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  • KTH involved in major investment in biotechnology

    Published Dec 30, 2010

    One of the largest research grants ever in Scandinavia, according to Mathias Uhlén, one of the three people in charge. A Nordic research centre is now to be created with nearly one billion Swedish cro...

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  • Older people will no longer have to suffer

    Published Dec 29, 2010

    Today’s hip implants only last 10-15 years because they wear out. In combination with the increases in the lifespan of the population, more and more new operations are required where another hip impla...

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  • She is making Swedish steel even better

    Published Dec 28, 2010

    The high quality of Swedish steel is widely known around the world. The steel will now become even better, thanks to KTH researcher Jessica Elfsberg.

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  • Your site’s carbon dioxide emissions

    Published Dec 22, 2010

    KTH researcher Jorge Zapico has developed an application which can calculate the carbon footprint of individual websites. The application is called Greenalytics and matches the latest web statistics w...

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  • KTH gets a grip of the Arctic

    Published Dec 21, 2010

    The Division of History of Science and Technology at KTH will receive SEK 7 million from Mistra to conduct research on the future of the Arctic.

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  • Solar-driven fridges, a winning concept

    Published Dec 20, 2010

    With the sun as an energy source and nanotechnology as the tool, two KTH students have managed to produce a cheap fridge that runs on solar power. This idea is so smart that the company behind the inv...

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  • Emergency Container Solution in crisis areas

    Published Dec 06, 2010

    A container that can produce clean water, electricity, heat and cold and can be quickly flown to the acute crisis areas such as Haiti, trouble spots in Africa or areas in Hungary that become saturated...

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  • Nobel laureate in physics coming to KTH

    Published Dec 02, 2010

    This year’s Nobel laureate in physics, Konstantin Novoselov, will be visiting KTH in Kista, on December 8 to give a lecture. Konstantin Novoselov shared the Nobel Prize with Andre Geimer for the disco...

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  • Half time for protein atlas

    Published Nov 22, 2010

    Researchers at KTH and Uppsala University have now surveyed half of the proteins in the human body. This means a database of 10 000 individual items. By 2015, the researchers calculate that they will ...

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  • Biofuels and decision support a winner at KTH

    Published Nov 18, 2010

    The Research Council has now taken a decision in the annual major call for contributions in natural and engineering sciences. 56 researchers at KTH will share a total of just over SEK 162 million duri...

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  • Researchers very critical of the security of the electricity grid

    Published Nov 17, 2010

    Smart electricity grids are the future and the IT company Cisco is the only company to have assessed the market in communication products in the smart electricity grid which alone is worth SEK 70 bill...

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  • The electronic nose detects cancer, bombs and wine

    Published Nov 15, 2010

    What about an electronic nose capable of identifying exactly when it is time to harvest grapes, distinguish pork from beef, smell for bombs, drugs and spoiled food or find the perfect perfume mixture....

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  • Communications society’s carbon footprint has been mapped out

    Published Nov 09, 2010

    The communications industry does not just produce pixels and bytes. All in all, the IT and telecom sectors along with the media sector account for 3 percent of total global carbon emissions. This is t...

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  • KTH’s honorary doctors appointed

    Published Nov 08, 2010

    Sustainable transport, algebraic geometry, the Internet's growth and architectural history are the subject fields that are being rewarded now that this year's honorary doctors at KTH have now been app...

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  • Breakthrough in the fight against “track slip”

    Published Nov 01, 2010

    Track slip caused by leaves on the track costs SEK 100 million annually, according to a study by the National Rail Administration. A solution to the problem, which according KTH researchers is most pr...

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  • New technology for better healthcare in developing countries

    Published Oct 29, 2010

    A group of students at KTH have now released a third version of the software Bytewalla. It may for example help nurses to communicate with hospitals despite the absence of internet access.

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  • Better traffic situation in Stockholm led to prize

    Published Oct 28, 2010

    At KTH a project is now underway to improve traffic conditions in the Stockholm area. It is so popular among Swedes that yesterday it received the “Prize for a smarter planet”.

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  • This is how to fight slippery roads

    Published Oct 19, 2010

    This is all about a measurement system which can be used to detect and warn of icing on our roads. So-called black-ice is of particular interest, i.e. ice that is not visible to the naked eye but whic...

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  • Solar energy faces up to a challenge

    Published Oct 13, 2010

    Better feeds to the electricity grid, energy storage and smart grids in combination with solar cells and less expensive solar equipment. These are a few of the items on the agenda to ensure that solar...

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  • KTH and China talk noise

    Published Oct 12, 2010

    Researchers from Europe and China will now get together to discuss the environmental problems associated with transport noise, a real scourge for the Western world. The reduction of transport noise to...

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