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In sensory perception, brain makes trade-offs between accuracy and speed
Competition and survival in nature drive animals to think fast when startled. A new study shows this principle may already be wired in the way the brain processes sensory information. (Photo: David Callahan) Published Jun 26, 2023When an animal takes notice of an approaching figure, it needs to determine what it is, and quickly. In nature, competition and survival dictate that it’s better to think fast—that is, for the brain t...
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Student field study: how coffee beans can lift farmers out of poverty
Filip Borgström (center) and David Sigge (right) together with coffee farmer Aphiwat Sukphong's employee. Published Jun 21, 2023KTH students David Sigge and Filip Borgström spent two months in Thailand as part of their degree project in industrial economics. They looked at if and how farmers could increase their income in a su...
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Researcher 3D prints world's smallest wineglass with new method
The world’s smallest 3D-printed wineglass (left) and an optical resonator for fiber optic telecommunications, photographed with scanning electron microscopy at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. The rim of the glass is smaller than the width of a human hair. Published Jun 20, 2023Researchers have 3D-printed the world’s smallest wine glass—nearly indistinguishable with the naked eye—with a rim smaller than the width of a human hair. But the idea wasn’t to cater to extremely lig...
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How higher food prices have an impact
Rising food prices over the past year have changed our consumption patterns – but we still go on buying, according to a degree project by students at KTH. (Photo: Mostphotos) Published Jun 19, 2023What foods are we cutting down on and what do we go on buying, despite rising prices? Students at KTH have analysed all the purchases made by loyalty scheme members in Coop stores over the past two ye...
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When we run out of land, it’s time for ‘blue proteins’
At the Nordic Seafarm on Sweden's west coast, a team harvests sugar kelp. By 2050 there will be 11 billion people on Earth and we will need to go for these real proteins, these blue proteins," says KTH Associate Professor Fredrik Gröndahl, one of the Nordic Seafarm founders. (photo: Nordic Seafarm) Published Jun 19, 2023When Fredrik Gröndahl looks at the sea, he sees the potential to relieve humanity of its near-total, and increasingly unsustainable reliance on arable land. The answer to feeding the world is to turn ...
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Thousands of newly-admitted students welcomed by their peers
“I was on the other side so I know how important it is to get the student’s perspective,” says Mayari Pérez Tay shown here in a zoom session with an admitted student. She is one of the 133 KTH master's students who have made individual calls to students admitted for the autumn term at KTH. Published Jun 09, 2023Spring is the time when applicants receive their acceptance letter from KTH, but the initial contact doesn’t end there. Soon afterward each admitted student receives a personal call from a student amb...
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Tiny quantum electronic vortexes in superconductors can circulate in ways not seen before
A new study by KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stanford University revises of our understanding of quantum vortices in superconductors. Pictured, an artist’s depiction of quantum vortices. (Illustration: Greg Stewart, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) Published Jun 01, 2023Within superconductors little tornadoes of electrons, known as quantum vortices, can occur which have important implications in superconducting applications such as quantum sensors. Now a new kind of ...
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Enceladus’ gargantuan water vapor halo inspires awe and wonder
Enceladus as seen at a distance of 25 km by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in 2005. (Photo: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute) Published May 30, 2023Time will tell whether life has formed on one of Saturn’s moons, Enceladus, but for now people on Earth are marveling at the newly-revealed scale of an enormous water vapor plume and the “halo” it for...
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Fresh vegetables all year round through farming in water
Light and sensor technology means vegetables can grow quickly and thrive in water, even where there are no windows. The crops obtain their energy from LED lighting instead of sunlight. “Our main challenge is making the growing process itself as energy efficient as possible,” says researcher Michael Martin, Professor of Sustainable Production at KTH. Published May 30, 2023Water-based, or hydroponic, technology for indoor farming means that more and more retailers, restaurants and households are choosing to grow their own fresh vegetables. “Developing indoor farming of...
