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  • “Collaboration skills ought to be more highly valued”

    Man in suit in front of a couple in a laboratory.
    According to Mikael Östling, collaboration skills within the academy should be valued higher.
    Published Jun 16, 2021

    We would all benefit from more and varied exchanges between academia and the society around us and this would help drive societal development forwards. External engagement and collaboration ought ther...

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  • 'Student life will be huge after such a long wait'

    View of the THS building, Nymble
    “And during a pandemic that main mission has to be dealt with in other ways—so it’s important to keep Nymble open, to provide students with a place to be," says THS President Teo Elmfeldt. Pictured: the exterior of Nymble facing Drottning Kristinas väg. (Photo: David Callahan)
    Published Jun 15, 2021

    When Charley Jönsson took over the KTH student union presidency during the first days of Spring 2020, he had come prepared with a raft of proposals for improving the organization’s operations. In a ma...

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  • Stockholm Trio launches its office in Brussels

    A grey house.
    House in Brussels where you find the office for Stockholm trio and Region Stockholm EU-Office.
    Published Jun 10, 2021

    “It is our firm conviction that Stockholm Trio will strengthen our international competitiveness and open the door to plenty of new opportunities and collaborations.” Those were the words of Sigbritt...

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  • From milk protein, a plastic foam that gets better in a tough environment

    Blocks of foam are lined up to show how petroleum based foams degrade after heat exposure
    From left to right, foam materials consisting of whey, polyurethane, polystyrene, polyethylene and polystyrene. The top row represents unexposed materials and the bottom row represents the materials exposed to 150 degree air for one month.
    Published Jun 10, 2021

    A new high-performance plastic foam developed from whey proteins can withstand extreme heat better than many common thermoplastics made from petroleum. A research team at KTH Royal Institute of Techno...

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  • Efforts on research and education show in KTH’s rise in QS Top 100

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    Numerous metrics are considered in the final result. Among these is academic reputation, where KTH’s score improved over the previous year. (Photo: Petter Karlberg)
    Published Jun 09, 2021

    For the third consecutive year, KTH has been named a top 100 university in the QS World University Rankings. In its announcement yesterday, QS ranked KTH 89th—nine places higher than the university’s ...

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  • New nanoparticle design paves way for improved detection of tumors

    close up view of mouse cell with stained regions showing up in colors
    A lab image shows the detection of the newly-developed nanoparticle contrast agents inside a mouse cell with optical fluorescence (in red). The cell nucleus and plasma membrane are depicted in blue and green, respectively. (Photo: Giovanni Marco Saladino)
    Published Jun 02, 2021

    Nano-sized particles have been engineered in a new way to improve detection of tumors within the body and in biopsy tissue, a KTH research team reports. The advance could enable identifying early stag...

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  • Newsmakers at KTH

    Published Jun 01, 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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  • With a kitchen freezer and plant cellulose, a material for therapeutics is developed

    An aerogel, a small whtie disc, rests on the stigma of a flower
    Nearly as light as air, these all-natural cellulose aerogels can be made sustainably, cheaply and with all natural materials. They're biointeractive too, so they can be used for therapeutics. (Photo: Andrew Marais)
    Published May 21, 2021

    A new low-cost and sustainable technique would boost the possibilities for hospitals and clinics to deliver therapeutics with aerogels, a foam-like material now found in such high-tech applications as...

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  • Nuclear terrorism could be intercepted by neutron-gamma detector that pinpoints source

    three researchers gathered around a frame with detection equipment mounted on it
    Researchers, from left, Jana Petrovic, Bo Cederwall and Alf Göök test the new imaging technology on a mock-up of radioactive waste drum scanner. (Photo: Biswarup Das)
    Published May 20, 2021

    A scanning technology aimed at detecting small amounts of nuclear materials was unveiled by scientists at KTH, with the hope of preventing acts of nuclear terrorism.

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  • KTH Alum of the Year 2021 wants to make the chemical industry green

    Portrait of Karim Engelmark Cassimjee
    “When we can get enzymes to work in a factory environment, this will open up a whole world of new products – when you think of all the materials found in nature, we will no longer be locked into a handful of chemical product materials. One vision I have is to be able to replace environmentally harmful parts of concrete production, a major climate villain, with natural materials", says business leader Karim Engelmark Cassimjee, KTH Alumnus of the Year 2021.
    Published May 18, 2021

    As a KTH student he discovered that environment friendly chemicals production was not available for major industry. He is now head of EnginZyme, a company that develops environment friendly chemical e...

