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鈥淟eft outside in the rain鈥: The story behind the stories of the Nokia Design Archive
In a strange twist of fate, a team of Aalto University researchers found themselves responsible for two decades of Nokia鈥檚 best kept design secrets.

A Flexible Biorefinery using Machine Learning
Biorefineries convert biomass, such as wood, annual plants or agricultural into products and energy. Research teams in Finland and Germany aim to maximize such product output for a more holistic valorization of our natural resources. The development of these new processes is often slow because they require optimization of many factors. The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) can help us accelerate such a development drastically.
The winner of Aalto University's Open Science Award 2024 is AALTOLAB Virtual Laboratories
The winner of Aalto University's Open Science Award winner for 2024 has been chosen.

Major grant from the Kone Foundation for modern architecture research - Laura Berger's project equates building loss with biodiversity loss
Aalto University postdoctoral researcher Laura Berger and her team have been awarded a 541 400 euro grant from the Kone Foundation to study the effects of building loss on society and the environment.

14 projects selected for seed funding to boost collaboration between Aalto, KU Leuven, and University of Helsinki
The funded projects lay the groundwork for future joint research endeavors, reinforcing the strategic partnership鈥檚 goal to fostering impactful and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Students explored the potential of AI in Onninen's sales work
Students from the Aalto University School of Business carried out a research project commissioned by Kesko to investigate how Onninen's sales personnel could use artificial intelligence

Koneen S盲盲ti枚 Grant for the Centre for Text Margins
Significant Koneen S盲盲ti枚 grant awarded to the project led by Associate Professor of Visual Communication Arja Karhumaa and their team.

School of Business researchers have had the opportunity to share their expertise in top-tier media outlets
Over the autumn of 2024, the School of Business featured in several publications reaching over 14.2 million potential readers

Urban Travel Machines: Cosmos Met Poetry
Unique fusion of poetry and immersive digital art at the Brussels Planetarium

A dress that combines modular design and seaweed research was seen at the Independence Day Reception
Landscape architect Anni J盲rvitalo designed a festive outfit for the President's Independence Day reception that combines modular design and seaweed research in collaboration with designer Sofia Ilmonen and Professor Julia Lohmann.

Research funding to develop energy-efficient computing and early diagnostics of corneal diseases
The funding granted by the Technology Industries of Finland Centennial Foundation for two Aalto projects totals nearly 1.3 million euros

We might feel love in our fingertips 鈥撯 but did the Ancient Mesopotamians?
A multidisciplinary team of researchers studied a large body of texts to find out how people in the ancient Mesopotamian region (within modern day Iraq) experienced emotions in their bodies thousands of years ago, analysing one million words of the ancient Akkadian language from 934-612 BC in the form of cuneiform scripts on clay tablets.

New origami packaging technology creates sustainable and eye-catching alternatives to conventional packing materials
Origami packaging enables completely new properties for cartonboard, making it an excellent alternative to, for example, plastic and expanded polystyrene in packaging. The aesthetics of the material have also garnered interest from designers.

Quantum physics professor searches for exotic qubit alternatives with new European funding
Aalto University physics professor Jose Lado will use this funding to engineer a new type of topological quantum material that could have applications for quantum bit, or 鈥渜ubit,鈥 development for noise-resilient topological quantum computation.

EIBA 2024 鈥 鈥淭hat鈥檚 interesting! Rethinking IB research for the next 50 years鈥
It鈥檚 time to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of EIBA (European International Business Academy) and the future of research in the field of IB (International Business)

This 'n' That exhibition showcased the skills of the workshop masters
In October, the gallery spaces at V盲re showcased an exhibition highlighting the diverse workshop activities across the school and the craftsmanship of the workshop masters

Aalto University Publication Series is getting a new look
Aalto has revamped its publication series, and with the updates, new templates are now available for the covers. The number of series on offer and the ways to order publications have also been updated.

AI helps detect the severity of diabetes-related eye disease
This advance could enable many new diagnostic applications in the future

The QUORUM project addresses urban water and climate challenges through interdisciplinary collaboration within Unite! universities
The project has received funding from Unite! Seed Fund.
