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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

    Portrait of scientist in lab hall.
    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

    Portrait of Sigbritt Karlsson.
    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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  • Eye implant may be used to treat diabetes

    close-up view of human eye
    “The eye is our only window into the body ..." says Anna Herland, one of the study's authors. (Photo: David Callahan)
    Published Oct 18, 2023

    Researchers in Sweden have developed a microscale device for implantation in the eye, which presents new opportunities for cell-based treatment of diabetes and other diseases.

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  • Process of recycling batteries about to become much easier

    Image shows the dendrite formation
    The study shows that very small additions of half a gram of cellulose fibers per liter of liquid lead to the formation of large tree-shaped dendrites, visible to the naked eye. The right image shows the dendrite formation.
    Published Oct 17, 2023

    Researchers at KTH managed to improve the process of recycling batteries with the help of ordinary cellulose fibres. This can separate battery metals from other materials.

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  • Heatwaves hasten polymer failure

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    Tires destroying and exploding due to heat is a consequence of how climate change can affect polymeric materials (Photo: Mostphotos).
    Published Oct 12, 2023

    Blown out tires and melting mailboxes – these are some of the reported examples of how rising global temperatures raise the risk of premature deterioration and failure in products made of polymeric ma...

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  • New MSc in biostatistics and data science jointly offered by KTH, KI and SU

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    The introduction of the new programme is meant to meet demand for advanced computational statistical methods, machine-learning tools and deep learning in biology and medicine, which have increased sharply in recent years. Photo: Magnus Glans
    Published Oct 12, 2023

    Students can prepare for careers as data scientists in medicine and public health, with a new master’s programme jointly offered by KTH, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University beginning in the...

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  • ‘You don’t usually expect the pope to take notice’

    Two images, a portrait of Sverker Sörlin and a photo of Pope Francis waving to an audience.
    KTH Professor Sverker Sörlin (left, photo: Karin Tengby), Pope Francis (right, photo: Annik Susemihl)
    Published Oct 10, 2023

    As a world-leading researcher and writer on environmental history, KTH Professor Sverker Sörlin is used to seeing his work widely cited. But getting mentioned by Pope Francis took him by surprise.

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  • Study reveals cancer-fighting potential for one kind of T cell

    image showing how two cells interact with each other.
    The researchers have studied how different cells interact with each other. It is possible to track the movements of the different cells and in detail how Gamma Delta T cells kill tumor cells. Image: Istock / Luismmolina
    Published Oct 06, 2023

    Recent research at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Karolinska Institutet reveals how certain immune cells interact with — and kill — cancer cells. The research work is considered so important th...

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  • A bright future for Nobel Prize-winning chemistry research

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    Quantum dots, which are the focus of this year's chemistry prize, have many special properties, including the ability to change colour depending solely on their size. (Illustration: ©Johan Jarnestad/Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien)
    Published Oct 05, 2023

    The research on quantum dots, which has been awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry and has already benefited humanity, has even greater potential for the future. This is according to Val Zwille...

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  • No end in sight for new uses of mRNA

    “The beauty of that is, as with the covid vaccine, the mRNA has a transient effect,” says KTH Professor Per-Åke Nygren.
    Published Oct 03, 2023

    By discovering a chemical tweak to mRNA, Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman made it possible to mass produce billions of Covid vaccines within a year. But the breakthroughs aren’t likely to end there. T...

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  • KTH climbs on THE World University ranking

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    KTH is again ranked among the world's top 100 universities in the THE survey (Photo: KTH).
    Published Sep 29, 2023

    In the most recent Times Higher Education ranking, KTH ranked as the 97th best university in world. Topped by University of Oxford, the ranking includes 1904 institutions worldwide.

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