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School of Science dissertation awards 2018
The doctoral dissertation awards 2018 were presented 9 March at the traditional Get-together for doctoral candidates.
The second Brain Twitter Conference 08 March 2018: non-stop neuroscience for 16 hours
The keynote topics include the social brain and emotions' effect on speech production.
Film Memento helped uncover how the brain remembers and interprets events from clues
Key repeating moments in the film give viewers the information they need to understand the storyline. The scenes cause identical reactions in the viewer’s brain. The results deepen our understanding of how the brain functions, how narratives work in film, and memory mechanisms impaired by conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease.
Finnish innovation to reduce complications after open heart surgery
Roughly every five patients suffer from different kinds of heart failure after open heart surgery.
Love and fear are visible across the brain instead of being restricted to any brain region
The brain mechanisms of basic emotions such as anger and happiness are fairly similar across people. Differences are greater in social emotions, such as gratitude and contempt.
Olav Thon Foundation grants the 2018 international research award to Academician, Professor Emerita Riitta Hari
The researcher prize was awarded due to excellence in brain research.
Health Design 2017 brought together healthcare, design, and technology professionals
Design expertise to help in commercialising health technology.
Three Aalto postdocs to pitch their bold research ideas in Slush
Anand Tatikonda, Anna Stöckl and Tommi Himberg are competing for the Skolar Award at Slush.
The latest installation lectures available on video
Aalto University's newly tenured professors reveal the secrets of water-repellent surfaces and health promotive urban environment, among other things.
Not blinded by the light: Rods in the retina contribute to daylight vision
Findings of international research team may be beneficial in the search for new treatments for patients suffering from loss of photopic vision.
€3,2 m funding boost to Aalto to develop and research radiation detectors
The funded projects study, among other things, novel device-driven and functional radiation detection systems in areas of both health and safety.
Biodesign team receives funding to commercialize their innovation
The innovation that will make open heart surgery safer has been developed within the Biodesign Finland 2017 project together with heart surgeon Tommi Pätilä.
A film research study shows how the brain reacts to difficult moral issues
The family relationship between film characters clearly affects the reactions in the viewers' brain.
Tommi Himberg to head the newly established Young Academy Finland
The academy for young scientists wants to promote science in Finnish society.
Holding an object requires smooth interaction between high and low brain frequencies
Researchers have identified a neuronal mechanism enabling people to maintain constant contraction force.
Ultrasound can help treat cancer and osteoarthritis
Assistant Professor Heikki Nieminen is developing methods that can lead to earlier diagnosis of cancer and enable new kinds of targeted treatments for illnesses.
Magnetic stimulation of the brain improved awareness of subject's own cognitive abilities
Understanding brain function might help in the development of new treatments for neuropsychiatric illnesses in the future.
Transfer of atomic mass with a photon solves the momentum paradox of light
The propagation of light in a transparent medium is associated with the transfer of atomic mass density.
Neuroscience conference on Twitter exceeded all expectations
The conference reached a total of 0.6 million users on Twitter.
Biodesign projects identify medical innovations for commercialisation
Combining the technical expertise of an engineer with the clinical expertise of a medical doctor can lead to the invention of the century.