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Collaborations to understand and manage water
Fornik Tsai / Unsplash Published Apr 21, 2021Zahra Kalantari is an early-career scientist and new Associate professor at the Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering (SEED), with her main competence in Geoscie...
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The Mediated Planet: Claiming Data for Environmental SDGs
NASA / Unsplash Published Mar 31, 2021What role does the global sustainability goals have in the collection and processing of data on the environment? What are the effects of datafication? What can a framework for trust and participation ...
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New forum for discussion and cooperation on housing issues
Ola Grönlund/ Pexels Published Mar 24, 2021Anna Granath Hansson is one of the researchers in the new network for housing research in Stockholm (Forum för Bostadsforskning Stockholm), who wants to create input and discussion around housing issu...
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Getting minerals from water is as important as hydrating, says researcher-author
Drinking water should contain the right balance of the vital minerals, according to KTH guest researcher Ingegerd Rosborg. Photo: Lars Owesson/Scandinav Published Mar 22, 2021The water we drink should contain more than 20 vital minerals, which are needed to protect against various diseases, says KTH guest researcher Ingegerd Rosborg. She co-authored a book that has become ...
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He is planning a new student competition about self-sufficiency
Foto: Pixabay / Pexels Published Mar 18, 2021Zeev Bohbot is a teacher and Programme Director for the Degree Programme in Constructional Engineering and Design and the Degree Programme in Construction Management. He has worked at KTH since 2009 a...
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Introducing Lighting Design Research in Architecture
Ute Besenecker outside KTH Architecture (Photo by: Casper Hedberg) Published Mar 09, 2021The Lighting Design Division of KTH Architecture has a long and rich tradition in lighting design education, and the division's graduates work all around the world. When Associate Professor Ute Besene...
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The School of Architecture the Built Environment rises in QS Subject Rankings 2021
Published Mar 03, 2021In the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject, KTH and the School of Architecture and the Built Environment have once again placed high in several subject areas. Architecture / Built environme...
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“Water is a matter of life or death for humanity”
Published Feb 02, 2021Saving water, tracing Covid-19, growing food in the sea and tracking down leaks in water pipes. These are a few of the WaterCentre@KTH projects aimed at securing future access to water for society. “...
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Investment in sustainable financial markets led by KTH
Nasdaq Stockholm, Stockholm Stock Exchange. Photo: Thomas Karlsson / DN / TT Published Jan 26, 2021The Sustainable Finance Lab consortium has been awarded financing of 47 million Swedish crowns (€4.7 million) over five years from Vinnova, with the option of a further five-year extension. Led by KTH...
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Several of the school's researchers amongst top 2% in the world according to new citation ranking
Foto: Pixabay / Pexels Published Dec 10, 2020Fourteen researchers from the School of Architecture and the Built Environment have been ranked amongst the world's top 2% in a new article from Stanford University, published in the journal PLoS Biol...
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“The sea is the key to a sustainable future”
Carp Bream is both a good and climate smart fish that unfortunately is often thrown back in the water when caught. Photo: Roger Turesson / DN / TT Published Nov 24, 2020Of the 240,000 tons of fish that are caught in Sweden annually, only 40 percent goes to food consumption. At the same time, Sweden imports three quarters of the fish and shellfish we eat. Blue Food, a...
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Sewage analysis shows sharp increase in COVID 19 virus in Stockholm
Published Oct 05, 2020The coronavirus is spreading again in Stockholm and surrounding suburbs, according to COVID 19 RNA measurements in local sewage, which are being conducted at KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
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Detection of COVID-19 in Stockholm sewage is first step toward early-warning system
Published May 05, 2020Development of an early warning system for COVID-19 outbreaks continues to move forward. Researchers at KTH reported they have successfully isolated and concentrated coronavirus RNA from wastewater sa...
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Researchers sample sewage to measure infections in six European countries
From two Stockholm water treatment plants, samples of sewage are collected at KTH Royal Institute of Technology for tracking the coronavirus and measuring the spread of COVID-19 in communities. KTH is also collecting samples in Italy, Spain, India, Netherlands and Turkey. Published Apr 16, 2020The spread of the coronavirus in Stockholm and in six European countries is being tracked through sewage samples by a research group at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, which will repor...
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Bacteria in the air visualised in hospitals
Published Mar 16, 2020KTH researchers are now using virtual reality (VR) to visualise bacteria in the air. “We visualise particle movement in indoor air and pollutants in operating rooms via so-called supercomputer simula...
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Many KTH research projects in IVA's 100 list 2020
Seafarm (Watercentre@KTH/KTH) Published Mar 10, 2020The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences' (IVA) latest 100 list highlights a variety of research projects from Swedish universities in the area of sustainability. The focus is on current re...
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Unpaid work stealing research time
Who is responsible for the service work that must be done? (Photo: Martina Holmberg/TT) Published Mar 06, 2020Who manages “academic housekeeping work” – tasks that have to be done, but you do not get credits for? These tasks are usually done by women, even though this affects their career.
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QS Subject Rankings: KTH in top 20 in Architecture/Built Environment
Published Mar 04, 2020In the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject and by Faculty, KTH Royal Institute of Technology has placed high in key areas. Architecture/Built Environment is in top 20 for the first time.
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KTH paper won TU Delft Global Drinking Water Best Paper Award 2019
Graphical abstract (From Sediment color tool for targeting arsenic-safe aquifers for the installation of shallow drinking water tubewells) Published Sep 19, 2019Prosun Bhattacharya and Mohammed Hossain have been awarded the TU Delft Global Drinking Water Best Paper Award 2019.
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Stockholm Junior Water Prize finalists visited KTH
Stockholm Junior Water Prize finalists from 35 countries at KTH. Photo: Timos Karpouzoglou/KTH Published Aug 29, 2019Read the article
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