News from innovation ecosystem
Designs for a Cooler Planet: ‘The Race’ theme calls for action
Collaboration between designers, researchers and stakeholders can lead to better solutions for society and the environment.
EU grants for smart materials and next generation LEDs
Three million euros grants to Assistant Professor Jaana Vapaavuori and Postdoctoral Researcher Konstantinos Daskalakis to make environmentally friendly materials
Revolutionising the bio-based industry
An interview of the new Professor of Practice Juha Lipponen from the School of Chemical Engineering.
Solve the SDGs hackathon aims to change the world in 48 hours
Aalto Ventures Program and Junction created a sustainability-themed online hackathon together.
New charging station can charge up to four electric vehicles simultaneously
Finland's first manufacturer-independent fast charging station for electric vehicles is in use at the 2020 Housing Fair area in Tuusula.
Who is the Aalto University Campus Sustainability Champion 2020? Submit your nomination!
Who or what has helped in reaching Aalto University’s sustainable development goals? Enter a suggestion by 24 Sep.
Communication and interaction are essential to boost students' academic performance in online courses
Aalto University Summer School taught its entire curriculum online this summer. Staff and faculty now share their take on online learning.
New survey: 75% of single-family house owners would pay more for an environmentally friendly home
Up to 75% of Finnish single-family house residents would be willing to pay more for a home that promotes sustainable development.
Student Antti Regelin: Aalto encourages us to be creative and bold
‘Well, one thing I’m certainly not going to study is technology,’ said Antti Regelin while still in upper secondary school. Things turned out differently though, and he ended up studying automation and robotics.
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.
Black silicon photodetector breaks the 100% efficiency limit
The efficiency was so high that at first the researchers had a hard time believing the result. Now Aalto University spin-off company ElFys Inc. already supplies the record detectors for several industry sectors.
We will soon enter the new strategy period – learn more about the cross-cutting themes
Sustainable solutions, radical creativity, and entrepreneurial mindset are reflected in everything that we do.
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.
New study: The quiet Sun is much more active than we thought
The quiet Sun has been studied considerably less than the active Sun.
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.
How vaping companies exploit Instagram for youth-oriented marketing?
Researchers use artificial intelligence to analyse hundreds of thousands of Instagram posts about vaping
Aalto Startup Center will kickstart a new program for South Korean HealthTech and wellbeing startups
The new program is the first concrete initiative in tightening startup ties between the two countries
A quarter of the world’s lowland population depends critically on mountain water resources
Global water consumption has increased almost fourfold in the past 100 years, and many regions can only meet their water demand thanks to essential contributions from mountain regions
Sleep apnea is a threat for public health - students developed an application that recognizes its signs at home
The app is currently being tested, and its usability and reliability will be improved based on test users' feedback
