Recent News
A world first: Qubit coherence decay traced to thermal dissipation
Hitherto a mystery, the thermal energy loss of qubits can be explained with a surprisingly simple experimental setup, according to research from Aalto University.

What makes an alum and a freshman produce a full-length guild documentary together?
Markus Toivonen, a Bioinformation Technology alum, started his studies in Aalto University in 2015. The idea for the documentary about Inkubio, the guild of bioinformation technology, was born in 2019, when the guild celebrated its 15th anniversary.

Living, breathing buildings: Bio foams could transform the way we build
Could an autonomously 鈥渂reathing鈥 foam that鈥檚 ninety percent air be a sustainable alternative to concrete, steel and glass in construction? A team led by researchers from Finland is set to prove it can.聽

Nordic researchers develop predictive model for cross-border COVID spread
The uniquely multinational and cross-disciplinary research was made possible by transparent data-sharing between Nordic countries.

TET interns Fajr Asghar and Vilma Svynarenko explored everything from solar cells to T盲ff盲鈥檚 spaghetti in Aalto
Fajr Asghar and Vilma Svynarenko first calculated the efficiency of solar cells and then wrote an article on renewable energy.

Unite! Seed Fund 2024 awards funding to 13 applications with Aalto's involvement
The Unite! Seed Fund aims to stimulate and support bottom-up proposals by teachers, researchers and students for collaborative activities.

Open Science and Research Summer Conference 2024 gathered open science experts from all over Finland
Over 90 participants attended in person and 90 listened in Zoom a range of presentations on artificial intelligence, legal and security issues and data management, alongside the latest news on open science activities in Finland. The event was organised by Aalto University, VTT and Open Science Coordination in Finland.

Spectacular portraits and brazen cheating at the School of Science summer event
The summer 2024 Olympics inspired the school's staff to excel in both paper airplane throwing and portrait painting.

CEST researchers receive significant LUMI supercomputing resources
Read how two successful machine learning projects got support by a supercomputer

Publication Forum seeks new panellists for term 2025-2028
If you are interested in becoming a panel member of the Publication Forum (Julkaisufoorumi, Jufo), apply by 15.6.2024.

Aalto Open Science Award ceremony brought together Aaltonians to discuss open science
Last week we gathered at A Grid to celebrate the awardees of the Aalto Open Science Award 2023 and discuss open science matters with the Aalto community.

"Keep an open mind and step outside of your comfort zone"
Read what double award winner Kukka-Emilia Huhtinen wants to share about her doctoral studies in theoretical physics

"My PhD was great from every single point of view"
Read how Viliam Va艌o, Aalto thesis award winner, experienced his doctoral studies

Join us for the first Aalto Open Science Award Ceremony
All Aaltonians are welcome 鈥 no registration required!

Broadband miniaturized spectrometer research receives QTF annual discovery award 2024
The clarity and compelling presentation of the research were one of the reasons why Doctoral Researcher Md Uddin earned the prize for the research paper, which was published in Nature Communications.

Open Science and Research Summer Conference 2024 will be hosted by Aalto University
Open Science and Research Summer Conference 2024 will be held at Aalto University鈥檚 Otaniemi campus and in Zoom 3.鈥4.6.2024. Please register by May 3.

Physicists explain鈥攁nd eliminate鈥攗nknown force dragging against water droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces
Aalto University researchers adapt a novel force measurement technique to uncover the previously unidentified physics at play at the thin air-film gap between water droplets and superhydrophobic surfaces.
Bioinspired colours and adaptable materials - Professor Olli Ikkala's third EU project builds on living systems
Department of Applied Physics Professor Olli Ikkala received his third Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) on 11 April 2024. The funding amounts to 鈧2.5 million and the project will run for five years.

Olli Ikkala and Esa Saarinen found a common thread in baroque music and lecturing
Olli Ikkala will continue his research on nature-inspired materials and will find himself again as an organist after his busy research career. Esa Saarinen, on the other hand, continued to lecture the Philosophy and Systems Thinking (Filosofia ja systeemiajattelu) course to packed halls this spring. When they met, they discussed the organ and the atmosphere of the lectures.
