Current news at the Faculty of Mathematics and Science

The University of Jyväskylä has been part of an international research team at the ISOLDE facility at CERN, which has achieved a significant breakthrough in nuclear and molecular physics.

The aim of our researcher of the Nanoscience Center was to use a large-scale computational approach to conduct a systematic, microscopic analysis of metallene interfaces to discover the fundamental design principles for greater stability.

MSc Elsa Korhonen’s doctoral dissertation focuses on photocleavable molecules, i.e., photoprotective groups, which release their bound “cargo” through the breakage of a covalent bond upon green light exposure.

Central Finland Mobility Foundation (Cefmof) is donating the World of Hydrogen exhibition to the University of Jyväskylä. Relocating the exhibition to Ylistönrinne opens new opportunities for science education and partnerships.

Researcher at the University of Jyväskylä Charlotte Maddinson was nominated to the Expert Group on Nature Credits through her role in the BOOST research consortium which her research group in University of Jyväskylä is a part of. 

M.Sc. Elina Kauppinen has studied double beta decay and giant resonances in her thesis. Two well-known nuclear models have been employed in the work and further refined to improve the accuracy of theoretical calculations.

The focus of the Juuso Valjus's disseration work was on phosphinidene chalcogenides. He studied for example the mechanisms for the formation of various phosphinidene chalcogenide rings.

The researchers developed a unique type of gold label consisting of two nanometer-scale gold particles linked together. Research on gold nanoparticles has been one of the major research topics at the Nanoscience Center of JYU.

Henna Kangosjärven väitöstutkimuksessa selvitettiin, miten pohjoisten järvien koko, ilman lämpötila ja kalalajisto vaikuttavat niiden ravintoverkkoihin. Hän käytti laajaa aineistoa yli kuudestakymmenestä Norjan, Suomen ja Ruotsin järvestä.

Recent research collaboration between the Pohang University of Science and Technology (South Korea) and the Nanoscience Center of the University of Jyväskylä has resulted in the production of four new cluster-based materials based on gold nanoclusters.

Laura Huhta's dissertation work is part of the Centre of Excellence in Quark Matter and focused on the ALICE experiment located at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Huhta will defend her thesis on 5.12.2025.

In October 2025, the Nanoscience Center welcomed the International Advisory Board for a review of the center’s research and teaching activities.