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The limits of vision: seeing shadows in the dark
A dedicated neural circuit in the retina detects shadows even in near-complete darkness
Blockchains uphold data platform cooperation
Research has shown that a blockchain supports the transparency of data and the integrity of data in traffic between different platforms in an Internet of Things environment, thereby stabilising collaboration among platforms.
There is more to work than a big salary
A global survey of 4206 professionals found that work-life balance and salary rank equally as top criteria when looking for a new job. However, the choice of a job depends on many other factors as well, says CEMS Aalto alumnus Georg Namuth.
The Finnish Freshwater Competence Centre Aims to Boost Science, Education, and Business with Key Technologies
The main goal of the Freshwater Competence Centre is to promote the research infrastructure, equipment, and the outstanding Finnish freshwater competence and knowledge both nationally and internationally, in order to make wide-reaching science with concrete impact.
Heidi Fast: 'When interaction is impossible, vocal work can help connect with psychiatric patients'
I claim series presents our recent doctoral theses.
Campus restaurants’ opening hours during the summer 2022
Campus restaurants have reduced opening hours in the summer.
Wood Studio meets with success in WantedDesign New York
Aalto University takes part in the international WantedDesign online exhibition 2022. WantedDesign is a platform for creative talent, and it organises digital exhibitions featuring great design from around the world.
Designers find better solutions with computer assistance, but sacrifice creative touch
Computer-guided design can propose more solutions and balance out human inexperience and design fixation
Ascending Investigator Grant from Novo Nordisk Foundation awarded to Maria Sammalkorpi for computational biosynthetic materials research
Senior Scientist Maria Sammalkorpi has been awarded the highly competed Ascending Investigator 2022 Grant from Novo Nordisk Foundation for a total of ca 9 million DKK (1.2M€).
Researchers developed invisible, machine-washable solar cell technology for clothing
The discrete nature of the cells protects them – and makes the clothes more attractive, the physics and design researchers say. Promising applications include work and outdoor clothing, and curtains which react to changes in the amount of light.
School of Business students took on the recruitment challenges at Konecranes
‘Project results will be used to build, sharpen, and target our ongoing and future recruitment campaigns for technicians’
Aalto Digital Creatives Art & Tech Open Call ‘22 received a record number of applications
Art & Tech Open Call ‘22 winners will be selected at the Media Lab Demo Day event on 1.6.2022.
Aalto Startup Center celebrates its 25th anniversary as a pioneer in Finnish startup culture
Aalto Startup Center has played an important role in the construction of the Finnish startup ecosystem.
TAPPI awards Professor emeritus Patrick Gane “Outstanding Educator”
TAPPI awards Professor emeritus Patrick Gane “Outstanding Educator”
How to accelerate innovations, ensure food sequrity and make cities green? Sustainability Science Days seeks answers to the huge sustainability challenges of our time
Sustainability Science Days 2022 focuses on global system-level solutions for food systems, cities, governance and more. Sustainability Science Days is Finland's largest two-day science conference on sustainable development, organized by Aalto University and the University of Helsinki.
Alexander Wirtz receives a master’s thesis award
The winning thesis is in the field of finance, and it looked at a wide range of factors that have been hypothesized to affect an individual investor’s equity allocation decisions
Aalto University becomes a founding partner in Ioncell Oy
The new company will commercialise and develop ecological textile fibre technologies.
Donor Pentti Ahnger: A strong foundation for working life from The School of Business
I became interested in student mentoring, while I was still at work, and got to know many nice and smart kylteri (business student).
Planmeca and FCAI collaboration: Machine learning for oral and maxillofacial imaging
The second video in FCAI's new video series presents collaboration between FCAI, health equipment manufacturer Planmeca and Tampere University Hospital.
‘Painting Energies’ Podcast Explores Light and Energy at the Intersection of Art and Science
A new podcast hosted by physicist Janne Halme and artist Bartaku explores the connections between light and color, plant and microbe, art and science. The Painting Energies podcast builds upon their visionary artscience workings that have been evolving at Aalto University since 2017. Painting Energies is not to be missed for any scientist, artist or student looking to find new ways of combining art and science.
