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NASA and Finland’s Nokia get ready to test 4G networks on the moon

NASA’s IM-2 mission, bound for the moon in late 2024, will have Nokia communications network equipment onboard. It’s part of the American space agency’s plan to develop a range of technologies that will help land astronauts on the moon again (scheduled for September 2026).

Business & innovation Sustainability

Concrete change for the better: “Green cement” is bubbling in Finland

Concrete is a major source of emissions, but Finnish firms and researchers are creating carbon-negative alternatives to flip it from a climate hazard to a positive solution.

Business & innovation Universities

At a university in northern Finland, international cooperation thrives

You never know who you’ll bump into at the Arctic Centre in the city of Rovaniemi. Each of the researchers and students has their own story of how they found their way to northern Finland.

Business & innovation Technology

Finnish space sector maintains upward trajectory

Finland’s strengths in research, technology and cocreation make it fertile earth for space innovations. And did you know that sustainability is a thing in space, too?

Business & innovation Webpick

Finnish researcher looks for climate answers in cold water

When you’re an academic researcher and assistant professor in water engineering at Finland’s Aalto University, as Eliisa Lotsari is, it helps to have a passion for cold water.

Business & innovation Education

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.

Life & society Science

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.

Business & innovation Biotech

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.