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Honorary doctor focuses on collaboration for a fossil-free future
Anders Brolin, experienced Director of Group Innovation and R&D within the field of pulp, paper and packaging materials at Stora Enso, is one of two recipients of an honorary doctorate from KTH in 2022. (Photo: Private) Published Nov 10, 2022Anders Brolin, a director with many years’ experience of research in the forest industry, has played an important role in developing KTH’s research into pulp and paper. Recently, there has been a focu...
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“Driverless vehicles of the future could have an adverse impact on human health”
“As a society, we need to think about how we actually want to use autonomous technology. We can’t ban motor traffic, it does have a place after all. But pedestrian and cycle traffic has one too, and it has positive side effects,” says KTH researcher Erik Almlöf. Published Nov 09, 2022If autonomous vehicles become commonplace on our roads in the future, fewer people will walk or cycle while emissions will increase, according to a new research study. “More people will take the car ...
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KTH hosts hub during the UN climate conference
Karin Larsdotter, deputy director of KTH Climate Action Center. Photo: Alexandra Von Kern. Published Nov 08, 2022Hello there, Karin Larsdotter, deputy director of KTH Climate Action Center; what is happening at KTH's COP27 hub?
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Wood-based plastic may enable circular home furnishings and building materials
Peter Olsén, a researcher at KTH, holds up a sample piece of a new degradable plastic from wood. “These new materials, because of their high fiber content and degradable, matrix could be a game changer for a future circular material economy," he says. (Photo: courtesy of Peter Olsén) Published Oct 25, 2022Plastics used in home furnishings and constructions materials could be replaced with a new kind of wood-based degradable plastic with semi-structural strength. Unlike thermoplastic, the material can b...
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KTH alum Sandra Muhr develops a toolbox for cancer treatments at CERN
Published Oct 25, 2022Sandra Muhr, 27, is playing a part in the industrialisation of future cancer treatments at CERN, the world’s biggest particle physics laboratory located just outside of Geneva, Switzerland. “The miss...
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Newsmakers at KTH
Published Oct 24, 2022Who 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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Method makes it possible to single out and attack HIV virus’ most dangerous parts
A new method makes it possible to identify which HIV particles are growing, opening a potential path for targeting the molecules responsible for the virus' growth. Pictured, numerous, spheroid shaped, mustard-colored human immunodeficiency virus particles attach themselves to the cell's surface membrane. (Photo: U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Published Oct 19, 2022A new method could make it possible to identify the most dangerous parts of the HIV virus, so they can be singled out for attack.
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Sewage monitoring method can trace source of child hepatitis outbreaks
Vials containing sewage water are scanned a method for monitoring Covid-19 in sewage, which can also be used to trace the source of other outbreaks, including monkeypox and hepatitis. Published Oct 13, 2022Researchers have created a method that now makes it possible to monitor sewage for a virus that has is believed to be linked to hepatitis outbreaks worldwide. First developed for the Covid-19 pandemic...
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KTH Great Prize 2022 goes to innovator behind solar powered water purifier
Petra Wadström, designer, artist and the innovator behind Solvatten receives the KTH Great Prize 2022. Today the technology is used in more than 20 countries, improving the lives of more than half a million people. Published Oct 13, 2022The Solvatten innovation is saving lives in refugee camps, war zones and other places where a lack of clean water has reached crisis proportions. Solvatten provides a container that users fill with c...
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Six tons of batteries in experimental student residence
Unloading the batteries outside KTH Live-In Lab. Photo: Einar Mattsson Published Oct 12, 2022A large group of batteries has been installed for a research project in KTH Live-In Lab, an experimental student residence where KTH, Northvolt and Einar Mattsson conduct research together. They’re te...
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Research and teaching lift KTH in THE world ranking
In the areas of research and teaching, which account for 90 percent of the overall ranking, KTH’s 2023 scores have increased over the previous year—most notably in the performance area of citation and impact. (photo: David Callahan) Published Oct 12, 2022KTH Royal Institute of Technology landed in its highest ranking position since 2016 in the newly-released 2023 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, an achievement the university’s p...
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Nobel physiology laureate’s KTH connections date back decades
. “We haven’t crossed paths much scientifically, but we have done some things together over the years,” Uhlén says of Nobel laureate Svante Pääbo . “And he’s also a very close friend.” Photo: Frank Vinken, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Published Oct 03, 2022Today’s Nobel Physiology Prize announcement was a special one for researchers at KTH and in particular, Mathias Uhlén, Professor of Microbiology at KTH. Uhlén’s friendship with the new Nobel laureate ...
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Moose mannequin a belated success
Magnus Gens built a test dummy for moose accidents as a degree project at KTH in 2001. Now he receives the Ig Nobel Prize for his innovation. (Photo: Private) Published Sep 30, 2022It came out of the blue. A 2022 Ig Nobel Prize goes to engineer Magnus Gens of KTH, who developed a crash-test dummy for moose collisions over 20 years ago as part of a master’s thesis. But now the du...
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New funding for Unite develops collaboration between European universities
The Unite initiative aims to create university networks in Europe, and to form a number of "European universities" in 2024. Published Sep 29, 2022Unite – the University Network for Innovation, Technology and Engineering – works to create the European university of the future. The alliance has now received an additional €14.4 million from the E...
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3D printing can now manufacture customized sensors for robots, pacemakers, and more
Robotics is one area where small volumes of advanced sensors, MEMS, can now be produced with 3D printing. (Photo: David Callahan) Published Sep 28, 2022A newly-developed 3D printing technique could be used to cost-effectively produce customized electronic “machines” the size of insects which enable advanced applications in robotics, medical devices a...
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KTH opera to premiere in December
Leif Handberg, director of Reaktorhallen and initiator of the opera project. Here together with The Queen – one of the two robots featured in the opera – inside the interactive instrument The Vocal Chorder, developed by the artistic directors. Photo: Magnus Glans. Published Sep 27, 2022The Reactor Hall at KTH hosts the December 1 premiere of the opera The Tale of the Great Computing Machine. The opera is based on the children´s book of the same title by late Nobel physics laureate a...
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Compassion gives competitive advantage over robots in workplace
“My key piece of advice to entrepreneurs is to focus on how technology can help meet global challenges, such as security, climate and health. Wherever we see the greatest needs, that’s also where the greatest opportunities lie for the companies of the future,” says Claudia Olsson, CEO and founder of Stellar Capacity, a training company in Digital Leadership. Published Sep 23, 2022“Technical progress has always scared people, as it can be hard to gauge the long-term consequences. But the more we learn about artificial intelligence, the better we can prepare for the future and p...
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Mucus-based lubricant proves highly effective against HIV and herpes
The synthetic gel replicates the self-healing function of mucus in the body: mucin molecules trap virus particles, such as HIV and herpes, which are then cleared through mucus turnover. (Image:Cosmin Butnarasu) Published Sep 15, 2022Cow mucus provides the basis for a synthetic prophylactic gel developed at KTH Royal Institute of Technology to protect against HIV and herpes transmission. The lubricating gel proved 70 percent effec...
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Newsmakers at KTH
Published Sep 14, 2022Who 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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“Nuclear power is now being taken seriously as a sustainable energy option”
“I am honoured to receive KTH Innovation Award, an award to encourage creativity, grit and courage in the mission of making science and technology useful for humanity. One of the lessons from developing the SMR technology is to never give up,” says Professor of Nuclear Engineering Janne Wallenius, who has been researching design and safety analysis of lead-cooled reactor systems since 1996. Published Sep 02, 2022Public resistance to nuclear power was strong when Professor Janne Wallenius began developing the technology for small, lead-cooled nuclear reactors. But times have changed, and ten years down the lin...
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