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  • Advancing smart logistics with object-centric process mining

    Published Apr 10, 2026

    Felix Klein, a Master’s student in Information Systems at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), is completing his thesis at KTH, where he explores the future of warehouse logistics. Focusing on se...

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  • Successful exchange with Kyoto University

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    According to Dahlberg, a major difference from home was the Japanese work culture. Photo: Jon Lindhe, KTH
    Published Apr 09, 2026

    KTH doctoral student Simon Dahlberg had the opportunity to undertake a three-month exchange at the Institute of Life and Medical Sciences at Kyoto University in Japan. An exchange that is just the fir...

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  • Digital solutions for production logistics remanufacturing

    Published Apr 08, 2026

    During his Erasmus internship, Raphael Kienzler has explored how digitalization can transform production logistics in remanufacturing. In his master’s thesis, he combines academic research with indust...

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  • Creating a safer working environment for EV mechanics

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    Too little is known about the working environment of electric car mechanics, a situation that researchers at KTH are keen to remedy. Photo: MostPhotos
    Published Apr 02, 2026

    Ergonomics researchers at KTH are identifying the risks involved in repairing battery-powered electric vehicles. The aim of the project is to provide mechanics with better protection. “We are interes...

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  • Belgioioso awarded prize for work on smarter infrastructure systems

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    Giuseppe Belgioioso optimises both transport and electricity systems.
    Published Mar 30, 2026

    Giuseppe Belgioioso, researcher at KTH has been awarded the Göran Gustafsson Prize, including a three-year grant of SEK 1.25 million per year. The funding will support his research on how digitalisati...

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  • This year’s recipients of the Göran Gustafsson Prize at KTH announced

    Published Mar 30, 2026

    It is with great pleasure that KTH announces that the Göran Gustafsson Foundation for Research in Natural Sciences and Medicine (KTH/UU), at its most recent board meeting, has decided to award this ye...

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  • New article in Nature identifies global gaps in precipitation monitoring networks

    Rain gauge on Greenland. Photo: Gia Destouni.
    Published Mar 25, 2026

    A new research article in Nature by guest professor at KTH Gia Destouni and colleagues, identifies major global gaps in precipitation monitoring networks. These gaps hinder climate change impact asses...

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  • Tuuli Lappalainen Receives Prestigious European Society of Human Genetics Award

    Tuuli Laapalainen
    Published Mar 19, 2026

    Professor Tuuli Lappalainen, a leading genetics researcher, is being honored by the European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) with one of society’s most prestigious honorary assignments. The recogniti...

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  • The Mathematician Advancing the Future of Stroke Care

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    Professor Ozan Öktem
    Published Mar 17, 2026

    Professor Ozan Öktem develops advanced mathematical and AI‑based methods that can make medical image diagnostics both faster and more reliable. With a career spanning academia, industry, and several l...

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  • Lihui Wang Elected President of International Engineering Academy

    Published Mar 06, 2026

    Professor Lihui Wang at the Department of Production Engineering, KTH, has been elected President of the International Academy of Engineering and Technology (AET) - an international network that bring...

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  • Greener courtyards increase interest in housing

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    Agnieszka Zalejska Jonsson. Photo: Jon Lindhe, KTH
    Published Mar 03, 2026

    Access to greenery affects how people perceive their living environment – and how much they are willing to pay for a new home, according to a study from KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

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  • Diana Saleh joins IVA’s Swedish Futures steering committee

    Photo: Erik Cronberg
    Published Feb 24, 2026

    Diana Saleh is set to contribute to shaping Sweden’s future innovation landscape. Now she’s joining IVA’s vision initiative.

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  • A new way to build tiny 3D devices from diverse materials

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    The method developed by KTH researchers is compatible with many different types of micro- and nanomaterials.
    Published Feb 18, 2026

    KTH researchers have found a new method for building very small, advanced 3D structures from a wide range of materials, not just plastics. This opens the door to new types of miniaturized devices for ...

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  • The material that could power tomorrow’s quantum devices

    Published Feb 10, 2026

    Imagine electronics that are faster, smarter, and use far less energy than today’s devices. Instead of relying only on electric charge, future technologies may use the spin of electrons—a tiny quantum...

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  • ElectroLight aims to reduce the carbon footprint of our lifestyle

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    Helena Lundberg. Photo: Jon Lindhe, KTH
    Published Jan 20, 2026

    ElectroLight is a Strategic Research Initiative at KTH, a bottom-up initiative with focus on electricity- and light-driven chemical molecular processes. “Light- and electricity-driven processes hav...

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  • 40 Years of Macroscopic Quantum Physics – From Bold Ideas to Future Quantum Technologies

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    Published Dec 17, 2025

    On December 9, “40 Years of Macroscopic Quantum Physics” was held at KTH’s Albanova campus, focusing on this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics. The event highlighted the experiments that, 40 years ago, de...

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  • KTH hosted Rising Stars workshop for women in nuclear science

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    Photo: Elina Charatsidou
    Published Dec 15, 2025

    During the Nobel Week, KTH hosted the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Global Forum Rising Stars Workshop, bringing together 40 early career women working across nuclear science, engineering, technology, ed...

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  • MINFLUX – A Breakthrough in Nanoscale Light Microscopy

    Published Dec 15, 2025

    At SciLifeLab in Solna, within KTH’s facility Advanced Light Microscopy (ALM), researchers have access to one of the most advanced light microscopes in the world: MINFLUX. This technology represents a...

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  • Postdoc programme looking for future leaders in life science

    Patricia Sosa Acosta.
    Patricia Sosa Acosta applied to the programme to pursue a long-term research career.
    Published Dec 12, 2025

    Patricia Sosa Acosta from Cuba is one of the first batch of postdocs in the SciLifeLab PULSE programme. She came to Stockholm from Brazil to study neurological diseases. “What differentiates this ...

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  • Solutions for a Resilient Planet - Turning Knowledge into Action

    Published Dec 09, 2025

    KTH researcher, Maryna Henrysson is one of the authors in The Global Environment Outlook: A future we choose (GEO-7) report. We met with Maryna to find out what are the key impacts of the report and w...

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