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New center focus on integrated science
A potato in section. Published Sep 30, 2020Meet Agneta Richter Dahlfors, director of a new interdisciplinary research centre with the focus on societal benefits, that was inaugurated on 30 September. What is AIMES?
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Study examines contact tracing apps' compliance with individual rights
If aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals, the apps will appeal to more users and get more downloads, researchers say. Published Sep 24, 2020Some of the COVID-19 contact tracing apps in use today fall short of meeting the UN's criteria for individual rights and fairness, a new study shows.
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Study shows what makes plant cell walls compress and stretch
Researchers added pure mannans and xylans separately to cellulose media in order to observe how they became integrated in the fibrillar network of plants. Published Sep 17, 2020Researchers have identified the individual mechanical functions of wood hemicelluloses in plant cell walls for the first time.
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Boliden CEO on the mining industry and the future
“Ever since the Bronze Age, metals have been fundamentally necessary for human social development. Today, we need metal to tackle the climate crisis. The mining industry is having a greater impact on society than ever before,” says Mikael Staffas Published Sep 14, 2020Staffas, CEO of Swedish mining company Boliden, describes the prejudices against the Swedish mining sector as a long, hard uphill struggle to overcome. “The fact is that we lead the world when it com...
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Newsmakers at KTH
Published Sep 14, 2020Who 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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Lightning fast implementation of alumnus´master´s thesis about smart charging of electric vehicles
Jacob Dalton wrote a master´s thesis on smart charging of electric vehicles. The solution has been implemented by the electricity company Tibber, where he´s now employed. Photo: Tibber Published Sep 01, 2020Two years ago Jacob Dalton completed a master´s thesis proposing how household charging of electric vehicles can be used to stabilize the power grid. Now the KTH graduate’s idea has been introduced as...
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Bitcoin can grow in the wake of the crisis
Bitcoin was created in 2009 to enable payments over the Internet directly between users without the involvement of third parties. (Photo: Janerik Henriksson/TT) Published Aug 21, 2020Cryptocurrencies can get a boost in countries that have encountered an economic recession and inflation crises as a consequence of the pandemic. This is the view of economics researchers from KTH that...
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"We must dare to break ingrained patterns"
Published Aug 10, 2020Swimmer Maja Reichard was already beginning to lose her sight in her teens, but has continued her career at elite level. During her time as a Master of Science in Engineering student at KTH, she won 2...
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Documentary film maker Tom Alandh wins the KTH Great Prize for 2020
Journalist and documentary filmmaker Tom Alandh is awarded the 2020 KTH Great Prize. Photo: Cato Lein Published Jul 01, 2020After 50 years at Sveriges Television and with over 100 documentary films that have touched and entertained the Swedish TV viewers, Tom Alandh has become a national treasure in Sweden. This master of ...
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One year with Stockholm Trio
Ole Petter Ottersen. Astrid Söderbergh Widding and Sigbritt Karlsson signing the agreement on the Stockholm trio university alliance May 27 2019. (Niklas Björling) Published Jun 29, 2020Just over 12 months ago, the Stockholm Trio University Alliance was launched. The university alliance between the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm University and KTH has been extended and further deve...
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A new material takes shape – all by itself
Produce packaging could be one of the first areas where research scientists’ Robotic Matter is used. Published Jun 24, 2020Remember the T-1000 robot from Terminator 2? It could change form into anything at all, including a human being. The microrobots in the animated feature, Big Hero 6, offer another example of matter th...
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Transport model could help predict virus’ spread
Researchers at KTH have created a tool that can show which areas in a city are at risk of being particularly harshly affected by spread of infections, such as Covid-19. Photo: Peter Ardell Published Jun 16, 2020Researchers at KTH are developing a computer model to simulate the connection between the spread of the coronavirus and the travel habits of Stockholm residents. The tool would provide epidemiologists...
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Newsmakers at KTH
Published Jun 15, 2020Who 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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How the brain’s connections change according to age
Changes in the entire brain (left) and hippocampus (middle) are evident in these images shot during the course of a mouse's life. Green shows the protein PSD95 and cyan is the protein SAP102. Published Jun 15, 2020Why do children think and behave differently from adults? Why do we become forgetful in old age? Researchers have shown for the first time how the connections between the brain’s nerve cells, the s...
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KTH holds its position in world top 100
KTH is now ranked 98th among the world's universities, and among technical universities it holds the 33rd position in the world rankings. Published Jun 10, 2020KTH Royal Institute of Technology retained its spot among the top 100 universities worldwide, in the 2020 QS World University Rankings.
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KTH to open its campuses
KTH opens its campuses for students this autumn. Published Jun 05, 2020KTH is going to open its campuses this autumn, but will bear the lessons learnt from the digitalisation of teaching and examinations in spring, very much in mind. Starting 1 August, buildings will gra...
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How should we travel after the pandemic?
Aircraft are parked pending the reopening of societies and for travel to start again. (Photo: Peter Frennesson/Sydsvenskan/TT) Published May 20, 2020The climate impact of aviation has dropped to a minimum level due to the coronavirus crisis. How can emissions be kept down after the pandemic? Researchers at KTH are developing a tool designed to hel...
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KTH teachers are cutting out templates for local apron factory´s protective suits
Gabriel Johannesson, teacher and workshop engineer at the School of Architecture and the Built Environment, cuts one of the templates with the help of the school’s CNC milling machine. Published May 19, 2020On Friday, May 8, the activity was in full swing at the Architecture School's makerspace workshop Verkstaden at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Two teachers were producing templates with a CNC mill...
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New test strip preserves clues that blood tests often overlook
KTH researchers have developed a finger-prick blood test strip for filtering blood plasma recovers 10 percent more proteins than existing methods. (Photo: Margrette Dorn) Published May 15, 2020A new synthetic paper for finger prick blood tests could provide accurate point-of-care diagnostics for cancer, COVID-19 and other serious diseases. Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology sa...
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Students’ winning hack project minimizes medical workers’ contact with COVID-19 patients
The winner team in the hackathon #EUVSVIRUS have come up with a highly scalable patient monitoring system that allows for far more check-ups simultaneously.. Published May 12, 2020Master´s students from KTH teamed up with other partner universities in the EIT Digital programme to win the category Health & Life in the EU Hackathon #EUVSVIRUS. The team consists of six high school...
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