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Electric scooters less popular since introduction of new parking rules
The parking ban that was introduced last autumn led to changed travel patterns among users of electric scooters. (Photo: KTH) Published May 26, 2023Fewer e-scooters and parking racks a long way from the user’s destination. These may be a couple of reasons why the use of e-scooters has decreased with the introduction of new parking rules last autu...
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Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai visits KTH
Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai visited KTH and talked about artificial intelligence. He said that it’s ok to have fears if they are used for something sensible. Photo: Fredrik Persson. Published May 26, 2023During his first trip to Sweden, the CEO of Google also visited KTH. On the agenda were meeting with KTH personnel and students and a conversation about the biggest technological talking point of the ...
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The KTH Alum of the Year 2023 is opera’s tech rebel
Carl Unander-Scharin, KTH Alum of the Year 2023, is a professor, singing teacher and researcher. He is also a composer and soloist with various operas and has played more than 40 opera roles. “I like to be at the intersection between writing music, performing music and exploring new expression by creating new musical instruments.” Published May 25, 2023He’s a trained opera singer, composer and church musician. He has invented electronic instruments, become a PhD at KTH and composed 12 operas. And now Professor Carl Unander-Scharin is KTH Alumnus of ...
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Newsmakers at KTH – May 2023
Published May 22, 2023Who 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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Agreement between KTH and UC Berkeley to extend close cooperation
KTH President Anders Söderholm and UC Berkeley Vice Provost for Academic Planning Lisa Alvarez-Cohen shake hands after signing an historic agreement between the two leading universities.. (Photo: David Callahan) Published May 11, 2023Expanded opportunities for students and researchers in Berkeley agreement with Sweden’s leading technical university.
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New Chair fights for a free academia
Johan Sterte has been new Chair of KTH's University Board since May 1. Published May 03, 2023Johan Sterte is the new Chair of the KTH University board as of 1 May. He is currently County Governor of Västmanland and has a long and broad background in the sector.
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Aiming to give AI a sense of shame
Bob Sturm (right) doesn’t believe that people will stop learning a craft, like writing music, even though AI can do it too. He says people still learn to play chess even though AI can play better than any human. The purpose isn’t to win, but the experience of playing. The feeling of getting better, a sense of achievement or the motivation to improve. Published May 02, 2023Researchers at KTH have trained AI to create folk music. The next step is to give AI an ego, the ability to feel shame and the courage to take risks. Bob Sturm at KTH is one of the researchers behind ...
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SEK 100 million to quantum research
A wafer of adiabatic quantum computers. Foto: Steve Jurvetson Published Apr 24, 2023It has now been confirmed that KTH will be the coordinator for a new quantum research project. SEK 100 million over 30 months will be used to bolster safe data communication over short and long distan...
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Navigate your career with a KTH mentor
KTH student Kim Taalbi get career tips from his mentor Katarina Wall Stenberg, Group Manager Technical Infrastructure at Handelsbanken’s IT department. Published Apr 19, 2023KTH alumna Katarina Wall Stenberg and student engineer Kim Taalbi meet regularly as mentor and mentee at the KTH Library café. “We look at where we are and the way forward. For me, the main thing is ...
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Coconuts and lemons enable a thermal wood for indoor heating and cooling
Peter Olsén and Céline Montanari, researchers in the Department of Biocomposites at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, say the new wood composite uses components of lemon and coconuts to both heat and cool homes. (Photo: David Callahan) Published Mar 30, 2023A building material that combines coconuts, lemons and modified wood could one day be enough to heat and cool your home. The three renewable sources provide the key components of a wood composite ther...
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QS ranks KTH 44th in Engineering and Technology globally
Several subjects have steadily been climbing the rankings for the past several years. “One of the trends we see is that their scores on citations have increased from year to year,” says KTH Deputy President Mikael Lindström. (Photo: Fredrik Persson) Published Mar 29, 2023In the 2023 Rankings by Subject released this week, the QS World University Rankings placed KTH Royal Institute of Technology 44th in Engineering and Technology worldwide—or 14th among universities in...
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