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Category Archives: Research
Motivation across a transition by Heta Tuominen
Once again students have returned from summer holidays back to school and started their academic years. Some of them (including my daughter, by the way) are starting off their sixth, that is, the final year in elementary school and, thus, … Continue reading
Explaining quantum physics with arts and games by Matteo Rossi
This post is about one aspect of our job as scientists that we often tend to neglect or avoid as much as possible but plays a very important role towards the society: outreach. Outreach is a challenging task, as it … Continue reading
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Pandemic Mothers by Helena Duffy
More than ever I am surrounded by my ‘Holocaust mothers’ (the focus of my TIAS project). I used to get a break from them by going to conferences, writing articles on unrelated topics, or even going to the swimming pool. … Continue reading
Koronavirus muokkaa toimitusketjuja, entäpä ilmastonmuutos? Sini Laari
Koronaviruksen leviäminen globaaliksi pandemiaksi on nostanut toimitusketjut valokeilaan. Monet yritykset ovat jo pitkään ulkoistaneet tuotantonsa halvemman kustannustason maihin. Samoin ne ovat pyrkineet vähentämään varastoon sitoutuneen pääoman määrää, ja pitävät vain pientä varmuusvarastoa luottaen globaalin logistiikan tehokkaaseen toimintaan. Kun koronavirus iski … Continue reading
2019 Novel Coronavirus – 2020 New Challenge!
New coronavirus 2019 (2019-nCoV), was discovered due to Wuhan, Hubei, China, virus pneumonia cases in 2019, and was named by the World Health Organization on January 12, 2020. [1] Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are known to … Continue reading
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Classics in Time of Pandemic: Lock-down Reflections from the Ivory Tower by Michiel Meeusen
Western literature starts with a disease. At the beginning of the Iliad, Homer sings of an “evil pestilence” (1.10) sent by the Olympic god Apollo to devastate the camp of the Greeks during their siege of Troy. Apollo, the god … Continue reading
Pascal’s Wager for Climate Denialist by Hemmo Laiho
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), a famous French mathematician, is also famous for a philosophical slash theological slash game-theoretical thought experiment known as Pascal’s wager. You can find the thought experiment in the section §233 of the collection of his notes titled … Continue reading
Crystallography, a (tragic) love story by Pedro Dinis
Given free-reign by the Turku Collegium of Science and Medicine to write about anything made the choice of topic quite easy, as macromolecular crystallography has accompanied my budding scientific career. It also comes at a critical juncture in the field … Continue reading
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No snow for skiing – a real problem or not?
It should be winter time and many people would love to ski, but there is currently simply no snow for skiing. Luckily this is not a problem as we have ski tunnels, such as one in Paimio very close to … Continue reading
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A Holocaust Scholar in Finland by Helena Duffy
TIAS meeting, 13th January 2020. ‘What is your research project about?’ ‘What interesting thing happened to you during your recent holidays?’ These are two of the four questions to be answered during the ‘Speed Dating’ exercise. Lasting four minutes (two … Continue reading
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