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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.
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Pohjoisen ikirouta-alueen vehreää kasvillisuutta. Kuva: Ive van Krunkelsven

How vaping companies exploit Instagram for youth-oriented marketing?

Researchers use artificial intelligence to analyse hundreds of thousands of Instagram posts about vaping
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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.
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Kuvituskuva: Matti Ahlgren.

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
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Rosegbach. Photo: Daniel Viviroli.

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
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The Olli V Lounasmaa Memorial Prize 2020 awarded to JC Séamus Davis

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
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Kuvituskuva, jossa nukkuu mustahiuksinen nainen kännykkä vierellään yöpöydällä

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.
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Aivokuori seuraa äänen piirteitä hyvin täsmällisesti ymmärtääkseen puhetta. Kuva: Aalto-yliopisto

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.
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Violetti- ja beigesävyinen kuvituskuva, jossa näkyy ihmisiä ja numeroita

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.
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Changing the Aalto University's Metsähovi radio observatory radome. Photo: Kalle Kataila

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.
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Nature-imitating coating, picture: Juho Heiska

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
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A Photon energy graph

‘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.
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Rescue devices

EUNIS Dørup E-learning Award for Tomi Kauppinen, Yulia Guseva and Sara Gottschalk

The paper about Aalto Online Learning has received an award in EUNIS 2020 Congress.
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A colorful abstract painting by Maj Dørup

Joint project seeks low-emission industrial solutions

Converting electricity into another form of energy and then back into electricity can be applied to the production of synthetic fuels, chemicals and the edible proteins known as 'electric' foods.
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Prof. Mari Lundström featured in Millenium Talks

Host Henkka Hyppönen and Assistant Professor Mari Lundström discuss possibilities and challenges in recycling of batteries at the laboratories of Hydrometallurgy and Corrosion.
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Professor Mari Lundström with Tesla / Photo: Pertti Kauranen

Major breakthrough in extremely water-repellent materials makes them durable enough for the real world

A new armour-plated superhydrophobic material has been developed for potential uses in medical equipment, solar panels and more
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Super hydrophobic surfaces by Juha Juvonen

New web page address for Learning Centre

The website of the Learning Centre becomes part of the aalto.fi from 3 June, 2020.
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Learning Centre graphics

Invention by a Finnish start-up speeds up coronavirus testing

Xfold Imaging Oy, founded by researchers from Aalto University and the University of Helsinki, has developed a nanocoated glass slide that makes microscopes dozens of times more accurate. It enables the identifying of coronavirus from a sample up to one day earlier compared to current technology.
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Researchers are developing a mobile MRI that could fit in a van instead of a lorry

The new technology will be a great boost for healthcare, especially in in hard to access emergency areas. There is also a lot of potential for use in the the wellness sector.
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MRI Scanning photo Adolfo Vera Aalto University

Modelling confirms: Isolating the ill and prioritising remote work are key strategies in combating the coronavirus

Researchers emphasise that longer indoor exposure times and closer proximity to others bring greater risk of infection. Avoiding overlapping shifts and a good ventilation can improve workplace safety.
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Aerosol particles