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Mystery of earth's innermost core solved
Published Jun 21, 2007New studies show that iron, the principal constituent of the innermost parts of the earth's core, becomes unusually 'soft' at the extreme pressures and temperatures that prevail there. The findings, ...
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KTH´s Great Prize to Christer Fuglesang
Published Jun 19, 2007Christer Fuglesang, who became the first Swede into space as he joined space shuttle Discovery into orbit in December 2006, is receiving the KTH Great Prize for 2007, since he has added himself and hi...
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Hombert one of Europe´s top Young Entrepreneurs
Published Jun 14, 2007KTH student Jonas Hombert has been appointed one of the 18 European finalists who will compete for the “Young Entrepreneurs 2007” award, sponsored by renowned magazine Business Week.
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No language problem as computers condense texts
Published Jun 11, 2007Today´s extreme abundance of digital information makes it impossible to select the right one for ourselves, from among it all, by traditional means. The major world languages can now offer computer pr...
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International prize for KTH thesis
Published Jun 08, 2007Dr. Magnus Johnson, at the KTH Div. of Corrosion Science, has been awarded the 2007 Morris Cohen Award in recognition of his employing new approaches to the subject in his doctoral dissertation ”Vibra...
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The yearning to feel your gut drop
Published Jun 07, 2007In 2007 there are more than 2,000 roller coasters in the world. The amusement park industry all over the world turns over more than 20 billion dollars each year. New, ever higher and faster roller c...
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Global trade may double emissions
Published Jun 05, 2007Increased global trade has changed the preconditions for recording and declaring carbon dioxide emissions. A KTH study shows that if Swedish data only is used, emissions may be vastly underestimated –...
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KTH team wins Excitera Innovation Challenge
Published Jun 04, 2007Excitera Innovation Challenge, the entrepreneurship competition for all Swedish students, was concluded on 15 May with an awards ceremony at Berns in Stockholm. The prize for the Best New Mobile Servi...
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New President for KTH in January
Published Jun 01, 2007The Government of Sweden has appointed Professor Anders Flodström, currently President of KTH, to the position of University Chancellor and Director General of the National Agency for Higher Education...
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KTH team scored full at Teknik-SM
Published May 16, 2007After a nerve-racking final, our team from KTH won the game during this year´s “Teknik-SM” (the annual Technology Competition between Swedish students in engineering and technology), after both “Lego ...
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KTH offers Sino-Swedish IT matching
Published May 15, 2007The Joint Research Center of Photonics (Jorcep) is the joint body in optical research set up by KTH and its Chinese partner, Zhejiang University, near Shanghai. Together they now offer help with "matc...
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Uhlén opens Indian branch office
Published Apr 25, 2007HPR, the prestigious Swedish genome project conducted by Mathias Uhlén, Professor of Biotechnology at KTH, is now mapping the entire human protein bank at an amazing speed. Now they will also open a b...
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Supercomputer for better climate prognoses
Published Apr 20, 2007With better access to supercomputers, researchers in climatic change could obtain more reliable prognoses as to how the various activities of man do affect the weather. Funds amounting to SEK 25.4 mil...
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IT Girl of the Year: Melissa from KTH
Published Apr 16, 2007Melissa Albert, one of our senior undergraduate IT students, has been appointed “IT Girl of the Year” for 2007. This award was instituted by Microsoft as a stimulus towards making young women apply fo...
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Highway planning ignores climatic targets
Published Apr 04, 2007The Swedish Road Administration, our national highway authority, does not take long-term climatic targets into account as they plan for the construction of new through roads in the Stockholm area – an...
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Erasmus Days visit KTH
Published Apr 04, 20072007 is the 20th birthday of the Erasmus Student Exchange Programme. This will be celebrated by the Erasmus Student Network by way of “Erasmus Days” arranged all over Europe. A minibus is now travelli...
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Natural gas collides with Swedish climate policies
Published Apr 02, 2007Biofuels in heat & power production is the most sustainable alternative of all when it comes to extending the urban district heating networks sensibly. Natural gas is a more uncertain alternative, as ...
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Three KTH scholars nominated for EURYI Awards
Published Mar 28, 2007Three young research scholars from KTH have now been nominated for the European Young Investigator Awards, EURYI. This is a prestigious scientific prize – a total of 20 nominees will be sharing about ...
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Cheap H2O commuting – with the Kaimaran
Published Mar 19, 2007So far no vehicle or vessel resembling a ”water motor bicyle” has existed – but now it is here, and it is called the Kaimaran. This is an environment-friendly one-man craft, with extremely low fuel co...
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Two KTH cars in this year´s Shell Eco-Marathon
Published Mar 13, 2007Every year Shell puts European technology students to a challenge: Competing for the best home-built fuel-efficient vehicle. In 2007 two teams from KTH will compete, each with a car designed and built...
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