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Northern Dimension Newsflash 2/2020 published

Northern Dimension Newsflash 2/2020 has been published.
Northern Dimension Newsflash 2/2020 is out

In this Newsflash, we announce the Northern Dimension Future Forum 2020 dates and a new publication series, the NDI Background Papers.

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Close-up of Helsinki Central Station with two stone statues holding spherical lamps and the sign 'RAUTA'.
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Aalto University launches fundraising campaign with aim of raising €30 million as university celebrates 15th anniversary

With the donations, Aalto will be able to respond better to the growing needs of high-quality education, research and innovation
The new, more sensitive infrared sensor brings benefits to many different technologies. Photo: Aalto University / Xiaolong Liu
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Building better infrared sensors

New innovation significantly boosts sensor responsivity
An artistic rendering of two chips on a circuit board, one is blue and the other is orange and light is emitting from their surf
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Researchers aim to correct quantum errors at super-cold temperatures instead of room temperature

One of the major challenges in the development of quantum computers is that the quantum bits, or qubits, are too imprecise. More efficient quantum error correction is therefore needed to make quantum computers more widely available in the future. Professor Mikko Möttönen has proposed a novel solution for quantum error correction and has received a three-year grant from the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation to develop it.
Modern and Mesopotamian people experience love in a rather similar way. In Mesopotamia, love is particularly associated with the liver, heart and knees. Figure: Modern/PNAS: Lauri Nummenmaa et al. 2014, Mesopotamian: Juha Lahnakoski 2024.
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We might feel love in our fingertips –– but did the Ancient Mesopotamians?

A multidisciplinary team of researchers studied a large body of texts to find out how people in the ancient Mesopotamian region (within modern day Iraq) experienced emotions in their bodies thousands of years ago, analysing one million words of the ancient Akkadian language from 934-612 BC in the form of cuneiform scripts on clay tablets.