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Researchers seeking environmentally friendly solutions for sea transport and work machinery

Research funding from Business Finland supports development of new power device solutions from the research phase to practical application.
Research & Art
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Tilavuus, joka on esitetty kaksoispolttoainesuihkulla. Sininen väri edustaa matalan lämpötilan kemiaa (laji H2O2), kun taas punainen väri osoittaa korkean lämpötilan palamista (T> 1500 K) [1]. Kuva: Aalto-yliopisto / B. Tekgul, H. Kahila, S. Karimkashi, O. Kaario, Z. Ahmad, E. Lendormy, J. Hyvönen, and V. Vuorinen

Aalto University's Näytös21 online this year

This year, Aalto University's fashion show Näytös21 will be held online. The collections of the young designers will be presented on Friday 28 May at 21:00 (EEST) at aalto.fashion
Press releases
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Näytös21 fashion show poster

Doing a doctoral thesis at Saab helps understand the challenges of the future

Doctoral students thank Saab’s experts for their help and the company’s real-life application challenges.
Cooperation
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ELEC radiokaiuton huone image unto rautio

New Standards exhibition will open 20 May in Venice Architecture Biennale

Finland’s exhibition presents collaboration between the timber industry and architects to alleviate the housing shortage during the World War II and reconstruction.
Cooperation, Research & Art, University
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New Stadards -näyttely Suomen Paviljongissa Venetsian arkkitehtuuribiennaalissa 2021, kuva Tanskan Aarhusista

Professor Dominic Stead focuses on cities that encourage us to use more sustainable modes of transport

He is one of the leading academic researchers in this field with a multidisciplinary approach, an extensive research record and an outstanding publication record.  
Appointments
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Professor Dominic Stead

Research project assesses accessibility legislation and policy needs in the built environment

The study reviews existing legislation on accessibility in the built environment from the perspective of the obligations of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Press releases
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Wheelchair. Photo: Pixabay

Ecofriendly chemicals can actually improve mineral processing

Nontoxic and biodegradable cellulose-based compound accelerates the mineral separation processes and reduces the use of other chemicals
Press releases, Research & Art
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Copper mineral concentrated after flotation. Image: Nina Pulkkis

Professor Shankar Balasubramanian and Professor David Klenerman win Millennium Technology Prize

The technology has a huge transformative impact in the fields of genomics, medicine and biology.
University
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Shankar Balasubramanian and David Klenerman.

Kick-off for Unite! Spring School on Energy

Aalto students taking part in the Spring School on sustainable energy organized by Politecnico di Torino for the Unite! universities.
Studies
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Two researchers at a lab.

Lucie Hradecká starts as Information Specialist in Research Services

Lucie Hradecká works in Open Science and ACRIS team.
Appointments
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A photo of Lucie Hradecká

Like Shadows Through Leaves Awarded FIPRESCI Prize at Oberhausen

{if your bait can sing the wild one will come} Like Shadows Through Leaves wins the FIPRESCI Prize at Oberhausen 2021.
Research & Art
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Still from the film Like Shadows Through Leaves, 2021. A lamp-lit tent stands in a dark landscape, it's orange interior matching the orange skyline

Teaching creativity to computers - Christian Guckelsberger wants to equip AI with the motivation to discover the unexpected

Research on computational intrinsic motivation could answer some fundamental questions about the nature of creativity, but also improve household robotics or even self-driving cars
Research & Art
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Christian Guckelsberger in front of graffiti

Jukka Pekola announced as acting director of InstituteQ

Professor Pekola will lead the Institute as it starts its operations
Appointments
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Professor Jukka Pekola stood in a hallway smiling at the camera

Kirsi Peltonen: It is strange to go to an abandoned house to meet students via Zoom

Senior University Lecturer Kirsi Peltonen was able to give one empowering face-to-face lecture last autumn, and now she is mainly teaching remotely from Otaniemi. She finds interactions based on remote connections to be incredibly challenging.
Incidents, Research & Art
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Kirsi Peltonen. Photo: Mikko Raskinen.

What archaeological objects have been found in different parts of Finland? Researchers have developed FindSampo to bring together the discoveries made by citizens

FindSampo portal prototype, opened for public use on May 17th, 2021, contains information on thousands of discoveries made by citizens and the Finnish Heritage Agency in the archaeological catalogue application after 2015
Press releases
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A penannular brooch with enamel decorations: a Roman-era find from Northern Savonia. Picture: Archaeological Collections, Finnish Heritage Agency.

Can I Vote? – an online tool for spreading the word about local democracy in Finland

Students from Aalto University and TAMK have joined with YLE to create an online tool raising awareness on voting eligibility
Research & Art
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Can I Vote?

The annual Sustainability Reporting Awards Finland is now open for entries

Success in the competition is a hallmark of reporting quality.
Cooperation
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Vastuullisuusraportointikilpailun banneri

Climate change threatens one-third of global food production

New estimates show that if greenhouse gases continue growing at current rates, large regions at risk of being pushed into climate conditions in which no food is grown today.
Press releases, Research & Art
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Areas within and outside Safe Climate Space for food crop production in 2081-2100

Best practices for enhancing internationalization through virtual exchange discussed at the Unite! Staff Week

The week-long training focusing on virtual exchange was organized in February 2021 to promote internationalization between the seven universities in the Unite! network.
Cooperation, Studies
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kuvituskuva henkilöstä etäkokouksessa

I am looking forward to lunch with people and seeing friends in corridors

We spoke to industrial engineering and management student Yacquub Moalim Ali about solving complex problems, the perils of watching hours of YouTube by mistake and how social distancing effected Ramadan this year
Studies
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Yacquub Moalim Ali