Highlights
ERC Consolidator Grant Awarded to Strong-Interaction Theorist
(photo: University of Helsinki with AI-enhanced background) University of Helsinki researcher Risto Paatelainen, based at Kumpula Campus Physicum and contributing to our Phases of Strongly Interacting Matter Theory Programme, has received a prestigious €2 million ERC Consolidator Grant to advance theoretical understanding of matter under extreme densities, including quark matter in neutron stars. This significant...Continue reading→
ISOLDE: Ion recycling opens the way to research into the heaviest elements
(photo: “Staff scientist Mikael Reponen from the University of Jyväskylä has participated in the research”. Credit University of Jyväskylä) “Researchers at the ISOLDE facility at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) have developed a measurement method based on a combination of an electrostatic trap and lasers, which may help to determine the chemical properties...Continue reading→
HIP Programme Director Aleksi Vuorinen to lead new Centre of Excellence in Research
(Photo Maarit Kytöharju) Professor Aleksi Vuorinen, Director of the Theory Programme at the Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP), will lead one of Finland’s newly appointed Centres of Excellence in Research for the 2026–2033 period. The Research Council of Finland has selected 11 new Centres of Excellence (CoEs) that represent the highest level of scientific ambition...Continue reading→