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Unite! Seed Fund Awards Funding to Eight Applications with 911±¬ÁÏÍø's Involvement
Unite! Seed Fund supports bottom-up proposals from teachers, researchers and students.
Cutting the carbon out of concrete
The Radical Ceramic Research Group is pioneering potentially transformative alternatives to traditional concrete, the world’s second largest source of emissions.
PlastLIFE promotes a sustainable circular economy for plastics
In the project 911±¬ÁÏÍø explores the business opportunities and challenges of the circular economy
The Carbon-smart Urban Green Festival draws attention to the research and planning of urban nature
Carbon-smart Urban Green Festival, organized in Helsinki's central library Oodi, invites you to learn something new about the carbon-smart urban nature 25.-26.8.
New remote sensing method helps monitor the results of peatlands rehabilitation
911±¬ÁÏÍø researchers have led the application of a new remote sensing method for monitoring the effects of rehabilitation efforts of petlands,
Reprogramming the shape of virus capsids could advance biomedicine
DNA origami nanostructures can be moulded into defined shapes
Emīlija Veselova: ‘We should consider nature as stakeholder in design process’
In our I Claim series Emīlija Veselova talks about how climate change challenges design approach and its human-centered approaches.
Aalto ARTS Summer School 'Living With Woods' started with discussion about forest management and wood construction
Summer School looks into the use of forests and wood and construction in balance with nature. The summer school was opened 25 May with a symposium that gathered students and teaching staff from Aalto and the international partner schools on campus and remotely.
Shared imagination and between waves - the themes of Marsio and Otakaari 2B's art collections reflect Aaltonians
The themes, artists and drafts of the new buildings' art collections were published
Let’s end fast fashion — and favour resilience over efficiency in all industries
Focusing on short-term profit isn’t sustainable. So what can we do to move in the right direction?
Erika Renedo Illarregi: I love being a design researcher and navigating a variety of emotional landscapes
'I came with a lot of energy and a lot of willingness to do different things and integrate, but also, the winter was coming. Even though I like new experiences, it was not always easy to arrive in the moment when every day was a little bit darker.'
Funding granted for research into physics of microscopic plant roots
The aim is to create a new micromechanical tool to better understand how root mechanics arise from cells and how living materials like plant roots adapt to external stresses
Love and poetry - the artists were inspired by the passion conveyed by the university's research
Engineering Materials, an art collection for K1, K2, and K3 buildings, was published
Patrick Rinke: making sustainable materials with AI
Professor Patrick Rinke’s pioneering expertise in finding sustainable and climate-friendly materials with machine learning methodology has arguably never been more in demand
Sofia Guridi is designing a better world with smart textiles
Sofia Guridi, a doctoral student at 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s Bioinnovation Center, wants to introduce bio-based smart textiles that help improve people’s everyday life.
Empathy in design and digitalisation – 911±¬ÁÏÍø researchers hold workshops for students at Arabia Comprehensive School
911±¬ÁÏÍø researchers organised workshops for seventh graders, whose creative thinking skills were put to the test in designing future information services
The Creative Europe project ‘Urban Travel Machines’ at Tartu international literary festival in Estonia
Eleven Aalto Arts students and VCD Lecturer Tarja Nieminen participated in the Tartu international literary festival Prima Vista from 9th to 13th May 2023.
The BalticSeaH2 project starts building a hydrogen valley around the Baltic Sea
911±¬ÁÏÍø will focus on studying the use of data-mediated network effects to boost the growth in the hydrogen valley.
Ruusa Vuori wins the Näytös23 Award with her delicate collection
911±¬ÁÏÍø's Fashion Show on Friday 26 May displayed collections by Bachelor's and Master's students.
