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Raise Your Voice, Save the Wild: A Folk-Powered Ode to Finnish Biodiversity

World Music Central · July 8, 2025

Various Artists – Nouse Luonto – Lauluja Monimuotoisuudesta (Nordic Notes / CPL-Musicgroup, 2025) Nouse Luonto (“Rise, Nature”) is a remarkable collaborative album that brings together leading Finnish folk musicians in support of biodiversity....

China overtakes US to become world’s R&D research leader on the back Trump’s academic research cuts

BNE Intellinews ·

China’s lead over the United States in global scientific output has leapt, as new data shows that the gap between the two powers has more than quadrupled in the space of a year, according to Nature’s 2025 index of research papers published in the...

Exclusive: Finnish startup raises €25M to put a ‘Donut’ motor in EV wheels

The Next Web · July 7, 2025

Finnish startup Donut Lab has secured €25mn in seed funding to scale up its in-wheel hub motors for electric land, sea, and air vehicles. Alongside the investment, Donut Lab is opening an R&D hub in Chippenham, UK. Risto Siilasmaa, serial tech...

Chinese scientists propose 2033 Neptune orbiter mission

SpaceNews · July 7, 2025

HELSINKI — Scientists are proposing China’s first ice giant mission, aiming to launch a radioisotope-powered spacecraft to orbit Neptune and study its enigmatic moon Triton. To continue reading this article: Register now and get 3 free articles...

Lobe Sciences Announces Validation of European Unitary Patent for DHA-Based Composition for Sickle Cell Disease

Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota ·

European Unitary Patent EP4117446 Validated - Lobe Sciences secures patent protection in 17 EU member states for its DHA and egg yolk-based composition designed to manage Sickle Cell Disease. Covers Altemia(R) Medical Food Formula - The patented...

BRICS expands cooperation as Belt and Road drives global infrastructure push

Helsinki Times · July 9, 2025

The 17th BRICS summit concluded in July 2025 in Rio de Janeiro, marking a significant shift in the bloc’s trajectory. The gathering produced a joint declaration titled “Strengthening Global South Cooperation for More Inclusive and Sustainable...

€25M Seed round fuels Donut Lab’s vision for plug-and-play mobility tech

Tech.eu · July 7, 2025

Helsinki-based e-mobility tech company Donut Lab has raised €25 million in Seed funding. Donut Lab provides all the components needed to build an electric vehicle and makes them available to operators in all industries. The Donut Platform offers a...

Groq Launches European Data Center in Helsinki

insideBIGDATA - Massachusetts · July 7, 2025

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 7, 2025 — AI inference company Groq today announced it establishing its first European data center footprint in Helsinki, Finland to meet the growing demands of European customers. “As demand for AI inference continues...

Finnish design by Artek still resonates, nearly a century after the company began

This is Finland · July 6, 2025

I fell in love with Finnish design a long time ago. When I moved recently from Toronto to Helsinki, I wanted to simplify my life. I gave away most of the contents of my house and arrived with just a few cherished possessions, including a vintage...

The NV Bunker must pay 2.6 million rubles for the damage caused to the Gulf of Finland by the fuel oil spill

AK&M ·

AK&M 07 July 2025 14:02 The Court of Appeal upheld the requirements of Rosprirodnadzor: NV-Bunker LLC must pay 2.6 million rubles for damage caused to the Gulf of Finland by the fuel oil spill. This is stated in the message of Rosprirodnadzor. The...

Japan’s Wooden Satellite Survived Orbit for 116 Days. Now Scientists Want a Better Version

ZME Science · July 7, 2025

In 2024, LignoSat became the first wooden satellite to be launched into space. But its communications system failed, so scientists are trying again with LignoSat-2. Credit: Kyoto University Takao Doi’s dream is to go to the Moon and plant a tree....

AI chipmaker Groq opens first European data centre in Finland

Silicon Republic · July 7, 2025

The nine-year-old start-up has raised more than $2.5bn backed by VCs including Access Ventures, AJI Capital and APL Ventures. Artificial intelligence semiconductor start-up Groq is establishing its first European data centre in Helsinki, Finland...

Scientific Center launches ‘Play and Creativity’ exhibition

Kuwait Times · July 6, 2025

KUWAIT: The Scientific Center (TSCK) inaugurated its latest interactive exhibition, titled “Play and Creativity,” on Sunday, offering a dynamic educational experience aimed at stimulating curiosity and nurturing creativity among visitors....

Finland promotes digital innovation for carbon neutrality at Renewable Energy Asia 2025

ScandAsia · July 6, 2025

Ambassador Kristiina Kuvaja-Xanthopoulos represented Finland at the Renewable Energy Asia (REA) Conference in Bangkok, where she addressed the Plenary Session on Finland’s path toward a carbon-free future. In her speech, the Ambassador highlighted...

From AI to Overtourism: The Future of Travel Debated at Newsweek Summit

Newsweek · July 9, 2025

Technology, sustainability and the power of human connection were at the center of a lively debate on the future of travel at Newsweek's inaugural New Destinations Travel & Tourism Summit last week. Newsweek's senior staff, including Dr. Adil Ali,...

Groq AI to open its first European data center in Finland

United Press International (UPI) ·

July 7 (UPI) -- The AI company Groq announced Monday it is set to establish its first-ever European data center. It already has a presence in the United States, Canada and Saudi Arabia, but its global network will soon stretch to Helsinki,...

CoreWeave & Core Scientific, Nvidia, Groq: Trending Tickers

Yahoo Finance ·

00:00 Julie Hyman Now time for some of today's trending tickers. We are watching CoreWeave, Nvidia, and Nvidia competitor Groq. First up, CoreWeave will buy fellow cloud service provider Core Scientific in an all-stock deal valued at $9 billion....

Finland backs Nokia-led plan for AI gigafactory

Yle Uutiset · July 6, 2025

The government has thrown its weight behind a bid for a massive artificial intelligence centre in Finland as part of an EU scheme to establish such gigafactories around Europe. Open image viewer Part of the LUMI AI factory in Kajaani. Image: Rami...

How monitoring a remote Finnish peatland helps climate science

Nature ·

“In this photo, I’m inspecting the data-acquisition system installed at one of the five soil plots at the Siikaneva fen, a remote peatland located about 60 kilometres north of Tampere, in southern Finland. Fens, a kind of peatland fed by...

EU Funds Latest Finnish Icebreaker, Russia’s Newest Arctic Icebreaking Vessel ‘Katerina Velikaya’ Begins Sea Trials

gCaptain · July 7, 2025

The European Commission awarded close to $50 million to Finland supporting construction of its new Baltic Sea class B icebreaker. The new vessel is intended to replace aging icebreaking capacity with procurement expected for fall 2025,...