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  • Space electronics in focus at Space Rendezvous

    The satellite Mats. Photo: Swedish National Space Agency
    Published Oct 24, 2023

    Cosmic radiation causes electronics sent to space to break down just by being there. But there are KTH projects that make a difference, and they are in focus during the Space Rendezvous, which will be...

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  • A new comprehensive approach is needed in wireless research

    Published Oct 17, 2023

    Challenges in the industry are increasing as we move towards a digitalised society where everything needs to be connected. The competition for the rare earth metals required in our batteries is intens...

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  • Total climate impact of properties in focus in new study

    Building site in Rinkeby, Stockholm. Photo: The City of Stockholm
    Published Oct 09, 2023

    The building stock has a significant long-term climate impact. Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology have observed this when investigating the climate impact of recently constructed residen...

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  • Elevated credibility in AI-generated information

    Sonia Horchidan and Paris Carbone
    Published Sep 20, 2023

    A new graph database management system is under development at KTH. Using graph technology in combination with artificial intelligence (AI), the system could assist in planning everything from healthc...

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  • Four scientists on the future of AI

    Published Aug 31, 2023

    Research in Artificial Intelligence was in focus when researchers and partners from Saab and Ericsson gathered for two days at CASTOR Software Days to discuss the research in the field.

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  • Designing video games at the world's largest VR studio

    Published Aug 22, 2023

    Former student Hedvig Reutersvärd on why the most boring course turned out to be the most useful, what it's like to work at the world's largest VR studio and her best career advice for KTH students.

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  • Student project shedding light on the world's income inequality

    Published Aug 15, 2023

    The Robin Hood Calculator visualisation tool is designed by KTH students to help you understand the income distribution around the world. By taxing the rich and giving to the poor.

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  • KTH Students compete to become the best hackers in the world

    Published Aug 08, 2023

    535 teams participated in this year's qualifiers for the world's most prominent hacking championship, with only 12 advancing to the finals at the DEF CON conference in Las Vegas. The team includes six...

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  • Better data analysis can improve treatment of Parkinson’s disease

    Old couple embracing while walking down a road
    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, 2023

    More 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

    Boy sitting by a desk writing on a piece of paper.
    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, 2023

    Neuromodulators in the brain shape our ability to learn much better than previously thought

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  • 500 000 articles on ethical hacking analysed 

    Published Jun 22, 2023

    More investment in cybersecurity is needed. This is the conclusion after analysing 500,000 articles on academic databases on ethical hacking. 

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  • Fast communication with spintronics is possible, models show

    Published Jun 20, 2023

    One step closer to better and faster communication in 5G and 6G has been taken. Ericsson and KTH will now evaluate the technology for two years, and the hope is to get closer to a prototype that can b...

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  • Students design computer games in class

    Published Jun 13, 2023

    Do you want to learn how to develop your own computer game? Or are you curious about what the market strategy looks like in the computer game industry? Maybe you'd rather create graphics? Then this co...

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  • Interactive show between humans and drones

    Published Jun 12, 2023

    The interaction between humans and drones was studied in the Reaktor Hall at KTH for two days.

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  • Researchers unlock the secret to the brain's working memory

    Person playing cards
    Photo: Andrik Langfield, Unsplash
    Published Jun 12, 2023

    New insights from brain science can lead to the development of artificial intelligence possessing cognitive abilities similar to humans.

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  • Top three courses at KTH – and what makes them popular

    Smiling woman looking down at her laptop
    Published May 31, 2023

    The application period for the fall semester of 2023 is closed. KTH's most popular freestanding courses within lifelong learning handle the hot topics of Python programming, ethical hacking and cybers...

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  • New technique boosts accuracy and efficiency in probabilistic programming

    KTH researchers have developed a new technique applied in probabilistic programming languages. The t
    KTH researchers have developed a new technique applied in probabilistic programming languages. The technique which will be critical when determining how often species evolve into new species and how often species go extinct. Photo: Kyaw Tun/Unsplash
    Published May 29, 2023

    Programming can be a time-consuming and error-prone task. KTH researchers propose an automated technique that relieves developers of manual processes.

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  • KTH researchers developing new approaches to robotics

    Views of the open-source CloudGripper robot
    Camera views of the open source CloudGripper robots developed by the group. The open source project is planned to be launched publicly at IEEE IROS in Detroit and online at http://cloudgripper.org later this year.
    Published May 11, 2023

    Robotics has the potential to unlock large benefits for society, but new applications, such as assistive robotics functions in healthcare require fundamental breakthroughs in how robots reason and int...

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  • New clothing design mimics muscles used when singing

    A female opera singer stands in front of a group of six people dressed with the Corsetto garment.
    researchers teamed up with a professional opera singer to develop a mediating technology that would allow audience members to feel the muscular movements, tensions and engagements when singing. Photo: Ozgun Kilic Afsar
    Published May 02, 2023

    Researchers develop garment that can emulate what it feels like when someone is singing, breaking new ground in making performing arts more interactive and immersive.

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  • Frustration over parking fines led to action

    Published Apr 25, 2023

    A frustration with parking fines led to the development of a parking app that can read signs and help avoid fines. Now KTH students Maximillian Claesson, Industrial Engineering and Management, and Zak...

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