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“The Research Council of Finland has selected four centres of excellence to the Finnish Flagship Programme. The flagships combine high-quality research, societal impact and strong collaboration with businesses and other actors in society. The Research Council of Finland will fund …
News Computational study reveals the potential of mixed metal chalcohalides in future photovoltaic applications
“CEST researchers have successfully identified new and promising candidates for photovoltaic applications using computational methods. The CEST (Computational Electronic Structure Theory) group members Pascal Henkel and Patrick Rinke, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Tampere (Finland) and Xi …
“Experiments promote a curious flipside of decaying monopoles: a reality where particle physics is quite literally turned on its head. The field of quantum physics is rife with paths leading to tantalising new areas of study, but one rabbit hole …
News Research group detects a quantum entanglement wave for the first time using real-space measurements
“A team from Aalto University and the University of Jyväskylä have created an artificial quantum magnet featuring a quasiparticle made of entangled electrons, the triplon Triplons are tricky little things. Experimentally, they’re exceedingly difficult to observe. And even then …
“Accounting for radiation loss is the key to efficient wireless power transfer over long distances. A better way to wirelessly charge over long distances has been developed at Aalto University. Engineers have optimized the way antennas transmitting and receiving power …
“The new findings challenge the conventional understanding of solar dynamics and could improve predictions of solar weather in the future. The Sun’s strong, dynamic magnetic field can catapult huge jets of plasma known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs) out …
“A new device can measure power levels with unprecedented accuracy and sensitivity, offering a major step forward for quantum technologies. Scientists in Finland have developed a nanodevice that can measure the absolute power of microwave radiation down to the femtowatt …
“Millimeter-VLBI image of the jet and the black hole shadow in Messier 87, obtained with the GMVA array including ALMA, the Greenland Telescope and the telescope at Metsähovi. An international team of scientists, including Aalto University researchers, has used …
News New kind of quantum transport discovered in a device combining high-temperature superconductors and graphene
“Researchers combine graphene and high-temperature superconductors in a single device, demonstrating a theoretically predicted phenomena in practice for the first time and potentially paving the way for improved devices and new physics Developing new quantum devices relies on controlling how …
“The researchers created photonic time crystals that operate at microwave frequencies, and they showed that the crystals can amplify electromagnetic waves. Researchers have developed a way to create photonic time crystals and shown that these bizarre, artificial materials amplify the …