Highlights
Multidisciplinary project 'Shimmering wood' shortlisted in Fast Company’s 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards
Shimmering wood is an innovation of Noora Yau and Konrad Klockars.
Three Aalto researchers were elected members of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
The Academy invites distinguished academics and scientists to become members.
Professor Mauri Kostiainen, Professor Matti Liski and Adjunct Professor Sabrina Maniscalco from Aalto were elected this year.
Professor Mauri Kostiainen, Professor Matti Liski and Adjunct Professor Sabrina Maniscalco from Aalto were elected this year.
Physicist Mika A. Sillanpää wins a multi-million euro research grant to support work reconciling quantum mechanics and general relativity
The team is trying to solve a hundred-year-old mystery of physics with the help of small gold spheres and extremely low temperatures. The observation of tiny gravitational forces between vibrating spheres may solve the mystery.
Battery parts can be recycled without crushing or melting
New recycling method replenishes lithium in electrodes while keeping existing structure intact – and performance is nearly as good as new ones
New nanoscale device for spin technology
Spin waves could unlock the next generation of computer technology, a new component allows physicists to control them
Finnish Quantum Institute announced
InstituteQ will coordinate research, teaching and commercialisation across Finland
New Industry partnership for solid-state cooling
Comptek Solutions and Aalto University’s Engineered Nanosystems group launch the SuperDevice project to study the effects of controlled oxidation on defected surfaces in optical cooling devices
Five new Marie Curie fellows join Aalto
The prestigious research grants supports international researchers to travel abroad to work.
Researchers watch anti-cancer drug release from DNA nanostructures in real time
Findings provide insights into tunable drug delivery and new design paradigms of DNA-based drug-carriers
Dissertation and Master’s thesis Awards in the School of Science in 2020
Every year, Aalto University rewards the top 10% of the doctoral dissertations with an Aalto University Dissertation Award
Finnish Cultural Foundation hands out more than half a million euros in grants É«É«À² community members
The grants were allocated to 32 Aalto University applicants and working groups
Mikko Möttönen named Innovation Professor of the year by the CTO Forum
Physicist lauded for both his theoretical and experimental research on quantum information
Sustainable optical fibres developed from methylcellulose
Researchers from Tampere University and Aalto University have developed optical fibres from methylcellulose, a commonly used cellulose derivative. The finding opens new avenues to short-distance optical fibres using sustainable and environmentally benign fibre processing. The finding was published in the journal Small
New funding to commercialise high-tech liquid-repelling coatings
New funding to get damage-resistant, liquid-repelling surfaces out of the laboratory and onto solar panels, skis, and more
Entangling electrons with heat
Entanglement is key for quantum computing and communications technology; Aalto researchers can now extract entangled electrons using heat
The Academy of Finland decided on roadmap for research infrastructures
Aalto University is involved in ten research infrastructures selected for the national roadmap for 2021–2024, which support the university's seven research areas.
Ultra-thin designer materials unlock quantum phenomena
New research, published in Nature, has measured highly sought-after Majorana quantum states
Professor Mikko Möttönen wins Väisälä prize
The Väisälä Prize is awarded by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters to a young researcher for achievements in the field of mathematics and science. It is the 21st time that the prize has been awarded, and this year there are two winners
Mauri Kostiainen has received a two million euro grant to study new biohybrid materials
The work of Mauri Kostiainen can help combine the best characteristics of biomolecules and synthetic materials.
