Academician Eva-Mari Aro was awarded the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters Academy Award 2018. Academician Aro, molecular biologist and professor at the University of Turku, is one of the world’s leading experts on photosynthesis.

Prof. Laurent Thévenot, French sociologist and economist, Director of Studies at EHESS, will be present at symposium organised at the University of Tampere 31 May - 1 June. The event is open to the public. Welcome!

At the January meeting of the Young Academy Finland (YAF) Club presentations were given by mathematician Ville Salo and social historian Pirita Frigren. Videos can now be seen online!

A new report confirms that negative emission technologies (NETs) offer only “limited realistic potential” to remove large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and not at the scale envisaged in some climate scenarios.

Väisälä Prizes 2017 were given to two distinguished scientists Professor Camilla Hollanti (Aalto University) and Professor Sabrina Maniscalco (University of Turku and Aalto University).

Member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, Academician Irma Thesleff has been chosen as a foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in the United States.