Water scarcity, industrial emissions, and resource inefficiency are increasingly interconnected challenges for heavy industry. In 2025, EPSE took a significant step toward addressing these...
Bergen Carbon Solutions’ Q3 2025 update signals a shift from lab curiosity to a controllable, repeatable CCU-to-carbon platform—backed by a NOK 30.3m Innovation Norway grant, but...
In a world where cars increasingly ask drivers to dive through screens and submenus, a Norwegian student decided to put real buttons back within reach. The idea became Ctrl Platform, centred on...
Digitalization drives innovation but also accelerates environmental impact. Data centres, networks, and end-user devices collectively consume vast amounts of energy, surpassing even aviation...
Small and medium‑sized enterprises (SMEs) power employment, innovation, and local resilience, yet they are structurally more exposed to shocks and credit frictions. Hamid Cheraghali’s...
In a world flooded with information, higher education faces a deceptively simple challenge: how do we help students not just consume knowledge, but co-construct it, together? Charlotte Beal’s...
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...
Bridging Quantum Physics and Non-Dual Philosophy Editor's note: This is a tricky topic but here is a clear and simplified summary of what this means: This theory says that consciousness isn't...
Lessons from Five Global Case Studies Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are increasingly recognized as critical for addressing climate change, biodiversity loss, and socio-economic resilience. However,...
Strategic Implications for Critical Technologies and Policy Rare earth elements (REE) are indispensable for advanced technologies, including semiconductors, renewable energy systems, and defence...
Unravelling 541-Million-Year-Old Clues The question of which organism first crossed the threshold into multicellularity and became an animal has fascinated evolutionary biologists for decades....
A Narrative Synthesis of Large‑Scale Energy Demand Modelling with Socio‑Economic and Heritage Dimensions Ambitious decarbonization targets in the European Union require robust, scalable...
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...
Researchers have uncovered a hidden diagnostic signal inside prostate biopsies long believed to be benign. Their study reveals that routine tissue sections—dismissed as cancer-free by...
🇫🇮 Finland – Nanoform Finland Plc:The Helsinki-based nanoparticle medicine company announced a partnership with Revio Therapeutics on a nano-formulated hydrogel drug (GLIORA)...
Food is more than just a mix of ingredients—it is a complex, hierarchical material where structure determines texture, taste, and even nutritional value. To design healthier and more sustainable...
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...
As nations accelerate efforts to scale low-emission hydrogen, global frontrunners like Japan and the Netherlands offer critical insights into building robust supply chains. At a recent International...
🇮🇸 Iceland 1) Iceland to establish National AI & Supercomputing CentreISK 1.4 bn (≈€9.3 m) AIFA-ICE project announced.Direct link to Finland’s LUMI AI Factory.Boost for...
🇸🇪 Sweden 1) Ericsson + Nokia + Fraunhofer show 6G video codingFirst live demo for next-gen codec over 5G/6G network.Step toward immersive comms at 6G latencies.Multi-vendor R&D...
🇫🇮 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...
Alvotech, headquartered in Reykjavik, Iceland, operates a vertically-integrated biosimilars platform from cell-line development through finished manufacturing, enabling control over cost and speed....
Photocure ASA, based in Oslo, describes itself as “The Bladder Cancer Company”. Its core commercial offering centres around the use of its fluorescent imaging agent – marketed as Hexvix®...
Chalmers Ventures, Gothenburg’s powerhouse for early-stage innovation, has opened the 2025 autumn season with a series of high-impact achievements across quantum technology, sustainable energy,...
Researchers at Norway’s SINTEF and Japan’s Tohoku University have developed Smurf—short for Soft Miniaturised Underground Robotic Finder—a small, yellow rescue robot for disasters....
1) AI chatbot “Hervör” to serve the Deaf community• National association plans AI assistant for services.• Goal: faster, more inclusive communication.• Signals public-sector adoption of...
