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  • The Humane City: Startup aims to reduce water consumption in apartments

    KTH alumni have launched a technology that enables multi unit dwellers to track how much water they are using - a key step toward reducing waste and consumption.
    Published May 09, 2019

    Even in Sweden, like other parts of the world, cities and smaller towns are facing shortages of fresh water. Yet consumption continues unabated. That could change, however. A startup from KTH Royal In...

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  • Nordic Five Tech establishes new network for artificial intelligence

    Published May 02, 2019

    The Nordic Five Tech alliance of leading technical universities in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden announces the creation of the Nordic Artificial Intelligence Network.

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  • Satellite data and AI help fight Sweden's forest fires

    Tonight's Valborg celebrations coincide with a high risk of forest fires through much of Sweden, including the Stockholm area. (Photo: Pablo Collantes)
    Published Apr 30, 2019

    Weeks of drought and sporadic forest and grass fires have threatened to put a damper on traditional Walpurgis Night celebrations tonight in Sweden, where communities typically light bonfires to mark t...

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  • Newsmakers at KTH

    Published Apr 11, 2019

    Which people have received an award for their research or an interesting assignment? Which successful student projects currently in progress at KTH are worthy of extra attention? Under the heading New...

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  • This compact and cheap lidar could steer small autonomous vehicles

    A close-up look at a miniature optical beam steering component that promises to enable lighter and less costly autonomous vehicles. (Photo: Kristinn Glyfason)
    Published Apr 09, 2019

    For autonomous vehicles, lidar is an essential technology to recognize and detect surrounding objects. Researchers at KTH have taken aim at the key component of lidar, optical beam-stearing, and devel...

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  • This “glass” is made of wood, and you can control how much heat it conducts

    The wood material gets clearer as it stores more heat. (Photo: courtesy of Wallenberg Wood Science Center)
    Published Apr 04, 2019

    Researchers from KTH have developed a window material made of wood that regulates how much heat it lets in – and out.

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  • KTH ranked near top in impact on sustainability

    KTH was ranked seventh worldwide in impact with regard to the UN's sustainable development goals. (Photo: David Callahan)
    Published Apr 03, 2019

    KTH ranks as one of the world’s 10 leading universities in scores based on the UN’s global sustainability goals. Within two of the goals KTH ranks second and third, respectively.

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  • Cooperation with MIT aims for less segregated, more humane Stockholm

    Muriel Beser Hugosson from KTH and Carlo Ratti of MIT lead the joint research project KTH-MIT Senseable Stockholm Lab. (photo: Marc Feminia)
    Published Apr 02, 2019

    Reducing segregation, developing water and energy resources and improving transport are some of the aims behind a new cooperation agreement signed last week between Massachusetts Institute of Technolo...

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  • Spotlight on Research

    Published Mar 28, 2019

    Who has received funding for new research? What findings and results are being published in academic journals? Under the heading Spotlight on Research, we provide a selection of the latest news about ...

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  • Rankings play an ever greater role

    The global university rankings are becoming increasingly important – not least when it comes to recruiting international students. (Photo: Håkan Lindgren)
    Published Mar 27, 2019

    To be seen in the top listings is becoming increasingly important for universities and interest in rankings is growing fast. However, what do the ranking scores actually say about the quality of an or...

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  • Powerful near real-time monitoring tool enables response to Mozambique floods

    Published Mar 26, 2019

    Flooding and damage from the tropical cyclone Idai is being tracked in near real time in Mozambique with a method developed at KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

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  • Americans energized by Tekla’s empowering message

    Girls from the Washington, D.C. area immersed themselves in electronics during the workshop at the international launch of Tekla Festival. (Photo: David Callahan)
    Published Mar 14, 2019

    Sanna Cedergren, KTH’s project leader for Tekla Festival, has just returned from Washington, D.C., where singer and Tekla founder Robyn joined KTH and the Swedish Institute in a global launch for the ...

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  • Watch Tekla Dialogue live from Washington

    Published Mar 05, 2019

    Live streaming broadcast of Robyn and special guests at Tekla Dialogue at the House of Sweden in Washington, D.C., addressing the issue of gender balance in technology education and industries.

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  • KTH and MIT in research collaboration

    Researchers on both sides of the Atlantic, together, will exchange ideas, decide and build the research that will be conducted based on what Stockholm city and other collaborative actors need
    Published Mar 05, 2019

    KTH together with MIT, one of the world’s highest-ranking universities, are now entering into a research collaboration around urban planning and development where Stockholm city is the focus. The hub ...

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  • QS adds more KTH subjects to world top 50

    Published Feb 27, 2019

    KTH now ranks 36 among the world’s universities for engineering and technology, according to QS University Ranking, which released its 2019 subject rankings this week. Overall, KTH reached its best re...

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  • Tekla reaches out to girls globally

    Robyn will host a panel discussion with influential American and Swedish women from the public and private sector, in a public conversation about engaging more girls and women in science, technology, engineering and math.
    Published Feb 26, 2019

    Robyn’s on a world tour and she’s taking her mission to inspire girls about technology with her. The Tekla Festival, which she founded in 2015, is making its global debut with a launch event in the U....

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  • Independent researchers progress further

    Building a career in a more independent way, increases your chances of performing more innovative research. (Photo: Scilifelab)
    Published Feb 04, 2019

    Security or independence – which strategy should a young researcher choose? If you decide to go your own way, you have a greater chance of being richly rewarded, according to research at KTH that has ...

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  • Newsmakers

    Published Jan 31, 2019
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  • This small tube may help compress entire labs into a computer chip

    The simplified device eliminates components that typically are used in controlling the storage and dispensing of fluids on microfluidic platforms.
    Published Jan 23, 2019

    Lab-on-a-chip (LOC) technology could transform medicine in ways comparable with how microprocessors have changed our everyday lives – that is once it can be manufactured in a scalable cost-effective w...

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  • A new glucose monitor for diabetics proves virtually painless and even more accurate

    The frequency of finger prick tests could be reduced with a glucose monitoring system being developed at KTH. (Photo: Alden Chadwick/CC BY 2.0)
    Published Jan 07, 2019

    A more comfortable and reliable blood-sugar monitoring system is being designed at KTH for people with diabetes. After successfully testing a prototype of a microneedle patch on a human subject, the c...

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