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  • New centre uses a system approach to tackle climate crisis

    Giant iceberg in Greenland.
    Giant iceberg from a melting glacier in Ilulissat on Greenland. Photo: Maridav / Mostphotos
    Published Nov 10, 2021

    Why hasn’t the climate crisis been met with faster action? In the newly-launched KTH Climate Action Centre, researchers aim to speed up the climate action process by engaging the whole of society.

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  • Economics researcher: Invest more in the climate

    Electric car connected to a charging post along a city street.
    The expansion of charging points is a key part of the transition to electric vehicles. (PHOTO: GAMMA-MAN/Mostphotos)
    Published Nov 03, 2021

    Larger investments in the climate even if it means less money for other things now, but that can easily profit future generations. This is an important step along the way to meet Sweden’s climate goal...

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  • Researchers evaluate whether lactate sensors can contribute to sports physiology

    a sensor is attached to a man's arm while he rides a stationary bicycle
    A KTH research team's lactate sensor technology undergoes tests.
    Published Oct 28, 2021

    Recent advances at KTH suggest that lactate sensor technology is well-positioned to contribute to the field of sports medicine. Two recent studies take a look at the challenges and offer a possible so...

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  • Newsmakers at KTH

    Published Oct 25, 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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  • Researchers find way to stabilize promising material for solar panels

    A solar cell on top that is flatter, and one on the bottom which is rounder
    This image shows the difference between an ordinary perovskite solar cell, top, and a perovskits solar cell with a water-repellent molecular-thin layer, below.
    Published Oct 25, 2021

    One of the solar energy market’s most promising solar cell materials—perovskite—is also the most frustrating. A research team in Sweden reports a possible solution to the environmental instability of ...

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  • Senseable Stockholm research delivers results for safety, transport and segregation

    A man and two women in a discussion.
    Carlo Ratti, MIT, Sigbritt Karlsson, KTH and Anna König Jerlmyr, City of Stockholm debate city development and the joint Senseable Stockholm Lab in City Hall.
    Published Oct 22, 2021

    In the space of just over two years, collaboration within the Senseable Stockholm Lab has delivered a number of research results that over time, can benefit both Stockholmers and their city. “Our col...

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  • Experiments reveal formation of a new state of matter: Electron quadruplets

    A close-up of iron-based material, Ba1−xKxFe2As2, in lab set-up for experimental measurements.
    Electron quadruplets were observed in this iron-based superconductor material, Ba1−xKxFe2As2, seen mounted for experimental measurements in Professor Babaev's research. (Photo: Vadim Grinenko, Federico Caglieris)
    Published Oct 19, 2021

    For nearly 20 years, Egor Babaev has sought to show a new state of matter—electron quadruplets. Now he has found what he was looking for.

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  • KTH researcher finds persistent water vapour in Europa’s atmosphere

    Europa as seen from space
    A new study by KTH researcher Lorenz Roth reveals that there is persistent water vapour in Europa's atmosphere. (Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute))
    Published Oct 15, 2021

    The revelation that persistent water vapour exists in the atmosphere of Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, was reported yesterday by the European Space Agency based on a study by Lorenz Roth, a researcher in...

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  • Gel fights drug-resistant bacteria and induces body’s natural immune defense

    A piece of hydrogel is seen on the tip of a finger in the lab.
    “Bacterial cells are interactive, and so are dendritic macromolecules,” says KTH Professor Michael Malkoch. “When they meet, it doesn’t turn out well for the bacteria.”
    Published Oct 14, 2021

    In the fight against multidrug-resistant bacteria, scientists in Sweden have developed a new kind of antibiotic-free protection for wounds that kills drug-resistant bacteria and induces the body’s own...

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  • Method recycles batteries faster, with less environmental impact

    Xiong Xiao in the laboratorium.
    KTH scientist Xiong Xiao uses ultrasound in combination with acetic acid and citric acid, instead of sulfuric acid, to extract the metals from the batteries. Photo: Peter Ardell
    Published Oct 11, 2021

    As the electrification of society increases, so does the amount of used batteries that need to be recycled. Scientists at KTH have developed a new method to recycle valuable metals from used lithium b...

