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Ultra-High-Speed Wireless Communication
Published Oct 15, 2024Have you ever wondered how we might achieve ultra-high-speed wireless communication or next-level radar systems? The answer lies in the terahertz (THz) frequency range.
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Two CBH projects receives funding from NordForsk
Zeynep Cetecioglu Gurol and Helene Lundberg. Photo: Jon Lindhe, KTH Published Jun 19, 2024NordForsk has decided to fund ten research projects on the green transition in the Nordic and Baltic States. Two of the projects involves KTH and the CBH School: COLDREFINERY and AGRIWASTE2H2. Both pr...
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From idea to implemented bridge concept in public space
Bifrost wooden bridge in Uddebo, Tranemo municipality Published Jun 19, 2024In Norse mythology, Bifrost is a bridge or rainbow that leads from Midgård, where humans live, up to heaven, where the gods reside. Today, it is the name of an innovative, implemented bridge concept w...
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Citizens' Assembly on Climate presents its results
Published May 20, 2024Sweden's first Citizens' Assembly on Climate, initiated by Fairtrans, a multidisciplinary research programme funded by Mistra, has completed its work. Sverker Sörlin, Professor of Environmental Histor...
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A humanized electricity grid
Lorenz Payonga, doctoral student at KTH’s Department of Energy Technology, is involved in the PARMENIDES project. Published May 06, 2024Can you combine the requirements from the electricity grid and the needs from the consumers? Researchers at KTH will combine multiple energy storage technologies with insights from human behavior, the...
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Saman wants to save the climate – with flexible energy storage
Saman Nimali Gunasekara explores how flexible sector coupling between thermal energy and electric power can be designed for different realities. Published Apr 30, 202450 percent of the world's final energy is used in cooling and heating. Yet little attention is paid to the technologies behind it, the role thermal energy storage plays in it, and its connection to el...
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Biochemicals from wastewater – a gamechanger
Isaac Owusu-Agyeman is one of the researchers who want to use bioreactors to produce volatile fatty acids from wastewater. Photo: KTH Published Mar 13, 2024Researchers at KTH aim to produce chemicals from wastewater as an alternative to fossil-based chemicals. The researchers in the project named NEEDED, which is funded by Åforsk, will design a group of ...
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New EU funding boosts thermal systems research
Rafael and Silvia visiting Exheat Ltd’s electric heater manufacturing facilities. Published Mar 06, 2024New funding for KTH’s experts in thermal systems paves way for new experiments and brand new rigs in the lab at the energy department. We sat down with researchers Rafael Guedez and Silvia Trevisan to...
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Solar simulator enhances testing and training
Published Feb 13, 2024The sun has reached KTH in the form of a second test rig for sunlight simulation. The new solar simulator will transform the landscape of PV solar energy testing and training.
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The logistics future in an uncertain world: NOFOMA 2024 lands in Stockholm
At the forefront of the arrangements are KTH Associate Professor Luca Urciuoli and Per Skoglund, Associate Professor at the Swedish Defence University. Published Feb 05, 2024The 36th edition of the NOFOMA conference will be hosted by KTH Royal Institute of Technology and the Swedish Defence University in June 2024. We caught up with organisers Per Skoglund and Luca Urciuo...
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Curbing threats from forest and grass fires
Photo: Caleb Cook, Unsplash Published Feb 05, 2024Forest and grass fires have become increasingly common. The research project FIRE is working to reduce the threats posed by these fires and is analyzing complex societal changes caused by climate, ele...
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New project aims to make the extraction of battery metals more sustainable
Kerstin Forsberg, professor in chemical engineering at KTH. Photo: Jon Lindhe Published Jan 10, 2024A research project at KTH will make the extraction of nickel, cobalt and manganese for battery production more sustainable by investigating new crystallisation methods.
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Researchers: Gaps in lighting technology challenges cities' wildlife
Seren Dincel presents during the Light Symposium in Stockholm. Published Dec 20, 2023Urban environments are growing steadily, and the present approach to designing lighting for outdoor spaces after dark has evolved by putting human needs and interests first. But for urban planning to ...
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Project to boost machinery components' life
Published Nov 29, 2023A new project aims to improve the lifetime of machine parts by utilizing advanced surface functionalization of components. Researcher Robert Tomkowski from the Department of Production Engineering is ...
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Funding boost on blood clot prevention
Members of the project team. From left to right: Saul Rodriguez (KTH), Johanna Flodin (Muscle Matrix Support AB - MMS), Paul Ackermann (MMS), Malin Otter (KTH, degree project at MMS), Robin Juthberg (MMS), Nelida Aliaga (MMS), Jafeth Lizana (MMS), Bashar Jamal Pati (KTH - degree project at MMS). Published Nov 08, 2023Vinnova grants 4 MSEK for the development of next-generation Venous Thromboembolism prevention.
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Researchers make power plants more flexible
Rafael Guedez and José Garcia from KTH. Published Aug 29, 2023The increase of solar and wind power demands flexible power plants that can operate when the wind doesn’t blow or there is no sun. Maybe hydrogen or ammonia in gas turbines combined cycle power plants...
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Better data analysis can improve treatment of Parkinson’s disease
A new methodology can accelerate the diagnosis and possibly treatment of patients, helping return the brain to more healthy activity. Photo: Format Arw/Unsplash Published Aug 01, 2023More accurate data help understand how extensive local brain networks are affected in patients.
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The hidden computational role of dopamine in the brain
A new study shows the important role dopamine plays when we are learning new tasks. Dopamine cells send much more detailed information to other brain cells than what is previously known. Photo: Santi Vedri/Unsplash Published Jul 18, 2023Neuromodulators in the brain shape our ability to learn much better than previously thought
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KTH researcher develops first wood xerogel
Professor Qi Zhou and postdoc Shennan Wang. Photo: KTH Published Jun 13, 2023Researchers at KTH have produced a xerogel made from wood – the material enables more energy-efficient production of high-quality transparent wood. ”The significant advance is that our mesoporous woo...
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Researchers unlock the secret to the brain's working memory
Photo: Andrik Langfield, Unsplash Published Jun 12, 2023New insights from brain science can lead to the development of artificial intelligence possessing cognitive abilities similar to humans.
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