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Technique produces powerful DNA wire biosensors
A close up of DNA wires being drawn through the porous membrane. (Photo: Wouter Metsola Van Der Wijngaart) Published Feb 12, 2018KTH researchers reported a nanoengineering innovation that offers hope for treatment of cancer, infections and other health problems – conductive wires of DNA enhanced with gold which could be used to...
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The brain can become a cornerstone of artificial intelligence
Published Feb 07, 2018Researchers at KTH, and US universities MIT and Cornell have been studying the work memory in the brains of monkeys. Hopefully, their newly-acquired knowledge about how memory works will not only play...
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KTH will host international Music Tech Fest in September
Music Tech Fest was launched in 2012 as a “festival of music ideas”, in an attempt to bring all music tech creators and thinkers under one roof. (Photo: Andrew Dubber) Published Jan 31, 2018KTH Royal Institute of Technology has partnered with Music Tech Fest to host the next installment of the organization’s acclaimed international symposium and festival of music ideas.
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He discovers heart defects by using artificial intelligence
Published Jan 25, 2018When, on 18 January, a judging panel, including the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth and the Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum, announced the winner of the title Årets Studentföretagare (S...
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New organisational structure equips KTH for the future
Published Dec 19, 2017On 1st January 2018, KTH will be launching a new structure which will see five schools replacing the previous ten. “We are creating a structure that will provide more efficient and clearer support fo...
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ERC Consolidator Grants to two KTH researchers
Published Dec 15, 2017Recently, the European Research Council (ERC) published the results of the 2017 call for proposals for ERC Consolidator Grants. Of the total of 14 Swedish researchers who received grants, two are from...
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Precision nanomaterials may pave new way to selectively kill cancer cells, study shows
The four stages of the test: 1. Dendrimers, because of their size, can accumulate more in cancer tumors. 2. Cancer cells adsorb the dendrimers and begin breaking them down with the help of specific proteins, thereby generating ROS. More dendrimers accumulate, along with more ROS generation. 4. ROS reaches levels that finally lead to cell death. Published Dec 13, 2017Researchers from KTH have succeeded in taking the next step toward using man-made nanoscale compounds in the fight against cancer. A recent proof-of-concept study showed that dendrimers – which were f...
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New way to form bioactive spider silk for medical use
Technology hasn't quite mastered the spider's ability to form silk proteins into structures. But a new technique has been developed that can form silk structures without relying on chemicals that compromise their usefulness in medical applications. Published Dec 04, 2017With recent advances, technology can be used to synthesize silk with similar mechanical properties as an actual spider’s. But applying this material to promising medical therapies for illnesses such a...
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Peace, equality and prosperity all depend on affordable clean energy, study shows
Published Nov 21, 2017The UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals are aimed at achieving equality, securing global peace and ending extreme poverty – an ambitious agenda that will require a wide-range of conditions to be met...
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Quantum secure communication is focus of new research center node
Gunnar Björk, professor of Photonics. (Photo: Peter Ardell) Published Nov 21, 2017The future of secure communication will be in quantum encryption, and KTH will lead research in this area under the auspices of a new national research center financed by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg...
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EU testing way to use Sun to break up plastics in wastewater
These nano scale wires are made with a semiconductor material that can speed up the process of photocatalytic oxidation, which breaks down plastic molecules. (Photo: courtesy of Joydeep Dutta) Published Nov 07, 2017Harnessing the Sun’s radiation to help rid the oceans of microplastic contamination is one of several technical innovations to be developed by a new EU-funded project. Beginning in November 2017, a sy...
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Anniversary week kicks off in Dome of Visions
President Sigbritt Karlsson, His Majesty The King of Sweden, Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden, Göran Cars and Karolina Keyzer in front of the fountain by sculptor Carl Milles on KTH’s campus. Photo: Marc Femenia Published Oct 18, 2017Yesterday marked the start of the seminar marathon, the highlight of the anniversary week in which KTH’s campus is celebrating 100 years. “The laying of the foundations of the KTH campus and the unive...
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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative teams up with Swedish researchers to map all cells in human body
Emma Lundberg, Associate Professor at KTH and leader the Human Protein Atlas’ Cell Atlas project and High Content Microscopy facility at SciLifeLab. Published Oct 18, 2017The Human Protein Atlas and Cell Atlas projects at KTH Royal Institute of Technology’s Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab) are teaming up with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to strengthen researc...
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Sweden and Japan join forces on ageing population challenges
Published Sep 27, 2017An advanced robot that can perform high precision surgery. Automated patient voice analysis as a method for medical diagnosis and individual treatment. Swedish and Japanese researchers can now start ...
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KTH degrees rank high on job market
Recruiters meet with students at last year's Armada job fair, sponsored by THS, the student union at KTH. An international survey by QS shows that degrees from KTH rank high among those of job seekers. Published Sep 12, 2017A degree from KTH is valuable currency on the job market, a new survey shows. KTH is ranked 94th best university in the world in QS Graduate Employability Rankings, which measures students' chances of...
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An insider’s look at what goes on with proteins in a cell
Published Sep 12, 2017There have been huge advances in medical science since Robert Hooke coined the term “cell” in 1665, yet the cells of the human body remain a mystery. KTH researcher Emma Lundberg is one of the scienti...
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Cutting-edge scientists in life sciences speak at symposium in Stockholm
Emma Lundberg, docent at KTH, will speak at the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation life science symposium on Sept. 15. (photo: Peter Ardell) Published Sep 11, 2017Humanity’s origins, protein mapping and the neurobiology of the world’s deadliest animal, the mosquito, are some of the topics addressed by a group of cutting-edge scientists at a life sciences sympos...
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How humans develop echolocation skills is revealed in new research
Published Sep 07, 2017Ongoing research at KTH reveals that when navigating by echolocation, as blind people do, our powers of hearing can be used in ways we never realized.
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Anniversary to be celebrated with a seminar marathon
Donnie SC Lygonis, host of KTH’s seminar marathon, believes that the anniversary celebrations will attract a wide audience. (Photo: Tobias Ohls) Published Sep 04, 2017The speakers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology seminar marathon have now been announced. The marathon will be held during the anniversary week in October that celebrates the 100th year founding of ...
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First-ever look at potentially deadly metabolic disorder that strikes infants
The 3D image of the protein has enabled researchers to see how the enzyme DPMS functions, and how variants of it cause disease, saysProfessor Christina Divne. Published Aug 31, 2017At the heart of one serious metabolic disorder is an enzyme whose inner workings and structure have been revealed for the first time by researchers at KTH.
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