Latest research news
A six-meter wide seaweed installation takes over Finnish shopping centre
Julia Lohmann's globally acknowledged seaweed pavilion is on display around the clock at A Bloc in Otaniemi, Finland.
A Choreography of Violence
Photographer Harri Pälviranta collected pictures of violence for two decades and didn't know what to do with them. Get to know how he chose to dissect violence and combine old pictures with new ones.
Scientists use bacteria as micro-3D printers
Technique creates highly customised structures that could be used in regenerative medicine
Moving to Finland to make solar panels from trees
Maryam Esmaeilzadeh tells us about her AScI Internship and how it’s led to a PhD place in Finland
Doctoral student Anastasiia Kravtcova: “Doctoral studies can be a combination of a job, hobby and lifestyle”
The chance of making a societal impact motivated Anastasiia Kravtcova to pursue her doctoral studies and to dive into a groundbreaking topic in medical engineering at the School of Electrical Engineering.
Mechatronics students claim top three prizes in development project competition
The end results of this spring's Mechatronics Project course had an opportunity to shine in the development project competition hosted by industrial production and maintenance association Promaint ry and the Finnish Fair Foundation.
China’s new five-year plan to focus on technological development and carbon neutrality – as well as serving the country’s rapidly growing middle class
The plan has global significance because China usually achieves the goals it sets out
Parallel paths: Designer and materials scientist conjure up glimmering colours out of wood
Designer Noora Yau and materials scientist Konrad Klockars have used wood to conjure up a colour, which is transparent yet glows like a copepod in shallow water. The pair’s good chemistry and open attitude towards asking silly questions is a great help in their work.
Satellite laboratory hosted a remote lecture with a 360 camera
Upper secondary school students watched the lecture from an 8K screen. The experiment was carried out in collaboration with telecommunications company Elisa.
MAST Upgrade starts up its first plasma
An experimental fusion device, which Aalto doctoral student Patrik Ollus carries out simulation work for, restarts today after getting upgrades
How a foreign market entry fails: the case of Guggenheim Helsinki
Both local and overseas resistance proved too difficult to overcome, highlighting need to study culture, decision-making and political power relations before moving into new market
Artificial intelligence helps to identify correct atomic structures
Detecting adsorbate configurations with Bayesian inference.
Drive faster, or get fired
New book by Professor Henri Schildt explains how AI is changing management mindsets and the future of work
Business & Economics at Aalto rises to 53rd place in Times Higher Education ranking
Computer Science also places in the top 100 globally.
Distribution rights system will raise fuel prices - compensation for people with low income will only require a fraction of the revenue from system
Economists developed possible compensation models based on extensive person and vehicle data. The report was published at a Ministry of Transport and Communications webinar on 27 October.
Public private partnership in industrial service research boosted scientific publication in Finland
Service Solutions for Fleet Management program was designed to support industrial firms’ digital transformation toward advanced fleet-level service systems.
Gesture recognition technology shrinks to micro size
New resource-efficient gesture recognition technology developed together with company HitSeed can be embedded into smart clothing.
Towards interfaces that distinguish user’s visual attention
Dissertation of the Month: What if interfaces we use are able to distinguish whether we are looking at them or not, and change their behavior accordingly?
There is a long tradition of teaching retailing at the School of Business
The next Better Business – Better Society seminar will discuss how the retail sector is being reformed and where it is headed.
