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Theme: Tech & Democracy

How does technological progress affect our democracy? In a series of interviews, we meet KTH researchers who are examining the risks, opportunities and future power dynamics in an increasingly digitalised world. The topics range from AI-generated lies and cyber threats to citizens’ councils and new electoral systems.

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This year’s Nobel Laureate in Physics. Illustration: Niklas Elmehed, Nobel Prize Outreach

Francis Halzen awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of high-energy neutrinos

This year's Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to Francis Halzen for decisive contributions to the IceCube Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin. The discovery ...

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This year’s Nobel Laureate in Medicine. Illustration: Niklas Elmehed, Nobel Prize Outreach

Nobel Prize for the discovery of optogenetics

This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics, a method that make...

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Mark Pearce. Photo:Jelina Khoo

Mark Pearce on the work behind the Nobel Prize in Physics

From research on black holes and space instrumentation to the Nobel Prize in Physics. Mark Pearce is Professor of Astroparticle Physics at KTH and Chair of the Nobel Committee for Physics. We met with...

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University alliance Stockholm Trio

KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University work together to strengthen collaboration, promote interdisciplinary research and education, and act jointly in Sweden, the EU and globally.

Billions in state dividends undermine research and education

From virtual worlds to academic culture – three new collaborations between Stockholm and Tokyo

When research becomes geopolitics – how should Sweden act?

Sweden needs to strengthen its preparations for the EU’s next long-term budget

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Arian Lundberg is an assistant professor in biomedical proteomics. Photo: Jon Lindhe, KTH

Researchers identify aggressive molecular features in low-risk prostate cancer

Researchers at KTH has developed a new approach that reveals molecular features of aggressive prostate cancer that are not captured by conventional clinical risk classification. The results could lead...

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Four crucial components for the new Atomfab: Adrian Iovan, Vladislav Korenivski, Erik Holmgren and the ALD financed by WISE (Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustain-ability).

New lab for building materials at the atomic scale

Materials built up layer by layer, with a thickness of just a few atomic layers. It may sound impossible, but researchers at KTH now have new capabilities for this kind of materials research.

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KTH researcher Tor Blomqvist talks about the future of space food at the Nobel Prize Museum. Photo: Per Larsson, SU

Space food: Beyond survival

A round trip to Mars takes several years. What will the astronauts eat when they cannot replenish their supplies along the way? KTH researcher Tor Blomqvist is studying the food systems that will be n...

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