/en/listing/1116386/feed News listing en /en/news/dean-jouko-lampinen-thank-you-for-a-successful-year Tue, 17 Jun 2025 10:26:51 +0000 Tiina Aulanko-Jokirinne 1320936 at /en In addition to some appointment news, there are a bunch of new projects starting up in the School of Science. Dean Jouko Lampinen wishes everyone a relaxing summer. Technology and engineering loma Campus Jouko Lampisen kolmoiskuva. Kuvat: Tiina Aulanko-Jokirinne /en/news/spring-term-open-science-highlight-aalto-open-science-award-ceremony Tue, 17 Jun 2025 13:04:24 +0000 Charlotte Forsgård 1320952 at /en We gathered at A Grid to celebrate the awardees of the Aalto Open Science Award 2024 and discuss open science topics with the Aalto community. Campus Services Honoured Research A Grid Research Data Management (RDM) open science doctoral education Research and innovation services newsletter Awards and Recognition Campus Research & Art Five people with a diploma and flowers. /en/news/scientific-merit-and-fostering-new-talent-land-two-major-physics-prizes Thu, 15 May 2025 07:21:17 +0000 Ville Heirola 1314504 at /en Prominent quantum professors Päivi Törmä and Jukka Pekola were awarded not just for their strong scientific work, but also for the massive impact they’ve had on the quantum community in Finland and abroad. Honoured Research physics Awards and Recognition Two people in professional attire. Left wears a tweed jacket with white shirt, right wears a grey suit and light shirt. /en/news/new-thermal-sensor-presents-novel-way-to-carry-out-cryogenic-measurements Thu, 15 May 2025 05:58:30 +0000 Ville Heirola 1314500 at /en The on-chip bolometer cuts down on costs and complexity while boasting ten times broader operational range. Technology and engineering Research quantum physics quantum computing quantum mechanics quantum technologies quantum computer Press releases Microbolometer integrated into a resonator circuit shows detailed view with multiple magnifications. /en/news/olli-v-lounasmaa-memorial-prize-awarded-to-prof-andrew-cleland Wed, 07 May 2025 07:04:50 +0000 Ville Heirola 1313199 at /en Prof. Cleland’s work with micromechanical devices and qubits landed the foremost Finnish low-temperature physics prize. Honoured Research quantum physics Awards and Recognition Award announcement for Prof. Andrew Cleland, University of Chicago, as the Olli V. Lounasmaa Memorial Prize 2025 Winner. /en/news/physicists-use-machine-learning-to-find-out-how-layered-gases-and-metals-melt Mon, 28 Apr 2025 17:42:57 +0000 Ville Heirola 1311798 at /en The research team, which included a Nobel Prize winner, found out how layered materials confined in two dimensions transition between states. Research quantum computing quantum mechanics quantum physics quantum technologies Research & Art Two superimposed grid layers arranged on a green background, with one grid appearing transparent and complex. /en/news/prof-robin-ras-elected-as-member-of-the-finnish-academy-of-science-and-letters Mon, 05 May 2025 05:35:17 +0000 Ville Heirola 1312756 at /en Membership of the Academy is awarded to scientists distinguished in their field. Ras is an internationally prominent researcher of surfaces and wetting. Honoured Research Soft Matter and Wetting hydrophobic materials physics Awards and Recognition Photo of Robin Ras /en/news/join-us-for-the-aalto-open-science-award-2024-ceremony Wed, 30 Apr 2025 06:55:25 +0000 Charlotte Forsgård 1312039 at /en All Aaltonians are welcome – no registration required! Services Honoured Research A Grid School of Chemical Engineering School of Arts, Design and Architecture Research Data Management (RDM) open science doctoral education Research and innovation services newsletter Awards and Recognition Research & Art Aalto Open Science Award Ceremony, May 20, 2025, 1-2.30pm, Mordor A Grid, Otakaari 5 02150 Espoo. Programme: Welcome words, award video screening, AALTOLAB, Aki Vehtari, Rupesh Vyas, panel discussion on open science, coffee & ice cream. All Aaltonians welcome! /en/news/prof-anton-zasedatelev-light-and-matter-in-the-quantum-realm Mon, 28 Apr 2025 11:31:41 +0000 Ville Heirola 1311793 at /en The new Assistant Professor aims to develop optical computing technologies operating at the fundamental limits of speed and energy. Research Technology and engineering Photonics quantum computer quantum mechanics quantum physics quantum technologies Appointments Research & Art Man wearing a grey jumper and jeans crouching in front of a purple dotted background with neon green outline /en/news/growth-entrepreneur-teemu-myllymaki-i-wanted-to-see-where-the-rabbit-hole-leads Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:10:10 +0000 Hanna Wikström 1306146 at /en An entrepreneurial mindset and the lessons learned during doctoral studies at Aalto University have helped Teemu Myllymäki to become a founding partner and CEO of Measurlabs, a company selling chemical measurement services. Aalto stories Collaboration Entrepreneurship University Alumni stories alumni alumni activity Cooperation Kasvuyrittäjä Teemu Myllymäki /en/news/a-new-journal-search-tool-for-open-access-agreements Mon, 07 Apr 2025 10:40:47 +0000 Katri Seitsonen 1308706 at /en Try the new Journal Search Tool Services Research Harald Herlin Learning Centre Learning Centre School of Science open access electronic materials library resources library services open science scientific publications doctoral education Research and innovation services newsletter Research & Art scrolling website /en/news/doctoral-thesis-on-nuclear-fusion-at-over-one-hundred-million-degrees-celsius-awarded-european Fri, 04 Apr 2025 07:17:57 +0000 Ville Heirola 1308241 at /en Henri Kumpulainen's PhD thesis found out how to best predict the behaviour of fusion energy materials in temperatures of over one hundred million degrees Celsius. Dissertations Research Technology and engineering doctoral education nuclear power Awards and Recognition Studies A man in a dark suit and white bow tie against an orange dotted circle and dark background. /en/news/school-of-science-awards-outstanding-doctoral-and-masters-theses Fri, 28 Mar 2025 11:06:50 +0000 Tiina Aulanko-Jokirinne 1307247 at /en Doctoral Thesis Award was granted to Eric Hyyppä, Sakari Lepikko, Kim Myyryläinen, Jane Seppälä, Julia Jaatela, Petrus Mikkola, Shuzhe Wang and Ana Triana Hoyos. Master's theses award was received by Matteo Merler, Aapo Pajala and Tuomas Uusnäkki. Technology and engineering Honoured ELEC, Doctoral Programmes master's thesis doctoral theses Awards and Recognition Kuvassa vasemmalta oikealle Petrus Mikkola, Jane Seppälä, Kim Myyryläinen, Sakari Lepikko ja Eric Hyyppä /en/news/surface-repelling-different-kinds-of-drops-and-fog-lands-innovation-prize-at-department-of-applied Tue, 11 Mar 2025 10:26:04 +0000 Ville Heirola 1305209 at /en The team plans to find industrial partners for their environmentally friendly and scalable hydrophobic surface. Innovations Research Soft Matter and Wetting innovations material science physics start-ups Awards and Recognition A person with long, brown hair is holding a glass frame /en/news/more-durable-airplanes-and-buildings-possible-after-physicists-untangle-engineering-paradox Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:42:19 +0000 Ville Heirola 1304124 at /en A team of researchers combined statistical physics and fracture mechanics to explain why cracks and faults travel faster when stress in materials is allowed to relax once in a while. Research Press releases Two images of a cracked wall, the left one light grey and the right one dark grey. /en/news/researchers-create-gel-that-can-self-heal-like-human-skin Fri, 07 Mar 2025 07:26:05 +0000 Tiina Aulanko-Jokirinne 1304619 at /en Until now, artificial gels have either managed to replicate this high stiffness or natural skin’s self-healing properties, but not both. Now, a team of researchers from Aalto University and the University of Bayreuth are the first to develop a hydrogel with a unique structure that overcomes earlier limitations, opening the door to applications such as drug delivery, wound healing, soft robotics sensors and artificial skin. Materials and natural resources Research material research material science nanomaterials nature robots Press releases Artistic representation of hydrogels in a mobius-ring formed through self-healing by Margot Lepetit, Aalto University. /en/news/call-open-academic-projects-for-europes-first-50-qubit-quantum-computer Wed, 05 Mar 2025 08:49:12 +0000 Ville Heirola 1304303 at /en VTT's and IQM's recently unveiled 50-qubit computer is now open for research use Research Research & Art A white cylindrical quantum computer with the logos IQM and VTT, installed in a framework in a laboratory. /en/news/doubling-down-on-an-almost-one-hundred-year-old-math-formula-unlocks-more-controllable-qubits Mon, 10 Feb 2025 07:39:31 +0000 Ville Heirola 1301127 at /en Physicists found a simple and effective way to skip over an energy level in a three-state system, potentially leading to increased quantum computational power with fewer qubits. Research quantum computer quantum mechanics quantum physics quantum technologies Press releases A close-up view of a cryostat's complex interior structure with multiple layers of wiring and components. /en/news/record-speed-waves-on-extremely-water-repellent-surfaces Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:23:14 +0000 Ville Heirola 1301137 at /en An interdisciplinary team of physicists and biomedical engineers unlocked new properties in capillary waves thanks to superhydrophobicity. Research AIIC Press releases A reflective metallic sphere causing ripple waves on a dotted surface, with the text 'ultraSound' and 'plasmonic waves'. /en/news/otanano-included-in-roadmap-of-finnish-research-infrastructures-with-lighthouse-status Wed, 05 Feb 2025 06:11:12 +0000 Ville Heirola 1300466 at /en The lighthouse status, granted by the Research Council of Finland, demonstrates OtaNano’s position as a unique infrastructure for high impact research. Research Technology and engineering Awards and Recognition A gold-plated cryostat sits half open with many cables coming out from the bottom.