AALTO, Finland, June 8 -- Aalto University issued the following news release: * * * Artificial intelligence accelerates materials research - thesis brought new perspectives to Betolar's development work Aalto University student Edvard Ohlstrom examined Betolar's new AI-based approach to analysing industrial side streams in his Master's thesis. * The Finnish materials technology company Betolar develops low-carbon materials for construction and mining, utilizing industrial side streams like  more PR

AALTO, Finland, June 8 -- Aalto University issued the following news release: * * * Grants from Matti Lehti fund for the year 2025 awarded The Matti Lehti fund has been donated to develop and encourage research, teaching and studies on digital information society in the School of Business The Dean of the School of Business Timo Korkeamaki has made a decision on Matti Lehti grants for the year 2025. The Matti Lehti fund has been donated to develop and encourage research, teaching and studi more PR

AALTO, Finland, June 8 -- Aalto University issued the following news release: * * * James Webb telescope gives unprecedented open access to images of the deep universe Researchers from Aalto University played a key role in cataloguing the largest ever sample of deep galaxies in the early universe, with all the data now publicly available in an easily searchable format. * COSMOS-Web was the largest General Observer programme selected for Cycle 1 of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), incl more PR

LUND, Sweden, June 8 (TNSjou) -- Lund University issued the following news release: * * * Archaeologist sailing like a Viking makes unexpected discoveries Archaeologist Greer Jarrett at Lund University in Sweden has been sailing in the footsteps of Vikings for three years. He can now show that the Vikings sailed farther away from Scandinavia, and took routes farther from land, than was previously believed to have been possible. In his latest study, he has found evidence of a decentralised net more PR

LUND, Sweden, June 8 (TNSjou) -- Lund University issued the following news release: * * * Higher success rate using a simple oral swab test before IVF By Tove Smeds Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have conducted a clinical study to show how a woman's genetic profile provides information on which hormone treatment is most effective for in vitro fertilisation (IVF). The researchers have now developed a simple oral swab test that shows which hormone therapy is the best option for IVF t more PR

LUND, Sweden, June 8 (TNSjou) -- Lund University issued the following news release: * * * Ten things research tells us about the global economic elite Who are the people that make up the world's economic elite - and do they differ between countries? In a new, unique database, an international team of researchers has compiled individual data from 16 countries that together account for a third of the world's population and more than half of the world's GDP. The economic elite examined in this  more PR

MUNICH, Germany, June 8 -- The Technical University of Munich issued the following news: * * * NewIn: Hristo Svilenov Proteins for tomorrow's medicine * As Professor of Biopharmaceutical Technology, Hristo Svilenov is on the lookout for the pharmaceutical agents of the future. In this episode of NewIn, he talks about why working with living cells is so complex, how he handles setbacks, and how the immune system of cows could play a role in fighting antibiotic resistance. You do research an more PR

MUNICH, Germany, June 8 (TNSjou) -- The Technical University of Munich issued the following news: * * * Quantum Computers Simulate Fundamental Physics Shedding Light on the Building Blocks of Nature Fundamental forces in nature are described by complex theoretical models. However, understanding them is challenging due to the complexity of simulating these models, which is beyond the capabilities of conventional supercomputers. A research team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Pr more PR

MUNICH, Germany, June 7 -- The Technical University of Munich issued the following news: * * * Start-up Fusix Biotech explores new paths in immunotherapy A therapeutic virus against cancer Even tumor cells can be infected by pathogens. In fact, they are especially vulnerable - a side effect of their ability to hide from the immune system. Dr. Jennifer Altomonte and her team at Fusix Biotech are making use of exactly that. The spin-off from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is developi more PR

UTRECHT, The Netherlands, June 8 -- Utrecht University issued the following news: * * * Three Open Competition ENW-M grants awarded to Utrecht University researchers Awardees receive up tp Euros400.000 grants for fundamental research * Three researchers at Utrecht University's Faculty of Science each receive up to Euros400,000 in funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The grants are part of NWO's Open Competition Domain Science-M programme, which aims to initiate new, innovative, an more PR

KUOPIO, Finland, June 8 (TNSrep) -- The University of Eastern Finland issued the following news: * * * Doctoral defence of Chengliang Tan, MSc, 24.6.2025: Nevanlinna theory analogues and their applications The doctoral dissertation in the field of Mathematics will be examined at the Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology, Joensuu campus. * What is the topic of your doctoral research? Why is it important to study the topic? My doctoral research topic is Nevanlinna theory, which is clas more PR

