Press releases
CodeBus Africa tunes up for co-creation
Aalto students introduce young Africans to the world of coding.
Maria Korkeila awarded the Schiaparelli Prize of the Hyères Fashion Festival
An Aalto University student Maria Korkeila has won the Schiaparelli Prize at Hyères Fashion Festival in France.
One million euro for research on electromagnetic brain stimulation
The Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation has awarded a grant for a joint project developed by Aalto University and the University of Eastern Finland.
Nexus selected as winner of Chemist’s Block architectural design competition
The winning entry for the Chemist's Block was created by Anttinen Oiva Architects.
Self-assembled nanostructures can be selectively controlled
DNA self-assembly allows the unprecedented control of the optical properties of plasmonic metamolecules.
Women in tenure committees do not speed up women’s science careers
Aalto University researchers went through Spanish and Italian evaluations.
Aalto University and KONE deepen collaboration
The focus areas of the research collaboration include wireless technologies and data models for buildings.
Nearly two billion people depend on imported food
Researchers show empirically: when population pressure increases, food is imported
Report finds investment in the creative sector improves Finnish economic viability
Aalto University ecosystem offers to kick-start a vibrant new creative economy.
People find changes in user interfaces annoying
A new model of visual learning can be used to efficiently assess the learnability of user interfaces that have changed.
Nearly 5 million euro for pioneering biomimetics and quantum technology research
Olli Ikkala has received a prized ERC Advanced Grant for the second time and Jukka Pekola for the first time.
Aalto Festival takes over the Helsinki metropolitan area in May
As Finland celebrates its 100th year of independence, Aalto University opens its annual festival showcasing the work of the schools of science, technology, arts, and business.
Algorithms can exploit human perception in graph design
Algorithms can now exploit models and measures of human perception to generate scatterplot designs.
Brain researchers move conference to Twitter
Follow #brainTC 20 April 2017 for recent advances in neuroscience.
Heart campus online campaign launched on 30 March
Share your own story from your heart campus - whether it is from Arabia, Otaniemi or Töölö.
Aalto University ranked globally among top 100 within its key research areas
The academic results of the University continued to improve in 2016.
Study on nearly zero-energy buildings receives 350,000 euros in EU funding
The objective of researchers is to develop the production of nearly zero-energy buildings with wooden structures to improve energy and cost-efficiency.
Researchers create artificial materials atom-by-atom
Possibility to arrange the atoms precisely bring designer quantum materials closer to reality.
Aalto University students are producing an exhibition to commemorate Finland’s 100-years of independence
As Finland celebrates its 100th year of independence, Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture honors its roots in nature as part of Milan Design Week.
Promising results obtained with a new electrocatalyst that reduces the need for platinum
Researchers succeeded in manufacturing electrocatalysts with one hundredth of the amount of platinum that is usually needed.