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New resources – all Knovel subject collections now available

Aalto users can now access all 35 Knovel subject collections.
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Dissertation: Team entrepreneurship experiences develop students’ abilities to notice and utilise different opportunities in working life

According to the research, understanding and mutual respect develops through working together in teams.
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Laskuvarjohyppääjiä muodostelmassa taivaalla

How to accelerate the circular economy

It sounds simple — one business’s waste becomes another’s input. But the reality is challenging. Three case studies provide best practices.
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Bales of paper and cardboard waste

Virtual world took people to space

The School of Electrical Engineering organised its traditional Research Winter Day on 13 March. This time, research was presented through demos.
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Aalto University / Aalto satellites family / photo: Linda Koskinen

International Women's Day alumni seminar stirs up discussion of neural networks and peace

The topics covered in the alumni seminar also included new business models and the societal impact of AI and digitalisation.
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Annu Nieminen

Finding solutions to clinical problems

A sufficient number of “whys” and “what ifs” prompted Professor Ivan Vujaklija to find more answers in an academic environment.
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Aalto University / Professor Ivan Vujaklija / photo: Mikko Raskinen

Where is the water?

Only a fraction of the water on Earth is drinkable, so we need ways to use it smartly.
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Where is the water?

How can we eat less water?

Most of the water we consume is hidden in food production, so we need to carefully choose what we put on our plates. 
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Finance paper accepted to be published in the Journal of Financial Economics

An article by Aleksi Pitkäjärvi, Matti Suominen, and Lauri Vaittinen has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Financial Economics.
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Leading European non-formal science education institutions gather to Aalto

Aalto University hosts an international co-design workshop on 18-19 March. As an output a crowdsourced map tool will be presented.
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Photo: Florian Voggender

AScI funding awarded to planning future energy systems and to designing penguin-inspired active surfaces

Each programme to receive funding of €150 000 over three years.
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Are we at the limits of measuring water-repellent surfaces?

As we develop extremely liquid-repellent surfaces, the errors in existing measurement techniques are getting too large.
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Water droplet on a surface

CS Dissertation: Jarno Lintusaari reveals recent developments in approximate computational inference

In his doctoral thesis Jarno Lintusaari modeled the complex spread of tuberculosis with Approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) methods and he was one of the main developers of openly available software tool ELFI
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Jarno_Lintusaari_Aalto_University_photo_Matti_Ahlgren

Artificial intelligence helps to detect rare diseases and risk factors for child protection

High-quality primary research ensures that Finland is an independent forerunner in developing artificial intelligence.
Cooperation, Research & Art
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Datailta kuvaaja Hanna Kautto

Low Temperature Laboratory receives over one million euros in funding, opening more widely to European researchers

The Low Temperature Laboratory develops quantum sensors needed in nanoelectronics research, among other core activities
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Kylmälaboratorio on yksi maailman johtavista matalien lämpötilojen fysiikan, nanoelektroniikan ja kvanttiteknologian tutkimuskeskittymistä. Kuva: Roee Cohen.

Photoshoot day of materials samples by the Materials Platform

The Materials Platform organizes photoshoot sessions for materials samples on a regular basis. All Aalto University researchers who are involved in materials research are invited to participate.
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RNSF_regenerating nature smart fabric, research Julie-Anne Gandier , photo Valeria Azovskaya, 2019

World-leading neuroscientists gathered on Twitter for online research conference

Scientific conferences are expensive, time-consuming and often involve a heavy carbon footprint. Luckily, there are alternatives.
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Twitter-konferenssi kokoaa yhteen aivokuvantamisen asiantuntijoita eri puolilta maailmaa. Kuva: Baran Aydogan.

Quantum physicists succeed in controlling energy losses and shifts

Achievement can be applied to speed up quantum computers and design new quantum technological devices
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Artictic impression of a quantum resonator coupled to environmental modes

The relationship between fact and fiction is changing

A group of movie, media and staging industry artist researchers explores new fiction in the Research Pavilion in Venice.
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Harri Laakso

Academy of Finland call open in April 2019: Academy Programmes and Research Infrastructure (FIRI) funding

Academy of Finland calls for Academy Programmes will be open April 2nd - 24th. The call for research infrastructures will be closing on May 15th.
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