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Turning deepfake porn into a design challenge
Alejandra Gómez Ortega and Madeline Balaam present their photo booth, which generates implicit images of its subjects. Photo: Anna Gullers Published Nov 17, 2025It takes one photo and five minutes and your face could appear in a fake porn video. KTH researchers Madeline Balaam och Alejandra Gómez Ortega are investigating how generative AI fuels this form of a...
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How she reveals hidden norms
The design of technical products often signals narrow ideas about who the user is expected to be, according to Karin Ehrnberger. (Photo: Christer Gummeson) Published Nov 17, 2025The design of technical gadgets influences more than we think – from our behaviour to who is welcomed or excluded. Researcher and industrial designer Karin Ehrnberger shows how design can reveal norms...
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Feeling safe at the station – a question of fairness
If certain groups feel that they cannot travel safely, it becomes a question of equality, says Vania Ceccato, professor of urban planning. (Photo: Christer Gummeson) Published Nov 17, 2025The feeling of safety at Swedish railway stations varies significantly between different groups. Women, LGBTQI people and people with disabilities more often feel unsafe in station environments, which...
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Nuclear power in a warmer climate
Per Högselius wants to see an open and level-headed debate about the pros and cons of nuclear power. (Photo: Christer Gummeson) Published Nov 12, 2025How will nuclear power cope with climate change? A new book, edited by historian of technology Per Högselius, examines how a warmer climate and water shortages could affect nuclear power plants.
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Potential treatment may prevent brain damage in premature babies
New research reveals details about how cerebral hemorrhages cause brain damage during premature birth. “Instead of remaining flexible and ready to grow into different types of brain cells, the stem cells start changing too early or stop growing altogether,” says Professor Anna Herland. Published Nov 11, 2025A treatment that could protect premature babies from brain damage showed promise in a recent study. Using a first-of-its-kind prenatal brain model created with human cells researchers observed new det...
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ERC funding: researchers to map how cancer spreads
Doctor examining an X-ray image of a patient with lung cancer. (Photo: Mostphotos) Published Nov 06, 2025A majority of cancer-related deaths occur because a primary tumour has produced metastases. However, the primary tumours and cancer cells that give rise to metastases, how they spread, and how they ev...
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Council awards 155 million Swedish crowns to KTH research
A total of 36 KTH researchers receive grants from the Swedish Research Council. Photo: KTH Published Nov 03, 2025A total of 36 researchers at KTH will receive 155 million Swedish crowns in grants from the Swedish Research Council's major distribution within natural sciences and technology. The KTH projects recei...
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KTH partners with Singapore on quantum technology
The agreement was signed in Singapore by Camilla Johansson, QSIP, and Ling Keok Tong, NQO, and witnessed by ministers Ebba Busch from Sweden and Jasmin Lau from Singapore. Photo: EnterpriseSG Published Nov 03, 2025Sweden and Singapore are stepping up their collaboration in quantum technology to speed up research and innovation in an area expected to underpin future technologies. A newly signed Memorandum of Und...
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Heart ‘blueprint’ reveals origins of defects and insights into fetal development
“This map provides a kind of blueprint, showing how key parts of the heart—like the pacemaker system, heart valves, and the wall between the upper chambers—form and function,” says KTH researcher Enikő Lázár, (pictured right). On the left is the study's co-lead author, Raphaël Mauron, (Photo: Patrick Truong) Published Oct 29, 2025New research has produced a “blueprint” revealing how the human heart is built during prenatal development. It offers insights that could lead to improved prenatal care and new treatments for heart de...
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KTH professor receives prestigious geoscience award
Prosun Bhattacharya (centre) works at the Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering at KTH. Photo: R. Olsson KTH Published Oct 29, 2025Thanks to research developed by KTH, more than one million people have gained access to safe drinking water with life-saving health benefits. Professor Prosun Bhattacharya has now been awarded one of ...
