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Yläkuvassa on atomivoimamikroskoopilla kuvattuna grafeenia ennen ja jälkeen optisen taonnan. Alakuva kuvaa käsitellyn materiaalin jäykistymistä. Kuva: Jyväskylän yliopisto/Vesa-Matti Hiltunen, Pekka Koskinen

Superflimsy graphene turned ultrastiff by optical forging

Graphene is an ultrathin material characterized by its ultrasmall bending modulus, superflimsiness.

University of Jyväskylä prepares for the autumn term

JYU prepares for that it will be possible to enable significantly more teaching and activities on the campus in the autumn term 2021, even though a full-scale launch of the operations will not yet be possible because of limitations required by the...

Renovation of the library building will be completed - Jyväskylä University Library Lähde will open in August 2021

The renovation of the University of Jyväskylä’s library building will soon be completed. Lähde will open to students, staff members and other citizens at the beginning of the new academic year.

Keijo Hämäläinen continues as the rector of the University of Jyväskylä

On 19 May 2021, the University Board of the University of Jyväskylä has appointed Doctor of Philosophy, Rector Keijo Hämäläinen as the rector of the University of Jyväskylä for the second five-year term from 1 August 2022 to 31 July 2027.

Application period for the rector’s position has ended

The application period for the rector’s position has ended. The application concerned the five-year term of office starting on 1 August 2022. By the deadline on 16 May, the position was applied for by one person, the current rector Keijo Hämäläinen.

Two research periods were awarded at the JYU Research Period call 2021

The JYU Research Period system supports international co-operation.

Higher education institutions and student organisations: More than one hundred thousand applicants are facing an important spring with entrance examinations - let’s remember to take care of the prevention of coronavirus

By acting responsibly together, we can contribute to ensuring that the epidemic situation does not get worse and that the applicants are able to focus on the examinations.

Call for writings: Working poor in Finland

What is the poverty of working people all about? How does it show and feel? What kind of effects does it have on social relationships?

Five new Academy Research Fellows for the University of Jyväskylä

The Academy of Finland has decided to fund five new Academy Research Fellows at the University of Jyväskylä.

Fosfiinimolekyyleillä suojatun kultapartikkelin atomirakenne (vas.) ja magneettikentän aiheuttama pyörrevirta partikkelin keskellä kulkevassa tasossa (oik.). Kokonaispyörrevirta koostuu kahdesta eri suuntaan kulkevasta osasta (ns. paratrooppinen ja diatrooppinen osa). Kuva: Jyväskylän yliopisto/Omar Lopez Estrada

Researchers analyzed circulating currents inside gold nanoparticles

Researchers in the Nanoscience Center of University of Jyväskylä in Finland and in the Guadalajara University in Mexico developed a method that allows for simulation and visualization of magnetic-field-induced electron currents inside gold nanoparticles.

Six top scientists from the University of Jyväskylä chosen as new members of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters

The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters has invited six new members from the University of Jyväskylä: Professor Tuomas Lappi, Professor Robert van Leeuwen, Professor Tapio Mappes and Professor Heikki M.

University of Jyväskylä performing steadily in CWUR university ranking

The University of Jyväskylä was ranked to the 565th place in the latest international CWUR list (Center for World University Rankings), which covered more than 20,000 universities granting academic degrees.