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The number of mental illness cases increases during viral epidemics. One hypothesis is therefore that the virus affects the brain in some way. Since it is not possible to examine the brain tissue of living people, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …