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Filling the World with Brilliant Light
We catch up with the 2006 Millennium Technology Prize winner, Shuji Nakamura, to reflect on the impact of the award, his illuminating LED invention - and what he’s achieved since…Read more ›
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New Technology Trends to Watch Out For in 2022 and Beyond
One of the most amazing tech trends in 2022 and beyond is the ability to prepare protein out of thin air, says Harri Junttila, Editor in Chief of tech and…Read more ›
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Record number of women nominated for the Millennium Technology Prize
A record-breaking 28.1% of the nominees for the 2022 Millennium Technology Prize are women. The last time the prize was awarded, in 2020, women accounted for only 9.9% of the nominated innovators.Read more ›
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As a UN Global Compact participant, we want to debate big world challenges
Technology Academy Finland (TAF), the foundation awarding the Millennium Technology Prize, is proud to be a participant of the United Nations Global Compact sustainability initiative. Global Compact helps organisations to develop better practices regarding human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption and to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals.Read more ›
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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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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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2021 Millennium Innovation Forum Report
The first edition of the Millennium Innovation Forum was organized on 19 May 2021 as a tribute to the Millennium Technology Prize. The focus of the Forum was on futuristic…Read more ›
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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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Fuel from CO2 – Sachin Kochrekar wins the Millennium Pitching Contest
Sachin Kochrekar from the University of Turku has won the first ever Millennium Pitching Contest, our competition for doctoral candidates with a task of solving grand challenges of our time.…Read more ›
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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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