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The consortium lead by professor Karoliina Honkala from the University of Jyväskylä develops more efficient catalysts to convert carbon dioxide to fuels.

The University of Jyväskylä is generating new know-how within the field of atmospheric carbon dioxide research

The Academy of Finland awarded the University of Jyväskylä funding totalling of almost 1 million euros in the C1 Value Academy programme.

Research led by Professor Phillip Watts from the University of Jyväskylä studies how building materials and the future climate, might change the types of indoor microscopic organisms. Credit: The University of Jyväskylä

Research will shed light on how climate change might affect indoor microscopic organisms – could it affect indoor air?

With predicted warmer and wetter weather, buildings could become more susceptible to increased microbial growth and this will likely affect the health of humans and buildings.

14.12.2019 Geodesic tomography problems on Riemannian manifolds (Railo)

One of the most fundamental inverse problems is to determine an unknown function from its line integrals over all lines.

At the University of Jyväskylä Laserlab-NSC at the Nanoscience Center will extend the spatial resolution of spectroscopic and imaging equipment down to 10 nm. Credit: The University of Jyväskylä

New advanced chemical imaging research infrastructure to Finland - Nanoscience Center establish a new spectroscopic imaging instrument

Advanced chemical imaging research infrastructure received 1.

13.12.2019 Study of water-soluble p-MBA-protected gold nanoclusters and their superstructures (Sokolowska)

At the University of Jyväskylä Karolina Sokolowska’s dissertation thesis focuses on atomically-precise gold nanoclusters and their superstructures.

(a) Scanning electron micrograph of the measured Superconductor(Nb)/Normal metal (Ag)/ Superconductor(Nb) Josephson junction. (b) Color-coded sketch of the normalized energy-phase dependent density of states of a long diffusive SNS junction. Full (dashed) vertical arrows represent the high (low) probability inelastic transitions. Grey (blue) circles represent electron-like (hole-like) quasiparticles. Credit: University of Jyväskylä/Pauli Virtanen

Non-Adiabatic Dynamics of Strongly Driven Diffusive Josephson junctions

Understanding how microwave absorption changes the transport properties of diffusive Josephson junctions is at the forefront of interest in the quantum transport community.

The research done at the University of Jyväskylä showed that calpain proteases can cut out viral capsid proteins from the larger polyprotein. Credit: Varpu Marjomäki/University of Jyväskylä

Host cell proteases can process viral capsid proteins

It has long been suggested that a cell protease could take part in enterovirus infection.

30.11.2019 Ionizing radiation in the Chernobyl region lowers the population sizes of bank voles (Kivisaari)

Population sizes of bank voles are lower in the areas where radiation level in the environment is increased.

Emmi Kirjanen did her Master's thesis at the Nanoscience Center at the University of Jyväskylä. Credit: Tekniikan akateemiset TEK/Anssi Kumpula

Emmi Kirjanen received an award for her Master’s thesis on nanophysics

Academic Association for Mathematics and Natural Sciences – MAL awarded M.

Helium ion microscope image of bacterial growth. Credit: Gabriel Almeida/University of Jyväskylä

Bacteria-infecting viruses bind mucosal surface and protect from disease

Mucosal surfaces protect organisms from external stressors and disease.

22.11.2019 Cellular and viral factors promoting efficient enterovirus uncoating and replication (Laajala)

Enteroviruses are the most common viruses infecting humans.

Nanoscience Center (NSC) is co-opereting with Millog Oy on graduate thesis. A specialist Olli Herranen (left) from MIllog Oy, student Kasperi Honkanen and Assistant Professor Jussi Toppari from University of Jyväskylä are in cleanroom facilities at NSC.

Nanoscientists find a job easily- Business Day at the Nanoscience Center is an excellent networking event for tech experts

University of Jyväskylä (JYU) Nanoscience Center (NSC) will host a Business Day event in Jyväskylä on 22nd November 2019.

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