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Parallel paths: Designer and materials scientist conjure up glimmering colours out of wood
Designer Noora Yau and materials scientist Konrad Klockars have used wood to conjure up a colour, which is transparent yet glows like a copepod in shallow water. The pair’s good chemistry and open attitude towards asking silly questions is a great help in their work.
Precision solutions for healthcare
Biodesign Finland projects utilise biomaterials to repair tissue damage and support the recuperation of mental health patients with environmental design. Identifying needs correctly forms the point of departure for all this.
Essi Viitanen starts as Senior Advisor in Research Services
Essi Viitanen works in Open Science and ACRIS team, mainly on ARTS related tasks.
Satellite laboratory hosted a remote lecture with a 360 camera
Upper secondary school students watched the lecture from an 8K screen. The experiment was carried out in collaboration with telecommunications company Elisa.
Winners in the campusart competition rooted in bioart and quantum physics
Laura Piispanen, Noora Heiskanen, Jenna Ahonen and Ayda Grisiute convinced the jury with their creativity.
MAST Upgrade starts up its first plasma
An experimental fusion device, which Aalto doctoral student Patrik Ollus carries out simulation work for, restarts today after getting upgrades
How a foreign market entry fails: the case of Guggenheim Helsinki
Both local and overseas resistance proved too difficult to overcome, highlighting need to study culture, decision-making and political power relations before moving into new market
University collaboration brings a scope of new possibilities for Planmeca’s business
FCAI, Planmeca and Tampere University Hospital have developed an artificial intelligence method that helps, for example, with the placement of teeth implants.
AVP explores new ways for true multidisciplinarity in education
By combining two existing courses, Aalto Ventures Program created a multidisciplinary experience in cosmetic product design.
Technology to guide rehabilitation patients by the hand
Smart gloves, virtual goggles and artificial intelligence will be part of the health care of the future.
Can you identify which concert hall this music is being played in? Test to see
Study shows music volume has a major impact on how the listener experiences the acoustics of a concert hall
Building European cities with wood would sequester half of cement industry’s current carbon emissions
Model shows that slowly increasing the use of wood in European construction could increase the carbon storage of buildings by 420 million CO2 tons over the next 20 years
Artificial intelligence helps to identify correct atomic structures
Detecting adsorbate configurations with Bayesian inference.
Drive faster, or get fired
New book by Professor Henri Schildt explains how AI is changing management mindsets and the future of work
Alumnus Ville Vahteri: The opportunity cost of becoming an entrepreneur as a student is often at its lowest level
Our alumnus Ville Vahteri, who studied marketing at the School of Business, was actively involved in organizing the startup event Slush throughout his studies. Emboldened by the experience, he co-founded Bou, a brand company, together with his Slush colleagues.
Business & Economics at Aalto rises to 53rd place in Times Higher Education ranking
Computer Science also places in the top 100 globally.
Distribution rights system will raise fuel prices - compensation for people with low income will only require a fraction of the revenue from system
Economists developed possible compensation models based on extensive person and vehicle data. The report was published at a Ministry of Transport and Communications webinar on 27 October.
A spark to change the world - Aalto alumnas' startup helps people make climate-positive choices
In the future, personal climate action will be as natural as personal finance is today.
Public private partnership in industrial service research boosted scientific publication in Finland
Service Solutions for Fleet Management program was designed to support industrial firms’ digital transformation toward advanced fleet-level service systems.