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  • Real estate studies at KTH shine through in international competition

    From left to right: Gabriel Bonnevier, Axel Jersenius, Alex Andersson, Miles Gullström-Hughes
    The team that placed in a competition in the U.S.: From left to right, Gabriel Bonnevier, Axel Jersenius, Alex Andersson and Miles Gullström-Hughes.
    Published May 18, 2021

    Real estate studies at KTH earned yet more international recognition last month when students here took second place in a competition against nine U.S. universities.

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  • New light emitters developed for quantum circuits

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    A close-up look at the integrated chip that emits photons. (Image::courtesy of Ali Elshaari)
    Published May 10, 2021

    The promise of a quantum internet depends on the complexities of harnessing light to transmit quantum information over fiber optic networks. A potential step forward was reported today by researchers ...

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  • Citrus derivative makes transparent wood 100 percent renewable

    Images of transparent wood from different stages of the research.
    The latest version of transparent wood developed at KTH is more translucent, and it is made with renewable polymer. (Photo: Céline Montanari)
    Published May 04, 2021

    Five years after introducing see-through wood building material, researchers in Sweden have taken it to another level. They found a way to make their composite 100 percent renewable – and more translu...

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  • KTH still in top in internationalisation

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    KTH got fthe highest rating for its work with internationalisation.
    Published Apr 28, 2021

    For the fifth year in a row, KTH has been awarded the highest rating for its work with internationalisation among Swedish universities. The award is presented by the Swedish Foundation for Internation...

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  • Researchers use maths to find keys to long Covid

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    With the aid of mathematics, the researchers hope to find connections between HMGB-1 and the development of symptoms such as POTS in long Covid-19 patients.
    Published Apr 26, 2021

    Researchers from KTH and the Karolinska Institute at the MedTechLabs Centre for Medical Technology Research now aim to determine why certain people with Covid suffer long-term effects. “By using adva...

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  • In the silence of a pandemic, airport becomes a noise pollution test lab

    A binaural recording setup placed in the forest near Arlanda - a dummy head with microphones in ears
    One of the binaural recording set-ups in the woods near Arlanda International Airport's runway 26. (photo: Anders Johansson)
    Published Apr 23, 2021

    With air traffic reduced to a shadow of its pre-pandemic levels, Stockholm’s international airport has become a lab of sorts, allowing researchers to collect unprecedented data that could help reduce ...

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  • KTH and Hitachi ABB Power Grids join forces in energy transition

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    In a strategic partnership. From the left Sigbritt Karlsson, Mikael Östling and Johan Blaus KTH and Jenny Larsson, Filip Elveling and Thomas Krysén från Hitachi ABB Power Grids.
    Published Apr 22, 2021

    The development of safe, secure and green electrical power will be crucial in the transition to a more sustainable society. KTH and Hitachi ABB Power Grids are now entering into a strategic partnershi...

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  • KTH among world top 50 in sustainability impact, seventh in EU

    KTH campus at night.
    Goals in which KTH ranked among the top 20 worldwide were Partnerships for the Goals (seventh), Climate Action (seventh), and Sustainable Cities (20th).
    Published Apr 21, 2021

    Times Higher Education announced its Impact Rankings today, naming KTH Royal Institute of Technology 41st among the 1,001 institutions evaluated.

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  • Water purification system engineered from wood, with help from a microwave oven

    Two pellets, one translucent and golden, the other opaque and dark blue.
    Before and after. An all-lignocellulose hydrogel before (left) and after it has adsorbed methylene blue from an aqueous solution. Photo: Giuseppe Melilli
    Published Apr 15, 2021

    Researchers at KTH have developed a more eco-friendly way to remove heavy metals, dyes and other pollutants from water. The answer lies in filtering wastewater with a gel material taken from plant cel...

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  • The new KTH Innovation Award will go to brave innovators

    Collage with portrait of Daniel Ek, KTH logotype on brick wall, portrait of Mathias Uhlén
    The KTH Innovation Award goes to entrepreneurs and innovators that have dared to think big and take on difficult challenges. Creativity, grit and courage are the words that typify this new award, that has been enabled by donations from Spotify founder Ek and KTH Professor Uhlén. Photo: Spotify/KTH/Alessandro Bellini.
    Published Apr 07, 2021

    Together with Spotify founder Daniel Ek and KTH Professor Mathias Uhlén, KTH has established the new KTH Innovation Award. Each year, SEK 500,000 will be presented to entrepreneurs and innovators from...

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