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New Vice President for Sustainable Development
Per Lundqvist, is new Vice President for Sustainable Development. Published Mar 29, 2021Per Lundqvist, Professor in Energy Technology, will be KTH Vice President for Sustainable Development from the first of April.
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Students to work with industry in transition to circular economy
Recycling is part of the circular economy. In an industry in Avesta, attempts are being made to sort textiles into different material groups with new technology. (Photo: Andrea Brask/DN/TT) Published Mar 26, 2021The Nordic Countries are keen to increase the rate at which industry can transform into a circular economy. Students at KTH and from our neighbouring countries are going to contribute to this with exp...
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Getting minerals from water is as important as hydrating, says researcher-author
Drinking water should contain the right balance of the vital minerals, according to KTH guest researcher Ingegerd Rosborg. Photo: Lars Owesson/Scandinav Published Mar 22, 2021The water we drink should contain more than 20 vital minerals, which are needed to protect against various diseases, says KTH guest researcher Ingegerd Rosborg. She co-authored a book that has become ...
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Smart Mobility Lab opportunity shaped AI entrepreneur's journey
“Students who enroll in KTH can’t be shy. If you show you’re interested, people will reach out to you." (Photo: Isabella Englund) Published Mar 17, 2021An entrepreneurial journey that started at KTH has led alumnus Umar Chughtai to the threshold of success in the inspection drone business, and the signing of an exciting capital investment.
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Sensors on buses measure city air quality
Last autumn, sensors were fitted to buses in Stockholm to take readings and collect information on the air quality. “The aim is to collect large volumes of data in real time, in order to be able to better understand how the air quality changes in different urban environments in different parts of the city during the course of the day, for instance,” says Sara Borgström. Photo: Unsplash Published Mar 15, 2021By installing sensors on moving vehicles researchers can measure the air quality at street level in real time in a totally new way. “Air borne pollutants, humidity, heat and noise all affect the well...
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Alum organises secure distribution of millions of doses of Covid vaccine
Niklas Adamsson is the Chief Operating Officer at Envirotainer, a company that produces and leases cold chain containers for the international air transport of temperature sensitive pharmaceuticals and vaccines. Published Mar 12, 2021KTH alumnus Niklas Adamsson, Chief Operating Officer at cold chain transport company Envirotainer, explains about the challenges of distributing a temperature sensitive vaccine to different continents...
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Remote ed experience informs students’ designs for new services
Students in Advanced Service Design applied their own experiences with remote learning to design better services for all users. They presented their envisioned products in animations and films. Pictured is a still from one of the animated presentations. Published Mar 12, 2021Technical glitches, lack of interactions and the disappearance of routines are some of the problems young people around the world experience with distance education. Recently, in the Advanced Service ...
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Robots can use eye contact to draw out reluctant participants in group
Researchers demonstrate the experimental setup they used to observe how group participants are prompted to speak up in an activity led by a robot. (Photo: Sarah Gillet) Published Mar 10, 2021Eye contact is a key to establishing a connection, and teachers use it often to encourage participation. But can a robot do this too? Can it draw a response simply by making “eye” contact, even with p...
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All KTH programmes on path to include equality and diversity education
For students, the new modules may be the most noticeable result of an equality and diversity agenda that has been picking up steam in recent years. Published Mar 08, 2021Gender equality and diversity perspectives in technology will have been introduced into the curriculum of 50 mandatory courses at all levels by the beginning of the 2021 autumn term, the KTH Equality ...
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Heat-free optical switch would enable optical quantum computing chips
Illustration of a controlled quantum circuit enabled by the reported heat-free switches. Credit: Lucas Schweickert Published Mar 03, 2021In a potential boost for quantum computing and communication, a European research collaboration reported a new method of controlling and manipulating single photons without generating heat. The soluti...
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Cancer research to gain from identification of 300 proteins
A montage of microscopic images that show the stages of the cell cycle, in which a single cell duplicates its DNA and eventually divides into two "daughter" cells. Staining shows the cell nucleus in blue, and the microtubules in red. Published Feb 24, 2021With the hope of contributing to the fight against cancer, researchers from KTH have identified and mapped 300 proteins that regulate the cell division process.
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Brain training is made visible through a headset
With a headset and app, users can see their own brain signals, or neurons, and influence them in various games via focused thinking. On the display you can see how the body pumps blood to the areas of the brain being trained. The technology is known as neurofeedback and up to now, has primarily been used within the care sector and by company executives and sports stars to deal with stress, anxiety, ADHD, sleeping problems, migraines, memory difficulties and similar disorders. Published Feb 23, 2021Training your brain with the aid of a headset with infrared light and an app is pure physical exercise for your brain, claims KTH alumnus Rickard Eklöf. “Except it is a training session where you don...
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KTH initiative becomes a part of a prestigious consortium
Published Feb 18, 2021KTH and the Digital Futures venture have joined the C3.ai DTI consortium, it was announced today. Karl Henrik Johansson, professor at KTH and director of Digital Futures, explains what this means for ...
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Pandemic leads student to revisit first love: art
Nikita Patil, pictured last fall, explains how the pandemic has led her back to exploring her love of painting and drawing (photo: David Callahan). Published Feb 18, 2021Coping with the isolation and anxiety of the pandemic has led Nikita Patil back to her first love – making art.
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New innovation award celebrates entrepreneurs who have taken on big challenges
Daniel Ek is one of Sweden’s most influential entrepreneurs. Mathias Uhlén has successfully worked with industrial applications of his research. Photo: Spotify/ Alessandro Bellini. Published Feb 15, 2021Creativity, grit and courage are at the center of a new innovation award that KTH Royal Institute of Technology is launching today. The aim of the award is to celebrate people from KTH who, with their...
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Crowdfunded women better at reaching funding goals
. In crowdfunding, as opposed to business angels, venture capital funds, and banks, the gender balance is more equal among the backers on Kickstarter. (Photo: Unsplash) Published Feb 12, 2021Backed up by women, female entrepreneurs at crowdfunding platforms reach their funding goals more often than men. Hadar Gafni at the Department of Industrial Economics and Management has mapped the ge...
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Devices could become even smaller, more powerful with method for integrating 2D materials
If we could shrink semiconductors even further, a whole new silicon revolution would follow. Photo: AB Published Feb 10, 2021If we could shrink semiconductors even further, a whole new silicon revolution would follow. But because that’s impossible, the next best hope is integrating semiconductors with 2D atomically-thin mat...
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EU emissions mapping study led by KTH
KTH is leading research to map emissions of nanoparticles from roadways, railways and sea ports. (Photo: Berit Roald / NTB / TT) Published Feb 04, 2021A map detailing where nanoparticle emissions can be found in European cities is being jointly produced in four countries, with KTH Royal Institute of Technology taking the lead. The project, which wil...
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“Water is a matter of life or death for humanity”
Published Feb 02, 2021Saving water, tracing Covid-19, growing food in the sea and tracking down leaks in water pipes. These are a few of the WaterCentre@KTH projects aimed at securing future access to water for society. “...
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Brush that loosens cells in cysts could become weapon against pancreatic cancer
A model of a cyst that was used to test the wire brush. Photo: courtesy of Filipe Marques Published Jan 27, 2021In a potential step forward for early pancreatic cancer diagnosis, a miniaturised brush was successfully tested as a possible technique for loosening cells from the walls of pancreatic cysts. If prove...
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