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Quantum researcher take next step towards superconductors
Oscar Tjernberg will use a new type of electron spectroscopy facility to study superconductors. The photo shows the current laboratory equipment, a photoelectron spectrometer for time- and angle-resolved photoemission. (Photo: Magnus Glans) Published Jun 17, 2025Superconductors can make computers significantly faster and green energy technology even more environmentally friendly. But first, we need a deeper understanding of how superconducting materials actua...
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Waclaw Gudowski receives the Borelius Medal: "Research is magical"
Published Jun 03, 2025Waclaw Gudowski, the driving force behind KTH’s highly regarded Master’s Programme in Nuclear Engineering, has been awarded the Borelius Medal 2025. The award recognises his outstanding contributions...
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Exhibition explores nuclear energy’s role in a fossil-free future
Pär Olsson and Christophe Duwig, leaders of KTH Nexus and intitiators of the exhibition. Published May 27, 2025Nuclear power is a controversial and crucial topic in today’s energy debate. An ongoing exhibition at the KTH Library highlights how an innovative nuclear technology, tiny modular reactors (SMRs), can...
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Zuheir Barsoum on the TekMek Research Days: The breadth of research areas enables useful networking
Published May 06, 2025In May 2025, TekMek Research Days will bring together researchers and industry representatives to exchange knowledge, establish contacts and open up for new collaborations. By making the diversity of ...
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KTH physicists among the winners of the Breakthrough Prize
Published Apr 15, 2025KTH scientists Jonas Strandberg and Christian Ohm are among the group of researchers that have been awarded the prestigious 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, as part of the ATLAS collabo...
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Divers and robots working together: AI-driven underwater collaboration could create safer missions
Published Apr 08, 2025How can we make diving missions in defence, rescue and law enforcement safer and more efficient? KTH is currently leading the SHARCEX project, which aims to develop new technologies that will enable h...
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Mapping unexplored areas in Greenland could provide new insights into ice-melting
Published Mar 11, 2025A recent study published in the scientific journal Nature shows that the world's glaciers are melting at an accelerating rate. Between 2012 and 2023, the world's glaciers lost about 36 per cent more i...
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Developing nuclear fuel for future reactors
Published Mar 11, 2025Maria Giamouridou works with a most interesting material. The PhD student is fabricating the more advanced type of nuclear fuel uranium nitride, which can be used for small modular reactors (SMR).
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Charging the future: transforming body heat into sustainable energy
Published Mar 10, 2025Jose Serrano, a postdoctoral researcher in applied physics, has been awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship* from the EU to develop more sustainable thermoelectric hybrid gen...
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Dedicated teachers rewarded with KTH's Pedagogical prize
Rodrigo Muro and Carl Dahlberg, who were awarded KTH's Pedagogical prize for 2024 in December. Photo: Christer Gummeson Published Feb 27, 2025The two teachers Carl Dahlberg and Rodrigo Muro were awarded KTH's Pedagogical prize for 2024 in December, with excellence in teaching and encouragement of critical thinking among the motivations.
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AI on aircraft can reduce risk of mid-air stalls and sudden drops
The AI control system zeroes in on one particularly dangerous aerodynamic phenomenon known as flow detachment, or turbulent separation bubbles. (Photo: David Callahan) Published Feb 17, 2025Artificial intelligence aboard aircraft could help prevent mid-air stalls and terrifying drops in altitude. In a new study, an international research team successfully tested a machine learning system...
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The facility that links to EU quantum communications
Dena Wibowo, research engineer, demonstrates the new facility (Photo: Malin Persson Mörk) Published Feb 11, 2025A pilot quantum communications facility has been inaugurated at KTH Royal Institute of Technology (KTH). It will serve as Sweden's launching platform for the new EU quantum communications network.
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Milestone for lead-cooled reactors
KTH staff at the event in Oskarshamn: Elina Charatsidou, Pär Olsson and Janne Wallenius. Published Feb 07, 2025This week, Oskarshamn was the scene of an important step for nuclear power with the start of construction of an electrically heated prototype for a future nuclear reactor. The company Blykalla and KTH...
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Study on ship sliming suggests way to reduce costs in ocean transport
Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology developed a model for estimating the speed and extent of biofilm growth, which could enable ship operators to schedule hull cleaning at optimal intervals to save on fuel consumption. (Photo: David Callahan) Published Jan 20, 2025Slime build-up is a costly drag on fuel efficiency for ocean-going cargo ships, leading to more emissions and, eventually, higher consumer prices. A recent study, however, suggests a new approach to m...
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Driving fossil-free industry with next-gen nuclear energy
Professor Pär Olsson leads KTH's strategic initiative in nuclear technology. Photo: Jon Lindhe Published Dec 06, 2024KTH researchers are working to help heavy industry transition to fossil-free operations. A new initiative in nuclear technology focuses on next-generation reactors to provide efficient electricity and...
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Record number of KTH researchers making an impact
From lab to market. Innovation and utilisation of research have a long tradition at KTH (Photo: Adam af Ekenstam) Published Nov 12, 2024KTH is at the forefront of social impact. On this year's IVA list of research that can benefit society, KTH dominates with a total of 31 out of around 100 project placements.
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Research on lignin and superconductors receives Wallenberg grant
KTH professors Egor Babaev, Minna Hakkarainen and Oscar Tjernberg are recipients of project grants from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation for their basic research. Photo: KTH Published Oct 14, 2024What is the structure of lignin and can it be used to create new sustainable materials? Can a new kind of spectroscopy method reveal how electrons bind together and what are the properties of a comple...
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Students design autonomous aircraft at bootcamp
Students from KTH participated at a summer boot camp at the University of Sao Paolo. The “Project-Based Learning” course focused on a multidisciplinary practical experience, minimal traditional lectures, and direct industry involvement. Published Sep 16, 2024A recent international bootcamp provided students with hands-on experience in the field of aeronautics. The event brought industry experts and students together to work on real-world projects, such as...
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KTH Robot exploring the melting ice caps of northern Greenland
Research activities on Oden will continue around the clock during the six-week expedition. The midnight sun means that it will be bright even during the night shifts. “The aim of the expedition is to help build reliable models of how sea levels might change in the future,” Peter Sigray says. Published Aug 02, 2024The icebreaker Oden is on its way to the difficult-to-access waters and glaciers of northern Greenland. The polar expedition to the Arctic Ocean includes about 40 researchers, including a team from KT...
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Space balloon with telescope provides new insights into black holes
The space balloon carrying the two-tonne XL-Calibur telescope collected valuable data at an altitude of 40 kilometres between Kiruna and Canada. During the flight, which lasted almost six days, the telescope was controlled around the clock via satellite communications by researchers in Japan and the United States and at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden. Published Jun 19, 2024A KTH team will explore neutron stars and black holes through a new, twelve-metre-long space telescope weighing about two tonnes - XL-Calibur. "We have lifted the telescope to an altitude of 40 kilom...
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