News in sustainability
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Brush that loosens cells in cysts could become weapon against pancreatic cancer
Published Jan 27, 2021In a potential step forward for early pancreatic cancer diagnosis, a miniaturised brush was successfully tested as a possible technique for loosening cells from the walls of pancreatic cysts. If prove...
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Wave energy benefits from the mistakes of wind power
Published Jan 27, 2021Is wave energy the new star of renewables? The potential is great and a research team at KTH works towards a faster development for harvesting the powers of the seas.
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Investment in sustainable financial markets led by KTH
Published Jan 26, 2021The Sustainable Finance Lab consortium has been awarded financing of 47 million Swedish crowns (€4.7 million) over five years from Vinnova, with the option of a further five-year extension. Led by KTH...
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Optical 3D microscopy can enable more effective diagnosis of kidney diseases
Published Jan 18, 2021A new method developed by KTH researchers for advanced 3D sample preparation and 3D microscopy can make diagnosing kidney diseases more effective. “A single tissue sample provides high resolution ima...
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Dora inspires girls to learn to code
Published Jan 14, 2021Four years ago, Dora Palfi was reunited with her Romanian friend Beatrice Ionascu at KTH, whom she had got to know when they were both undergraduates in Abu Dhabi. That became the launch pad for their...
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Urinary tract infection self-test more accurate with digital bacterial culturing
Published Dec 14, 2020Soon you will be able to perform a bacterial culture at home to test for urinary tract infection (UTI), with clinical-level results.
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X-ray technology from KTH goes global
Published Dec 10, 2020World-leading X-ray technology from KTH as the global standard within healthcare. This is the likely result of GE Healthcare acquiring Physics Professor Mats Danielsson’s company that has developed th...
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Study identifies new potential covid treatments
Published Dec 08, 2020A virtual screening of the DrugBank database has identified a variety of as yet unexplored ways to attack SARS-CoV-2, even as it mutates. The study identified drugs and possible cocktails that are sho...
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Student project contributes to future of ocean cargo shipping
Published Dec 03, 2020A 200-metre long ocean cargo ship powered by wind is being developed in the Centre for Naval Architecture, part of the School of Engineering Sciences at KTH. The project is a collaboration with Wallen...
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Wind-powered cargo ship model sails in Stockholm
Published Nov 30, 2020Until the mid-19th century, wind-powered vessels dominated the seas for at least 4,000 years. Now they’re making a comeback in the name of sustainability.
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“The sea is the key to a sustainable future”
Published Nov 24, 2020Of the 240,000 tons of fish that are caught in Sweden annually, only 40 percent goes to food consumption. At the same time, Sweden imports three quarters of the fish and shellfish we eat. Blue Food, a...
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Newsmakers at KTH
Published Nov 20, 2020Who has received what when it comes to funding? What findings, results and researchers have attracted attention outside KTH? Under the vignette Newsmakers, we provide a selection of the latest news an...
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Science that ‘hits the spot’ for peace, sustainable development
Published Nov 10, 2020On UN World Science Day for Peace and Sustainable Development, Francesco Fuso-Nerini reflects on the importance of scientific research to inform decision-making and international cooperation.
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Degree project takes student to front lines of COVID-19 battle
Published Nov 09, 2020The fight against the COVID-19 pandemic became an unexpected opportunity for master's student Aashlesha Chekkala.
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Study identifies more genes that are likely behind psoriasis and eczema
Published Oct 27, 2020A new study identified 17 new genes that could be targeted for treatment of psoriasis and eczema, two common hereditary skin diseases with no cure.
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Wheat gluten can be used to make sustainable diaper material
Published Oct 08, 2020More sustainable diapers are one possible use for a new bio-based material that researchers in Sweden are developing. The superabsorbent material is made with wheat gluten proteins from wheat starch p...
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Sewage analysis shows sharp increase in COVID 19 virus in Stockholm
Published Oct 05, 2020The coronavirus is spreading again in Stockholm and surrounding suburbs, according to COVID 19 RNA measurements in local sewage, which are being conducted at KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
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New initiative to build tomorrow’s society
Published Oct 02, 2020Robot co-workers, self-driving cars and social carers – more and more smart solutions are becoming part of our lives. What do we want tomorrow’s society to look like? KTH has just inaugurated Digital ...
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New center focus on integrated science
Published Sep 30, 2020Meet Agneta Richter Dahlfors, director of a new interdisciplinary research centre with the focus on societal benefits, that was inaugurated on 30 September. What is AIMES?
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Lightning fast implementation of alumnus´master´s thesis about smart charging of electric vehicles
Published Sep 01, 2020Two years ago Jacob Dalton completed a master´s thesis proposing how household charging of electric vehicles can be used to stabilize the power grid. Now the KTH graduate’s idea has been introduced as...
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