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Dosed with crystal meth, brain-on-a-chip reveals brain's neurovascular interactions
The left and right chips represent the blood brain barrier in-flow and out-flow. In the center is the brain chip. The blue fluids show artificial spinal fluid and the red show artificial blood. In each chip, the colored channel is approximately 2 cm long. Published Aug 29, 2018Demonstrating the effects of the street drug, crystal meth, was the first test for a powerful new platform for studying the complex interactions of the brain’s blood vessels and nerve cells. Unveiled ...
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KTH hosts international Music Tech Fest in September
An exhibition at MTF in Berlin in 2016. (Photo: @PeterKolskiArt) Published Aug 22, 2018The international festival of music ideas and innovation, Music Tech Fest (MTF Stockholm), is coming to KTH in September. During the week Sept. 3-9, a global array of artists, researchers, creators, i...
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KTH subjects among top 50 in ShanghaiRanking
Published Aug 21, 2018Eight subjects at KTH have been ranked in the top 50 in the ShanghaiRanking Academic Ranking of World Universities, which were announced recently.
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Mapping of cells and proteins improved with help of gamers and AI
Emma Lundberg as she appears in the online game, Project Discovery, a mini-game within EVE Online which enabled her research team to classify thousands of cells. Published Aug 20, 2018Building on a map that shows hundreds of thousands of microscopic images of human cells, an international research team is working with the gaming community and with artificial intelligence to gain a ...
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Singapore students at KTH create smart applications using Swedish pine
Published Jul 12, 2018A flexible solution for tight office spaces in China. Window glass made from wood fibers. Smart storage solutions for compact homes. These were some of the results when the students at the internation...
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Possibilities of biocomposites is Iranian researcher's focus
Hanieh Mianehrow is a long way from her hometown, Tehran, but she quickly settled into the life of an international researcher at KTH, where she works with wood cellulose. (Photo: Håkan Lindgren) Published Jul 11, 2018Trees mean a lot to doctoral student Hanieh Mianehrow. In her research at the Wallenberg Wood Science Center, she investigates new materials based on wood cellulose. In her free time, she practices he...
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A new software that democratises AI development
Published Jul 10, 2018A new piece of software is making it easier to create solutions within AI (artificial intelligence). The program, QuantumNet, has been produced by KTH students who want more people to be involved in t...
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New KTH master´s student participates in Airbus´summer academy
Published Jul 06, 2018Produce game-changing concepts linked to global need for food and water security! That´s the challenge at the Airbus Airnovation Summer Academy which closes today. 50 top students from 20 countries pa...
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AI could improve prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment
Focused AI analysis of a part of a prostate containing a tumor clone (blue). The AI signature is superimposed on the morphological tissue image. This confirms that the AI signature indirectly overlaps with tumor cells in the tissue section. Published Jun 26, 2018Researchers at KTH and Karolinska Institutet have concluded that AI can contribute to increased understanding of how prostate cancer develops, and even improve clinical diagnosis and treatment of the ...
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Evidence for a new nuclear phase transition could rewrite physics textbooks
Bo Cederwall and doctoral students Aysegul Ertoprak and Özge Aktas. (Photo: Mats Paulsen) Published Jun 21, 2018Physics textbooks might have to be updated now that an international research team has found evidence of an unexpected transition in the structure of atomic nuclei.
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These nanoscale “crack-junctions” can speed up DNA sequencing
An electron microscope image of a crack generated tunnel. (Photo: Valentin Dubois) Published Jun 19, 2018The time-consuming, expensive process of sequencing DNA molecules – a technology used to identify, diagnose and possibly find cures for diseases – could become a whole lot faster and cheaper as a resu...
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Method could be boost to large scale production of graphene
Image of graphene before and after VHF staining reveals (right) the grain boundaries of the material. Published Jun 15, 2018The measure by which any conductor is judged is how easily, and speedily, electrons can move through it. On this point, graphene is one of the most promising materials for a breathtaking array of appl...
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Capillary flow is harnessed for the first time
Capillary flow is a common phenomenon inherent in everyday tasks, from wiping up spills to watering plants. (Photo: David Callahan) Published May 21, 2018You may have never heard of the capillary effect, but it’s something you deal with every time you wipe up a spill or put flowers in water. Wouter van der Wijngaart has spent most of his life contempla...
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Platform brings mobile connection speeds up to 100 Gbps
Even as demand for web services grows alongside countless internet of things applications, a new platform could enable networks to deliver speeds of up to 100 Gbps. Published May 15, 2018Even though mobile internet link speeds might soon be 100 Gbps, this doesn’t necessarily mean network carriers will be free of data-handling challenges that effectively slow down mobile data services,...
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Method assembles cellulose nanofibres into a material stronger than spider silk
SEM image of the cross-section of the fibre, showing the aligned nanofibrils. Published May 09, 2018Researchers at KTH have produced a bio-based material that is reported to surpass the strength of all known bio-based materials whether fabricated or natural, including wood and spider silk.
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Teklafestival hosts girls workshops at Music Tech Fest
Published Apr 23, 2018Teklafestival, founded by Swedish recording artist Robyn, will be hosting unique technology workshops for girls as part of Music Tech Fest (MTF) Stockholm, in partnership with KTH Royal Institute of T...
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Test shows bone fracture glue provides stronger fixation than dental filler
A technician demonstrates the bone gluing procedure on a sample bone. Published Apr 23, 2018Acute bone fractures may soon be treated with an adhesive patch inspired by dental reconstruction techniques. Researchers at KTH report a new method which they say offers unprecedented bonding strengt...
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ERC grant to Environmental Historian Sverker Sörlin
Published Apr 20, 2018Sverker Sörlin, Professor of Environmental History at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, is one of ten Swedish researchers receiving a grant from the European Research Council’s ERC Advanced Grants, w...
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Permeable capsule could be packed with cells that fight cancer
Microscopic image of the 7- to 15- micrometer thick shells which encapsulated a gel containing living cells. Published Apr 16, 2018One way that cancer may be fought in the future is with micro-sized capsules containing living cells engineered to secrete toxins that attack cancer cells. Although the science of cell micro-encapsula...
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Imogen Heap headlines stage – and labs – during festival at KTH
Recording artist and producer Imogen with the Mi.Mu wearable technology that she developed. (Photo: Fiona Garden) Published Apr 09, 2018Grammy Award-winning recording artist Imogen Heap is scheduled to perform, as well as lead a lab on development of blockchain technology for the music industry, during Music Tech Fest Stockholm, which...
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