A mobile device developed by VTT detects irregular heartbeats

Helps to prevent cerebral infarctions

20-Sep-2016 - VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a mobile app and thumb-size device that help to prevent cerebral infarctions at an early stage, during asymptomatic atrial fibrillation. The mobile device, which detects arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat) has been tested with excellent results ...

Determining recipes for some of the world's oldest preserved beers

09-Mar-2015 - Some breweries have taken to resurrecting the flavors of ages past. Adventurous beer makers are extrapolating recipes from clues that archeologists have uncovered from old and even ancient brews found at historical sites. Now scientists have analyzed some of the oldest preserved beer samples from ...

VTT develops a simple but extremely sensitive magnetometer

Innovative magnetometer for applications such as medical imaging

07-Nov-2014 - VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed an innovative magnetometer that can replace conventional technology in applications such as neuroimaging, mineral exploration and molecular diagnostics. Its manufacturing costs are between 70 and 80 per cent lower than those of traditional ...

Earlier unknown molecular-level mechanism may contribute to the growth rate of breast cancer

21-Oct-2014 - Researchers at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the University of Turku and the University of Oslo have discovered a previously unknown molecular-level mechanism that may partly explain the increased growth of cancer cells. The study, published in the British Journal of Cancer, showed ...

Technology that miniaturises measuring devices

14-May-2014 - VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed smart optical measuring devices with companies for uses that include optimisation of vehicle engines, reduction and monitoring of environmental emissions, and quality control of pharmaceuticals. The FABRY research project aimed at utilisation ...

Sensor technology for efficient and portable gas detection devices

25-Jan-2013 - Gas sensors developed in a European project now enable the implementation of cheaper and smaller instruments with equal or higher speed and sensitivity than current laboratory-grade instruments. Production of super-sensitive and portable measuring devices is made possible by a photo-acoustic gas ...

VTT and GE Healthcare developing novel biomarkers to predict Alzheimer’s disease

28-Jun-2012 - Scientists from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland in collaboration with the University of Eastern Finland have recently discovered a serum biochemical signature which predicts progression to Alzheimer’s disease months or even years before the first symptoms of the disease occur. The goal ...

Biochemical signature predicts progression to Alzheimer’s disease

New potential avenues for early disease detection

16-Dec-2011 - A study led by Research Professor Matej Orešič from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland suggests that Alzheimer’s disease is preceded by a molecular signature indicative of hypoxia and up-regulated pentose phosphate pathway. This indicator can be analysed as a simple biochemical assay from a ...

VTT examined the first bottle of beer from Åland shipwreck

29-Jun-2011 - VTT has examined one of five bottles of beer salvaged last summer by divers from the wreck of a ship that sank an estimated 170 years ago in the Åland Islands.The examination yielded a wealth of detail about the beer, even indications of how it was brewed. The research will continue by examining ...

VTT speeds up drug development with more advanced microarray technology

27-Apr-2011 - RNA interference technology, which is used in cell biology, has revolutionised functional research of the gene products in the last ten years. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a method which allows a single microchip to be used to screen the functions of tens of thousands of ...