Turun Sanomat’s extensive story about IMC’s hackmanite research was published last week. The paper magazine (13 April) had a full page, but a longer story and more media can be found in TS’s paid online article: https://www.ts.fi/tiede/5625235
Today was an interesting day when Finland’s national public broadcasting company Yle visited our lab for a couple of hours. Journalist Markku Sandell interviewed us asking good questions about hackmanite research and patterns of cooperation with the European Space Agency. There is no exact information yet on when the thing will air, but we’ll notify when we know.
Autumn greetings from IMC! Escape from this time of pitch-black darkness with our colorful and soothing music video.
During the move to Aurum we reinvented ourselves by making something drastic: we changed our name! Inorganic is now history and Intelligent future. This is because our IMC council thought that our chemistry repertoire spans wider than just inorganic, and our common interest is making intelligent materals. We are henceforth Intelligent Materials Chemistry Group, but we still maintain that old, familiar IMC. Here you can watch our move-themed video.
Neon ray and gold dust videos:
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Free Motion Graphics
Videos used:
https://youtu.be/m1YUmZRfgqU
https://youtu.be/lRTtMcx6rSM
YouTube Channel:
https://youtube.com/MG1010
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Molten gold video:
MOODY RAW SCREENS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htXe0ybca1U
We are proud to present our silly greeting video that hopefully tunes you into celebrating the International Workers’ Day 2021! Hauskaa vappua!
Ari, Anssi, Pasi and Åbo Akademi’s project researcher Risto Savela discovered new information about the functionality of vanadium aminophenolates in cathecol oxidation. The article is published in Dalton Transactions and was selected to their HOT article collection. Good job!
Press release (in Finnish):
Tutkijat löysivät uutta tietoa entsyymien toiminnasta
Article:
Vanadium aminophenolates in catechol oxidation: conformity with Finke’s common catalyst hypothesis
Turun Sanomat, the biggest local newspaper in the Turku area, has a popular science-related article series called Aliot. Mika and Ari wrote about inorganic chemistry in a manner that everyday reader can grasp.
The writing is themed Even inorganic is organic – sustainable development with new materials, and it is available here (only in Finnish):
Epäorgaaninenkin on luomua – uusilla materiaaleilla kestävään kehitykseen
It seems that the natural hackmanite article published in Chemistry of Materials has spread wider than we could ever imagine. It has now been found in 17 different sources from 5 different language regions throughout the world, and there will probably be even more during the coming months.
Check the links from this list:
We wrote a press release based on our hackmanite research article in the high-impact Chemistry of Materials journal. The news was published on University of Turku’s website, and it spread instantly to Finland’s biggest newspaper Helsingin Sanomat and also to a Turku-based newspaper Aamuset:
Tutkijat selvittivät, miksi luonnonkivi loistaa pimeässä – Hackmaniitin ytimessä hehkuu titaani – Helsingin Sanomat 23/10/2020
Pimeässä loistavan luonnonkiven salaisuus selvisi tuoreessa tutkimuksessa – Aamuset 23/10/2020
To celebrate the five-year anniversary of Inorganic Materials Chemistry group at the University of Turku – and to pass the time during these social distancing times – we created the IMC theme song. The current IMC group and alumni joined forces to bring you joy in the darkening autumn of Finland. Enjoy! Warning: flashy lights and fast images!