Latest research news
Contract signed for Aalto-1 satellite launch
Finland's first ever satellite set for launch at the end of this year.
Design thinking supports learning in many ways
The LEAD project created prototypes of digital tools encouraging independence and participation, among other things.
Aalto’s first ERC Proof of Concept grant to Sebastiaan van Dijken
Professor Sebastiaan van Dijken received the grant for verification of the innovation potential of a new racetrack memory technology.
IOP Physics World: "Graphene quantum dots split Cooper pairs"
Research on graphene shows essential advancement to enable the development of new quantum information concepts.
Professor Samuel Kaski, the new director of a center of excellence, wants to augment science by using machine learning
Professor Samuel Kaski has directed the Centre of Excellence in Computational Inference Research COIN
since February.
since February.
Goodbye to MP3s: Music Listeners are Happy with streaming services
Young adults shuffle between two main service providers to find the music they want to hear. CDs and even digital files have become outdated.
Influential business figures to be made professors
School of Business welcomes several interesting persons into the role of Professor of Practice.
Researchers observe new charge transport phenomenon
No fully corresponding phenomenon has been found in modern physics before.
Augmented climbing wall taken into pilot use at Boulderkeskus
Interactive exercise motivates both beginners and the more experienced – and inspires children.
Smartphones now the standard among Finns
Touchscreens and 4G have become much more common, a recent study reveals.
New model improves evaluation of long-term ageing in concrete structures
A new model can be used to evaluate the durability of concrete structures when they remain in use for hundreds of years.
Nobel laureate wants to give students space to discover
Hiroshi Amano solves scheduling challenges by giving freedom. With its help he also was able to make the breakthroughs leading to a blue LED.
Radio telescope captures solar eclipse even from behind the clouds
Metsähovi solar charts are visible online in almost real time.
Finnish economy's problems can be solved with German model
Hidden Champions is a functional, albeit little-known model for growing businesses.
Launch of the Aalto-1 student satellite will make Finland a space nation
In remote sensing, the Earth is usually viewed from space, which makes it possible to obtain information over wide areas in one glance.
Three best dissertations of 2014 receive awards at the School of Science's traditional Get together
The awards were given to Doctors of Science (Tech) Riku Ruotsalainen, Paula Savioja-Kangasluoma and Atte Aalto.
Increase in number of scientific articles decreases visibility of individual articles
Rapid growth in the number of publications makes it difficult for researchers to keep up with research results that are relevant to their own field.
For students MOOC is more than just a course
A recent study shows that learning from others also encourages students at open online courses to continue in the online community after the course.
Perseverance led to upheaval in lighting
Hiroshi Amano made his breakthrough spurring blue LEDs in the 1980s. Now the recent Nobel Prize winner is coming ÄûÃʵ¼º½ to tell the LED story.