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VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is the largest multidisciplinary research organisation in Northern Europe.

Could plastic have a rival in a combination of wood fibres and spider silk?

The unique material outperforms most of today’s synthetic and natural materials by providing high strength and stiffness, combined with increased toughness. Achieving strength and extensibility at the same time has so far been a great challenge in material engineering: increasing strength has meant losing extensibility and vice versa. Now Aalto University and VTT researchers have

Could plastic have a rival in a combination of wood fibres and spider silk?

Now you can sweat it and have your sweat monitored

Needle pricks not your thing? A team of scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, is developing wearable skin sensors that can detect what’s in your sweat. They hope that one day, monitoring perspiration could bypass the need for more invasive procedures like blood draws, and provide real-time updates on health problems such as dehydration

Now you can sweat it and have your sweat monitored

Mobile hyperspectral camera can be used to detect plant diseases, skin diseases, counterfeit art, faults in food and more

Specim Oy, a VTT spin-off, has developed the world’s first mobile hyperspectral camera for the fast, high-level analysis of a range of samples. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland contributed its own expertise to the development project, in the form of fast measurement data processing algorithms and methods. The extremely high-precision hyperspectral camera, which resembles a

Mobile hyperspectral camera can be used to detect plant diseases, skin diseases, counterfeit art, faults in food and more

Saving lives by revolutionizing the way black ice is detected while saving gas

A new Finnish invention by EEE Innovations Ltd and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland revolutionizes the way black ice is detected and provides several other improvements in traffic safety as well. The software installed in vehicles can also guide drivers to drive more economically. Software-based, the invention can be installed into a majority of

Saving lives by revolutionizing the way black ice is detected while saving gas

Pioneering technology makes OPEC countries prime regions to produce synthetic fuels from the air

Pioneering technology makes OPEC countries prime regions to produce synthetic fuels. This could be a key asset in phasing out fossil fuels after the Paris Agreement, while also keeping some of the existing oil industry value chain intact The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) holds its 172nd meeting in Vienna on Thursday, May

Pioneering technology makes OPEC countries prime regions to produce synthetic fuels from the air

Concentrated solar power plus traditional power plant hybrid reduces emissions and fuel use by 33 percent

Led by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the COMBO-CFB project has developed a new innovative concept to increase solar energy production in the energy system. According to this research, the concept can reduce fuel consumption and emissions stressing the climate by more than 33 per cent. The concept is based on the combination of

Concentrated solar power plus traditional power plant hybrid reduces emissions and fuel use by 33 percent

Plant-based drinking bottles and paints can be easily and inexpensively scaled up

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed an environmentally sound and economical method for producing furan dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) from plant sugars for the production of drinking bottles, paints and industrial resins, for example. This technology enables production of plant-based products. The main production material of drinking bottles is still oil-based PET although there

Plant-based drinking bottles and paints can be easily and inexpensively scaled up

Almost electricity-free solar cooling and heat pump

Demand and the need for cooling are growing as the effects of climate change intensify. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and German company ZAE Bayern have built an emission-free, solar-powered chiller; a pilot system has been tested in Finland and Germany. The potential market is world-wide, particularly in warm countries. The production and consumption

Almost electricity-free solar cooling and heat pump

Flexible LED displays containing printed electronics ready for roll-to-roll manufacturing

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has, for the first time, performed all manufacturing stages for a flexible in-moulded LED foil -in roll-to-roll process. The purpose of this demo is to prove the suitability of the technique for the highly cost-effective manufacture of products such as flexible LED displays containing printed electronics. All smart electronics

Flexible LED displays containing printed electronics ready for roll-to-roll manufacturing

An easy-to-customise LED foil suitable for mass production enables large area lighting and display technologies

From vehicles to architectural lighting VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland develops novel LED light sources based on large, flexible and transparent substrates in collaboration with the Finnish companies Flexbright and Lighting Design Collective. An easy-to-customise LED foil suitable for mass production enables the introduction of the large area lighting and display technologies to applications

