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  • KTH climbs QS sustainability ranking

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    KTH jumps from 98th place to 58th in the latest QS World University Rankings on sustainability. Photo: M. Glans
    Published Dec 06, 2023

    KTH Royal Institute of Technology is now ranked 58th best university in the world in tackling environmental, social and governance issues, according to QS World University Rankings.

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  • Challenge of living without a car

    A box bike in front of a bicycle garage, next to it several people are listening to speakers.
    Electrically powered cargo bikes were used by citizen scientists to replace cars. The picture is from a start-up event organised by the research project (Photo: Magnus Atterfors).
    Published Dec 04, 2023

    How hard can it be to live a car-free everyday life? Quite problematic if you have to juggle work and leisure activities. This was demonstrated when a number of households in southern Stockholm were c...

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  • Swedish astronaut conducts KTH research in space

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    The International Space Station (ISS) where Sweden's next astronaut Marcus Wandt will live for two weeks. Photo: NASA
    Published Nov 30, 2023

    On January 10, 2024, Sweden's next astronaut Marcus Wandt is scheduled to leave for the International Space Station (ISS). During his space journey, he will be a medical test subject and perform exper...

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  • Super cinema for science opens its doors

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    In the centre of the Wisdome is the spherical wooden dome with the latest visualisation technology, where the audience is surrounded by 3D projections in 360 degrees (Photo: Tekniska museet).
    Published Nov 23, 2023

    Wisdome Stockholm – KTH have more than one finger in the pie in the new spectacular attraction at Tekniska Museet, aimed to display science and innovation in new ways. Here, the researchers are redefi...

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  • Researchers: Metal extraction in the Baltic Sea inappropriate

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    ew research from KTH shows that metal extraction in the Baltic Sea is a bad idea from a sustainability perspective. Foto: Foto Irina Shishkina / Unsplash
    Published Nov 21, 2023

    As the demand for different metals such as silicon and cobalt increases, so does the need to extract them in different ways. One method is to 'vacuum the seabed'. New research from KTH Royal Institute...

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  • Challenging the speed of sound in NASA's wind tunnel

    Professor Ulf Ringertz explores aircraft behaviour under and above the speed of sound in NASA's Transonic Dynamics Tunnel (TDT). His team has built a generic fighter aircraft model based on the characteristics of the Gripen JAS 39.
    Published Nov 20, 2023

    A collaboration between KTH and NASA is taking aeronautical research to new heights. The project is an important contribution to aviation safety and underlines the importance of international partners...

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  • Newsmakers at KTH – November 2023

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    Published Nov 16, 2023

    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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  • "We Swedes need to get our house in order"

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    Floods in Sweden are causing more and more damage. The picture shows an incident in Hallsberg in August this year (Photo: Mostphotos).
    Published Nov 10, 2023

    Embankments and motorways collapse. Damage from extreme weather events is getting worse while knowledge of how to protect ourselves from them is lagging behind. Johan Silfwerbrand, professor in concre...

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  • KTH researchers receive ERC Synergy Grants

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    Stefania Giacomello (left) and Danica Kragic Jensfelt. (Photo: Karin Nedler/SciLifeLab and KTH)
    Published Nov 08, 2023

    Stefania Giacomello and Danica Kragic Jensfelt part of international teams awarded two ERC Synergy Grants on intestinal diseases and transfer smells digitally

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  • KTH Railway Group's goal: Increase train traffic in Sweden

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    As the number of train journeys on several high-traffic railway lines through the country is reduced due to maintenance work, the KTH Railway Group is working to get more traffic on the available railways. “This can be done, for example, by increasing the speed of some freight trains to 140 km per hour, with the help of technological improvements, and by introducing new signaling systems, the trains will be able to follow each other more closely," says Sebastian Stichel, director of the KTH Rail
    Published Nov 06, 2023

    One of the goals of ongoing research projects within the KTH Railway Group is to densify train traffic on Sweden's existing railways. "The biggest problem for the country's train traffic is the limit...

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  • Exterminating bed bugs would no longer require a ‘human sacrifice’

    two students with the bed bug machine
    The bed bug device has been tested in a lab with a handful of bed bugs. Photo: David Callahan.
    Published Nov 01, 2023

    In the category of household pests, few are as difficult to exterminate as bed bugs. But a student startup at KTH Royal Institute of Technology has found a way that could make it much easier.

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  • Continued support for national research infrastructures

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    KTH Royal Swedish Institute for Technology has the continued hosting of three new research infrastructures. (Photo: KTH)
    Published Nov 01, 2023

    The Swedish Research Council has awarded KTH Royal Swedish Institute for Technology the continued hosting of three new research infrastructures of national interest and partnerships in seven others.

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  • Here starts the silicon challenge against China

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    Björn Glaser, researcher and project manager, points out the place in the furnace hall where a reactor will be built (Photo: Anna Gullers).
    Published Oct 31, 2023

    The start-up company Green14 wants to challenge Asia's silicon dominance in the market for solar cells and enlists the help of KTH. At the Department of Materials Science, the company are building a s...

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  • Ranking: KTH best Swedish university in engineering and computer science

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    Published Oct 31, 2023

    KTH is considered number 39 and number 61 in the world according to the 2024 Times Higher Education subject rankings. Improvements also in physical sciences.

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  • Former President of KTH Sigbritt Karlsson has passed away

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    Sigbritt Karlsson, President of KTH 2016-2022.
    Published Oct 30, 2023

    Sigbritt Karlsson, former President of KTH, has passed away after a period of illness. She began her role as President on 12 November 2016 and concluded last November.

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  • Tiny brick-busting ‘muscles’ for miniature robotics are sourced from wood

    A think black disk and a smaller translucent disc held in the palm of a hand.
    The hydrogel muscle (left) and a piece of hydrogel before being combined with carbon nanotubes. Photo: David Callahan
    Published Oct 27, 2023

    Wood is the source for a brick-breaking mini robotic muscle material developed by researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. The material — a specially-developed hydrogel — can shape-shift, exp...

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  • A 3D printed laser demonstrates new optic manufacturing method

    The first known 3D-printed optic laser was demonstrated at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Photo: Martin Brunzell
    Published Oct 26, 2023

    The first 3D printed laser has been produced by researchers in Sweden to demonstrate a sustainable method for manufacturing the next generation of optical fiber components.

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  • Cybercampus Sweden aims to secure digital systems

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    With a shortage of hundreds of thousands of cybersecurity experts in Europe, Cybercampus Sweden aims to educate the public on basic digital security issues. The aim is to strengthen society's resilience against cyber attacks.
    Published Oct 26, 2023

    Sweden is exposed to an increasing number of cyberattacks. The new Cybercampus Sweden initiative aims to strengthen the country's resilience by protecting society's vulnerable digital systems. "Par...

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  • Six routes for the future of car transport

    Motorway with traffic jam.
    If Sweden is to meet its climate targets, car traffic must be reduced significantly, according to a study at KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Photo: Mostphotos).
    Published Oct 25, 2023

    Introducing electric cars and biofuels is not enough. Passenger car traffic must be reduced by at least 20 per cent if Sweden is to meet its climate targets. This is according to a study by environmen...

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  • Winner of Nobel Prize in Economics researches gender differences in labor market

    Drawn illustration of a woman with a search dog in front of a file cabinet
    Claudia Goldin's research highlights the causes and drivers of the differences between the situation of men and women in the labor market.
    Published Oct 19, 2023

    Claudia Goldin, Harvard University, receives the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for her research on why women are heavily underrepresented and earn less than men in the labor market globally. "It ...

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