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More efficient bioenergy technology can contribute to the energy transition
Henrik Båge, CEO and co-founder of Phoenix Biopower, explains the process flow in the test installation of the company's BTC technology: Biomass-Fired Top Cycle. Photo: Fredrik Persson Published Sep 04, 2023KTH Energy Platform's first school visit of the semester was to the old heat and power centre on the KTH Campus. The front of the building is home to Phoenix Biopower, a company that develops tomorrow...
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KTH Energy Platform to hold several events in the autumn to build more bridges to better dialogue
Lina Bertling Tjernberg, KTH Energy Platform Director, meets protesters during the government’s climate summit. Photo credit: Fredrik Persson Published Sep 04, 2023The onset of the autumn term has once again filled KTH campus with researchers, teachers and students. During the autumn, KTH’s Energy Platform is organising several events, including some in collabor...
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SEEEP 2023 PhD summer school important part of KTH's work against accelerating climate change
The 2023 SEEEP summer school participants. Photo: Zheijang University Published Sep 04, 2023The 2023 edition of the SEEEP PhD summer school was recently concluded where 20 doctoral students participated from Europe, of which 14 came from KTH, and 28 from China. The KTH Energy Platform funded...
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Four scientists on the future of AI
Published Aug 31, 2023Research in Artificial Intelligence was in focus when researchers and partners from Saab and Ericsson gathered for two days at CASTOR Software Days to discuss the research in the field.
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Professor Kerstin Forsberg in podcast about the Swedish rare earth metals initiative
Published Aug 24, 2023Kerstin Forsberg, acting director of KTH Industrial Transformation Platform, talks about rare earth metals in Sweden in a podcast episode of the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research. The episode ...
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New life for discarded food
Francisco Vilaplana and his research team are developing new ways of how side streams in food production can be useful in the food of the future. (Photo: Magnus Glans) Published Aug 16, 2023Will the next generation’s food be made from today’s waste? A team of researchers at KTH is looking into new ways of dealing with unused waste products in the agriculture and food sectors.
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Student project shedding light on the world's income inequality
Published Aug 15, 2023The Robin Hood Calculator visualisation tool is designed by KTH students to help you understand the income distribution around the world. By taxing the rich and giving to the poor.
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Better data analysis can improve treatment of Parkinson’s disease
A new methodology can accelerate the diagnosis and possibly treatment of patients, helping return the brain to more healthy activity. Photo: Format Arw/Unsplash Published Aug 01, 2023More accurate data help understand how extensive local brain networks are affected in patients.
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Anne-Kathrin Peters delivers Keynote at ICT4S Conference
Published Jul 12, 2023The international conference series ICT4S (The International Conference on Information and Communications Technology for Sustainability) is devoted to covering all types of research, developments, and...
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EU transport attachés met research and innovation at KTH
From left: Mikael Lindström, Magnus Burman, Dan André and Niclas Dahl. Photo: Fredrik Persson Published Jul 05, 2023On 29 June, 60 EU transport attachés and Swedish government representatives learned about KTH's research and innovation. The visit was organised by KTH's research platform for transport and took place...
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Anonymous examination could be introduced next year
Starting next year, KTH will introduce an anonymous examination. (Photo: KTH) Published Jun 27, 2023From spring term next year, KTH could be anonymising exam answers. This is the objective of a President’s decision at the end of May.
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500 000 articles on ethical hacking analysed
Published Jun 22, 2023More investment in cybersecurity is needed. This is the conclusion after analysing 500,000 articles on academic databases on ethical hacking.
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Tomas Vikström: "Come and change the world with us!"
From lab to factory. Tomas Vikström, new Adjunct Professor at the Department of Fiber Processes, is an expert in scaling up chemical processes. Photo: Jon Lindhe Published Jun 21, 2023Tomas Vikström is a new Adjunct Professor at the Department of Fiber Processes at KTH. He is also head of research and development at the Fiberline Technology Unit at Valmet in Sundsvall. "We have pr...
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Student field study: how coffee beans can lift farmers out of poverty
Filip Borgström (center) and David Sigge (right) together with coffee farmer Aphiwat Sukphong's employee. Published Jun 21, 2023KTH students David Sigge and Filip Borgström spent two months in Thailand as part of their degree project in industrial economics. They looked at if and how farmers could increase their income in a su...
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Newly appointed professor who loves resource recovery
Kerstin Forsberg, newly appointed professor. Photo: private Published Jun 20, 2023Kerstin Forsberg stepped through KTH's doors for the first time in 1998. Then she began studying the Degree programme in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. 25 years later, she is a newly appointed pr...
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How higher food prices have an impact
Rising food prices over the past year have changed our consumption patterns – but we still go on buying, according to a degree project by students at KTH. (Photo: Mostphotos) Published Jun 19, 2023What foods are we cutting down on and what do we go on buying, despite rising prices? Students at KTH have analysed all the purchases made by loyalty scheme members in Coop stores over the past two ye...
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KTH students learn to design and construct a material-efficient wooden bridge
Construction is in full swing in a laboratory hall at KTH Campus. Carl Lagerkvist, a fifth-year student in the architecture program, and Samuel Auger, in the fifth year of the engineering program, are working on connecting a part of the bridge structure. "It has been fun but challenging at the same time due to the material delays we have experienced. It's like real life," they say. Photo: KTH. Published Jun 15, 2023Architecture students and engineering students are working side by side in a practical project aimed at designing and building a wooden bridge with a 10-meter span.
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Unveiling Pathways: Embracing a Decolonized Approach in internationalising the curriculum
Associate Professor Jens Jungblut (University of Oslo) Professor Arnold Pears och Dr. Charnaldo Jaime Ndaipa Published Jun 13, 2023Dr. Charnaldo Jaime Ndaipa Successfully Defends Doctoral Thesis, The Interpretation and Translation of Global Ideas into Local Practices. A Study of the Internationalisation of Higher Education in Mo...
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KTH researcher develops first wood xerogel
Professor Qi Zhou and postdoc Shennan Wang. Photo: KTH Published Jun 13, 2023Researchers at KTH have produced a xerogel made from wood – the material enables more energy-efficient production of high-quality transparent wood. ”The significant advance is that our mesoporous woo...
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KTH Transformation Day 2023 gathers forces in circular economy
Photo: Istock Published Jun 08, 2023KTH Industrial Transformation Platform and the KTH Circular Economy initiative are now shaping the program for this year's Transformation Day on 19 October. The idea is that KTH researchers and studen...
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