Research news
Nordic joint project aims to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from marine traffic
The research project develop renewable fuels suitable for ships' combustion engines.
Unite! visiting professorship program offers 13 guest professor positions at TU Darmstadt
TuDa is looking for experienced postdocs as visiting professors.
District heating customers and companies could benefit from better services
District heat providers should do more to heed their customers' wishes, and both stand to gain.
Apply for Unite! Seed Fund to foster collaborative teaching, research and student activities
Financial boost for collaborative ideas from teachers, researchers and students across the Unite! alliance of nine European universities. Apply now!
50 years of discovery through the measurements made at Metsähovi Radio Observatory
Aalto University’s Metsähovi Radio Observatory has played an important role in the development of Finnish radio astronomy.
Space experts gather in Otaniemi
The annual Winter Satellite Workshop has expanded one of the largest New Space meetings in Finland, Scandinavia and the Baltic countries.
Five things everyone should know about cooling and ventilation
How do we keep our houses cool when summers are getting hotter? Is it worth using a natural ventilation system? Is air-conditioning the same as cooling? Professor Risto Kosonen offers some tips for managing indoor air temperature in your home.
Unite!’s Open Science and Innovation Handbook - a practical guide for researchers
A practical guide for researchers, R&I services, and university managers to transition from modern to open science.
Five things decision-makers should know about feeding the planet
Science-based advice about the global food system for decision-makers.
Apply for Designs for a Cooler Planet festival by 22 January 2024
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Sustainable land-use and mobility policies in urban regions enhanced with Unite! seed funding
The project seeks to identify innovative approaches for bringing decision-making closer together in land-use and mobility policy and practice.
Technology Industries of Finland Centennial Foundation donates EUR 3.2 million ÄûÃʵ¼º½ to create the House of AI
Donation will be used to establish a multidisciplinary AI research cluster at Aalto University.
Coming never to a road near you: Five myths about autonomous vehicles
Whether you call them autonomous, self-driving or robot cars, there is a lot of discussion about when, where and how these vehicles will take to the roads.
UniPID and TENK Release Ethical Guidelines for Global South Academic Partnerships
As academic partnerships with the Global South continue to gain popularity, issues related to resource distribution, power dynamics, and whose voices are heard and valued often arise.
New Flagship programme protects water resources through digital twins.
‘The Flagship is a welcome and an important opening for increasing the effectiveness of the water sector. It promotes the digitalisation of the water sector, opens doors to young researchers, and serves as an ecosystem for companies in the field as well as for societal actors’, notes Professor Harri Koivusalo.
Hanna Sievinen appointed to the Aalto University Board
Board member Karel Luyben will continue for a new term
New flagship brings together excellence in quantum technology
Aalto University is also involved in three other new flagships of the Research Council of Finland – the flagships of digital water expertise, education, and mathematical imaging and modelling
Invisible powers are driving cars and cranes, but what goes on behind the scenes to get these machines moving?
What gets autonomous cars and industrial robots going?
Nordic Five Tech annual student union summit strengthens Nordic collaboration
The two-day event focused on strengthening Nordic student union collaboration among leading technical universities.
Demand-side management of electricity use advances transition to a carbon-neutral energy system
A new research project investigates how municipalities and homes can adjust their consumption of electricity to cut carbon emissions and save money.
