Private companies, the public sector and consumers in the Nordics have been investing heavily sustainable waste management. Landfills are no longer being built, and waste is no longer being...
Rester Oy, established in 2019, is a Finnish company specializing in textile recycling solutions. The are in the business of recovering textiles, like end-of-life garments, uniforms, and workwear,...
An AI that suggests a scenic route for your roadtrip and a voice agent that lets your car order coffee for you. These are some of the startups selected to join MobilityXlab and collaborate with...
Listen to this podacast on NotebookLM! The article highlights the development of sustainable, cellulose-based paper batteries by numerous Nordic and international research institutions and...
The transition from our current fossil fuel-focused energy system to a one based mainly on renewable energy generation will introduce new challenges, the two main ones being the intermittent nature...
Together with VTT, LUT University is studying how carbon dioxide emissions from forest industry can be utilised in producing plastics, for example. Carbon dioxide can also be used to produce...
Chalmers University of Technology is a private research university located in Gothenburg that focuses on engineering and science, but more broadly it also conducts research and offers education in...
We have recently published a study on the effectiveness of English language press releases to secure international visibility from Nordic companies. The study acknowledges that companies, both large...
The European Policy Analysis Group has recently prepared a report on why innovation in the EU lags behind the US. The most recent EU Scoreboard indicates that the transatlantic gap...
Bayer announced that September 2024 in-market sales of Nubeqa® (Darolutamide), the prostrate cancer drug, has exceeded sales of €1 billion year-to-date making Darolutamide the first ever...
Experts at Bioco, Nofima, Norilia, Nortura and SINTEF are collaborating to better utilise “rest raw materials” from chicken and turkey. The raw materials here refer to the remaining parts of a...
RoRePower has participated in a 4-year EU-funded project aimed at developing and testing small power sources for remotely controlled difficult-to-reach sites located outside the power...
The Norwegian research project "RecirkIrRu" focuses on recycling the rare metals iridium and ruthenium. These metals are essential for the green transition, as iridium is used in hydrogen fuel cells...
A hyperspectral camera ASPECT developed by VTT is on board the European Space Agency (ESA) space mission, Hera, to test the deflection technology of potentially hazardous asteroids. The University...
SINTEF is one of Europe's largest research institutes, with multi-disciplinary expertise in technology, natural and social sciences. SINTEF is an independent foundation, which has created innovation...
Nordic innovations in developing “bird radars” can reduce the disturbing impact wind turbines have on bird nesting and feeding from the operating noise and the blade movement, as well as the...
The 2024 NordForsk Impact Report highlights the significant strides made in Nordic research collaboration, with an emphasis on active projects. This year’s report records a substantial increase in...
Researchers in Norway have proposed that limits should be imposed on the use of energy in cloud data centers. They argue that Norwegian politicians should not be sponsoring the race for influence by...
Although Norway is a significant producer of fossil fuels in the global markets, it is never-the-less investing heavily in carbon capture technology and projects, as well as having a huge number of...
Few people would probably never have heard of Novo Nordisk, the Danish drug manufacturer, without the discoveries of Svetlana Mojsov, Ph.D., a Macedonian American chemist who is a research...
The Nordics are not quite as unique as you may think because a few other countries have similar or higher living standards and almost equally low-income differentials. However, it is quite...
Elfys Inc. was established in 2017 from research work performed on the Aalto University campus in Espoo. The company designs, develops, and manufactures customized and standardized...
Today, there is a huge amount of discussion here in the Nordics on how to mitigate climate change and what new innovative methods are being developed and implemented to reduce the amount of...
Steady Energy Ltd was established in June 2023 as a spin-out company from Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT), one of Europe’s leading research institutions owned by the Finnish state....
In recent years, the aviation industry has been under increasing pressure to address its environmental impact. With concerns about climate change mounting, there has been a growing demand for...
At the forefront of Iceland's scientific and cultural landscape stands the Icelandic Centre for Research, known as Rannís. This dynamic institution plays a pivotal role in driving research,...