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The 2020 Millennium Technology Prize will be live-streamed
The 2020 Millennium Technology Prize will be awarded on 18 May 2021. This year the Announcement and the Award Ceremony are organized as a virtual event that is open for…Read more ›
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New human organs made with Millennium Technology Prize winning innovation
Robert Langer is an American professor credited with the development of delivery systems that allow the administration of drugs to a specific tissue or place in the body. His methods…Read more ›
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The technology behind LEDs illuminates, cools and even finds cancer cells
Shūji Nakamura, an American professor born in Japan, received the Millennium Technology Prize in 2006 for his work in developing LED technology. Thanks to his work, many of the devices…Read more ›
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Millennium Youth Prize: Adam Yousfi wins with his work on water pumps
The Millennium Youth Prize was held for the second time this year, and the top prize of EUR 5 000 went to Adam Yousfi from the science and technology stream of…Read more ›
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When art meets technology – New trophy for The Millennium Technology Prize
Pekka Jylhä’s Milky Way artwork embodies the spirit of the global Millennium Technology Prize by focusing on the extensive impact of technology and innovation on the well-being of societies and…Read more ›
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Alma Talent becomes Millennium Technology Prize partner
The media publisher Alma Talent has started cooperation with Technology Academy Finland (TAF) as a Millennium Technology Prize partner for 2020–2022. The partnership will boost dialogue and cooperation between the…Read more ›
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TAF Chair in The Financial Times: “Bias against black researchers harms science”
Disparity hinders our understanding of why Bame communities suffer more from Covid-19, writes Professor Marja Makarow, Chair of Technology Academy Finland in The Financial Times. One of the most shocking…Read more ›
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Markku Ellilä Appointed New CEO for Technology Academy Finland
The strategic leadership and global business expert will take the helm of the foundation behind the international Millennium Technology Prize next autumn. Dr Markku Ellilä will assume the duties of…Read more ›
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TAF Chair in The Engineer: “Academic community can unite to avoid ‘vaccine nationalism’”
Academia has provided the best chance of finding vaccines in the past. A prize fund could prevent the ugly nationalism that threatens the search for one for Covid-19, says Professor Marja…Read more ›
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TAF Chair in The Times: “Scientists have to seize their moment in the spotlight”
From President Trump’s suggestion that injecting disinfectant or exposure to UV light might treat Covid-19, to the ITV presenter Eamonn Holmes appearing to legitimise theories linking the virus to 5G,…Read more ›
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