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How can we eat less water?
Most of the water we consume is hidden in food production, so we need to carefully choose what we put on our plates.聽
Leading European non-formal science education institutions gather 柠檬导航
Aalto University hosts an international co-design workshop on 18-19 March. As an output a crowdsourced map tool will be presented.
AScI funding awarded to planning future energy systems and to designing penguin-inspired active surfaces
Each programme to receive funding of 鈧150 000 over three years.
Artificial intelligence helps to detect rare diseases and risk factors for child protection
High-quality primary research ensures that Finland is an independent forerunner in developing artificial intelligence.
Photoshoot day of materials samples by the Materials Platform
The Materials Platform organizes photoshoot sessions for materials samples on a regular basis. All Aalto University researchers who are involved in materials research are invited to participate.
The relationship between fact and fiction is changing
A group of movie, media and staging industry artist researchers explores new fiction in the Research Pavilion in Venice.
School and Erasmus+ Programme Visit to Materials Matter Exhibition
Kilonpuisto School and their Erasmus+ programme receive a guided tour of the exhibition from Product and Spatial Design Master's student Ariane Relander on 01 March 2019.
'It's time for us to rediscover plants with natural textile fibres'
Professor of Practice Pirjo K盲盲ri盲inen hopes that sustainable technologies can help in solving the problems created by the global textile industry.
New Aito Magazine published
New Aito Magazine is out, and available at the Aalto Shop.
A visual artist wielding more than a hammer
Aalto University鈥檚 fifth Artist in Residence Matthew C. Wilson explores the entangled nature of ideas.
High-end restaurants invest in tableware
Appreciating local food and ingredients is a well-established phenomenon in food culture. But there is also a high demand for local, small-batch ceramics.
Aalto University鈥檚 Art & Design now 7th best in the world
Architecture improved its position, reaching 42nd place, while Business again made the top 100 in the recently published QS World University Rankings
EIT Digital Strategic Innovation Agenda 2020-2022
EIT Digital has decided on a new strategic innovation agenda for years 2020-2022.
Solar power seen as expensive without reason 鈥 already a viable option for one in three residential buildings
According to researchers, legal reform could spur a majority of properties to become energy producers.
Vesa Vihri盲l盲 appointed Professor of Practice at the Helsinki Graduate School of Economics
Vesa Vihri盲l盲, DSocSci, has been appointed professor of practice at the University of Helsinki. Vihri盲l盲 will assume the position on 1 July 2019.
鈥淒esign can be so many things鈥
Design historian and chief curator Kaisu Savola explains why the XXII Triennale di Milano is important to Finland, and how Aalto University hopes it will change how we define design, now and in the future.
An alternative to the selfish person - the authors of the Science Article of the Year tell how the unleashing of climate change can be prevented
Climate anxiety is deepening, but the researchers honoured for the Science Article of the Year 2018 in the Aikuiskasvatus (adult education) journal are not giving up.
Research infrastructures received 4.7 million euros from the Academy of Finland
Aalto University's research infrastructures receiving funding focus on, for instance, new materials, bioeconomy and quantum technologies, as well as the development of maritime research technology and future wireless networks.
Why do sustainable technologies often struggle to succeed commercially?
Success rates could improve if experts from different fields considered the bottlenecks of commercialization early.
Quantum Wheel brings world-class game makers and quantum physicists together
From 15th until 17th February 2019 the Helsinki SkyWheel and Allas Sea Pool are the base for the 5th Quantum Game Jam; an intensive weekend during which game makers and physicists get together with the aim of creating games that harness the nature of quantum mechanics.
