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Theme: Quantum technology

How will quantum technology affect society? What are the challenges and potential innovations? In a series of articles, we take a closer look at the quantum world and report on all the exciting research being conducted at KTH.

Family in a garden full of plastic things
The Hesse family among 400 kilos of removed plastic items.

KTH empties a family’s home of plastic

Is it possible to live a good everyday life without plastic? In an unusual experiment, researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology emptied a family home – and rebuilt it almost entirely without p...

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Anna Rathsman has played a decisive role in Sweden's successes in space research. (Photo: Jonas Böttiger)

She put Sweden on the global space map

As one of Sweden’s leading figures in the space sector, Anna Rathsman has played a key role in shaping space policy, research, and international cooperation for many years. She has now been awarded an...

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Blood test can predict multimorbidity

A few common blood markers can show which older people are at risk of developing multiple chronic diseases at the same time – and how quickly this can happen. This is according to a new study led by K...

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Helena Lundberg.
Helena Lundberg. Photo: Jon Lindhe, KTH

ElectroLight aims to reduce the carbon footprint of our lifestyle

ElectroLight is a Strategic Research Initiative at KTH, a bottom-up initiative with focus on electricity- and light-driven chemical molecular processes. “Light- and electricity-driven processes hav...

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Photo: Elina Charatsidou

KTH hosted Rising Stars workshop for women in nuclear science

During the Nobel Week, KTH hosted the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Global Forum Rising Stars Workshop, bringing together 40 early career women working across nuclear science, engineering, technology, ed...

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Francesco Fuso-Nerini
Francesco Fuso-Nerini is part of the international research team behind a study on AI's environmental impact.

AI servers could use ten percent of U.S. electricity by 2030

A study recently published in Nature Sustainability warns that, by 2030, AI servers in the U.S. alone could consume up to ten percent of the country’s current electricity use, an amount comparable to ...

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