Press releases
Sculptor creates freely available design for antimicrobial touch guard to save your hands from germs
The Space Key can be used to touch toilet lids, turn-locks and door handles, slipping after use into a protective cover that kills possible pathogens
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
President Ilkka Niemelä: ‘The battered economy does not need a return to the old; it needs a transformation, built anew on the foundation of sustainable development’
Minister of Science and Culture Annika Saarikko and Chair of the Aalto University Student Union Olli Kesseli also spoke at the academic year opening. The opening ceremony was held online.
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.
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.
You have still time to enroll to the Aalto University's pedagogical courses in autumn 2020
Aalto University offers pedagogical courses to support pedagogical skills of faculty members. You will find courses' descriptions and enrollment forms by clicking the links below.
Saara Saarela to direct The Guardian of Water
The movie based on Emmi Itäranta’s award-winning novel Memory of Water has begun filming. The Guardian of Water (Veden vartija in Finnish) is directed by Saara Saarela, professor of film directing at Aalto University.
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
Fast communications and flexibility helped grocery retailers cope with the coronavirus in spring
Research shows that daily communications, flexible planning and resourcing, and agility in action were important for helping the grocery trade get through the first wave of the coronavirus.
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
Olli V. Lounasmaa Memorial Prize awarded to Professor J.C. Séamus Davis
The winner of the 2020 Olli V. Lounasmaa Memorial Prize tells us about his research in quantum materials
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
The human brain tracks speech more closely in time than other sounds
The way that speech processing differs from the processing of other sounds has long been a major open question in human neuroscience.
Artificial intelligence produces data synthetically to help treat diseases like COVID-19
The ability to produce data synthetically makes studying of the COVID-19 disease significantly easier.
Like a massive golf ball - Metsähovi Radio Observatory got a new radome
The Metsähovi Radio Observatory's landmark protects the telescope and enables year-round study of the Sun and black holes.
Nature-imitating coating makes batteries more durable and efficient
Aalto University's researchers were the first in the world to make use of carbon dioxide in the production of a battery protective coating.
World’s fastest Bose–Einstein condensate created at Aalto University
New research published in Nature Communications can make elusive state of matter in record time
‘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.
