Research

World

NAZISM

City Hall shocked to find Goebbels still honorary citizen of Potsdam

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/5/21

The discovery was made by staff researching a full list of the city's honorary citizens

World

NEW FORMATS

Research on auction theory nets US pair Nobel Prize in economics

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/12/20

Auctions are used to buy and sell a variety of goods and services, including electricity, financial assets, fishing quotas and carbon allowances.

Finland

FINLAND

Environment, pandemics, welfare among 2021 strategic research topics

The Nomad Today 10/2/20

The proposed authorization for strategic research amounts to 55.63 million euros.

World

HISTORY

DNA analysis suggests Vikings were not all Scandinavians

The Nomad Today 9/16/20

A multinational team led by the University of Cambridge and the University of Copenhagen analysed 442 skeletons buried across Europe and Greenland.

Coronavirus

FOR VACCINES

UN chief calls for 35 billion dollars for coronavirus research drive

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/10/20

The ACT project was launched at a Brussels donor conference in May. It advocates for the fair distribution of future vaccines to developing as well as developed countries.

Lifestyle

DURING PANDEMIC

More people researching 'I want a divorce' online

The Nomad Today 9/4/20

Divorce-related keyword searches are up 11% this year, with nearly twice as many people searching, "file for divorce online."

World

German police respond to criticism over reported genealogy research

The Nomad Today 7/13/20

Germany, with its history of Nazis using ancestry research to hunt down individuals with Jewish bloodlines, is extremely sensitive to the concept of genealogy research conducted by police.

Coronavirus

British team announces 'major breakthrough' in Covid-19 treatment

The Nomad Today 6/16/20

A steroid called dexamethasone greatly cuts deaths among patients.

Coronavirus

Video: researchers show masks are only useful to protect others

The Nomad Today 5/15/20

See in these videos by the Technical Research Center of Finland the difference between wearing a mask or not when coughing in front of other people.

Coronavirus

Two Finnish groups are developing Covid-19 vaccine

The Nomad Today 4/24/20

Both groups’ researches have not reached the World Health Organization list yet. 

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

People with type A blood may be more vulnerable to the coronavirus

The Nomad Today 3/20/20

People with blood type A showed a higher rate of infection and they tended to develop more severe symptoms, a study says.

Finland

Mika Lintilä to discuss the European Green Deal and single market

The Nomad Today 2/26/20

The strategy of the EU aims to turn Europe into the first climate-neutral continent in the world by 2050

Finland

Research and development expenditure growing in all sectors

The Nomad Today 10/24/19

The gross domestic product (GDP) share of R&D expenditure in 2018 was 2.74%.

Finland

Government decided on the themes for strategic research in 2020

The Nomad Today 10/10/19

The total budget for studies to be conducted by means of this research funding instrument is 55.6 million euros.

World

Number of European scientists and engineers up 4% in 2018

The Nomad Today 8/31/19

The total number of scientists and engineers in the EU is estimated to be 17.2 million.