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| Millennium Technology Prize
COVID-19 Vaccines Were Rapidly Developed Using DNA Sequencing Technology
Chemists Shankar Balasubramanian and David Klenerman from Cambridge University were awarded the 2020 Millennium Technology Prize for the DNA sequencing techniques they developed. Thanks to the Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)…Read more ›
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| Millennium Technology Prize
Prize criteria renewed for the 2022 nomination period
The Millennium Technology Prize will be awarded for the next time on 25 October 2022. The call for nominating breakthrough innovations deserving of the Prize will be open between 2…Read more ›
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| Millennium Technology Prize
Video: Watch the 2020 Millennium Technology Prize Winner’s Lecture
Next Generation DNA Sequencing technology Professors Shankar Balasubramanian and David Klenerman received the 2020 Millennium Technology Prize for their innovation of Next Generation DNA Sequencing (NGS), technology that enables fast,…Read more ›
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| Millennium Technology Prize
Space physicist Minna Palmroth begins as our Chair of Board
Minna Palmroth, Professor in computational space physics at the University of Helsinki, begins as Chair of the Board of Technology Academy Finland TAF on 1 June. "The Prize and particularly…Read more ›
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| Millennium Technology Prize
Video: Watch the 2020 Prize Ceremony again
The 2020 Millennium Technology Prize Winner Announcement and Award Ceremony was organized as a semi-virtual event in Finland and live-streamed on 18 May 2021. You can now watch the ceremony recording and learn about one of the world's most important and inspiring innovations!Read more ›
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| Energy & Environment , Millennium Technology Prize , Millennium Youth Prize , Young Researchers
Heavy metal purification from lakes – Aino Kuusi and Nikolai Argatoff win 2021 Millennium Youth Prize
Millennium Youth Prize was organized for the third time in the spring 2021- the competition was about finding the solutions for global sustainable development challenges assigned by the Aalto University…Read more ›
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| Life Sciences & Health , Millennium Technology Prize
DNA sequencing pioneers win the 2020 Millennium Technology Prize
British duo Professor Shankar Balasubramanian and Professor David Klenerman have been awarded the Millennium Technology Prize for their development of revolutionary DNA sequencing techniques.Their Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology means…Read more ›
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| Materials & Manufacturing , Millennium Technology Prize
Thin-film electronics and waterproof paper with the 2018 winner innovation
Atomic layer deposition (ALD) is one of the single most important Finnish inventions of all time. Today, ALD applications are everywhere. The technique involves coating structures with thin films one…Read more ›
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| Millennium Technology Prize
ABB becomes Millennium Technology Prize partner
The global technology company ABB has started cooperation as a Millennium Technology Prize partner. “We are very proud of the partnership with ABB and that together, we can build awareness…Read more ›
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| Millennium Innovation Forum , Millennium Technology Prize
Millennium Innovation Forum brings future makers together
Do you want to learn what kind of technology will save the planet? What will we eat, how will he consume and how will we be cared for? Who will…Read more ›
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