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From her own little world to the other side of the globe
Her studies and her parents used to be her whole world, but now Dr. Avleen Malhi lives on the other side of the world, designs an Airbnb for car drivers, and encourages women to pursue their goals
A road to frustration
Aalto University theorist part of a team that opens up a new route to design exotic frustrated
quantum magnets.
quantum magnets.
Greenhouse gas emissions from permafrost area larger than earlier estimated
Plant roots in soil stimulate microbial decomposition, a mechanism called the priming effect. A recent study published in Nature Geoscience shows that the priming effect alone can cause emission of 40 billion tonnes carbon from permafrost by 2100.
Intensive course looks for sustainable design solutions following COVID-19
Health and Wellbeing Architecture Summer Intensive gathers multi-disciplinary perspectives to create new interventions, designs, and policy recommendations for pandemics.
How vaping companies exploit Instagram for youth-oriented marketing?
Researchers use artificial intelligence to analyse hundreds of thousands of Instagram posts about vaping
A quarter of the world’s lowland population depends critically on mountain water resources
Global water consumption has increased almost fourfold in the past 100 years, and many regions can only meet their water demand thanks to essential contributions from mountain regions
During the COVID-19 crisis, nearly half of Finnish SMEs have applied for public financing, while less than one sixth have applied for a bank loan
Researchers from Aalto University, Erasmus University (The Netherlands) and the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) have studied Finnish SMEs' financing options and prospects in the covid-19 crisis.
Aalto led consortium GMeRitS awarded Blockchains for Social Good prize
The prize awarded by the Enhanced European Innovation Council EIC is worth a million euros and was granted for work on the social effectiveness of blockchain technology.
Sleep apnea is a threat for public health - students developed an application that recognizes its signs at home
The app is currently being tested, and its usability and reliability will be improved based on test users' feedback
Deciphering the structure of nanosystems with machine learning
The CEST group joins forces with a team in Austria to solve a long-standing puzzle in nanoscience.
Stopping the unstoppable with atomic bricks
Aalto University theorist part of a team that developed a method for trapping elusive electrons
The human brain tracks speech more closely in time than other sounds
The way that speech processing differs from the processing of other sounds has long been a major open question in human neuroscience.
Tõnn Talpsepp's paper published in the Journal of Banking and Finance
Dr. Tõnn Talpsepp's joint paper with Kristjan Liivamägi and Tarvo Vaarmets has been published in the Journal of Banking and Finance.
Artificial intelligence produces data synthetically to help treat diseases like COVID-19
The ability to produce data synthetically makes studying of the COVID-19 disease significantly easier.
Like a massive golf ball - Metsähovi Radio Observatory got a new radome
The Metsähovi Radio Observatory's landmark protects the telescope and enables year-round study of the Sun and black holes.
Nature-imitating coating makes batteries more durable and efficient
Aalto University's researchers were the first in the world to make use of carbon dioxide in the production of a battery protective coating.
Simple yet effective ways to act on climate change – tips for everyday life
Author and Creative Sustainability student Rinna Saramäki and AaltoSDG mobile application encourage everyone to take action to mitigate climate change.
World’s fastest Bose–Einstein condensate created at Aalto University
New research published in Nature Communications can make elusive state of matter in record time
