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Clean cooking needs more than better stoves
Women collecting firewood for cooking, a practice that can take hours of time every day in many parts of the world. Photo: Youssef Boulkaid Published Mar 11, 2026Nearly two billion people may still lack access to clean cooking by 2030. A new international study led by KTH researcher Francesco Fuso Nerini argues that faster progress will require more than impro...
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Research that provides hope through action
InspireLab Centre Director Pia Höök. Published Mar 07, 2026”We show what is needed and what is possible. We create hope through action,” writes centre director Pia Höök, describing the learnings and results from InspireLab's first year. The centre has demonst...
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Lihui Wang Elected President of International Engineering Academy
Published Mar 06, 2026Professor Lihui Wang at the Department of Production Engineering, KTH, has been elected President of the International Academy of Engineering and Technology (AET) - an international network that bring...
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Greener courtyards increase interest in housing
Agnieszka Zalejska Jonsson. Photo: Jon Lindhe, KTH Published Mar 03, 2026Access to greenery affects how people perceive their living environment – and how much they are willing to pay for a new home, according to a study from KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
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Environmental scholarships to SEED students
Congratulations to Yuki Okamoto, Filip Forsberg, Andrea Robling, Irja Höglund, Kaushiki Brahma, Bhanu Mohindra, Amanda Maria Aho Vanhatapio, Albert Edvardsson, Angela Ofosua Twum, Risha Chowdhury, Sara Hailu, and Johanna Järviluoto. Published Mar 03, 2026Sveriges Ingenjörer has awarded nine projects SEK 50.000 each for their potential to address environmental challenges and provide insights into scientifically based, practical solutions. SEED has seve...
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The benefits of bran residuals: Carl Rämgård on enzyme engineering in circular food systems
Carl Rämgård. Photo: private Published Mar 03, 2026Enzymes exist in all living organisms and act as catalysts in chemical processes. There is a broad application of enzyme technology, and extensive research is being conducted in the area, not least in...
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The 2025 Annual Report is here
KTH Campus, photo: Fredrik Persson. Published Feb 20, 2026KTH's annual report is now available. Anna Björklund, who led the work on the report, encourages people to read it and answers a few questions.
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Innovation for Symbiotic and Circular Food Provisioning
Published Feb 20, 2026Why do promising innovations in the food system so often fail to scale? Using side streams as an example, Professor Valentina Tartari and Dr. Maria Bustamante explore why innovation is not only a tech...
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KTH Climate Action Centre Welcomes 2026 Environmental Thesis Scholarship Recipients
Congratulations to Yuki Okamoto, Filip Forsberg, Andrea Robling, Irja Höglund, Kaushiki Brahma, Bhanu Mohindra, Amanda Maria Aho Vanhatapio, Albert Edvardsson, Angela Ofosua Twum, Risha Chowdhury, Sara Hailu, and Johanna Järviluoto Published Feb 19, 2026Sveriges Ingenjörer awarded nine projects with SEK 50,000 for their potential to address environmental problems and offer insights to science-based, practical solutions.
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From Canada to KTH – An International Leap to a New Life
Published Feb 18, 2026Curiosity about the world and a strong desire for an international perspective led Samantha Arpas to leave Canada for studies at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. – I was drawn to the university’s c...
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Method to extract Baltic phosphorus may ease Europe's reliance on fertilizer imports
An essential ingredient of agricultural fertilizer, phosphorus could be sourced from the Baltic Sea, where it is found in excessive concentrations. (Photo: Igor Stevanovic) Published Feb 18, 2026The Baltic Sea is one of the world’s most oxygen-depleted major bodies of water. The reason is excessive concentrations of phosphorus, an element essential for life—and an important ingredient in fert...
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EGI´s women in science celebrated
Published Feb 17, 2026On February 11th International Day of Women and Girls in Science is celebrated! Meet a few of the dedicated and talented women celebrating this day at the Department of Energy Technology at KTH Roya...
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Architect from KTH exhibits at ArkDes
Nicholas Niemen. Foto: Jon Lindhe. Published Feb 11, 2026Nicholas Niemen's curiosity got him locked in a construction site in Frihamnen, but it also gave rise to the idea of creating furniture from recycled building materials. Now, the designer from KTH is ...
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Rail switch data may reduce train delays in cold climates
A commuter train speeds towards Uppsala in midday traffic. Commuting on the train in winter can be frustrating when switches freeze up. A new study offers a more affordable and sustainable solution for avoiding that problem. David Callahan photo Published Feb 11, 2026Rail commuters in cold climates like Sweden’s are all too familiar with winter train delays and cancellations. The culprit is usually rail switches that freeze up or clog with snow even though they’re...
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KTH Support for integrated Climate, Land, Energy and Water Planning in Lao PDR
Published Feb 10, 2026On January 15 and 16, Shravan Kumar, Carolina Poupinha, and Francesco Gardumi from the Division of Energy Systems supported a workshop to consolidate capacity to carry out modelling using the Climate,...
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The material that could power tomorrow’s quantum devices
Published Feb 10, 2026Imagine electronics that are faster, smarter, and use far less energy than today’s devices. Instead of relying only on electric charge, future technologies may use the spin of electrons—a tiny quantum...
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The Material Cloud Film Festival
Published Feb 09, 2026The Marie Skłodowska-Curie project LIBRA, supported by the KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory, the Swedish Red Cross, ForumCiv, Digital Futures and the Centre for Anthropocene History proudly ann...
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Prestigious NVIDIA Grant for AI-driven research to KTH Climate Action Centre
Sina Sheikholeslami and Francesco Fuso Nerini. Published Feb 05, 2026KTH researchers Sina Sheikholeslami and Francesco Fuso Nerini will have access to powerful computing resources this spring to develop a language model supporting their research on Sustainable Developm...
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KTH empties a family’s home of plastic
The Hesse family among 400 kilos of removed plastic items. Published Feb 04, 2026Is it possible to live a good everyday life without plastic? In an unusual experiment, researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology emptied a family home – and rebuilt it almost entirely without p...
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KTH Master’s Thesis Wins First Prize in Energimarknadsinspektionen’s National Competition
Energimarknadsinspektionen thesis competition winners: Sara Johansson and Marija Pajtiar Published Feb 04, 2026KTH master’s thesis students Sara Johansson and Marija Pajtlar have been awarded first prize in Energimarknadsinspektionen’s annual thesis competition, for their outstanding work on regulatory methods...
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