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Music causes similar emotions and bodily sensations across cultures
Music can be felt directly in the body. When we hear our favourite catchy song, we are overcome by the urge to move to the music. Music can activate our autonomic nervous system and even send shivers down your spine. A new study shows how emotional music evokes these bodily sensations and how the response is similar across cultures.
What is radical creativity? The recent film offers various interpretations
The film "Radical Creatives" expands our understanding of creativity and explores Aalto's culture in a compelling way.
Novel solutions for cross-sector collaboration: exploring Artpreneurship
Aalto researchers collaborate with businesses and creative professionals in a research project aimed at finding solutions to growth challenges.
Professors of the School of Business influence the editorial boards of academic journals
Being invited to the editorial board of a journal demonstrates appreciation for a professor’s work
HiPerHP Project Kickoff
Aalto University and LUT launch a new collaborative project on High-Speed Turbomachine Technology for Industrial Heat Pumps
Five things policy-makers should know about improving health care
Tweaking the healthcare system won’t help if its structure provides the wrong incentives, says Paul Lillrank. The professor emeritus of industrial economics gives his views on what’s wrong with Finland’s healthcare system and what should be done about it.
GYSS 2024: a unique platform for inspiration, knowledge exchange and networking
Maryam Mousavi among the 10 top young scientists from Finland accepted to the Global Young Scientists Summit 2024 in Singapore
Nordic joint project aims to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from marine traffic
The research project develop renewable fuels suitable for ships' combustion engines.
Unite! visiting professorship program offers 13 guest professor positions at TU Darmstadt
TuDa is looking for experienced postdocs as visiting professors.
Can ChatGPT be trusted? True or false - five myths about the reliability of artificial intelligence
ChatGPT, Dall-e and similar AI systems evoke both excitement and fear. Matti Nelimarkka, visiting scholar at Aalto University and University Lecturer in Social Data Science at the University of Helsinki, clarifies some common misconceptions about these systems.
New computational method demonstrates improved accuracy and lower computational cost for calculating molecular properties
Researchers benchmark use of separable RI approach in recent journal article
Mathematician who proved A2 conjecture returns to his roots
Tuomas Hytönen started as professor of mathematics at Aalto University at the turn of the year
Scientists reveal new images of a black hole - Proof of a persistent black hole shadow
The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration has released new images of the supermassive black hole at the centre of the galaxy Messier 87. Researchers from Aalto University and the University of Turku contributed to forming the images from the new observations.
Doctoral student representatives for 2024 appointed
Doctoral students are represented in the Schools' Doctoral programme committees and in the Aalto University's Doctoral Education Working Group (DEWG)
Tiny House Shadow: a small size home with big environmental benefits
Architect Matti Kuittinen's house project examines the emissions of small detached houses. "Tiny House Shadow" is a resource-efficient building concept that combines circular economy, minimalist design and sustainable development.
Funding to research project focusing on biotechnological CO2 valorization
Professor Silvan Scheller and Professor Paula Jouhten from the School of Chemical Engineering have received 1 081 000 euro funding from the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation.
Five things everyone should know about cybersecurity
We live in a world where hackers stalk teleworkers and advertisers spy on us. You can’t protect yourself from everything, but a little effort can get you to safer waters. Mikko Kiviharju, professor of practice in cybersecurity, offers five tips for securing your data.
District heating customers and companies could benefit from better services
District heat providers should do more to heed their customers' wishes, and both stand to gain.
5 things for decision makers to know about quantum technology in Finland
FQF Director Peter Liljeroth & InstituteQ Director Jukka Pekola discuss Finland's quantum tech landscape.
