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  • The technology that makes stem cells accessible to everyone

    Professor Anna Herland.
    Published Sep 08, 2025

    Imagine a future where diseases such as Parkinson's and diabetes are no longer considered incurable. Where patients can receive treatments based on their own cells, minimising the risk of rejection an...

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  • Technical research for increased patient safety in ECMO and haemodialysis

    A blood cell.
    Published Sep 02, 2025

    In cases of severe heart, lung or kidney failure, life-sustaining treatments are used in which blood is removed from the body to be oxygenated or purified, for example via ECMO (extracorporeal membran...

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  • The KTH Global Academia Postdoc Program

    Published May 28, 2025

    A postdoctoral initiative to support early-career scholars, safeguarding academic freedom and deepening long-term international partnerships.

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  • AI takes Human Protein Atlas to the next level

    Published May 16, 2025

    The Human Protein Atlas is a world-class Swedish research initiative that maps all proteins in the human body - the key to understanding health and disease at the cellular level. By making this knowl...

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  • KTH's AI research - at the heart of a global transformation

    Published May 16, 2025

    As Sweden's leading university of technology, KTH has for decades laid the foundation for advanced technology development, through pioneering research in areas such as basic mathematics, machine learn...

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  • New interdisciplinary initiative to explore the possibilities of AI

    Published Apr 02, 2025

    Karl H Johansson, Professor of Network Regulation, wants to explore the possibilities of AI in a new interdisciplinary initiative, Future AI. The initiative will include challenges and ethical risks i...

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  • Curing hereditary diseases with gene therapy

    Published Apr 02, 2025

    Today, it is possible to cure hereditary blind children, paralysed children with muscular atrophy and haemophilia patients using gene therapy. But the price tag is high, millions of kronor per treatme...

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  • The future of medicine is electronic

    The picture shows the vagus nerve, the largest nerve in the body.
    Published Apr 02, 2025

    Chronic inflammation is one of the biggest global health challenges of our time. It is not only linked to autoimmune diseases such as rheumatism, MS and inflammatory bowel disease - but is also behind...

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  • New technology improves precision for future cancer treatments

    My Hedhammar.
    Published Apr 02, 2025

    Despite better prevention measures, such as screenings and new treatments, the number of people dying from cancer is increasing. Cancer is such a heterogeneous disease that current methods of diagnosi...

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  • Humanities important in a world of climate change

    Nina Wormbs.
    Published Apr 02, 2025

    Creating a sustainable society involves more than earth metals, nuclear power and smarter grids. For Nina Wormbs, professor of history of technology, it is also about the humanities and is particularl...

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  • Detecting vulnerabilities in IT environments to prevent cyberattacks

    Pontus Johnson.
    Published Apr 02, 2025

    Finding vulnerabilities in an IT system to quickly detect an ongoing cyberattack or even stop them has become increasingly important. To find these vulnerabilities and train on intrusion detection and...

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  • Humanoid robots of the future in the service of humansWe who made a difference

    Danica Kragic Jensfelt
    Published Apr 01, 2025

    KTH conducts groundbreaking research in robotics and artificial intelligence with the goal of developing robots that can not only see and act, but also understand and interact with humans in complex...

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  • Want to use heat in a smart way and phase out fossil fuels

    Christophe Duwig.
    Published Apr 01, 2025

    Two thirds of the primary energy used today is wasted. Christophe Duwig, professor of process engineering at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, wants to find ways to use heat wisely in industry while ...

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  • Wants to develop a space telescope that can study gamma-ray bursts from black holes

    Black hole.
    Published Apr 01, 2025

    Black holes have long fascinated humans and sparked curiosity about the cosmos and science. Black holes are created when a massive star collapses; its birth is revealed as an intense flash of gamma ra...

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  • Researchers use AI to create strategies for both human and environmental needs

    Published Mar 26, 2025

    At KTH Royal Institute of Technology, a research project aims to revolutionise how we address global sustainability challenges by using advanced artificial intelligence (AI). By using AI, it is possib...

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  • Tackling inequalities in the city - for an accessible and fair city

    Sergels torg in Stockholm. Photo: Mostphotos
    Published Mar 26, 2025

    Urban segregation and unequal living conditions are a growing problem that risks pulling society apart. In the ‘Shared City’ project, Ann Legeby, Professor of Applied Urban Design at KTH Royal Institu...

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