News in sustainability
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New on-going project: Muddy terrains of environmental expertise
Published Dec 20, 2024Freshwater is an increasingly acute issue for cities in the context of the multifaceted climate crisis. In response to this, restoration of freshwater urban ecosystems is gaining momentum. However, re...
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Part 1: Remembering Our Roots, Re-connecting to the Ocean, and Reflecting on Our Prio
Published Dec 20, 2024Authored by Gauri Salunkhe, based on her experiences during her 4.5 month field work in Fiji for her Master’s thesis project. This is part 1 of a two-part article that introduces the community-managed...
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KTH to fill knowledge gaps in large-scale battery production
Magnus Wiktorsson wants to join forces with process and product experts in batteries. Photo: KTH/Mostphotos Published Dec 19, 2024It is difficult to manufacture batteries on a large scale. For European industry to meet this challenge, researchers, experts, engineers and innovative solutions are required. KTH has a collective com...
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Major Investment in AI and Life Sciences
"Multiplex single-cell protein profiling of the human kidney. Photo: SciLifeLab Published Dec 18, 2024The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW) has committed 400 million kronor to Alpha Cell, a groundbreaking research project that partially builds on data from the Human Protein Atlas (HPA), led b...
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Catherine Trask gets funding for research on plug-in vehicle repair safety
Catherine Trask receives a grant to research the working conditions of car repairers in the green transition to battery-powered electric vehicles. Photo: Jon Lindhe, KTH Published Dec 10, 2024Two KTH researchers are receiving a total of more than SEK 10 million from Afa Försäkring for research within the new R&D programme The work environment in the green transition. One of them is Catheri...
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Understanding the Impact of Policy Perceptions on Zero-Emission Truck Adoption in Sweden
Published Dec 09, 2024As part of the ITRL Breakfast Seminars series, Sophie-Marie Ertelt, junior researcher at Örebro University School of Business, presented her research on the impact of policy perceptions on zero-emissi...
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ERC Consolidator Grant for research on faster fluid mixing
“Potential applications for new findings in elastic turbulence are in biomedicine, soil cleaning and design of new biomaterials. In addition, we want to increase the understanding of biological processes, since blood, saliva and mucus are complex fluids with similar properties,” says Outi Tammisola, KTH Professor of Fluid Mechanics. Published Dec 03, 2024Outi Tammisola, Professor of Fluid Mechanics at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, receives an ERC Consolidator Grant of €2 million for a five-year period for the project “INTER-ET”. “We hope to enab...
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Fabian Levihn from INDEK interviewed on Singapore's CNA TV about energy transition.
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New research centre to strengthen Sweden’s food supply chain
The byproduct from rapeseed oil production is rich in dietary fibers, antioxidants, and protein. It could be used for human consumption, says Francisco Vilaplana, center director of the newly established PLENTY. Photo: Niklas Johansson/Unsplash. Published Nov 28, 2024Recent years have exposed significant vulnerabilities in both Sweden’s and the global food supply chain, driven by extreme weather, the COVID-19 pandemic, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Now, KTH Ro...
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Green transition requires organizational learning
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How to reduce emissions from consumption
Göran Finnveden, Professor of Environmental Strategic Analysis, presents research at the UN Climate Summit on how to reduce emissions (Photo: Håkan Lindgren and Mostphotos) Published Nov 18, 2024Göran Finnveden, Professor of Environmental Strategic Analysis, will be reporting on instruments for climate change mitigation during the ongoing COP29 climate summit in Baku. "Being able to communi...
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Better research in interaction with industry
Emil Björnson, professor of wireless communications, shows a prototype of a set of antennas that could be used in 6G mobile phone masts. (Photo: KTH) Published Nov 15, 2024KTH has received funding for five new industrial doctoral students. One of the projects aims to develop more efficient mobile masts for future wireless data traffic. “Our promising research findings ...
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New methods for modifying drugs with electricity
There will be an open call for the position. Photo: KTH Published Nov 14, 2024A new PhD project at KTH will investigate electrosynthetic modification of PROTAC drugs. The project has been granted funding from the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) and will be carri...
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Three SEED researchers have received the Formas Career Grant for Early-career Researchers
Pexels Published Nov 14, 2024Three young researchers from Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering (SEED) have received the Formas Career Grant for Early-career Researchers. The funded research...
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To compete globally, Europe’s seafood farmers may get boost from AI research
“We are trying to find ways to be more and more competitive," says Fredrik Gröndahl, director of the Blue Food Seafood Centre. Several AI projects are in the works, with the aim of boosting competitiveness in the global sea farming industry. (Photo: Charlotte Rosell ) Published Nov 13, 2024In the global seafood market, European aquaculture could expect a boost from AI solutions developed by researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
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KTH helps maintain Montreal Protocol
Björn Palm is a senior professor of Energy Engineering who has been researching mainly heat pumps and cooling systems since the 1990s. Published Nov 13, 2024Björn Palm, Professor at KTH and pioneer in refrigerants, you presented at COP13/MOP36 a few days ago. What did you say?
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New immunotherapy suggests quicker, more affordable individualized treatment
Mice receiving the treatment had prolonged survival. At higher doses, the treatment also save the mice from cancer. Published Nov 12, 2024A new vaccine for several kinds of cancer was tested successfully on human blood samples and on live mice. Researchers report in Nature Communications on this latest potential breakthrough in precisio...
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Minister underlines KTH's role in green transition
Minister of Education Johan Pehrson on a visit to KTH with Anders Söderholm, President, on the right and Sofia Ritzen, Dean of Faculty, in the middle. Published Nov 05, 2024"KTH is the pride of Sweden, with impressive activities and a clear focus on the future." This is what Education Minister Johan Pehrson said during a visit to KTH, when he got a taste of KTH's energy...
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Repam drives innovation in metal powder manufacturing
Generative AI interprets metal powder. Published Oct 23, 2024Innovative applications of new technology are ways to meet the growing demands for material performance in additive manufacturing. In a newly launched project, KTH is collaborating with research group...
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Seaweed could be set to fashion the future
Seaweed is a raw material that could form the basis of future clothing. Here, a seaweed bed in Iceland. Published Oct 23, 2024How about a dress or trousers made from seaweed? A Nordic research and collaboration project is looking at how one of the ocean's raw materials can be used to make the fashion industry more sustainabl...
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