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Europe Teaching Rankings: University of Jyväskylä recognised for quality of teaching

In a recent ranking of the quality of teaching at higher education institutions by Times Higher Education, the University of Jyväskylä was judged one of the top 100 amongst 258 institutions in 18 countries across Europe.

Heat transport can be blocked more effectively with a more optimized holey nanostructure

The group of professor Ilari Maasilta at the Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä specializes on studying how different nanostructures can be used to enhance or impede the transport of heat.

Fyysikko Ruben de Groote aloitti tutkija Jyväskylän yliopiston kiihdytinlaboratoriossa vuonna 2017.

A young physicist travels to Lindau to convince Nobelists

Postdoctoral researcher Ruben de Groote, along with nearly 600 other young researchers, has been invited to a historic science event, where promising young scientists meet Nobel Prize winners from their own field.

19.6.2019 Climate change enhances carbon dioxide flux from lakes (Kiuru)

Boreal lakes play a significant role in global carbon cycling.

19.6.2019 The Hunt for hot nuclear matter (Snellman)

In particle physics a jet is a shower of collimated particles, generated by a highly energetic quark or gluon.

14.6.2019 The solvent pH controls the interactions of gold nanoclusters – potential applications in drug and imaging agents

The properties of gold in nanoscale are significantly different to those of bulk gold.

Organisms aim to maximise inclusive fitness in order to pass genes to the next generation

New research might change our answer to the question: what goal are plants and animals adapted to achieve?

Nanoscience Days 2019 at Jyväskylä: The abstracts of Plenary Speakers on web

The Nanoscience Days 2019 (#NSDays2019) will be held on 8th—9th of October, 2019 at University of Jyväskylä.

Myyrän pelästyneeltä lajitoveriltaan saama kemiallinen viesti pedon uhasta lisää myyrien lisääntymistä, sanovat Jyväskylän yliopiston tutkijat Marko Haapakoski (vas.) ja Thorbjörn Sievert.

Secondhand horror: Indirect predator odor triggers reproductive changes in bank voles

Reproducing in a fearful world is tricky.

7.6.2019 Can we model heavy nuclei from first principles? (Salvioni)

Modelling the properties of atomic nuclei is a demanding task.

6.6.2019 Research shows: small particles can have big consequences for electronics in space missions

Several space missions, planned by both the European Space Agency and NASA, have their target set on Jupiter and its moons.

5.6.2019 To make the invisible visible – this will be done through mapping brain cell geometries by considering random paths of water molecules (Liu)

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