Current news at the Faculty of Mathematics and Science

Current news at the Faculty of Mathematics and Science.

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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.

15.3.2019 Endophytic bacterial communities in arcto-alpine plant shape the plant and help it cope with stress

15.3.2019 New information about the regulation of an enzyme involved in cancers (Antenucci)

8.3.2019 Measurements yielded precise atomic masses for nuclear reactions in the stars

Our body and the matter around us is composed of chemical elements mainly created in stars via nuclear reactions and complex nuclear reaction networks.

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.

1.3.2019 Time-dependent density-functional theory for strongly correlated electrons

One of the most used methods in condensed matter theory and quantum chemistry for the description of matter properties is Time-dependent density-functional theory (TDDFT), an alternative formalism to wave function methods which uses the time-dependent...

QS Ranking: Six JYU disciplines among the world’s best

Research in education at the University of Jyväskylä did well in the QS World University Rankings by Subject: As in previous years, it was ranked 101–150.

22.2.2019 Carbon nanotubes can be produced in a new way by twisting ribbon-like graphene (Kit)

Graphene is a material made of a single layer of carbon atoms.

Invasive species like balsams displace local species.

The invasive species are likely to spread to a community that has not adapted to climate change.

Climate change increases environmental fluctuations and extreme weather phenomena.

Yliopistonlehtori Hannu Koivisto (vas.), tutkija Muneer Sakildien ja laboratorioinsinööri Risto Kronholm (takana) käyttävät HIISI-laitteistoa.

The most powerful ion source in the world is now in the JYFL-ACCLAB

A new ion source known as HIISI has been developed in the Accelerator Laboratory of the University of Jyväskylä (JYFL-ACCLAB).

New receptor molecules flag the presence of chiral molecules

A new ‘chemical nose’ sniffs out pollutants in the environment

Many pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, freon substitutes, dyes and drugs e.

Uusi kulta–alumiini-yhdiste (vasen) reagoi hiilidioksidin kanssa tuottaen insertioyhdisteen (oikea) samalla kuvastaen kulta-atomin nukleofiilista luonnetta.

The first nucleophilic gold complex

A collaborative research effort between the Departments of Chemistry at the University of Oxford (United Kingdom) and University of Jyväskylä (Finland) has resulted in the discovery of a gold compound exhibiting nucleophilic behaviour hitherto unknown...

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