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Wind in the sails of emission free shipping
Jakob Kuttenkeuler next to a model of the future merchant ship to be built in the department's lab. (Photo: Marc Femenia) Published Mar 16, 2020Engine powered shipping took over transport across the world’s oceans over one hundred years ago. Sailing ships can now be on the way back. KTH is developing wind-powered ocean going merchant ships of...
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KTH spreading its mission to girls worldwide
Sweden's Queen Silvia and the King were special guests at the recent Tekla event in India. (Photo: Anushree Tandale) Published Mar 07, 2020In the last 12 months, KTH and Robyn’s Tekla Festival has been presented for girls in multiple time zones – from the U.S. to Brazil and India. Yet being encouraged to get creative with technology prov...
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Unpaid work stealing research time
Who is responsible for the service work that must be done? (Photo: Martina Holmberg/TT) Published Mar 06, 2020Who manages “academic housekeeping work” – tasks that have to be done, but you do not get credits for? These tasks are usually done by women, even though this affects their career.
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Cellulose technology enables swift scaling up of cotton recycling enterprise
The Re:newcell founders, from left, KTH Professor Mikael Lindström, Christofer Lindgren, Malcolm Norlin and KTH Professor Gunnar Henriksson Published Feb 12, 2020Ethanol production was the aim when two KTH Royal Institute of Technology professors first developed their method for breaking down plant cellulose about 10 years ago. Now the technology has enabled t...
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System would keep ships from releasing sulfur and nitrogen oxides
A new technology being developed at KTH could help shipping companies comply with new international maritime rules on toxic emissions. Pictured are researchers Christophe Duwig, left, and Klas Engvall, professor of Chemical Engineering. (Photo: Håkan Lindgren) Published Jan 24, 2020Pollution from maritime vessels is largely overlooked by the media, but it plays a significant role in deteriorating air quality. Now a research team from KTH is developing new technology aimed at cle...
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KTH takes a lead in climate change
UN´s Sustainable Development Goals. Published Jan 24, 2020KTH is taking the lead in climate change via its new climate targets and determination to be climate neutral by 2045. “KTH has made the assessment that the rate of change in climate work must be incr...
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How AI will affect UN goals for climate, development and global stability
A look at how many of the targets in each area would be inhibited or enabled by artificial intelligence. Published Jan 13, 2020Artificial intelligence (AI) represents a powerful but double-edged sword as nations confront global warming, poverty and issues of peace and justice. An international team of scientists this week rel...
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Well-visited workshop on sustainable food
Published Mar 21, 2019On March 14, the network KTH Food Sustainability arranged a workshop with speeddating at KTH’s library. It attracted great interest. The organizers had planned for 30 participants, but twice as many c...
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Grön BoStad Stockholm granted an additional 15 million SEK
Published Dec 11, 2018The Grön BoStad Stockholm platform is working to strengthen sustainable urban development in the housing sector. The Structural Funds Partnership Stockholm have now decided to invest another 15 millio...
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Strengthen your company's cyber security with KTH's Online Course in Ethical Hacking
Published Oct 24, 2018Apply to the Online Course in Ethical Hacking open for businesses by December 15.
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Emissions remain high, despite reductions
Business air travel has to be reduced further if KTH is going to reach its long-term environmental goals, says Göran Finnveden. (Photo: TT) Published Jun 12, 2015Internal carbon taxes and a discussion concerning those researchers and teachers who really need to travel; these are just a few of the proposals for reducing KTH’s carbon footprint. Even if the emiss...
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Better theoretical grasp would boost sustainable development
Students need to have a more solid theoretical ground to stand on where sustainable development is concerned, says the environmental researcher Anna Björklund (Photo: Christer Gummeson) Published Jun 25, 2014No doubt, sustainable development engages the interest of both students and teaching staff. It is also a prioritised area for KTH Royal Institute of Technology. At the same time, even amongst the teac...
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Air current tracking may make flights greener
Philipp Schlatter, left, and Luca Brandt aim to create the first-ever full simulation of turbulent air currents on an entire aircraft wing. (Photo: Marc Femenia) Published May 15, 2014Researchers into Fluid Mechanics at KTH Royal Institute of Technology are notching up further successes and have recently received a number of prestigious grants. One of the goals is to be first in th...
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Researcher says consumption contradicts sustainability
Our consumption is the crucial question for a sustainable society, according to the Environmental researcher Karin Bradley (Photo: Håkan Lindgren) Published Mar 03, 2014To be an environmental researcher also entails a responsibility to enter the debate on social priorities. This is the opinion of Bradley who undertakes research into how lifestyles influence the envir...
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Environmental investment is good business
Published Nov 20, 2013A strengthened brand, proud employees and money saved. To invest in the environment and sustainability is profitable for companies. But more reliable methods are needed for accurately evaluating envir...
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Web firestorm raises concern over free exchange in science
Published Oct 18, 2013Where new research is concerned, how free is one to think out loud and express ideas? The Swedish politician, Peter Pedersen, has already found out – at some cost. When he asked an open question about...
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'Paper cups don't exactly scream credibility'
Elinor Falkman from the Energy Platform challenges the conference organisers of the KTH to create the most environmentally friendly events possible. This will improve KTH's credibility, she suggests. (Photo: Christer Gummeson) Published Dec 04, 2012If KTH is to become credible in environmental matters, it needs to practice what it preaches. Or more precisely, what it researches. This is the view of the Energy Platform's management, which decided...
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KTH's lunches become sustainable energy
Master's student Janet Eustasie (on the right) and researcher Anders Malmquist are operating a biogas plant that transforms KTH's lunch leftovers to electricity and heat. (Photo: Christer Gummeson) Published Jun 19, 2012The leftovers of your lunch that you leave on your plate are now being transformed into biogas at a research facility at the edge of the wood on Brinellvägen on KTH's campus. The experiment may become...
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The environmental issue to be included in all programmes
“It is great that the course in sustainable development comes in at an early stage of the programme,” says computer engineering student Alexander Solsmed. (Photo: Christer Gummeson) Published May 28, 2012KTH is now making an extra effort with their educational programmes about environmental and sustainable development. Among other things, computer engineering students will be able to study a new cours...
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Jake mixes science and politics
Jake Whitehead has political ambitions with his research – to contribute to decisions that are of benefit to the environment. (Photo: Christer Gummeson) Published May 16, 2012He is passionate about change and says that the ecological arguments must be more important than the financial with regard to growth. Jake Whitehead is at present working on two doctoral theses at the...
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