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  • KTH alum Sandra Muhr develops a toolbox for cancer treatments at CERN

    Sandra Muhr står framför en accelerator på CERN
    Published Oct 25, 2022

    Sandra Muhr, 27, is playing a part in the industrialisation of future cancer treatments at CERN, the world’s biggest particle physics laboratory located just outside of Geneva, Switzerland. “The miss...

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  • Newsmakers at KTH

    Published Oct 24, 2022

    Who has received what when it comes to funding? What findings, results and researchers have attracted attention outside KTH? Under the vignette Newsmakers, we provide a selection of the latest news an...

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  • Method makes it possible to single out and attack HIV virus’ most dangerous parts

    single, red-colored, H9-T cell that had been infected by numerous, spheroid shaped, HIV particles.
    A new method makes it possible to identify which HIV particles are growing, opening a potential path for targeting the molecules responsible for the virus' growth. Pictured, numerous, spheroid shaped, mustard-colored human immunodeficiency virus particles attach themselves to the cell's surface membrane. (Photo: U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
    Published Oct 19, 2022

    A new method could make it possible to identify the most dangerous parts of the HIV virus, so they can be singled out for attack.

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  • Sewage monitoring method can trace source of child hepatitis outbreaks

    Test tubes filled with clear fluid stand side by side on plastic holder
    Vials containing sewage water are scanned a method for monitoring Covid-19 in sewage, which can also be used to trace the source of other outbreaks, including monkeypox and hepatitis.
    Published Oct 13, 2022

    Researchers have created a method that now makes it possible to monitor sewage for a virus that has is believed to be linked to hepatitis outbreaks worldwide. First developed for the Covid-19 pandemic...

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  • KTH Great Prize 2022 goes to innovator behind solar powered water purifier

    Petra Wadström portrait outdoors in sunshine
    Petra Wadström, designer, artist and the innovator behind Solvatten receives the KTH Great Prize 2022. Today the technology is used in more than 20 countries, improving the lives of more than half a million people.
    Published Oct 13, 2022

    The Solvatten innovation is saving lives in refugee camps, war zones and other places where a lack of clean water has reached crisis proportions. Solvatten provides a container that users fill with c...

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  • Six tons of batteries in experimental student residence

    Truck with batteries
    Unloading the batteries outside KTH Live-In Lab. Photo: Einar Mattsson
    Published Oct 12, 2022

    A large group of batteries has been installed for a research project in KTH Live-In Lab, an experimental student residence where KTH, Northvolt and Einar Mattsson conduct research together. They’re te...

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  • Research and teaching lift KTH in THE world ranking

    KTH flag with blue university seal on white field, unfurls in wind, with autumn leaves in foreground
    In the areas of research and teaching, which account for 90 percent of the overall ranking, KTH’s 2023 scores have increased over the previous year—most notably in the performance area of citation and impact. (photo: David Callahan)
    Published Oct 12, 2022

    KTH Royal Institute of Technology landed in its highest ranking position since 2016 in the newly-released 2023 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, an achievement the university’s p...

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  • Nobel physiology laureate’s KTH connections date back decades

    man holding skull in hand, smiling
    . “We haven’t crossed paths much scientifically, but we have done some things together over the years,” Uhlén says of Nobel laureate Svante Pääbo . “And he’s also a very close friend.” Photo: Frank Vinken, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
    Published Oct 03, 2022

    Today’s Nobel Physiology Prize announcement was a special one for researchers at KTH and in particular, Mathias Uhlén, Professor of Microbiology at KTH. Uhlén’s friendship with the new Nobel laureate ...

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  • Moose mannequin a belated success

    A moose dummy placed in front of a car.
    Magnus Gens built a test dummy for moose accidents as a degree project at KTH in 2001. Now he receives the Ig Nobel Prize for his innovation. (Photo: Private)
    Published Sep 30, 2022

    It came out of the blue. A 2022 Ig Nobel Prize goes to engineer Magnus Gens of KTH, who developed a crash-test dummy for moose collisions over 20 years ago as part of a master’s thesis. But now the du...

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  • New funding for Unite develops collaboration between European universities

    EU flag
    The Unite initiative aims to create university networks in Europe, and to form a number of "European universities" in 2024.
    Published Sep 29, 2022

    Unite – the University Network for Innovation, Technology and Engineering – works to create the European university of the future. The alliance has now received an additional €14.4 million from the E...

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  • 3D printing can now manufacture customized sensors for robots, pacemakers, and more

    A white plastic robot stars into the camera in a black room
    Robotics is one area where small volumes of advanced sensors, MEMS, can now be produced with 3D printing. (Photo: David Callahan)
    Published Sep 28, 2022

    A newly-developed 3D printing technique could be used to cost-effectively produce customized electronic “machines” the size of insects which enable advanced applications in robotics, medical devices a...