An easy-to-customise LED foil suitable for mass production enables large area lighting and display technologies

Pilot operation of first compact CO2 to liquid fuels plant that can fit in a shipping container

Demand-driven production of liquid fuels from regenerative energy sources is a major element of the energy turnaround. Production of synthetic fuels from solar energy and carbon dioxide extracted from air is the objective of the SOLETAIR project started now by INERATEC, a spinoff of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), in cooperation with Finnish partners. Together,

Pilot operation of first compact CO2 to liquid fuels plant that can fit in a shipping container

Developing technologies for extracting valuable metals from metallurgical waste and low-grade ores

The EU area is experiencing challenges in sourcing critical metals. Solutions to this are being sought by the METGROW+ project, coordinated by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. Researchers are developing technologies for extracting valuable metals from metallurgical waste and low-grade ores, from which recovery is not yet economically viable. The research is serving European

Developing technologies for extracting valuable metals from metallurgical waste and low-grade ores

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NAPA joins Finnish Clean Propulsion Technologies consortium to accelerate development of low-carbon solutions in shipping
on April 8, 2021 at 11:00 am
NAPA, the leading maritime software, services and data analysis provider has today announced its participation in the Clean Propulsion Technologies project (CPT), a consortium led by the University of ...
New Solutions for Clean, Efficient Marine and Off-Road Transport
on April 8, 2021 at 6:50 am
The goal of the Clean Propulsion Technologies project consortium, at the University of Vaasa, is to develop completely new solutions for clean and effective off-road and marine transport—a Finnish ...
Finnish Quantum Institute announced
on April 7, 2021 at 9:00 pm
Aalto University, University of Helsinki and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have signed an agreement to collaborate on quantum science and technology, under the umbrella of InstituteQ: The ...
World’s first hydrogen cargo vessel set for Paris debut
on April 7, 2021 at 11:01 am
Ships powered by renewable hydrogen will make a substantial contribution to reducing emissions from shipping and improving air quality in cities and other densely populated areas,” says Flagships ...
Multipurpose bioplastic from soy residues: A pilot plant to Finland
on March 26, 2021 at 6:07 pm
A biopolymer plant will be built in Uusikaupunki, Finland, in which bioplastic production will be piloted on an industrial scale. Finnfoam, Brightplus, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and ...

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Höganäs joins DESULF project to reuse zinc-rich dust from its melting furnaces - Powder Metallurgy Review magazine
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NAPA joins Finnish Clean Propulsion Technologies consortium to accelerate development of low-carbon solutions in shipping
on April 8, 2021 at 5:00 pm
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT) and nine companies (Wärtsilä Finland, AGCO Power, Meyer Turku, NAPA, Dinex Finland, Proventia ...
Finnish Quantum Institute announced
on April 8, 2021 at 9:25 am
Aalto University, University of Helsinki and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have signed an agreement to collaborate on quantum science and technology, under the umbrella of InstituteQ ...
New Solutions for Clean, Efficient Marine and Off-Road Transport
on April 8, 2021 at 6:50 am
The goal of the Clean Propulsion Technologies project consortium, at the University of Vaasa, is to develop completely new solutions for clean and effective off-road and marine transport—a Finnish ...
Finland’s HVK wins legal dispute over ill-fated, multimillion-euro mask acquisition
on April 7, 2021 at 11:06 pm
Tests by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland showed that the masks were unfit for hospital use in Europe. The National Bureau of Investigation (KRP) in April opened an investigation into the ...
World’s first hydrogen cargo vessel set for Paris debut
on April 7, 2021 at 4:59 pm
The Flagships project was awarded EUR 5 million of funding in 2018 from the EU’s Research and Innovation ... activities are provided by VTT (FI) and NCE Maritime CleanTech (NO), respectively.