Three KTH students got to work directly with Gothenburg city officials and planning experts in October during an intensive course in sustainable urban planning for students from across the Nordic countries, which was offered in Gothenburg by the Nordic Sustainable Campus Network. The organizers invited 20 students from five Nordic countries to participate in the … Continue reading “Actual planning case is center of intensive international course”
Bones do a good job of repairing themselves, except when they can’t. When bones are broken beyond self-repair, doctors take pieces of the hip bone, specifically a part called the iliac crest, and graft it where it is needed. But there’s only so much iliac crest available, and the procedure results in years of pain. … Continue reading “Stars of polymer science gather at KTH”
They look like the kind of winged contraptions imagined by animation film director Hayao Miyazaki, but these experimental generators could represent the next wave in renewable energy. With what amounts to one of the biggest-ever European investments in ocean energy, the first commercial scale underwater “kite” power plant is being built off the coast of Holyhead, … Continue reading “Underwater kites could be next wave in clean energy”
If you don’t live in the Nordic countries, it’s quite possible you’ve never heard of the Sami — an indigenous people of the European Arctic, whose reindeer-herding culture has remained pretty much unchanged for tens of thousands of years. With their colorful, traditional embroidery, reindeer skin moccasins and wigwams, the Sami bring to mind some … Continue reading “The fight against mining in Sweden’s indigenous Sami community is a lot like ‘The Lorax’”
If you could ask an astronaut anything at all, what would it be? On Tuesday, you can ask them yourself. One hundred astronauts are gathering at Stockholm’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology on September 22, and four of them will join me for an online Google Hang to take your questions about what it is … Continue reading “Ask an astronaut”
