One of the finalists for the FPS MSc Thesis Prize 2021 was Perttu Hilla, who completed his Masters degree at the University of Oulu. To learn more about Perttu’s MSc thesis work that brought him to the final round of the FPS MSc Thesis Prize 2021 you can watch the […]
Monthly archives: March 2022
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Now that Physics Days 2022 is over, it is time to look to the future and Physics Days 2023. The event is organized by Tampere University and is planned to take place on 29-31 March 2023 at Tampere Hall. This time the event is designed to be in person! All […]
Every year on Physics Days we award the Hannu Koskinen’s presentation prize’s for the two best oral and the two best poster presentations. The winners of the Best Talk Prize for the Physics Days 2022 are: Mira Viljanen, University of Helsinki: Nanoimaging of the phloem in tension wood of silver […]
The Physics Days 2022 ended last Friday. A big thank you to Aalto University, the program committee, and the local organising committee for carrying through a successful virtual conference. We hope all those who attended had a good time and enjoyed both oral and poster presentations. You can still listen […]
The Finnish Physical Society (FPS) Master Thesis Prize 2021 was awarded to Kaapo Seppänen from the University of Helsinki in the opening ceremony of Physics Days 2022 on 2nd March 2022. The prize is given annually for an excellent Master thesis in the field of physical sciences. The purpose of this […]
Jonas Suni, University of Helsinki Space physics concerns the study of the near-Earth plasma environment, which stretches from around 60 kilometres to hundreds of thousands of kilometres above the Earth’s surface. This vast volume of space can however be divided into a few different regions of interest. Closest to the […]
Katja Tolkkinen, University of Oulu Osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease of the articular cartilage, and it is one of the most common reasons for disability. Articular cartilage is an essential part of the human body because it allows smooth and painless movement of the joint. It is the highly specialized, […]
Kaapo Seppänen, University of Helsinki Quantitatively understanding the thermodynamic properties of dense strongly interacting matter has recently become a hot topic in nuclear and particle physics. The leading factors behind this are major observational advances in neutron star physics, including the famous observation of gravitational waves from neutron star mergers […]
Kirjoitus on osa blogisarjaa, jonka aiemmat osat on julkaistu täällä. A Night with the Space Nobelists -sarjan päätösjakso toteutettiin kolmesta ensimmäisestä jaksosta poiketen. Viimeisessä jaksossa tähtitieteilijät Maarit Käpylä ja Peter Johansson keskustelivat paikan päällä studiossa Nobelin palkinnon merkityksestä ja huippututkimuksen edellytyksistä. Käpylä toimii professorina Aalto-yliopistossa ja tutkimusryhmän johtajana saksalaisessa Max […]