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Kemian professori Karoliina Honkala ja akatemiaprofessori Hannu Häkkinen tutkivat katalyysireaktioiden atomitason mekanismeja supertietokoneella tehtävien simulaatioiden avulla.

A significant European supercomputing grant to nanoscience researchers for investigations of atomically precise nanocatalysts

PRACE organization has awarded 35 million CPU core hours for a joint project of Academy professor Hannu Häkkinen and professor Karoliina Honkala at the University of Jyväskylä’s Nanoscience Center.

Decline in physical activity often starts as early as age seven

Overall physical activity starts to decline already around the age of school entry.

Strategy work 2019: Development programmes of JYU strategy

The University Board confirmed the entity of University strategy, including the mission, vision and values and five development programmes to implement the vision.

New Book: Digital Everyday Connects Generations

Everyday family life gets digitalized, although differently and at a different pace.

Tutkimusryhmä onnistui modulaarinen neutronispektrometrin (MONSTER) testaamisessa Jyväskylän yliopiston kiihdytinlaboratoriossa.

Successful test of the MONSTER spectrometer also provided new nuclear structure information

A landmark experiment recently took place in the Accelerator Laboratory of the Department of Physics (JYFL-ACCLAB). Through nuclear fission, a beam of the short-lived nuclide 85As was produced.

Jyväskylän yliopiston kiihdytinlaboratorion materiaalitutkimuksen ryhmä on mukana RADIATE-kumppanuushankkeessa, jonka tavoitteena on lisätä tutkimustiedon saatavuutta Euroopassa.

The physics and chemistry research infrastructures of the University of Jyväskylä receive one million euros of EU Horizon 2020 funding

The European Union Horizon 2020 Programme (Horizon2020) funds major European research and innovation projects.

Girls need more positive experiences of ball skills

Children’s positive perception of moving is an important supporter for natural physical activity and developing motor skills.

A research brought new light on the proton diffusion process across biological membranes

In biological systems, proton diffusion (PD) and transfer are fundamental processes, occuring for example in the cellular respiration and photosynthesis.

The University of Jyväskylä made a good academic result in 2018

The financial statement and annual report of the University of Jyväskylä 2018

Finland’s success hinges on skills

– The next government will hold the fate of the country in its hands

Heikki Lyytinen’s UNESCO chair extended

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has signed a UNESCO chair agreement with the University of Jyväskylä for 2019–2023 under the theme “Inclusive Literacy Learning for All.

Palkitut vasemmalta: Lotta-Riina Sundberg, Jouni Taskinen, Peppi Taalas, Alexei Lobski, Hanna Pirinen, Mirka Saarela ja Akseli Mansikkamäki.

Heroes of research and teaching awarded in the Annual Celebration

The traditional annual celebration of the University of Jyväskylä was held on 6 March.