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  • ’Everyone should be able to participate in distance work meetings on same terms’

    Person in front of a laptop with digital meeting gallery view of several faces
    Isolation is a recurring line of argument in the reasoning behind distance meetings. Edlund’s thesis, after 20 years of observations in the field, is that hybrid meetings are less successful. When three participants are in one room and face each other to discuss, it excludes the person joining remotely. Photo: Unsplash
    Published Oct 11, 2021

    A work meeting where some participate together in a room while others join from distance is a bad solution, says Jens Edlund, university lecturer at the Division of Speech, Music and Hearing at KTH. ...

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  • KTH physicist takes stock of Nobel laureate Parisi’s influence

    Portraits of Giorgia Parisi
    A "renaissance man" is how KTH Professor Erik Aurell describes Nobel Physics laureate Giorgio Parisi, pictured far right, with the two who shared today's prize with him: Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann. (Illustration: Niklas Elmehed, Nobel Prize Outreach)
    Published Oct 05, 2021

    For KTH physicist Erik Aurell, today’s Nobel Physics Prize recognition of Giorgio Parisi couldn’t have come soon enough. “It’s a great prize,” says Aurell. “Many of us have been waiting for this for a...

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  • Survey says KTH graduates among world's most employable

    Graduates at Stockholm City Hall receive their diplomas
    KTH graduates have an employment rate of 81.2 percent in the first 12 months after graduation. (Photo: David Callahan)
    Published Oct 01, 2021

    Graduates from KTH are among the most employable in the world, according to the newly-released QS Employability Rankings. The ranking places KTH 70th globally, which means it is 18th among all Europea...

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  • Mentoring programme bridges gap between students and labour market

    Portrait photos of mentor Amanda Sterner Nordin and student Navita Hassan.
    With experience in guiding thesis project-students Amanda Sterner Nordin felt it was rewarding to continue supporting students through the mentor programme. She was matched with Navita Hassan, who has gained insight into the career that awaits her. Photos: private
    Published Sep 30, 2021

    The mentoring programme at KTH supports students in getting their careers started, and provides former KTH students an opportunity to guide young talents and future colleagues. “Students are the f...

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  • 'Adventure and transformation' followed alum's architecture studies

    Faria Ibrahim at the piano, side view
    Urban planning and UX design aren't the only things that Faria Ibrahim's resume includes. Her experience at KTH led her to become an entrepreneur who balances client work with her own artistic ambitions. (Photo:Gilles Bonugli Kali)
    Published Sep 27, 2021

    Faria Ibrahim started her MSc in urban planning and design in 2008, just as the global financial crisis brought new construction starts to a virtual halt, and opportunities for young architects became...

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  • Mathematics researcher receives a large grant from the European Research Council

    Portrait photo Maurice Duits
    Maurice Duits is an associate professor at the Department of Mathematics at KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
    Published Sep 21, 2021

    He examines large random systems and shows that they are not always as uncontrolled as one might think. KTH researcher Maurice Duits is one of more than 300 researchers to receive a research grant in ...

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  • Newsmakers at KTH

    Published Sep 17, 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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  • Value of centre's patents found to equal that of world-leading biotech institutions'

    view of BioClinicum at Karolinska Institutet, one of MedTechLabs' locatoins.
    A view from MedTechLabs location at BioClinicum in Stockholm. (Photo: MedTechLabs)
    Published Sep 09, 2021

    The value of patents and research results from the KTH research centre, MedTechLabs, is at the same levels as those produced at leading universities worldwide, a new study shows.

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  • KTH maintains Top 250 status in Times Higher Education ranking

    view of the KTH Stockholm campus, facing east, with KTH Entre in the foreground
    KTH was ranked 239th in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Ranking released today. (Photo: Petter Karlberg)
    Published Sep 02, 2021

    In the new Times Higher Education rankings released today, KTH Royal Institute of Technology maintained its distinction as one of the top 250 universities worldwide. Among those in Sweden, KTH ranked ...

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  • Nobel laureate Sir Gregory Winter appointed honorary doctor at KTH

    Portrait of Sir Gregory P. Winter.
    Sir Gregory P. Winter is one of four new honorary doctors at KTH. Photo: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.
    Published Sep 02, 2021

    In 2018, he shared one half of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the phage display method. Now, Sir Gregory P. Winter is one of four new honorary doctors at KTH.

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