Ambassadör för den nordiska modellen

President Martti Ahtisaari har efter sin tid som republikens president ägnat sig åt fredsarbete på heltid och tilldelades Nobels fredspris 2008. På senare tid har han också jobbat med att lyfta fram den nordisk... Läs mera

Kolumnen: Vilka jobb behövs?

Att ha ett utmanade och kreativt jobb är för många ett ideal. Men finns det en risk att en sådan inställning till arbete idealiseras? Text: Mari Lindman Det som ibland slår mig är att ett sådant ideal lätt ... Läs mera

Sublime curves

Few record covers have endured as long as that of Joy Division’s album Unknown Pleasures. There are T-shirts, posters, tattoos and art exhibitions featuring the image – the fact that even Disney produces an im... Läs mera

Light at the end of the tunnel

The expansion of the Helsinki metro is one of the most extensive ongoing infrastructural projects in Finland. For the planning, boring, and detonating of two 14-kilometre-long parallel tunnels and the construct... Läs mera

The history of biovisualization

Fred Andersson. Photo: Marcus Prest. Generally speaking, the aim of visualization is to produce pictures that present information as clearly as possible. Learning to create these types of images requires train... Läs mera

Radioactive activities

Positron emission tomograhy (PET) is a technique for visualisation which requires a vast infrastructure. In Turku, Åbo Akademi University, Turku University and Turku University Hospital are cooperating in PET a... Läs mera

Expedition: Greenland

A voyage on a research vessel to one of the most unaffected sea environments in the world: the expedition TUNU-V investigated how biological diversity in the fjords of north-eastern Greenland is affected by cli... Läs mera

Finland in the wake of Nokia

Nokia mobile phones have been a source of national pride for the Finns ever since the beginning of the era of the mobile phone in the middle of the 1990s. Times are changing and the company sold its production ... Läs mera

A self-image made out­ of high technology

Jan Svanberg put his trust in South Korean technology rather than Finnish, when buying his Samsung.By Nicklas Hägen In Finland, there has been an engagement around Nokia that has occasionally been similar to... Läs mera