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Finnish company encourages fun science education for kids
Three women in lab coats sit at a table with educational toys on it.
Business & innovationEducation

Finnish company encourages fun science education for kids

Kide Science creates science education for children that is literally child’s play. The fun, hands-on pedagogical model is based on substantial research into how kids learn best.

Tagged in EducationInnovationScienceThisisFINLAND Magazine
Finnish science sheds light on aurora borealis dune effect
Green aurora borealis in a night sky over a field.
Life & societyScience

Finnish science sheds light on aurora borealis dune effect

The identification of a new type of aurora borealis, or Northern Lights, has placed Finnish space science at the centre of intense global media interest.

Tagged in EnvironmentInnovationNatureResearchScience
Finland offers stable platform for scientific research
A portrait of a smiling woman, Johanna Ivaska.
Business & innovationBiotech

Finland offers stable platform for scientific research

Johanna Ivaska, biochemistry professor at the University of Turku, in southwestern Finland, tells us about her international team and the appealing working environment for researchers at Finnish institutions.

Tagged in BiotechResearchScienceTechnologyThisisFINLAND Magazine
Finnish physicist Tuomo Suntola wins Millennium Technology Prize
Business & innovationTechnology

Finnish physicist Tuomo Suntola wins Millennium Technology Prize

Tuomo Suntola’s invention, known as atomic layer deposition, is used in everything from smartphones to solar panels.

Tagged in InnovationScienceTechnology
Proud to be weird at Worldcon
Arts & cultureLiterature

Proud to be weird at Worldcon

George R.R. Martin, Maria Turtschaninoff and other authors meet scifi and fantasy fans at Finland’s first Worldcon this August.

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Sisu begins where perseverance ends
Life & societyWebpick

Sisu begins where perseverance ends

Emilia Lahti is a Finnish sisu researcher and a social activist. She is currently training for 50 marathons to raise awareness about interpersonal violence and overcoming it with sisu.

Tagged in FinnishnessResearchScienceSisuWebpickWellbeing
Bengt Holmström becomes Finland’s newest Nobel winner
Business & innovationEconomy

Bengt Holmström becomes Finland’s newest Nobel winner

When Bengt Holmström’s phone woke him up early one morning, he thought it was a reminder to take his medicine. Instead, it was a call to tell him he’d won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.

Tagged in EconomyEducationScienceSocietyTeaching
Pop the scientists’ bubbles!
Photo: Helsinki Challenge 2015
Business & innovationUniversities

Pop the scientists’ bubbles!

Helsinki University is using a competition, the Helsinki Challenge, to develop and fund scientific research. The winners will receive €375,000.

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