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  • New Centre for Healthcare Ethics

    Published Dec 17, 2008

    KTH, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University have established a joint centre for research into health and medical care ethics. At Stockholm Centre for Healthcare Ethics (CHE), KTH is responsibl...

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  • Continued funding for the KTH Human Protein Project

    Published Dec 16, 2008

    KTH’s research project aimed at mapping all human proteins, the Human Protein Atlas, has received financing for another five year period. The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has taken a decision ...

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  • KTH President become Vice Chair of IVA

    Published Dec 15, 2008

    Peter Gudmundson, KTH President, has been appointed Vice Chair of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, IVA. IVA was founded in 1919 and is one of the oldest engineering academies in the ...

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  • KTH students present energy efficient solutions

    Published Nov 28, 2008

    A complete energy system for the home based on solar energy with lower electricity bills as a result. An electric adapter that turns everything off when apparatus connected to it go to standby. These ...

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  • Improved X-ray images of young children

    Published Nov 21, 2008

    A research project led by Mats Danielsson, Professor of Medical Imaging Technology at KTH, has been awarded a little more than SEK 23 million (approximately EUR 2.3 million) by the Erling-Persson Foun...

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  • KTH researchers awarded major European grant

    Published Nov 17, 2008

    Börje Johansson, KTH Professor of Applied Material Physics has, in the face of stiff competition, been awarded a research grant by the European Research Council, ERC. This type of financing is termed ...

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  • KTH awards Gold Medal in Industrial Systems Engineering

    Published Nov 07, 2008

    An annual prize, the KTH Gold Medal in Industrial Systems Engineering, has been established in order to draw attention to this subject and to reward valuable contributions to this field of study. This...

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  • Blood poisoning bacteria identified faster

    Published Oct 29, 2008

    Five European research centres and two industry partners have joined in a new research consortium called Intopsens. The consortium will develop a highly integrated optical sensor for point of care lab...

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  • Dense urbanity promotes eco-friendly travel habits

    Published Oct 29, 2008

    The travel habits of hundreds of thousands of Stockholmers who live in high density housing areas exert little environmental impact. These habits should be supported and expanded. However in areas whe...

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  • Quantum crypto tested in commercial network

    Published Oct 27, 2008

    The EU research project SECOQC carried out its first demonstration of quantum encryption in a commercial fibre optic network in Vienna on 8 October. This network consisted of six nodes and eight links...

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  • The second fastest computer in Sweden

    Published Oct 20, 2008

    Today the new, supercomputer Ekman and Vagn is to be inaugurated. It is the second fastest computer in Sweden and one of the 30 fastest in the world. The technical operation of the calculation part, E...

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  • KTH President member of Technology Delegation

    Published Oct 08, 2008

    The KTH President Peter Gudmundson has been appointed as a member of the Government Technology Delegation which is to work to ensure a satisfactory supply of engineers in the future.

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  • SEK 120 million for Wood Science Centre

    Published Oct 07, 2008

    SEK 120 million for a joint research centre will provide Chalmers and KTH together with the opportunity to develop new technology and new products aimed at strengthening the Swedish forestry industry....

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  • Svante Pääbo one of this year’s four honorary doctors at KTH

    Published Sep 29, 2008

    Svante Pääbo, leading researcher within evolutionary biology, has been awarded an honorary doctorate at KTH. Together with this year’s three other honorary doctors - Moshe Ben-Akiva, Margaret H Wrigh...

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  • Thermal camera warns about wildlife

    Published Sep 23, 2008

    Peter Händel, Professor of Signal Processing at KTH, has developed a system for thermal cameras which may contribute to decreasing the number of traffic accidents involving wild animals. This system h...

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  • David Andersson receives Sandvik scholarship

    Published Sep 17, 2008

    David Andersson, PhD from the Department of Materials Sciences at KTH, has been awarded Sandvik Coromant’s Material Scholarship for 2008.

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  • KTH Great Prize goes to Gunilla Pontén

    Published Sep 15, 2008

    Fashion designer Gunilla Pontén, a groundbreaking creator of Swedish women’s clothing, has been awarded the KTH Great Prize for 2008. She won the prize for her tireless dedication to going her own way...

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  • One quarter of human proteins mapped

    Published Aug 29, 2008

    More than thee thousand proteins were listed in the third version of the Human Protein Atlas. The fourth version that was launched recently consists of double that number. This means that 25 percent o...

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  • Water generator for the Third World

    Published Aug 22, 2008

    A water generator that can be run on solar cells for use in the Third World has been developed by students at KTH, Luleå University of Technology and Lund University Faculty of Engineering, together w...

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  • Three KTH researchers win major European research grants

    Published Aug 21, 2008

    Professors Axel Brandenburg, Björn Ottersten och Johan Håstad of KTH are three of the seven Swedish researchers who, in the face of stiff competition, have been awarded research grants of around 20 mi...

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