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Four Aalto research fields among the world鈥檚 top 50
Aalto placed at the top of the Shanghai ranking in Marine/Ocean Engineering, Telecommunication Engineering, Mining and Mineral Engineering and Management research.
5 million euro project could see Finland become the model country for the circular economy of metals
Effective recycling would be ecologically-friendly 鈥 and accelerate Finland's economy.
Innovation award for women goes to Professor Hele Savin
Professor Savin has developed an applied nanotechnology method for producing high-capacity solar cells with the help of 鈥渂lack silicon鈥 that employs nanostructures.
Metallurgists are needed to fix the sustainability gap
Professor of Metallurgy Ari Jokilaakso鈥檚 researches the behaviour of chemical elements at high temperatures. He wants to give students a real understanding of chemical phenomena.
Promising results obtained with a new electrocatalyst that reduces the need for platinum
Researchers succeeded in manufacturing electrocatalysts with one hundredth of the amount of platinum that is usually needed.
Nanotube film may resolve longevity problem of challenger solar cells
Researchers lengthened the lifetime of perovskite solar cells by using nanotube film to replace the gold used as the back contact in the hole conductor.
Research project on renewable energy storage receives sought-after funding from Horizon 2020
Aalto University鈥檚 share of the funding is about half a million euros.
Artificial intelligence introduced to design
Algorithms are challenging humans in the design of smarter user interfaces.
Researchers printed energy producing photographs
With the method developed in Aalto University, any picture or text could be inkjet-printed as a solar cell.
New policy ideas by students for a sustainable and circular economy
Students in Aalto University's Design for Government course address complex public sector and government challenges.
Of the significance of human voice as part of experience
In Kone Foundation podcast-interview singer, artist and doctoral researcher Heidi Fast talks about her artistic research.
Magazine puts focus on materials research
Aalto University Magazine 16 examines a key research area that focuses on materials and the sustainable use of natural resources.
The Most Beautiful Books of the Year: Conversations on Finnish Art Education
Conversations on Finnish Art Education won the Beautiful Book Prize 2015
Aalto University granted 鈧12 million for profiling by Academy of Finland
The funding supports the University in strengthening the research fields chosen.
Professor Metal
Mari Lundstr枚m wants to recover and reuse metals. She approaches her task with a steely resolve.
Aalto University Magazine 14 out now
The Aalto University Magazine issue 14 examines health technology, a sector undergoing powerful growth.
Finnish electric car owners don't even need a wallet
The charging business that utilises research done at Aalto University also attracts interest elsewhere in Europe.
Energy internet could change the economy
Alex Huang, a visiting professor at Aalto, develops technologies that turn energy buyers into producers and distributors.
Efficiency record for black silicon solar cells jumps to 22.1%
Aalto University鈥檚 researchers improved their previous record by over three absolute percents together with Universitat Polit猫cnica de Catalunya.
Solar thermal energy has become a competitive energy source in Finland
The solar thermal investments made by companies and municipalities are particularly cost-effective, indicates a new report.
