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KTH Railway Group's goal: Increase train traffic in Sweden
Published Nov 06, 2023One of the goals of ongoing research projects within the KTH Railway Group is to densify train traffic on Sweden's existing railways. "The biggest problem for the country's train traffic is the limit...
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In memoriam Arne Johnson
Published Oct 30, 2023Arne Johnson, professor emeritus in nuclear physics at the Department of Physics, KTH, passed away on October 23, 2023 at the age of 79, after a brief period of illness.
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KTH Quantum Technology Hub unlocks the potential for collaboration in the quantum field
Published Oct 27, 2023Quantum technology is a field that promises to revolutionize the way we process information, develop powerful computing systems and secure communication channels. The Quantum Technology Hub (QTH) at K...
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Swedish Research Council grants support for research infrastructures of national interest
Published Oct 25, 2023The Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) has recently announced its decision to provide significant funding for research infrastructures of national interest. Among others, the National Microsco...
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“Your Friendly Nuclear Physicist” demystifies nuclear science
Published Oct 20, 2023What does it take to be an effective science communicator and why is it vital for researchers to participate in public outreach? Elina Charatsidou, a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Physics, beli...
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Anna Delin, Director of WISE Graduate School - Nurturing Sustainability in Materials Science
Published Oct 20, 2023In the dynamic landscape of materials science, sustainability has emerged as a critical issue for the 21st century. Professor Anna Delin, director of WISE Graduate School, takes on these challenges di...
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KTH Railway Group – developing a competitive and sustainable railway system
Published Sep 26, 2023SCI is the home school of KTH Railway group, a competence center that gathers several research groups in various rail-related areas. It is a unique organization, able to carry out major research progr...
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Rising enthusiasm for nuclear engineering at KTH - exploring the driving factors
Published Sep 26, 2023Interest in studying nuclear engineering at KTH has historically been strong, but in recent years there has been a surge of enthusiasm for the subject. Jan Dufek, Programme Director for the MSc in Nuc...
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ACTIVA develops new optical technologies for a good vision throughout life
Published Aug 31, 2023The School of Engineering Sciences at KTH will be the home of ACTIVA, a newly launched Doctoral Network, with the goal to provide an international, interdisciplinary platform to train young scientists...
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Mathematics researcher receives sizeable grant
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Romain Rumple gets ‘Supervisor of the Year’ Award
Published Jun 21, 2023This year’s ‘Supervisor of the Year’ award goes to Romain Rumpler, associate professor at SCI. This is the third year the Ph.D. Chapter at THS has awarded the prize. Congratulations!
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Tiny quantum electronic vortexes in superconductors can circulate in ways not seen before
Published Jun 01, 2023Within superconductors little tornadoes of electrons, known as quantum vortices, can occur which have important implications in superconducting applications such as quantum sensors. Now a new kind of ...
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The underwater robots ready to take on society’s challenges
Published May 29, 2023SMaRC (Swedish Maritime Robotics Centre), an initiative that numbers KTH among its many collaborators, unveils the potential of autonomous underwater robots to solve several of today’s societal challe...
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KTH and Alstom in joint effort for a sustainable European railway system
Published Jan 16, 2023The EU is focusing heavily on sustainable travel. With Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking (EU-Rail), the vision is to introduce a high-capacity, highly reliable integrated European railway system in orde...
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“Nuclear power is now being taken seriously as a sustainable energy option”
Published Sep 02, 2022Public resistance to nuclear power was strong when Professor Janne Wallenius began developing the technology for small, lead-cooled nuclear reactors. But times have changed, and ten years down the lin...
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Boats that fly like the wind
Published Jun 08, 2022Silent zero-emission vessels that swiftly float past the cobs and skerries – is this the future of coastal and open-water boating? We paid a visit to the KTH Värmdö field station, where researchers ar...
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Interview with Ulf Ringertz about CERO project and more
Published Mar 23, 2022We talked with professor Ulf Ringertz about the CERO project and his contribution in it, as well as his interesting work with NASA in aeroelasticity.
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Four KTH projects win big EU grants
Published Mar 22, 2022The recently published European Research Council list of European researchers who will receive 2021 ERC Consolidator Grants, contained the names of 313 researchers who will each be awarded a grant. Fo...
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Method offers sharper images of lung disease in living mice
Published Mar 09, 2022In a first for X-ray imaging, researchers in Sweden generated high resolution, three-dimensional images of the lungs of free-breathing mice, without using mechanical ventilation. The technique develop...
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News from MedTechLabs – a multidisciplinary research centre hosted at SCI
Published Feb 26, 2022Sweden has long been a pioneer in innovative medical technology solutions for the healthcare sector. Swedish innovations such as the pacemaker, the Gamma Knife, the ultrasound and the Seldinger techni...
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