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  • KTH opera to premiere in December

    Leif Handberg in Reaktorhallen with the robot The Queen inside the instrument The Vocal Chorder.
    Leif Handberg, director of Reaktorhallen and initiator of the opera project. Here together with The Queen – one of the two robots featured in the opera – inside the interactive instrument The Vocal Chorder, developed by the artistic directors. Photo: Magnus Glans.
    Published Sep 27, 2022

    The Reactor Hall at KTH hosts the December 1 premiere of the opera The Tale of the Great Computing Machine. The opera is based on the children´s book of the same title by late Nobel physics laureate a...

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  • Compassion gives competitive advantage over robots in workplace

    Claudia Olsson outside in the city with a mirror image on house facade
    “My key piece of advice to entrepreneurs is to focus on how technology can help meet global challenges, such as security, climate and health. Wherever we see the greatest needs, that’s also where the greatest opportunities lie for the companies of the future,” says Claudia Olsson, CEO and founder of Stellar Capacity, a training company in Digital Leadership.
    Published Sep 23, 2022

    “Technical progress has always scared people, as it can be hard to gauge the long-term consequences. But the more we learn about artificial intelligence, the better we can prepare for the future and p...

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  • Mucus-based lubricant proves highly effective against HIV and herpes

    Drawn spike proteins float in the body, and some are caught in the mucus, where they disintegrate
    The synthetic gel replicates the self-healing function of mucus in the body: mucin molecules trap virus particles, such as HIV and herpes, which are then cleared through mucus turnover. (Image:Cosmin Butnarasu)
    Published Sep 15, 2022

    Cow mucus provides the basis for a synthetic prophylactic gel developed at KTH Royal Institute of Technology to protect against HIV and herpes transmission. The lubricating gel proved 70 percent effec...

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  • Newsmakers at KTH

    Published Sep 14, 2022

    Who has received what when it comes to funding? What findings, results and researchers have attracted attention outside KTH? Under the vignette Newsmakers, we provide a selection of the latest news an...

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  • “Nuclear power is now being taken seriously as a sustainable energy option”

    Janne Wallenius outside in front of a building
    “I am honoured to receive KTH Innovation Award, an award to encourage creativity, grit and courage in the mission of making science and technology useful for humanity. One of the lessons from developing the SMR technology is to never give up,” says Professor of Nuclear Engineering Janne Wallenius, who has been researching design and safety analysis of lead-cooled reactor systems since 1996.
    Published Sep 02, 2022

    Public resistance to nuclear power was strong when Professor Janne Wallenius began developing the technology for small, lead-cooled nuclear reactors. But times have changed, and ten years down the lin...

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  • She oversees a multibillion kronor real estate empire

    Johanna Skogestig in front of city buildings
    According to Vasakronan CEO Johanna Skogestig, when the real estate industry is going challenging times, it pays to focus on sustainability. “Vasakronan maintains a high profile when it comes to the environment. Among other things, we’ve created a rooftop garden in central Stockholm, where we filter rainwater that’s used to flush water closets in the building,” she says..
    Published Aug 24, 2022

    Although Vasakronan’s total real estate holdings amount to approximately SEK 200 billion, Johanna Skogestig isn’t concerned that the industry is heading towards hard times. “I’m not that concerned. V...

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  • Anders Söderholm appointed President of KTH

    Man holding a speech att KTH.
    The Swedish government has appointed Anders Söderholm President of KTH from 1 December 2022.
    Published Aug 19, 2022

    The Swedish government has appointed Anders Söderholm President of KTH from 1 December 2022. He has a background as Professor of Business Administration and is currently Secretary General of the Swedi...

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  • Coming from abroad, new students receive full-service welcome—including social events

    woman shows a button that reads: "Ask me about KTH"
    Marina Wellén coordinates teams that will welcome nearly 1,000 new international students to KTH this weekend.
    Published Aug 17, 2022

    From the moment their planes depart this weekend for Sweden, nearly 1,000 KTH-bound international students can relax knowing that everything they need to get started here will be taken care of once th...

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  • Advanced genetic screening reveals cancer coding in healthy tissue

    tumor cells within a section of prostate tissue seen in a microscope
    A microscopic image of cancerous cells in a section of prostate tissue.
    Published Aug 10, 2022

    A new study offers the possibility of unmasking genetic mutations in an organ well before commonly-used screening techniques detect signs of cancer. The secret lies in hunting through seemingly health...

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