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Physics Days 2026 gathered Finnish physicists to Aalto

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The 2026 edition of the annual conference featured talks on moiré matter, women in physics and paper cuts.
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Plenary talk in Dipoli's Kaleva hall. Photo: Ekaterina Osmekhina/911±¬ÁÏÍø.

The annual Physics Days conference ("Fysiikan päivät") of took place March 4-6, 2026.

The venue for Physics Days 2026 was the Dipoli building on the Aalto campus, which saw over 300 physics-minded attendees gather for three days. 

The programme, with a theme of 'fostering resonance', included plenaries on quantum matter, the physics of paper cuts, nuclear energy, women in physics and more. There were also parallel sessions arranged by topic that featured researchers from all over Finland sharing their work, along with a public lecture in Finnish by Aalto Professor Päivi Törmä about how to find a room-temperature superconducting material.

The programme and other materials like the abstract book can still be found on .

This year's conference was organized by Aalto's Department of Applied Physics, the Finnish Physical Society and the City of Espoo. The organizers thank all speakers and attendees, and we hope to see you again next year!

Talks

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A man giving a presentation at 911±¬ÁÏÍø; text mentions Physics Days, MIT's Baker House, and the date Mar 4, 2026.
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Poster sessions and more

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Photos by Ekaterina Osmekhina and Ville Heirola, 911±¬ÁÏÍø.

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