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  • Europe doesn’t realize full extent of threat to Mediterranean soil

    a vineyard in Italy with a farmhouse in the background.
    Mediterranean region has the overall highest soil erosion rates within the Europe, the lowest levels of soil organic matter and severe salinisation problems. Pictured: a vineyard in Italy. (Franco Volpato, mostphotos.com)
    Published Feb 16, 2022

    Europe’s Mediterranean countries produce a significant portion of the world’s wines, olives, nuts and tomatoes. But research shows that the region’s farms and orchards are the most susceptible in Euro...

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  • Nobel laureate Alfvén’s visionary portrayal of computers in the distant future is now an opera

    Portrait of Leif Handberg in KTH's reactor hall R1.
    Leif Handberg, director of KTH's reactor hall R1, is project manager for the opera ”The Tale Of The Great Computing Machine”. Here he is seen in the control room of the former nuclear reactor. Photo: Marc Femenia.
    Published Feb 15, 2022

    In 1966, “The Tale of the Big Computer” by Hannes Alfvén, a Nobel Laureate and former professor in Physics at KTH, was published. In a co-production with Stiftelsen Vadstena-Akademien, KTH is staging ...

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  • 'I want to at least contribute toward equality'

    Valerie Babkina poses in a doorway at the KTH Campus
    "There has to be a match between the scholarship and the person who gets it," says Valerie Babkina. (Photo: Margarita Babenko)
    Published Feb 10, 2022

    Valerie Babkina is determined to stop gendering in mass communications, particularly in her native Russia. That vision of sustainability has guided her in earning three successive scholarships, beginn...

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  • Self-assembling and complex, nanoscale mesocrystals can be tuned for a variety of uses

    close up image of mesocrystals forming into supracrystal structures
    A magnified view reveals nanoscale mesocrystals (inset) starting to assemble and form an ordered supracrystal structure, seen in green. (Photo: courtesy of Inna Soroka)
    Published Feb 08, 2022

    A research team from KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces report to have found the key to controlled fabrication of cerium oxide mesocrystals. The rese...

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  • Satellite data shows ‘shocking’ way Earth's magnetic field produces plasma jets

    An aurora visible over Uppsala Sweden.
    An aurora appears over Uppsala, Sweden, in late January, 2022. Such phenomena can be enhanced by the plasma jets formed at Earth's bow shock. (Photo: Kjell Carli)
    Published Feb 02, 2022

    Even though Earth’s magnetic field shields us from solar wind and space weather—it doesn’t always offer complete protection. Researchers have discovered a new mechanism in Earth’s space environment th...

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  • 2D materials could be used to simulate brain synapses in computers

    Published Jan 31, 2022

    With the introduction of a new component material, researchers at KTH take another step toward computers that mimic the human brain.

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  • Growing ratio of women to men in master's programme recruitment

    view of the library from balcony
    The trend of diversification amounts to a 2-point year-over-year increase since 2018. (Photo: David Callahan)
    Published Jan 20, 2022

    Female enrollment in the master’s programmes at KTH Royal Institute of Technology has been steadily rising in recent years.

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  • “Healthcare and welfare services should be accessible to everyone”

    Portrait Rustam Nabiev
    “It is unacceptable that healthcare personnel in Uganda have to spend 16 minutes of their valuable time with each child that is to be vaccinated on administration, instead of teaching the parents about diet and how to care for the child instead. Our technology reduces this administration time to 4 minutes,” Nabiev says.
    Published Dec 16, 2021

    Rustam Nabiev, the recipient of the KTH Innovation Award for 2021, grew up in the shadow of civil war in Tajikistan. When he was 12-years old, he supported his family by collecting PET bottles. Today...

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  • KTH to host the THE Innovation & Impact Summit 2022

    Borggården at KTH:s campus at Valhallavägen.
    26-28 April next year, Times Higher Education's conference, THE Innovation & Impact Summit 2022, is to be arranged at KTH.
    Published Dec 15, 2021

    Stefan Östlund, Vice President for Global Relations and project manager of the THE (Times Higher Education) Innovation & Impact Summit 2022 that will be arranged at KTH from 26 – 28 April next year. C...

