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Theme: AI and humans

How can AI contribute to people's lives and the development of society? What are the opportunities, challenges and concerns? A series of articles focusing on artificial intelligence and humans presents exciting research from KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

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Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology developed a model for estimating the speed and extent of biofilm growth, which could enable ship operators to schedule hull cleaning at optimal intervals to save on fuel consumption. (Photo: David Callahan)

Study on ship sliming suggests way to reduce costs in ocean transport

Slime build-up is a costly drag on fuel efficiency for ocean-going cargo ships, leading to more emissions and, eventually, higher consumer prices. A recent study, however, suggests a new approach to m...

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Joakim Lundeberg receives 30 million kronor from the Swedish Research Council to build a strong research environment in molecular biology (Photo: Wallenberg Foundations)

He aims for innovative technology in medicine

Joakim Lundeberg, professor of molecular biotechnology at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, has received just over 30 million kronor from the Swedish Research Council's distinguished professor grant ...

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Emir Konuk and other researchers have shown that AI outperforms human experts in identifying ovarian cancer on ultrasound images (Photo: KTH)

AI better at detecting ovarian cancer

AI-based models are better than human experts at identifying ovarian cancer via ultrasound images. This is the result of a study by researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and KI.

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RESEARCHERS’ NOTICEBOARD
Woman cooking on electric stove
New research highlights that by adopting cleaner cooking technologies, like electric cooking, Nepal could prevent around 9,563 deaths annually and reduce health costs and emissions significantly.

KTH helps Nepal shift to cleaner cooking fuels

KTH is part of a collaboration to make Nepalis to use cleaner fuels when cooking.

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Ultra-High-Speed Wireless Communication

Have you ever wondered how we might achieve ultra-high-speed wireless communication or next-level radar systems? The answer lies in the terahertz (THz) frequency range.

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Lorenz Payonga, doctoral student at KTH’s Department of Energy Technology, is involved in the PARMENIDES project.

A humanized electricity grid

Can you combine the requirements from the electricity grid and the needs from the consumers? Researchers at KTH will combine multiple energy storage technologies with insights from human behavior, the...

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