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Engaging with materiality and colour through biocolourants
The BioColour project organizes a broad audience event on Monday 17.8, concentrating on different points of view on materiality and colour. Julia Lohmann, designer and Professor of Practice in Aalto University, is one of the project’s researchers and a speaker in the event.
Circular Design Challenge Competition seeks new solutions
Finnish research organisations are looking to pool resources to create new, sustainable and significant business opportunities in the circular economy.
The story of a fabric
Matilda Palmu, who will graduate from the Fashion, Clothing and Textile Design master's programme in autumn 2020, describes her artistic process.
Designs for a Cooler Planet — Helsinki Design Week 2020
Helsinki Design Week at Otaniemi showcases inspiring future designs related to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Greenhouse gas emissions from permafrost area larger than earlier estimated
Plant roots in soil stimulate microbial decomposition, a mechanism called the priming effect. A recent study published in Nature Geoscience shows that the priming effect alone can cause emission of 40 billion tonnes carbon from permafrost by 2100.
Deciphering the structure of nanosystems with machine learning
The CEST group joins forces with a team in Austria to solve a long-standing puzzle in nanoscience.
Real-time Data Helps Improve Construction Productivity
The productivity of construction work depends on many factors. Jianyu Zhao, a doctoral candidate at Aalto University, has used indoor positioning to measure worker presence and task progress. His study will help construction companies identify productivity bottlenecks and find way to improve productivity. We sat down with him to discuss his research and its implications.
Virtual Design and Construction from a Client Perspective
We’ve seen how the strategies and ambitions of clients can be key drivers of digitalization of the construction industry. Sampo Oksama talks about Bonava’s efforts in the field and its collaboration in the DiCtion R&D project.
Winning service concept to bring better healthcare for Roma people
Team No Pressure from Aalto University won 2nd place at the international Student Service Design Challenge 2020.
‘Helsinki School – The Nature of Being’ group shows in Berlin and Fotografisk Copenhagen
This Summer Persons Projects / Helsinki School presents the group exhibition 'The Helsinki School – The Nature of Being' at their gallery space in Berlin and at Fotografisk Copenhagen as a part of CHART Art Fair.
Record number of Academy Projects
Of the 37 Academy Projects awarded ʵ by the Academy of Finland, 31 focus on natural sciences and technology. In total, the funding granted ʵ from the September 2019 call rose to 25.3 million euros.
Patrick Rinke awarded Academy of Finland funding
The LearnSolar project receives funding for machine-learning based discovery of new solar cell materials.
Prof. Quan Zhou received new funding from the Academy of Finland
We just received a new grant from the Academy of Finland, titled: “Robotic Magnetic Needle Characterization of Single Nanoparticle Uptake in Cells”, in cooperation with Prof. Hélder Santos of the University of Helsinki.
Designing the world belongs to everyone
The museum of Finnish architecture and design to be built in Helsinki invites us to change the world in the same way as designers do, says Tuomas Auvinen, Dean of Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture.
What is the sound of wood? Visitors can now conduct the Wood orchestra in the Science Centre Heureka's new exhibition
Researchers at Aalto University and the University of the Arts Helsinki have created an interactive installation that demonstrates the acoustic properties of different wood specimens.
Hello researcher - Who are the experts you would like to collaborate with at Aalto during the upcoming academic year?
What will be our next success story? Come and discuss what can be achieved by doing even more together!
Joint project seeks low-emission industrial solutions
Converting electricity into another form of energy and then back into electricity can be applied to the production of synthetic fuels, chemicals and the edible proteins known as 'electric' foods.
Kourosh Latifi successfully defended his PhD thesis "Controlling the motion of particles on a vibrating plate using dynamic acoustic fields"
Latifi graduates from the Robotic Instruments research group.
Metal Export exhibition to open at Music Museum FAME in July
The script of the exhibition has been written by Academy Research Fellow Toni-Matti Karjalainen.
The handbag – a contemporary marketplace icon
The handbag’s journey to an icon and a branded highlight of the wearer's personality is closely linked to the development of women’s standing in society.
