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Surface repelling different kinds of drops and fog lands Innovation Prize at Department of Applied Physics
The team plans to find industrial partners for their environmentally friendly and scalable hydrophobic surface.

Fostering creative industry innovation: Fourteen new teams onboard the Aalto Creatives pre-incubator programme
Aalto Creatives, the creative industry pre-incubator programme, welcomed fourteen innovative teams at a kickoff event on March 11, 2025.

New scientific poster templates
New PowerPoint templates for scientific poster layouts are now available on all Aalto Mac and PC computers.

Five things everyone should know about political polarisation
Divisions around the world are deepening, and research shows that also in Finland public debate has become more fragmented than before

Lauri Järvilehto: Without the relevant data, AI starts to hallucinate
Lauri Järvilehto is a Professor of Practice who studies the relationship between the human mind and AI solutions. In this interview, he explores the reasoning, reflectivity and reliability of AI.

Aalto University’s Communication Services re-organised – four units to provide services going forward
The goal of the new organisation is to strengthen Aalto’s societal impact and clarify the structure of communication services.

Staff Week: Engaging the public with science and technology through effective communication
Wrocław University of Science and Technology welcomes researchers and academic staff to the International Staff Week on 12-16 May 2025.

Prevent unnecessary fire alarms
Use a timer to heat microwave food and do not burn candles. Kindly, read the checklist on how to prevent unnecessary fire alarms.

More durable airplanes and buildings possible after physicists untangle engineering paradox
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.

Welcome ɫɫÀ² Studios Open House event in Marsio on 14 March
Explore Marsio's studio and event facilities and take part in demos of the research infra. Register on the events page.

Researchers create gel that can self-heal like human skin
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.

Ministry to formulate a new vision for higher education and research
Aaltonians are invited to participate in the preparations

Call open: academic projects for Europe's first 50-qubit quantum computer
VTT's and IQM's recently unveiled 50-qubit computer is now open for research use

Aalto Creatives launches Art & Tech Open Call '25 development grant for creative industry projects
The Art & Tech Open Call seeks applications from artists and creatives who are passionate about pushing the boundaries of what is possible with technology.

Radical creativity online course reached 10,000 registrants
By practicing creativity, you develop the skills and mindset needed to overcome obstacles and solve various challenges.

Work experience helped Hang Le in choosing the right major
Top-tier teaching, flexible studies and an inspiring peer network are software engineer Hang Le’s favourite things about Aalto University’s Computer, Communication and Information Sciences Master’s Programme.

Scientific and Artistic Advisory Boards offer praise and proposals for development
The visits of the advisory boards focused particularly on discussing with the schools and departments – explore the report

Aalto University and Saab sign a new ten-year collaboration agreement
The second ten-year collaboration agreement strengthens and deepens research cooperation

Doubling-down on an almost one-hundred-year old math formula unlocks more controllable qubits
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.
