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28.5.2020

The stress varies by season and by the time of the day

Stress on the marine ecosystems varies seasonally and even during the course of a single day. The variation during a shorter cycle may be even greater than the anticipated change during long-term climatic change, says Christian …

En ung kvinna som sitter mot en vägg och håller armarna om sig själv

30.3.2020

Illness happens amidst relationships

There is a variety of ways of relating to illness and care. One common denominator amongst them is that many focus on the individual patient. But perhaps we should broaden the perspective and think of more …

28.2.2020

Renewal of transport networks

Baltic Loop is a part of a European mega project for building selected corridors for goods and passengers. For Åbo Akademi University and Finland much of the optimisation input focusses on finding business models that improve …

29.5.2019

Package Heroes wants to change our plastic habits

Plastic in our seas is a problem that can be solved by technology – in other words, we can remove waste from the sea with existing technologies. The main problem is that plastic ends up in …

Binär data, alltså nollor och ettor, i rött och blått.

3.12.2018

The world’s fastest

Jan Kronqvist, Anders Lundell and Tapio Westerlund are the creators of SHOT, the world’s fastest optimization tool. The program makes it possible to solve problems within artificial intelligence that so far have been unsolvable. Optimization is …

Professor Jyri-Pekka Mikkola står med armarna i kors och lutar sig mot sin pappas gamla Saab.

5.6.2018

Toward a world free from fossil fuels

Jyri-Pekka Mikkola has made a major technological breakthrough that will make it possible to make copies of fossil fuels out of sugar. The next challenge is to have it replace an established industry. “Ten years ago, …

Two men pulling a seine on a sandy beach.

5.2.2018

Climate change leaves its mark in the sea

The sea is in focus of research carried out at the Husö biological station, situated on the Åland Islands in the Baltic Sea. Results show that climate change and eutrophication are closely connected.