Water scarcity, industrial emissions, and resource inefficiency are increasingly interconnected challenges for heavy industry. In 2025, EPSE took a significant step toward addressing these...
Digitalization drives innovation but also accelerates environmental impact. Data centres, networks, and end-user devices collectively consume vast amounts of energy, surpassing even aviation...
Editor’s Note: This is a long read about seeking out Rare Earth Materials - but it is useful to pick topics of interest… Early academic demonstrations around 2019–2020 showed drones...
If you’ve ever felt that a robot seemed “more alive” just because it had eyes, you’re not imagining it. A new Finnish-led study from Tampere University, published in 2026, digs into...
Tampere University researchers are developing fast, interpretable AI models that read financial markets at microsecond speed—offering new tools for safer, smarter trading in an era dominated by...
Mattia Thibault and the Future of Mediated Worlds The evolution of digital technologies has blurred the boundaries between physical and virtual spaces, creating what scholars increasingly describe...
Pertti Alasuutari’s Institutional Lens on Parliaments, Rituals, and Epistemic Governance Editor's note: Pertti Alasuutari is a Finnish sociologist and Professor Emeritus at Tampere...
Editor’s note: Here is another study from the same team in Tampere. The 2 studies handle two related topics – here is a brief description of their main...
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences (ITC), Embedded Systems / Customizable Processors Group A Finnish research team at Tampere University has created an open-source toolset...
Finnfund Pioneers Digital Inclusion in Emerging Markets Through Fibre Networks Finland’s development financier, Finnfund, is championing a targeted strategy to bridge the digital divide in...
Finland has great strengths in AI development with deep but specialised AI sector supported by successful private companies and public bodies like VTT and their universities. Peter Sarlin, founder...
The Nordic region's strength in innovation is increasingly demonstrated through powerful collaborations, both within the region and with international partners. Since the start of 2025, a wave of...
🇫🇮 Finland VTT's Carbon-Recycled Plastic for Automotive PartsFinnish state-owned research body VTT announced a new method to create high-strength polymers from captured CO2 and biomass. The...
Nordic innovation has long thrived on a foundation of rule-based governance, international cooperation, scientific integrity, and predictable regulatory environments. Yet the emerging direction of...
(Coverage: roughly 23 October – 20 November 2025) 🇫🇮 FINLAND 🇫🇮 Finland’s VTT–Millog partnership accelerates defence-innovation transfer VTT and Millog signed a new cooperation...
Editor's note: Christer is reporting an interesting innovation here, but most of us will feel inadequate about fully understanding the article - so here is a short summary: "1. Finnish...
🇫🇮 Finland – Nanoform Finland Plc:The Helsinki-based nanoparticle medicine company announced a partnership with Revio Therapeutics on a nano-formulated hydrogel drug (GLIORA)...
Modern photonics demands components that are not only fast and efficient but also dynamically tuneable. HyCom Core introduces a breakthrough in this domain: an electrically controllable...
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease with poorly understood etiology. In a landmark genome-wide association meta-analysis (GWAS) involving 4,814 HS cases and over 1.2...
🇫🇮 Finland 1) Wärtsilä → Australia’s largest DC-coupled hybridDelivers a DC-coupled solar+BESS architecture to the NEM.Hybrid layout aims to boost round-trip efficiency/revenues.Showcase...
Helsinki’s Nanoform is converting nanoparticle engineering into clinic-ready products. Its Controlled Expansion of Supercritical Solutions (CESS®) process creates crystalline API nanoparticles...
🇫🇮 FINLAND 1) University of Helsinki (FI)• Breakthrough on tumor immune evasion mechanisms (checkpoint regulation) announced Oct 2025.• Potential new targets for immunotherapies.•...
1) NTNU NorwAI: New NorLLM roadmap• Research center to introduce new national LLMs.• Roadmap shift revealed ahead of Innovate 2025.• Focus on sovereign, domain-specific models.•...
1) VTT appoints Research Professor for AI & LLMs• Arash Hajikhani named Research Professor of AI & LLMs (from 1 Sep).• Focus: trustworthy, applied AI across industries.• Signals...
🇫🇮 Finland FIN-1. FDF Logistics Command signs contract for TNT explosive supply with Forcit (3 Sep).Supports sustained training/readiness with secure domestic supply.Part of broader...
FI-1. VTT – W-Cube mission wraps with 75 GHz space demo• VTT says ESA’s Finnish-built W-Cube nanosatellite ends a 4-year mission.• First-ever demo that the ultra-high 75 GHz band works for...
🇫🇮 Finland Aalto University — ms-range transmon coherence (Jul 8)Breakthrough raises superconducting-qubit stability into millisecond territory.Supports more reliable quantum processors...
forumNordic is Back with a Stronger, Sharper, & More Focused on Global Impact forumNordic.com has relaunched in a streamlined, powerful format designed for one purpose: to give Nordic...
CaSE: Hypermine: aiming to maximise mineral recovery & minimise environmental impact Hypermine, a spinout of VTT, has announced the successful closure of its seed funding round. With demand for...
As summer approaches readers will know that the Nordics go off to enjoy sunshine, forests, sea, mountains, and lakes. The annual trek has already started - brains and bodies will be rested because...
All Innovative Nordic companies and scientific bodies want and need international visibility – exports are essential but getting the innovations out into the markets is increasingly challenging....
During the COVID‑19 pandemic, Nordic countries exhibited relatively low mortality despite divergent policies. Denmark, Finland, and Norway recorded minimal excess deaths compared to reference...
In today’s energy‑constrained world, data centres are far from innovations—they are colossal consumers of electricity. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), “there is no AI...
Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, Novatron Fusion Group (NFG) is a deep-tech energy startup at the forefront of the global race to develop viable fusion energy. The...
By Nicholas Anderson, Editor-in-Chief, forumNordic In an increasingly interconnected world, the stability of the United States—economically, politically, and morally—has long served as a...
As of 2025, the Nordic countries have made steady progress in developing quantum computing capabilities. While Finland leads the charge with a mature ecosystem, other countries like Sweden, Denmark,...
Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, Sensofusion is a small but leading developer of advanced anti-drone systems, specializing in radio frequency (RF) detection and countermeasure...
In the latest edition of forumNordic News, nine press releases highlight groundbreaking scientific achievements from Nordic institutions including SINTEF, VTT, Aalto, DTU, Chalmers, and KTH....
A powerful cross-border partnership between Finland’s Wärtsilä and France’s EDF Renewables is helping the UK take major steps toward its clean energy goals. Combining Nordic battery innovation...
