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How to reduce the energy use of buildings
iStock: Khanchit Khirisutchalual Published Oct 01, 2024“In the DigiCityClimate project, we are trying to reduce citizens’ energy use with the help of AI. We will also help condominium associations balance and optimize their properties’ operation and make ...
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"An enormous potential - but AI is not always right"
For Karl Henrik Johansson, Professor of Network Regulation, AI is a powerful tool that we must learn to interact with in order to create the society we want. Published Oct 01, 2024Security and truthfulness are some of the challenges in using AI. "AI is an incredibly powerful tool and we need to see how we can interact with AI to build a society that benefits us humans," says ...
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AI virtual cells: shaping the future of biology and human health
An AI-created image of a spherical human cell with a transparent membrane, revealing its internal structures. Photo: Dall.E Published Oct 01, 2024"Modelling a human cell is complex. It contains more than 20,000 genes and 6 billion protein molecules, all interacting dynamically in a microscopic space. Traditional mechanistic cell models can't ca...
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Using AI to fight youth gang recruitment
Researchers Susanne Nilsson and Rob Comber will use an AI-powered database to help social actors collaborate better and more innovatively. (Photo: Anna Gullers) Published Oct 01, 2024Researchers at KTH are using AI to tackle youth gang crime. By bringing together knowledge, contacts, and expertise in a database, they aim to boost cooperation between different societal actors.
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The ocean's smallest creature is mapped
Anders Andersson, professor, and Karin Garefelt, PhD student, studying microscopy images of marine plankton analysed and identified with image recognition software (Photo: Magnus Glans) Published Oct 01, 2024How will a warmer climate affect the ecosystem? Genetic researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology are mapping changes in marine plankton to get closer to the answer. Using AI-based image analys...
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The Ephemeral project could be turning point in understanding the atmosphere’s chemistry
Barbara Nozière, professor of physical chemistry, has built several of her own instruments to detect organic radicals. Photo: Jon Lindhe, KTH Published Sep 30, 2024In 2020, Professor Barbara Nozière received an ERC Advanced grant to work on volatile organic radicals and the oxidising capacity of the atmosphere. Now, her work at KTH has resulted in several origin...
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The enzymes that can reduce emissions
The Rubisco enzyme, the key enzyme for fixing carbon dioxide in algae and plants, is now the target of AI-based protein design in Paul Hudson’s laboratory at KTH/SciLIfeLab. Published Sep 23, 2024With the help of advanced AI technology, KTH researchers are developing completely new proteins to contribute to a more sustainable world. These include accelerating the uptake of carbon dioxide by ...
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His unique X-ray technique is revolutionising health care
Professor Mats Danielsson receives KTH Innovation Award 2024 Published Sep 23, 2024Mats Danielsson, who has developed groundbreaking medical technology enabling early detection of tumors and faster treatment of inflammatory diseases, has been awarded the KTH Innovation Award 2024. ...
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Master instrument paves way for violinist
"Such a good violin makes it easier for me to express myself the way I want to," says the winner of the KTH violin, Sigurd Eide. Published Sep 23, 2024Sigurd Eide, a talented 26-year-old musician from Bergen, has been playing a virtuoso violin from KTH Royal Institute of Technology since the summer. “I'm already in love with the sound,” he says ab...
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KTH student enhances technical preparatory year with new educational content
KTH student Nora Dunder has developed a method for translation that takes cultural differences into account. The result: a course in KTH's educational programme. Photo: Peter Asplund Published Sep 19, 2024Nora Dunder travelled to the U.S. for a summer internship at the University of California, Berkeley. She returned to KTH with new content for the "Mathematics for Preparatory Year II" course, part of ...
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Fewer chore disputes with students' new app
KTH students Victor Fredrikson, Marcus Påhlman and Elias Floreteng have developed the Accord app. Photo: Peter Asplund Published Sep 16, 2024It’s here. The mobile app that aims to reduce arguments over washing dishes, doing laundry, and vacuuming. It calculates who contributes the most around the house, in percentage terms. Then it’s up to...
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Better understanding of charging options for electric trucks
When KTH student Noah Eriksson Tewolde Berhane came to Berkeley, he had to change his mind. But that went well too. Photo: Peter Asplund Published Sep 10, 2024When Noah Eriksson Tewolde Berhane arrived in Berkeley this summer for an eight-week internship, he expected to work on making electric vehicles up to 30 percent more energy-efficient as part of the N...
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Stronger eco-friendly asphalt from forest waste
To develop more environmentally friendly and durable asphalt mixtures, KTH researchers are combining chemical and mechanical tests with 3D imaging techniques from X-ray and neutron radiation sources. “The combination of testing methods allows us to understand the internal properties of the new biomaterial. We want to be able to ensure that the material maintains the right quality throughout the life of the road,” says KTH researcher Maria Chiara Cavalli. Photo: Mostphotos Published Sep 06, 2024KTH researchers aim to make paved roads more sustainable by using the natural material lignin, a by-product of the wood and paper industry. “The new material will reduce the need for oil-based asphal...
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New initiative for foundation programme in the Stockholm area
KTH offers technical foundation year programme at three learning centers in the Stockholm region. (Photo: Magnus Glans) Published Sep 03, 2024KTH will be offering a technical foundation year programme at learning centres in Norrtälje, Nynäshamn and Södertälje. "This is part of our continued commitment to the region. It's a way of offering ...
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ERC grants to develop medicines and sustainable materials
Helena Lundberg, chemist, and Tobias Bensefelt, fibre and polymer researcher, have been awarded ERC Starting Grants. (Photo: Jon Lindhe) Published Sep 02, 2024One conducts basic research in organic chemistry, the other in fibre and polymer technology. Helena Lundberg and Tobias Bensefelt have been awarded ERC Starting Grants 2024 for projects in their respe...
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Newsmakers at KTH – August 2024
Top from left: Ann Legeby, Viktoria Martin and Monika Rolinska. Bottom: Tuuli Lappalainen, Shivam Mehta, Anna Deichler and Xin Bin. Published Aug 30, 2024Who 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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KTH Shares in €11.7 Million for Deep Tech
Published Aug 28, 2024The European Innovation Council (EIC) Pathfinder programme has awarded funding to several research projects, including four involving the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, with topics ranging from fu...
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German exchange student arrives at KTH after bicycling 1,800 kilometres
1800 kilometres by bike in 13 days can help anyone realise how little they actually need in life. Published Aug 27, 2024He’s the exchange student who just bicycled all the way from Karlsruhe, Germany, to Stockholm and KTH. In just under two weeks, he pedalled 1,800 kilometres and arrived in Stockholm 6 kilograms lighte...
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KTH research behind the hexagonal table tennis racket
KTH alum Andreas Zandrén, CEO of Stiga Sports, came up with the idea to further develop the traditional shape of the table tennis racket. The angular racket was designed in collaboration with KTH researcher Mikael Karlsson (to the right in the photo). Published Aug 26, 2024The eyes of the world were on the hexagonal table tennis racket when Truls Möregårdh won Olympic silver in 2024. Behind the initiative for the new design is KTH alum Andreas Zandrén, CEO of Stiga Spor...
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New strategic cooperation in materials technology
Anders Söderholm, President of KTH and Tom Eriksson, Head of Research and Development at Alleima after signing of a new agreement on deeper cooperation (Photo: Magnus Glans) Published Aug 22, 2024KTH and Alleima AB have entered into a strategic partnership to jointly deepen cooperation in education, research and innovation, as well as in materials and chemical engineering.
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