Academy releases

January call: deadline extended for applications affected by problem in the Academy’s online services   (1.2.10 13:56)
The deadline has been extended until Wednesday 3 February at 16.15 for those applications that could not be completed or submitted within the deadline as a result of the problems in question.

School burnout among adolescents shows correlation with parental work burnout   (14.1.10 14:12)
Recent research indicates that school burnout among adolescents is shared with parental work burnout. Children of parents suffering from burnout are more likely than others to experience school burnout.

Academy of Finland’s january call - The focus of funding transferred to teams comprising researchers with a doctorate   (21.12.09 14:54)
The Board of the Academy of Finland has decided to transfer the focus of the Academy’s key funding instruments. As of the January 2010 call for applications, general research grants will primarily be granted to research teams comprising researchers with a doctorate.

New-generation reactors help reduce nuclear waste   (21.12.09 12:24)
Advanced technologies offer ways of reducing the quantity of nuclear waste. “New types of nuclear power plants can switch to a closed fuel cycle. It means that nuclear waste wouldn’t be buried as such; instead, it would be chemically dissolved and the recyclable component re-processed into new fuel. As a result, many of the most long-lived radioactive substances could be used at new types of...

Nanotechnology may also facilitate weight loss   (2.12.09 15:34)
Several Finnish universities have joined forces to develop an innovative drug delivery method that utilises silicon to transport drugs in the human body. Among other advances, the project has been able to sustain the effect of peptides controlling appetite, which may facilitate the use of nanotechnology for dieting purposes. The research is being carried out as part of the Academy of Finland’s...

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