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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 ›

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 ›

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 ›

In 2000, sequencing of one human genome took over 10 years and cost more than a billion dollars. Today, the human genome can be sequenced in one day at a…Read more ›

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 ›

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 ›

High-quality, dynamic 3-minute pitches by young researchers exploring innovations for a better life. This is what the Millennium Pitching Contest will offer to the participants of the Millennium Innovation Forum.…Read more ›

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 ›

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 ›

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 ›