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Researchers and companies generate ideas together
Make it Digital! workshop seeks bold research initiatives in the fields of industrial internet, cyber security, 5G network and big data.
Plans begin for Finland's first high-field magnetic resonance imaging centre
The memo of the Ultra-High Field MRI: Transition to Human 7 T in Finland symposium, held in autumn 2015, has been published.
Platform economy to bring a competitive advantage to Finland
A study on the opportunities of digital platforms to Finland shows surprisingly few companies planning on creating their own digital platforms.
Finnish research team maps the human erogenous zones
Finnish researchers have revealed a map of bodily regions capable of triggering sexual arousal when touched
Taking construction project management into cloud
VisiLean is a mobile application and cloud service that allows engaging workers in planning and following work in construction projects.
Individuals who were exposed to the Finnish Great Depression invest more cautiously
This effect can be seen in financial decision-making 15 years later, even if the depression did not have a direct impact on the individual's wealth.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship awarded to study flat-band superconductivity
This Fellowship was awarded to theoretically explore the concept of flat bands as a means to achieve high-temperature superconductivity.
Excessive measurement of marketing performance may lead to information overload
Companies must focus on indicators that are of key importance to their business activities, researchers recommend.
Digital disruptions in mobile phone markets
Every Finn has an opinion on why Nokia lost its position as a leading phone manufacturer some years back. The study sheds some light to this.
Aalto scientists editors of theme issue combining neurosciences and social sciences
Riitta Hari, Mikko Sams and Lauri Nummenmaa have edited the theme issue ‘Attending to and neglecting people’.
Joint journey to space
Finnish space technology professionals presented their achievements to the Director General of the European Space Agency.
Who to become the School of Science Alumnus of the Year 2016? Make your own suggestion!
Now it´s time to nominate the Alumnus of the Year at the School of Science.
From everyday ideas to innovations in health care
Technology and the challenges of everyday life meet in innovation workshops organised in connection with the Health Capital Helsinki collaboration.
ERC Advanced Grant to Grigori Volovik
Volovik’s research focuses on the structure of relativistic quantum vacuum in the universe.
The reliability of material simulations put to test
Researchers show that new generations of quantum mechanical simulation codes agree better than earlier generations’. The study appears in Science.
Filip Tuomisto vice president of ENEN
Professor Filip Tuomisto has been elected Vice President of the European Nuclear Education Network Association (ENEN).
Clearing the way for real-world applications of superhydrophobic surfaces
In a perspective article in Science, researchers at Aalto call for standardised testing of superhydrophobic, i.e. water-repellent, materials.
Home energy use sheds light on family relationships
A recent doctoral study has indicated that it is possible to study households from a new angle using new home energy use technology.
Piecewise linearity in the GW approximation for accurate quasiparticle energy predictions
Matthias Dauth's paper Piecewise linearity in the GW approximation for accurate quasiparticle energy predictions just appeared as Rapid Communication.