatives of...
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New Report: Digital Reset. Redirecting Technologies for the Deep Sustainability Transformation.
Published Sep 29, 2022New report provides a comprehensive analysis of opportunities, risks and governance options regarding digitalisation and sustainability.
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KTH provides Valencia with sustainable energy plan
Published Sep 29, 2022Bio waste that generates biogas for public transport was one of the suggestions from the winning team that charmed the jury when master students from EGI competed about best proposal for a sustainable...
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Algae waste to become food and cosmetics in circular EU project
Amparo Jimenez Quero, researcher at the Division of Glycoscience at KTH. Published Sep 28, 2022Each year, large amounts of macro and microalgae are produced over the world, but the waste from the production is discarded and not made use of. A new EU project coordinated by KTH aims at finding wa...
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A “power bank” for renewables
Foto: Kyoto Group - Heatcube Published Sep 28, 2022Imagine a factory with a giant "power bank" charged with renewable energy when the availability is good and electricity prices low. To be discharged as heat when sun and wind are scarce and prices hig...
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