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Doubtful climate gains from seaweed feed
Methane emissions, mostly from cow burps, contribute more to global warming than carbon dioxide. (Photo: Mostphotos) Published Oct 29, 2025Seaweed in animal feed has been highlighted to reduce the impact of cattle on the climate. However, new findings from KTH show that the alleged benefits may disappear when the entire life cycle is con...
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KTH lab to revolutionise nuclear fuel production
In his research project, Professor Pär Olsson will establish a laboratory to develop expertise in the manufacture of nuclear materials. Photo: Jon Lindhe Published Oct 28, 2025Two KTH projects in the field of nuclear energy have received over SEK 50 million from the Swedish Energy Agency. The money will be used to build a research laboratory and a knowledge platform for the...
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Mats Danielsson receives IVA’s Gold Medal for his groundbreaking research
Mats Danielsson (right) received IVA's Gold Medal from Chair Marcus Wallenberg at the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences' 106th Annual Meeting. Photo: Erik Cronberg, IVA Published Oct 24, 2025Professor Mats Danielsson has been awarded the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences’ (IVA) Gold Medal 2025, for his pioneering work in medical imaging technology. “I am very proud and see t...
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The idea that got Sweden moving
Carina Haak, founder of Fritidsbanken, wants to enable more people to find joy in sports and outdoor activities. (Photo: Private) Published Oct 21, 2025From a small premises in Deje to a movement that has spread throughout Sweden. Today, Fritidsbanken lends out millions of sports and leisure items – and has become a natural part of life for many. Now...
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Quantum communication could become the superpower of the future
Katia Gallo gives a tour of two laboratories at the Department of Physics at AlbaNova, the hub for the NQCIS pilot facility at KTH. Her team, NQP (Nonlinear and Quantum Photonics), builds, tests and develops components, software and systems for secure and stable quantum communication. They also train new users and teach students quantum technology. Published Oct 15, 2025Katia Gallo, Professor of Photonics, has always been fascinated by the combination of the laws of physics and engineering. She currently coordinates Sweden’s participation in a European initiative to ...
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Running late? New parking rules make shared e-scooters less convenient
In an online survey with more than 1,000 respondents, more than 80 percent of shared e-scooter users in both cities said they had to walk farther to find or to park around bus and train stations, says Boel Berg Wincent. (Photo: David Callahan) Published Oct 15, 2025Commuters trying to beat the clock account for nearly one third of shared electric scooter trips on a typical workday morning, recent research indicates. But reliance on these vehicles can be dampened...
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Researchers able to study reactions at a new level of detail
X-rays scattering off the valence electrons surrounding ammonia molecules (orange and green shapes) and getting captured on a detector. Photo: Ian Gabalski/Stanford/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Published Oct 14, 2025An international team of researchers has been able to study chemical reactions in the most detail to date – tracking a single valence electron as ammonia dissociates upon absorption of light. Taking a...
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At 98th, KTH among world’s top 100 universities
KTH places higher than all but two Swedish universities in the new 2026 list. Published Oct 13, 2025In the latest Times Higher Education World University Ranking, KTH Royal Institute of Technology was ranked 98th among more than 2,000 universities worldwide.
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Pan-disease atlas maps molecular fingerprints of health, disease and aging
"We can separate universal false alarm bells of inflammation from truly disease specific signals," says Mathias Uhlén, professor at Stockholm’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology and the director of the Human Protein Atlas project. (Photo: Gustav Ceder) Published Oct 10, 2025A new study has mapped the distinct molecular “fingerprints” that 59 diseases leave in an individual’s blood protein – which would enable blood tests to discern troubling signs from those that are mor...
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Human cilia study finds new proteins, offers clues to childhood disorders
In mapping the primary cilia in human cells, researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stanford University have opened the door to identifying new disease-causing genes and better understanding of rare disorders. Pictured are the study's lead author, Jan Hansen (left) and Emma Lundberg, who leads the labs in Sweden and California where the research was performed. Published Oct 02, 2025A research collaboration between KTH and Stanford reveals new insights into the "antennae" - or primary cilia - that human cells use for signal processing. This atlas of human cilia may contribute to ...
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