KUOPIO, Finland, June 8 (TNSrep) -- The University of Eastern Finland issued the following news: * * * Doctoral defence of Janvit Tippinit, MEng, 13.6.2025: Highly integrated arrayed waveguide gratings for optical spectrometry: design and simulation The doctoral dissertation in the field of Photonics will be examined at the Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology, Joensuu campus. * What is the topic of your doctoral research? Why is it important to study the topic? The research focus more PR

KUOPIO, Finland, June 8 (TNSrep) -- The University of Eastern Finland issued the following news: * * * Doctoral defence of Jiaqi Yang, MSc, 13.6.2025: Design and simulation of vector vortex beams via metasurfaces The doctoral dissertation in the field of Photonics will be examined at the Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology, Joensuu campus. * What is the topic of your doctoral research? Why is it important to study the topic? The research focuses on the physical nature of vortex bea more PR

KUOPIO, Finland, June 8 -- The University of Eastern Finland issued the following news: * * * Doctoral defence of Laura Mussalo, MSc (Pharm), 13 June 2025: Individuals with Alzheimer's disease are more sensitive to the effects of air pollution The doctoral dissertation in the field of Molecular Medicine will be examined at the Faculty of Health Sciences at Kuopio campus. The public examination will be streamed online. * What is the topic of your doctoral research? Why is it important to stu more PR

KUOPIO, Finland, June 8 -- The University of Eastern Finland issued the following news: * * * Doctoral defence of Juho Mononen, MSc, 11 June 2025: Genetic variation is a key determinant of gene regulatory landscape The doctoral dissertation in the fields of Biomedicine and Molecular Medicine will be examined at the Faculty of Health Sciences at Kuopio campus. * What is the topic of your doctoral research? Why is it important to study the topic? The focus of my doctoral research was to ide more PR

KUOPIO, Finland, June 8 (TNSjou) -- The University of Eastern Finland issued the following news: * * * Epilepsy is more common in patients with frontotemporal dementia than expected According to a recent study, in patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), epileptic seizures are significantly more common than previously known. The discovery deepens understanding of the symptoms of this memory disorder and emphasises the importance of taking epileptic seizures into account in the treatment a more PR

KUOPIO, Finland, June 8 (TNSjou) -- The University of Eastern Finland issued the following news: * * * New study highlights the importance of co-designing nature-based wellbeing tourism experiences Published in Tourism Recreation Research, a recent study from the University of Eastern Finland explores how nature-based wellbeing tourism experiences can support deep personal transformation among travellers. The study highlights the role of co-design as a key approach in developing meaningful, c more PR

HELSINKI, Finland, June 8 -- The University of Helsinki issued the following news release: * * * Brown research, white schools - Does a researcher's skin colour matter? Can a researcher racialised as non-white investigate racism in a school with mostly white pupils and staff? How do the pupils respond to this, and does it influence the findings? * When researchers Maimouna Matikainen-Soreau, Saara Loukola and Ida Hummelstedt, along with their research group, were preparing to launch a proje more PR

HELSINKI, Finland, June 8 -- The University of Helsinki issued the following news release: * * * First experimental plots established for research on continuous-coverage felling A donation by Ilkka Herlin to forestry research at the University of Helsinki enabled the establishment of experimental forest plots where the methods of continuous-coverage felling are compared with clear-cutting in even-aged forest management. In spite of felling, there are always trees growing in forests managed u more PR

HELSINKI, Finland, June 8 (TNSjou) -- The University of Helsinki issued the following news release: * * * No certainty about the predicted Milky Way - Andromeda collision New research has cast doubt on the long-held belief that our galaxy, the Milky Way, will collide with its largest neighbour, the Andromeda galaxy, in 4.5 billion years-time. * Scientists from Helsinki, Durham and Toulouse universities used data from NASA's Hubble and the European Space Agency's Gaia space telescopes to sim more PR

HELSINKI, Finland, June 8 -- The University of Helsinki issued the following news release: * * * Over 8 Million Euros from the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation for Future Solutions Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation has granted Euros8.3 million in funding to 12 initiatives in the fields of technology, art, and culture. The largest grants went to the University of Helsinki. * Atomic to nanoscale precision The largest grant, Euros1,562,000, was awarded to Professor Konstantinos Sarakinos from th more PR

UTRECHT, The Netherlands, June 8 -- Utrecht University issued the following news: * * * Background: Will Europe face higher drug costs due to U.S. price cuts? Trump points at Europe, but drug pricing is more complicated than it seems * Healthcare systems around the world are watching closely after U.S. president Donald Trump decided that medicine prices in the U.S. should be reduced, possibly by up to 80%. He also criticized Europe, saying European countries pay too little for medicines and more PR