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Finnish retailer Kesko partners with TCS to drive AI-powered retail transformation
TechCircle
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August 20, 2025
Finnish retail group Kesko has chosen Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) as its strategic IT partner to modernise its technology landscape and drive large-scale digital transformation across the Nordics and Baltics. The multi-year partnership will...
7 science-backed brain habits to get smarter every day
India Today
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August 21, 2025
Getting smarter isn’t about cramming facts, it’s about building habits that strengthen your brain over time. Science shows that daily practices like quality sleep, regular exercise, mindfulness, and even reading for 15 minutes can boost memory,...
Hydrogen Production Through Electrolysis Fuels Finland’s First eSAF Pilot
Hydrogen Fuel News
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August 21, 2025
At long last, Finland’s aviation industry is set to take off into greener skies. In autumn 2025, a pre-commercial electro Sustainable Aviation Fuel (eSAF) pilot in Espoo will launch, harnessing low-temperature electrolysis to turn biogenic CO2 and...
Tours of the Finnish American Heritage Center connect the Finnish American community
My UP Now - Michigan
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HOUGHTON, Mich. (WBUP/WJMN) — Inside the Finnish American Heritage Center lies a treasure of artifacts, art, and heritage. For several weeks, the center has led guided tours of the facility, sharing not just the who, when, and how, but also why...
Scientists May Have Just Cracked Quantum Computing’s Biggest Problem
SciTechDaily
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August 20, 2025
Illustration of a new strategy to create materials with robust quantum properties, by harnessing magnetic interactions (represented by the red and blue arrows). The small green spheres represent sites where electrons can reside and move along the...
Finnish politician Eemeli Peltonen, 30, found dead in parliament after taking his own life
New York Post
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August 19, 2025
A Finnish politician has been found dead after reportedly committing suicide in the country’s parliament, according to local reports. Eemeli Peltonen, 30, a first-term member of parliament for the left-wing Social Democratic Party (SDP), had been...
Finnish MP Eemeli Peltonen dies aged 30 in Parliament
Helsinki Times
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August 19, 2025
Finnish MP Eemeli Peltonen has died inside Parliament House in Helsinki. He was 30 years old and serving his first term for the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Parliament confirmed the death on Tuesday afternoon. Police said they were investigating...
Finland’s former archiater Risto Pelkonen dies at 94
Helsinki Times
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August 19, 2025
Risto Pelkonen, Finland’s former archiater and one of the country’s most recognisable medical figures, has died at the age of 94. The Finnish Medical Association and the medical society Duodecim confirmed his death on Tuesday after a short...
Finnish firm to deliver quantum computer to US lab
Daily Finland
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Finnish quantum computing company IQM will deliver a 20-qubit superconducting quantum computer to the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the two sides announced Tuesday, reported Xinhua. The system, scheduled for...
Finnish firm to deliver quantum computer to U.S. lab
Xinhua News Agency
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HELSINKI, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Finnish quantum computing company IQM will deliver a 20-qubit superconducting quantum computer to the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the two sides announced Tuesday. The system,...
Study: Over half of Finns are open to care from medical professionals learning Finnish or Swedish
Yle Uutiset
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August 21, 2025
While most Finns are willing to help immigrants learn Finnish or Swedish, the study shows that over 90 percent expect newcomers to learn one of the country’s national languages. Open image viewer Image: Matti Myller / Yle Finnish people show...
Record-Breaking “Watermelon” Nucleus Could Rewrite Atomic Science
SciTechDaily
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August 21, 2025
The study is part of Henna Kokkonen’s doctoral thesis. Credit: Tommi Sassi After more than 30 years, physicists in Finland have uncovered the heaviest nucleus ever seen to emit a proton, a rare process that sheds light on the limits of atomic...
Finland opens new consumer packaging board line in Oulu
Fresh Plaza
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August 19, 2025
The largest consumer packaging board production line in Europe was inaugurated on 18 August in Oulu, Finland. The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister of Finland Petteri Orpo, Stora Enso's Chair of the Board Kari Jordan, President and CEO Hans...
Finnish MP 'takes own life' in Helsinki parliament
AOL
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Eemeli Peltonen, a member of the Social Democratic Party, was in his first term as a MPA Finnish MP has died inside the national parliament, the country’s prime minister has said. Following reports that a politician had taken their own life,...
Vietnamese Embassy in Finland marks 80th National Day and August Revolution
ScandAsia
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August 20, 2025
Many people, Finnish and Vietnamese, showed up for the celebration of the 80th National Day. Photo: Facebook The Vietnamese Embassy in Finland hosted a celebration on 19 August to mark the 80th anniversary of Vietnam’s August Revolution and...
Science USA TODAY Sorry guys, size does matter: Meet the creature dubbed as the 'Genital King'
Yahoo News
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Four newly-discovered tarantula species were just dubbed the "Genital King," and for tarantulas, size really does matter. The species are all under the genus Satyrex, which loosely translates to the epithet that Tinder dates around the world would...
Work on icebreaker bound for Canadian Arctic begins at Davie shipyard in Finland
The Globe and Mail
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August 20, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Canada's and Finland's representatives at a steel cutting ceremony for the beginning of construction of the Polar Max Icebreaker in Helsinki, Finland, on Wednesday.MARKKU ULANDER/AFP/Getty Images Work on a new icebreaker...
“Well, he will be very, very fast”: When Kimi Raikkonen's race engineer shared how Michael Schumacher approved of the Finn during his initial F1 years
Sportskeeda
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August 20, 2025
Kimi Raikkonen is regarded as one of Formula 1’s greats, and once his former race engineer, Jacky Eeckelaert, opened up on the comments Michael Schumacher made about him during his formative years in racing. The Finnish driver who competed in the...
Metsä advances $70m Finnish board mill upgrade
Packaging Gateway
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August 20, 2025
Finnish packaging company Metsä Board will commence the installation phase of a major board machine modernisation at its Simpele mill in September 2025. The move is part of a €60m ($70m) investment programme, which will improve the quality of the...
Cats in a Finnish Village Have a Coat Pattern That’s Never Been Seen Before
ZME Science
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August 20, 2025
Image credits: Ari Kankainen. The cat world just got a little more colorful. The story started In a small Finnish village called Petäjävesi. Sharp-eyed locals began noticing peculiar black cats with coats that didn’t look quite right. Their fur...