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Nokia Foundation award given to Mikko Möttönen for quantum-computing research

Professor Mikko Möttönen has dedicated his research to new technology that is now being used in the development of commercial quantum computing.
Awards and Recognition
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Photo: Nokia Foundation.

Three Aalto University professors among the world’s most highly cited researchers in 2020

Professors Arkady V. Krasheninnikov, Zhipei Sun and Tarik Taleb have been named on the annual Highly Cited Researchers list from Clarivate.
Awards and Recognition
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Highly cited researchers at Aalto University 2020

Nanoscience expert Olli Ikkala and team part of new flagship project on biopharmaceuticals

The Academy of Finland project brings together Finland’s front-line genetic, cellular, and nanotherapy researchers, as well as clinical actors, leading companies, and third sector players.
Research & Art
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Kuva: Lasse Lecklin.

New epidemic modelling facilitates assessment of corona strategies

Carried out as a joint project involving Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian researchers, the model also takes into account network structures and human mobility.
Incidents
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Kuva: NordicMathCovid-hanke.

Winners in the campusart competition rooted in bioart and quantum physics

Laura Piispanen, Noora Heiskanen, Jenna Ahonen and Ayda Grisiute convinced the jury with their creativity.
Campus, University
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Kampustaidekilpailun tunnus

MAST Upgrade starts up its first plasma

An experimental fusion device, which Aalto doctoral student Patrik Ollus carries out simulation work for, restarts today after getting upgrades
Research & Art
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A black and white photo of fusion plasma

Artificial intelligence helps to identify correct atomic structures

Detecting adsorbate configurations with Bayesian inference.
Research & Art
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Illustration showing how camphor adsorbs to a copper surface

Simple accuracy boost for core excitation calculations

Relativistic corrections that are important for core excitations in molecules and materials are incorporated in complex quantum mechanical calculations in an efficient manner.
Research & Art
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Relativistic corrections (RC) greatly improve the accuracy of evGW0 calculations for the CORE65 benchmark set of molecular core excitations

When honey flows faster than water

Physicists surprised to find that in specially coated tubes, the more viscous a liquid is, the faster it flows
Press releases
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Droplet of honey in a superhydrophobic tube

High-speed photos shine a light on how metals fail

By combining experimental and theoretical work, researchers discover what happens when metals are stretched to their yield point
Press releases
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A metal sample clamped in a tension machine, being photographed by a high speed camera

A new interpretation of quantum mechanics suggests that reality does not depend on the person measuring it

For 100 years scientists have disagreed on how to interpret quantum mechanics. A recent study by Jussi Lindgren and Jukka Liukkonen supports an interpretation that is close to classical scientific principles.
Research & Art
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Photo: Jukka Liukkonen (left) and Jussi Lindgren (right) describe Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle. Photo: Aalto University.

Maiju Kokkoniemi has started as specialist in online teaching at the School of Science

Her job is to support teaching staff in the School of Science to find solutions to support students’ learning on campus and online.
For Aalto community
Appointments
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Kuvassa Maiju Kokkoniemi.

Thermophotonics work receives EU funding

Exploratory research into waste-energy recovery awarded Horizon 2020 grant
Research & Art
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Photo: Aalto University

Shaking Up Tech returns, this time as a virtual open event

This year, the event that encourages young women’s interest in the field of technology is online due to covid-19. The event is open to all upper-secondary school students.
Studies
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Kuva: LUT-yliopisto.

Making Waves – New seminar series on gender balance at Aalto

New series starts October 1st
University
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Aalto logo by the the shore

EU grants for smart materials and next generation LEDs

Three million euros grants to Assistant Professor Jaana Vapaavuori and Postdoctoral Researcher Konstantinos Daskalakis to make environmentally friendly materials
Press releases
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Jaana Vapaavuori (left) and Konstantinos Daskalakis (right)

The Finnish Research Impact Foundation awards funding to three joint projects between Aalto researchers and startup companies

The first ever research grants of the foundation support Aalto research in quantum computers, semiconductor devices and new type of sensors with superior sensitivity
Research & Art
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Kuva: Lasse Lecklin.

Quantum-mechanical interaction between two time crystals has been experimentally demonstrated

An international team of researchers have demonstrated that a new phase of matter which has, until recently, been mere speculation, obeys basic quantum mechanics laws
Research & Art
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Interaction between two time crystals. The arrows represent are magnetic moments which in reality are continuously processing (arrow tips move over the circle around the vertical axis).

A road to frustration

Aalto University theorist part of a team that opens up a new route to design exotic frustrated
quantum magnets.
Research & Art
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Magnetic materials

Stopping the unstoppable with atomic bricks

Aalto University theorist part of a team that developed a method for trapping elusive electrons
Research & Art
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Scanning tunneling microscope tip confining electrons in graphene