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Only a carcinogen in some countries
Published Mar 11, 2011Substances that are likely to be injurious to health are often assessed quite differently in different countries. This has been demonstrated in a study from a researcher at KTH. Eighteen countries and...
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They are putting a stop to forest devastation
Published Mar 09, 2011Pine weevils are real tree-killers and are munching away at the Swedish forests for SEK 100 million annually. This is a tough setback for a major branch of Swedish industry. Now, however, new tests ha...
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How to build nuclear power plants cheaper and faster
Published Mar 08, 2011The current cost of building nuclear power plants is extremely high. That's because it takes time to build nuclear power plants and manufacturers build everything on site. One way of reducing costs is...
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KTH supercomputer is the equivalent of 35,000 iPads
Published Mar 04, 2011KTH's supercomputer, which was introduced in June last year has now been upgraded. 93 teraflops has grown to more than 305 teraflops. This makes the supercomputer even faster, and one of the fastest i...
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Tough nut that can withstand 600 degrees heat
Published Feb 25, 2011Fatal radiation, 600 degrees heat and a really exciting existence of several kilovolts. That's what KTH researchers' electronics have to cope with when they are used in such brutal environments such a...
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New hope for people with a fatal diagnosis
Published Feb 24, 2011Every year, 10 Swedish children are diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a fatal muscle disorder. Each year 1,000 children in Sweden are inflicted by blood cancer. Now, scientists from KTH have...
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Aviation's VIP line must be reviewed
Published Feb 22, 2011Sweden's most notable transport researcher has recently presented his thesis and it is an extensive report. Among other things, it appears that better vehicle technologies and fuels are not sufficient...
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This is what winter vomiting disease and video games have in common
Published Feb 17, 2011The European Research Council's call, the ERC Advanced Grant is aimed at established world class researchers. Göran Stemme, KTH professor who specialises in microsystems, is the type of scientist it i...
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Money and time more important than the environment
Published Feb 14, 2011Many companies have clear guidelines to ensure that the number of business trips will decrease in favour of travel-free meetings. A research group at KTH has looked closely at the factors that determi...
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New car roof means reduced fuel consumption
Published Feb 11, 2011A researcher at KTH has managed to reduce the weight of the car roof by 80 percent without making the roof significantly more expensive or producing inferior properties. If anything, the opposite is t...
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Science cloud computing helping companies with their homework
Published Feb 03, 2011A major European venture has just begun in which, among others, KTH, Microsoft and the EU will be helping companies realize the point with cloud computing. A couple of really solid academic server far...
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E-commerce agents break up distributor chains
Published Feb 02, 2011New exciting research at KTH on e-commerce agents who negotiate automatically on the internet envisage a break-up of the traditional distributor chains. The objective is to benefit both Swedish and in...
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One step closer to total wireless
Published Jan 25, 2011Researchers at KTH and Gothenburg University, who have been involved in an international collaboration with U.S. and Italian researchers have, for the first time experimentally demonstrated that two t...
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Virus warner to stop winter vomiting disease
Published Jan 20, 2011The period between November and April - that is, right now - is the high season for the virus-based winter vomiting disease. What if there was a technology that could warn of disease in the air so tha...
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Super fast allergy test coming soon
Published Jan 10, 2011New research at KTH will make allergy tests faster, less painful and less expensive. Complete test results within 15 minutes and small handy testing kits on each paediatrician’s desk, that’s what the ...
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Exotic nuclei shed light on the elements
Published Jan 04, 2011A research team led by Bo Cederwall, professor of experimental nuclear physics at KTH, has identified the basic structure of the extremely neutron-poor atomic nucleus 92Pd. The discovery, which is now...
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KTH researchers have discovered a new molecule
Published Jan 03, 2011Trinitramid, as it is called, is the new molecule which, among other things, may become a component in future rocket fuels. Fuels which in this case would be 20-30 percent more effective compared to t...
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KTH scientists will fix your hairdo
Published Dec 30, 2010Do you often have a so-called Bad hair-day? Are you affected by static hair or other mishaps when you want to fix your hair in the morning? Soon, these problems will become a thing of the past. New re...
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KTH involved in major investment in biotechnology
Published Dec 30, 2010One of the largest research grants ever in Scandinavia, according to Mathias Uhlén, one of the three people in charge. A Nordic research centre is now to be created with nearly one billion Swedish cro...
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Older people will no longer have to suffer
Published Dec 29, 2010Today’s hip implants only last 10-15 years because they wear out. In combination with the increases in the lifespan of the population, more and more new operations are required where another hip impla...
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