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  • KTH initiates more and new collaborations around the world

    A part of the globe.
    KTH has set its sights on developing international collaboration at all levels.
    Published Dec 14, 2021

    KTH has set its sights on developing international collaboration at all levels with universities in the USA, Africa and Europe. South Korea will be an individual country in focus. “As a university o...

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  • Newsmakers at KTH

    Published Dec 14, 2021

    Who has received what when it comes to funding? What findings, results and researchers have attracted attention outside KTH? Under the vignette Newsmakers, we provide a selection of the latest news an...

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  • Star's self-destruction is presented in 3D

    Josefin Larsson holds a green blob, a 3d printout of a supernova explosion
    Associate Professor Josefin Larsson displays a green 3D printout of the supernova, of which unprecedented details have been published in 3D. Photo: David Callahan
    Published Dec 08, 2021

    A 1,000-year-old supernova has been captured in 3D images that reveal yet unseen details of the elements that are ejected when a star explodes. Analysis of data from the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explo...

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  • Initiatives aimed at reversing deterioration of the Baltic Sea

    Mikael Östling, crown princess Victoria, Philip von Segebaden and David Nilsson gathered in library
    Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden participated in a Baltic Tech Initiative seminar at the KTH Library where she was joined by, from left, KTH Deputy President Mikael Östling, Development Office Director Philip von Segebaden and David Nilsson, scientific coordinator of the Baltic Tech Initiative.
    Published Dec 02, 2021

    The marine environment is worsening at a fast rate and KTH researchers are now working to reverse the trend in the Baltic Sea. “We want to solve the problems by, among other ways, electronically mon...

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  • With scholarship, student pursues becoming “a different kind of doctor”

    portrait of Aishwarya Sajimon on Osquars Backe, at KTH
    “When I learned I got the scholarship, I was over the moon." Aishwarya Sajimon is one of the recipients of the KTH Scholarship
    Published Dec 01, 2021

    Aishwarya Sajimon has been sure of her career path since her early teens, when biotechnology became a passion. Now, she is at KTH, studying for her MSc in Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology.

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  • Wearable textile robotic muscles help singers with their breathing technique

    A model wearing a knitted upper body garment with robotic features.
    A knitted upper body garment with robotic properties that can be used to teach Vocal Studies students to breathe properly. Picture: Özgun Kilic Afsar.
    Published Nov 30, 2021

    Equipment for astronauts that enables them to sense objects they touch in space. Or an underclothing garment that helps Vocal Studies students to breathe correctly or to help in the recovery of patien...

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  • Billions for innovative materials

    three different versions of KTH's transparent wood.
    Three different versions transparent wood, one of the innovative materials that researchers at KTH works with.
    Published Nov 30, 2021

    The Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse (KAW) is investing over SEK 3 billion in materials research with the aim of enabling a more sustainable society. The money will be shared between KTH and five ...

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  • Focus on transport during Spanish royal visit

    An man holding a remote console in his hands in front of a screen.
    King Felipe VI of Spain testing remote driving at Intergrated TRansport Research Lab.
    Published Nov 25, 2021

    The kings of Sweden and Spain were given a taste of KTH research into sustainable transport of the future during a visit to KTH and its Integrated Transport Research Lab (ITRL). “The visit can be v...

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  • Tech leader drives digital innovation in a courageous way

    Portrait image of Pernilla Thessén.
    Published Nov 22, 2021

    Pernilla Thessén uses her academic background in political science, biotechnology and economics to guide engineering consultants into the digital age. Since the end of the summer, she has served as he...

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  • Researchers experiment with future of sustainable student housing

    Students eat a meal in a shared kitchen at the experimental apartment
    Roommates gather in the kitchen of an experimental apartment designed for research in sustainable co-living for university students. (Photo: Fredrik Persson)
    Published Nov 17, 2021

    A new, eco-friendly student residence project indicates that students in Sweden can expect a different kind of housing in the future.

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  • New Cybersecurity master's programme is open for applications

    woman facing computer screen in control room at shipping terminal
    The need for cybersecurity extends across all facets of a digitalised society, from industrial control systems to personal computing. A new master's programme seeks to increase the ranks of engineers in cybersecurity.
    Published Nov 11, 2021

    Cybersecurity isn’t just a worldwide need, it’s now a master’s programme at KTH—and the first batch of students are applying for it.

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