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Interplay of Cultures RWANDA – Summer Studio 2023
Call for applications to the Interplay of Cultures RWANDA – Summer Studio 2023
Everyday choices: Russell Lai, what do swordsmanship and cryptography have in common?
Assistant Professor Russell Lai wields mathematical symbols and German longswords.
Radical Collaboration – Aalto LASER Talks afterwork returns in June
Invite your friend or colleague to our casual get-together featuring inspiring talks on current research, accompanied by relaxed conversations over food, refreshments, and music on June 7, 2023.
It’s not as difficult as you think to shout upwind
Researchers unveil and explain a common-sense misunderstanding
Art challenges established truths in the health and social sectors
Professor Susanna Helke looks at health and social services through the lens of a filmmaker, Laura Arpiainen as an architect and professor. Both are concerned about the crisis in the care sector in Finland.
Ask a scientist: How will AI affect creativity?
The impact of creative AI is unfolding before our eyes, yet we struggle to understand it. It’s the perfect time to ask researchers what they see and think.
How does your researcher fingerprint look like in ACRIS?
The Fingerprint Engine in ACRIS mines the text documents to create an index of terms which define the text, known as a Fingerprint visualization. You can choose which fingerprint concepts to show in your personal profile.
New kind of quantum transport discovered in a device combining high-temperature superconductors and graphene
Researchers combine graphene and high-temperature superconductors in a single device, demonstrating a theoretically predicted phenomena in practice for the first time and potentially paving the way for improved devices and new physics
Do dividends enrich shareholders? Is investing only for the rich? True or false: five claims about investing
Investing has become a hot topic in the media, in online discussions and around watercoolers and coffee machines – but are these conversations sharing wisdom or spreading myths? To help people make informed decisions, we asked Professor of Finance Peter Nyberg to talk about five claims and separate fact from fiction.
AI is transforming healthcare: 5 things to know
Regulation, validation and trust are key when AI is used in medical services, say FCAI and Aalto University experts.
A new type of photonic time crystal gives light a boost
The researchers created photonic time crystals that operate at microwave frequencies, and they showed that the crystals can amplify electromagnetic waves.
Internal call for InstituteQ doctoral positions
With funding from Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation, the Finnish quantum community InstituteQ is opening a call for five doctoral positions
Cryocourse 2023
Cryocourse 2023, taking place on May 18-26, is an international school on cryogenics, microwave measurements, and low-temperature engineering for quantum technology. The event is aimed at young researchers at the graduate and postdoctoral level
EIT Culture & Creativity's first round of calls is out!
EIT Culture & Creativity Call launched, info events for Aalto staff (14.4. & 25.4.2023)
Professor Jari Koskinen concludes his distinguished career
Jari Koskinen, Professor of Material Science, retires on 31 March 2023. Koskinen, who has studied the physical properties of functional materials and, in particular, surfaces and interfaces, spent the past 14 years in his career as a researcher at the School of Chemical Engineering and served as the head of the Department of Chemistry and Materials Science in from 2014 to 2022.
Significant funding for thin-film technology research - materials to be developed can be used, for example, in energy storage
The search for new, precisely tailored thin-film materials is accelerating for a wide range of next-generation applications in fields such as energy storage and IoT.
Volunteer and help researchers learn more about chronotype differences in sleep habits and health outcomes!
A research study is being conducted to learn more about the differences between 'lark' (early bird) and 'owl' (late bird) chronotypes.
Engineering enzymes with AI
A research team from Aalto University and VTT will construct a virtual laboratory for enzyme engineering, which will allow human-AI collaboration to flourish.
Art evokes feelings in the body
A new study from the University of Turku and Aalto University in Finland reveals that art has a powerful effect on people's bodies and emotions.
