Study: Smartwatches could end the next pandemic
Early detection of sickness is critical for preventing its spread.
PORT_2025 brings Aalto students together to tackle sustainability and AI challenges
PORT_2025 brought Aalto University students together to tackle sustainability & AI challenges, fostering innovation and collaboration with mentorship from industry leaders.
Study: World’s critical food crops at imminent risk from rising temperatures
Warming will severely decrease the amount of global cropland available for staple crops of rice, maize, potato and soybean.
New business & management e-books
Aalto University has acquired new Edward Elgar e-books in the field of business and management.
Overview of Aalto's open access publications 2024
91 % of Aalto's scientific journal articles published in 2024 are available open access.
Aalto University updates its Open Science and Research Policy
Aalto’s open science and research policy has been renewed. The policy gives guidance to all researchers.
Second National Open Science and Research Monitoring Conducted in Autumn 2024
Results of the second national open science and research monitoring.
Design Factory Unveils New Publication on Creative Practices
The visual documentary Designing Culture - Perspectives on Creative Practices from Aalto Design Factory Designers explores the essence of what makes Design Factory a unique, design-driven organization and offers insights into the creative practices that drive innovation and learning. “My goal was to shine a light on the often-unseen yet deeply impactful work of the design professionals who help shape the culture and identity of Aalto Design Factory”, states the editor, Design Coordinator Anna Kuukka.
Doubling-down on an almost one-hundred-year old math formula unlocks more controllable qubits
Physicists found a simple and effective way to skip over an energy level in a three-state system, potentially leading to increased quantum computational power with fewer qubits.
Publication of Master's theses information in Aalto's research portal delayed
Publication of Master's theses information in Aalto's research portal delayed
Aalto EE Selected to Deliver Continuous Education to Enhance Green Transition Investments
The aim of the Service Center for Continuous Learning and Employment education is to support the implementation of green transition investments and the development of related skills and competencies.
Call for proposals: Internal seed funding from Aalto Networking Platform available
Aalto's internal seed funding is targeted for the preparation of major interdisciplinary consortia proposals seeking funding from external funding agencies or industry. Deadline for proposals is 1st of April 2025.
Record-speed waves on extremely water-repellent surfaces
An interdisciplinary team of physicists and biomedical engineers unlocked new properties in capillary waves thanks to superhydrophobicity.
Studies in chemical engineering led Nenne Nordström to emission monitoring: "I have learned that attitude is everything”
Studies in chemical engineering led Nenne Nordström to emission monitoring: "I have learned that attitude is everything”
Research reveals hidden carbon emissions in urban parks: landscape life cycle assessment paves the way for low-carbon parks
The emissions generated during the construction of parks could still be reduced.
Autoethnography of Techno-Spiritual Practices at CHI 2025
Doctoral Researcher Xiaran (Sarah) Song’s paper titled “Walking in My Shoes: An Autoethnography of Techno-Spiritual Practices” has been accepted at the prestigious CHI Conference
Suzanne Innes-Stubb: Building bridges between the university and business communities
As Executive in Residence, Innes-Stubb wants to educate students to become ambassadors for ethics and compliance.
New research environments on the roadmap
The environments selected for the first time on the Roadmap for the Finnish Research Infrastructures will explore ice and wave modelling, human-centred virtualisation, industrial biotechnology as well as the universe and register-based data sets, among other things
ELLIS Institute Finland is now recruiting Principal Investigators
The newly established institute is looking for talented researchers in artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Online course on Wood Mechanics starts 24.2.2025
Learn 100% online about the engineering potential of wood as a complex natural material.
