Innovation ecosystem news
Strengthening the collaboration in the bioproduct sector between Finland and the United States
At the end of May, a large American delegation visited Finland to familiarize themselves with our forest and wood sector expertise. FinnCERES, the materials bioeconomy Flagship led by Aalto University and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, is involved in developing new business opportunities through bio-based material innovations.
陌dil Gaziulusoy: We can start by touching each other a bit more
"We need to move towards one another and start walking together. Internationalisation is integration."
Sustainability is an important part of digital housing services
In a business project for Alma Media, students mapped out digital housing services from the perspective of sustainable development
Supercomputer simulations provide a better picture of the Sun鈥檚 magnetic field
The new findings challenge the conventional understanding of solar dynamics and could improve predictions of solar weather in the future
New book on the development of Industrial Engineering and Management in Finland and internationally
The book describes Industrial Engineering and Management as part of economic development and changes in the universities of technology.
"I'm more corageous." - Why co-teaching. Listen to a podcast
New season of Future-led learning podcast takes you to a very practical level of working with students. This season includes topical issues such as academic advising, inclusion, co-teaching and sustainability. Topic for the last episode of this season is co-teaching.
Quantum scientists accurately measure power levels one trillion times lower than usual
A new device can measure power levels with unprecedented accuracy and sensitivity, offering a major step forward for quantum technologies
Aalto University coordinated INCREDIT project has been selected in the EIT HEI Initiative
EIT HEI Initiative to unlock innovation potential in Europe's Higher Education.
Art For All -festival in Kalasatama in August 鈥 apply!
Art For All festival is looking for artists 鈥 apply by 12 June.
Reflecting on research: insights from two professors
Two newly tenured Aalto professors talk about their research journeys
A sustainable web: new tool helps webpage designers reduce runaway energy consumption
The open service analyses websites and identifies ways to improve data usage.
Blind trust in enhancement technologies encourages risk-taking even if the tech is a sham
A placebo effect can make users overconfident when they think tech is helping them
Energy saved significantly - the community's actions have produced results in Aalto
Aalto University has reached the energy efficiency goal of its facilities.
Students helped the Finnish Meteorological Institute develop its sustainability work
The content and working methods of the project could also be adapted agilely during the project according to newly identified needs
Can a city store as much carbon as a forest?
A new tool helps show how growing cities can remain carbon neutral
Chat AIs can role-play humans in surveys and pilot studies
Synthetic data from large language models can mimic human responses in interviews and questionnaires. Research data from popular crowdsourcing platforms may now contain fake responses that cannot be reliably detected, raising the risk of poisoned data
Future events: Symposium - What Transdisciplinary Knowledge Looks Like
ABRA symposium - 鈥淲hat Transdisciplinary Knowledge Looks Like鈥
Oops: A curious discovery
During doctoral researcher Fereshteh Sohrabi鈥檚 master鈥檚 project, curiosity turned a failing experiment into a new research avenue.
A sugar extracted from biowaste can provide a sustainable and more efficient method for sound absorption and thermal insulation
Researchers at Aalto University have discovered a way to convert polysaccharides from biowaste into a material that can outperform glass wool and other commercially used sound absorption materials with similar thickness.
Nature invented the circular economy 鈥 with aspirational engineering we can follow suit
In the latest issue of Aalto University Magazine, the Dean of the School of Chemical Engineering, Kristiina Kruus, talks about aspirational engineering, a new way of thinking that takes inspiration from nature鈥檚 rational use of resources.
