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LuxTurrim5G ecosystem builds smart cities
The industry group lead by Nokia Bell Labs is building key enablers for a fast 5G network based on smart light poles, which will form the digital backbone of future smart cities.
Unraveling fast fashion at the seams
Finnish clothing designer Matti Liimatainen has created a range of garments that wearers themselves assemble by hand. Now he's using automation technology to bring people even closer to the production of their own clothes.
Heavy metal researchers, representatives of the music industry and artists meet for the first time in Otaniemi
The Modern Heavy Metal Conference will consider the authenticity and commercial appeal of the music, artists and culture.
During the 2019 Finnish parliamentary election there were more bots on Twitter than expected but their impact was negligible
More than half a million Twitter accounts were analysed for the Master’s thesis.
Demand for doctors of engineering
Demanding product development projects provide employment for doctors of engineering.
Headphones made from biomaterials produced by yeast and fungal mycelium
Microbially grown materials can be used to replace oil-based materials in various everyday consumer products – such as headphones.
20 new Academy Projects ÄûÃʵ¼º½
The total funding granted by the Academy of Finland’s Research Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering is 8.9 million euros.
Security concerns everyone
The topic of the international ITS conference in Otaniemi is information security from the viewpoint of both science and companies.
Risto Siilasmaa, who delivered the Jaakko Honko lecture, recommends studying quantum computing and machine learning
The lecture, named after Chancellor Jaakko Honko, brought together more than 300 School of Business alumni to Ekonominaukio 1.
BATCircle featured in Materia magazine
Aalto led Finland- based Circular Ecosystem of Battery Metals was featured in the newest Materia Magazine (2/2019 May)
Doctoral studies taught Osman Yilmaz the value of trial and error
Senior Researcher and Research Project Manager Osman Yilmaz, whose doctoral degree will be conferred in the ceremonial conferment in June, is now working on 5G at Ericsson.
Emma-Riikka Myllymäki: High quality reporting improves decision-making
The Assistant Professor of accounting encourages companies to develop their sustainability reporting.
What hinders manufacturing companies from providing effective maintenance services? Researchers identified three key factors
Poor quality data and information systems that do not communicate with each other prevent companies from providing effective maintenance services
Professor Björn Högberg: I don’t think people realize everything we can do with DNA
To DNA nanotechnologists, DNA is a smart building material that can be useful in the development of medical applications
Transmission and distribution of electricity is cheaper in Finland than in other Nordic Countries - thanks to incentive regulation
Electricity transmission and distribution tariffs in Finland are below the European average because incentive regulation forces local monopolies to operate efficiently through cost competition.
Estimating the wear and tear of ice on physical structures over coming decades or even centuries
To face the challenges of a warming climate, a new technique determines the long-term effects of moving Arctic ice on bridges or wind turbines
Nantech brought nearly one hundred international researchers to Espoo
Understanding of computer science and mathematics becomes increasingly important in the field of DNA nanotechnology, says Professor Pekka Orponen
Spring Demo Day in photos
Collection of photos from the Spring Demo Day held on May 28th in Väre Kukkapuro Lounge.
Wider introduction of renewable energy is possible also in Finland
The dismantling of obstacles to decentralised energy should continue.
Professor Kurt Gothelf: The DNA origami method will undoubtedly influence development of new medicine
An invited speaker of Nantech2019, Kurt Gothelf, was one of the first scientists to develop DNA nanostructures
