Finland’s bioeconomy recently gained two notable entrants, as VTT-originating startups Granarium Technologies and Elea & Lili announced funding rounds to industrialise breakthrough materials for energy storage and superabsorbent applications. The launches underscore a growing start-up space where years of public R&D are capitalising into globally scalable businesses — and hint that this is only the beginning. Granarium Technologies is commercialising nanocellulose‑based super

A joint report by the Finnish Climate Change Panel and the Forest Bioeconomy Science Panel finds that Finland could create significant economic added value while improving climate impacts by using forest industry side streams more efficiently and by capturing, using and storing biogenic carbon dioxide. FinnCERES leaders Tekla Tammelin-Peltonen and Monika Österberg contributed to the report. Finland has one of the EU’s largest potentials for capturing biogenic carbon dioxide.

Swarnalok De, Viivi Mäkelä, Matteo Iannacchero, Maija Vaara, Fevzihan Basarir, Hossein Baniasadi, Sharon Saarinen, Jani Sainio, Kristiina Mäkinen, Mauri A. Kostiainen, Jaana Vapaavuori Advanced Science, 2026, 13, e24247 Abstract: Movement-sensing textiles are crucial for advancing wearable technology, providing solutions for real-time human motion monitoring. Textile-integrated piezoresistive sensors often struggle with balancing sensitivity and mechanical stability, alongs