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Innovation provides addresses for those who have none
Published Apr 22, 2020As a senior research collaboration officer at KTH, Karoline Beronius was working with ICT development projects in developing countries where many lack access to healthcare and education. She discovere...
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Cancer cell research may be used to accelerate coronavirus testing
Doctoral students, from left, Dandan Song, Linnea Pettersson and Madeleine Birgersson work at SciLifeLab with Professor Cecilia Williams. The researchers hope to be able to contribute to an increased number of virus tests in the community. Published Apr 22, 2020The turnaround time for coronavirus test results could soon be shortened by several days, with the help of technology that has been developed for cancer cell research.
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Higher ed institutions’ climate initiative awarded
The Climate Framework adopted by 37 institutions of higher education in Sweden is meant to permeate all operations of the university. Published Apr 17, 2020The 37 Swedish universities and colleges that have signed the Climate Framework have been awarded for their systematic work on driving the climate change adaptation while also reducing their own emiss...
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Researchers sample sewage to measure infections in six European countries
From two Stockholm water treatment plants, samples of sewage are collected at KTH Royal Institute of Technology for tracking the coronavirus and measuring the spread of COVID-19 in communities. KTH is also collecting samples in Italy, Spain, India, Netherlands and Turkey. Published Apr 16, 2020The spread of the coronavirus in Stockholm and in six European countries is being tracked through sewage samples by a research group at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, which will repor...
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Method can synthesize high quality copper oxide crystals for quantum photonics
Synthesized copper oxide crystals arranged to spell out the name of the university where the production method originated - KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Published Apr 14, 2020Copper oxidation for most people means tarnished surfaces and corroded electronics. But the compound Cu2O – or cuprous oxide – is a promising material for quantum photonics, optoelectronics and renewa...
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An alternative to the cancelled Eurovision: AI Song Contest
Come To Ge Ther is the title of Bob Sturm and his collegues´ entry song to AI Song Contest. Published Apr 08, 2020KTH Associate Professor Bob Sturm has teamed up with Pietro Bolcato, a master’s student at KTH and Sven Ahlbäck, professor of Swedish folk music at the Royal College of Music and the Stockholm-based s...
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Model for launching innovations generates worldwide demand
Entrepreneurs like Aniela Hotlink, one of the winners of the 2018 Global Change Award, have been coached with the KTH Innovation Readiness Level Model. At right is Gustav Notander, business development coach at KTH Innovation. (Photo: David Callahan) Published Apr 08, 2020Launching an innovative tech startup isn’t just a matter of having a good idea – it’s about having a 360-degree command of every dimension in which a business thrives. That is what’s behind an innovat...
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Researchers sending out home test kits to identify spread of COVID-19 antibodies in Stockholm
This letter, containing a corona virus self-test kit, will appear in 1,000 Stockholmers' mailboxes over the holiday weekend. Published Apr 07, 2020Corona virus self-test kits are being mailed to 1,000 residents of Stockholm over the Easter weekend by two professors at KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
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Visors, sanitizer and fruit donated to healthcare facilities
Stefan Sundström, caretaker at KTH, unloads chemicals with Tamara Church, a chemistry researcher at Stockholm University. Published Apr 07, 2020In the midst of the corona virus outbreak, KTH employees are contributing hand sanitizer, protective visors and fruit deliveries to healthcare personnel in Stockholm and a special aid organization has...
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KTH lab switches gears to fast-track open source COVID-19 home test
A paper-based DNA testing is process is being studied for possible use as a self-administered corona virus test method. Published Apr 06, 2020A research lab at KTH Royal Institute of Technology is repurposing its point-of-care DNA diagnostics research with the aim of producing a paper strip corona virus self-testing kit. If successful, the ...
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KTH researcher awarded large EU grant
Danica Kragic Jensfelt, Professor of Computer Science, Photo: Håkan Lindgren. Published Apr 06, 2020It is now clear that Danica Kragic Jensfelt, Professor of Computer Science, is a recipient of the prestigious research grant, the ERC Advanced Grant. This means that she will receive the equivalent of...
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"We must find a solution somehow”
Published Apr 03, 2020Professor Eva Malmström Jonsson is starting her new job as director of the Wallenberg Wood Science Center, WWSC, by having to manage lab operations from home. “In times of a pandemic we need to find ...
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Lighter electric cars and aircraft possible with nano-scale electrical relay
The new relay requires only a tenth of the energy to work, compared with transistors. Published Apr 03, 2020A KTH research group has developed a nano-scale electromechanical relay that could be used to reduce the weight of electronics in electric cars or even aircraft.
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Big investment in digitalization’s next chapter: edge computing
Published Apr 02, 2020Now that cloud computing is firmly established in our society, the next big step in tech is edge computing. KTH is taking on the next chapter of digitalization with a new competence centre that is bac...
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Students attack pandemic with online monitoring tool
The tool, built by André Gerbaulet and Robin Sandström , monitors deaths and the number of infections reported. A Published Mar 31, 2020Master’s students Robin Sandström and André Gerbaulet have taken time away from their studies to dig into the corona virus pandemic. They created an online forecasting tool that epidemiologists can us...
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Using ordinary tape, researchers make chip that could speed up drug development
A chili pepper did what it was expected to do – namely, cause irritation – when tested with the chip-based model of a human gut. The "barrier-on-a-chip" was assembled at low cost with ordinary double-sided tape. Published Mar 24, 2020With ordinary double-sided tape, a team at KTH assembled a chip-based model of a human gut, and then fed it chili peppers to prove it works. The technique could dramatically lower cost barriers for la...
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Corona antibody test development drives forward
The novel corona virus, SARS-CoV-2 Published Mar 24, 2020A drop of blood is all that’s needed to tell if someone has been infected by the corona virus. A research team from KTH has begun developing an effective serological test for COVID-19 antibodies.
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Bacteria in the air visualised in hospitals
Published Mar 16, 2020KTH researchers are now using virtual reality (VR) to visualise bacteria in the air. “We visualise particle movement in indoor air and pollutants in operating rooms via so-called supercomputer simula...
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Wind in the sails of emission free shipping
Jakob Kuttenkeuler next to a model of the future merchant ship to be built in the department's lab. (Photo: Marc Femenia) Published Mar 16, 2020Engine powered shipping took over transport across the world’s oceans over one hundred years ago. Sailing ships can now be on the way back. KTH is developing wind-powered ocean going merchant ships of...
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The jaundice meter for babies
The jaundice meter. Published Mar 11, 2020Every year some 135 million children are born. Well over half, 80 million, suffer from jaundice. This medical condition can, if left untreated, lead to neurological damage in the new-borns and, in the...
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