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Highlights

Advancing Particle Physics: Mikko Seppälä’s Award-Winning Contribution at HIP

(featured image’s background is generated by ChatGPT, and Mikko’s portrait is a photo by Anniina Sjöblom) Synopsis (ChatGPT generated) The Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP) celebrates the remarkable achievements of Mikko Seppälä, whose award-winning work has brought new insights to the field of particle physics. In collaboration with leading research institutes worldwide, Seppälä and HIP...Continue reading

Neutron-Star Mergers Illuminate the Mysteries of Quark Matter

The featured photo is from the original post (Image: University of Warwick/Mark Garlick) “When neutron stars collide, they likely create the densest form of matter in the present-day Universe. Through an innovative use of two theoretical methods, researchers have now gained a more detailed understanding of how such quark matter behaves under the extreme conditions...Continue reading

HIP News

HIP NEWS, 16 February 2026 

HIP NEWS, 16 February 2026        COSMOLOGY SEMINAR Wednesday 18 February 2026 at 14.15 in A315 and using Zoom Mikael Chala (University of Granada), (Onsite) ”Skyrmions at finite temperature” Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/cosmoseminars/     ASTROPHYSICS SEMINAR Friday 20 February 2026 at 10:15 – 11:15, in A 315 and using Zoom Zephyr Peynore (Leiden University) “Chaotic...Continue reading

HIP NEWS, 2 February 2026 

  HIP NEWS, 2 February 2026      COSMOLOGY SEMINAR Wednesday 4 February 2026 at 14.15 in A315 and using Zoom Claudio Grillo (University of Milan), (Onsite) “The expansion rate and the geometry of the Universe through the time delays of time-varying sources strongly lensed by galaxy clusters” Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/cosmoseminars/ MATERIALS/BIO PHYSICS SEMINAR Friday 6 February...Continue reading