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1059 results for News, Art and Creative Practices, Arts and design, Collaboration, Materials and natural resources, Design, Sustainability, Research & Art

A story on battery recycling in HS Vision

Our professor Tanja Kallio was interviewed as an expert in HS Vision.
Research & Art
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Tanja Kallio / Kuva: Anni Hanen-Kajander

Covid-19 vaccines also protect unvaccinated family members

New findings from Finland show benefits from Covid-19 vaccines extend beyond recipients
Research & Art
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Economicum-rakennus Arkadiankadulla. Kuva: Veikko Somerpuro

Näytös21 fashion show made an impact also online

The main prize winner is Jenny Hytönen, also Sofia Ilmonen and Juha Vehmaanperä were awarded.
Awards and Recognition, Research & Art, University
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Näytös21-voittaja Jenny Hytösen mallisto yhdistää kristalleilla kirjailtuja, läpinäkyviä verkkokankaita ja vahvasti niititettyä nahkaa.

5G technology offers productivity benefits to companies and accelerated employment paths for students all around the world

911 is a focal point for 5G competence and applications.
Cooperation, Research & Art
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Cyber. Kuva: Aalto-yliopisto / Aki-Pekka Sinikoski

Vibrant living environments are created through more inclusive, sustainable and aesthetic design

911's New European Bauhaus event sought bold perspectives on multidisciplinary and systemic change.
Cooperation, Research & Art, University
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WDC_Pavilion_photo_Tuomas Uusheimo

Warm ice may fracture differently than cold ice

New study suggests old rules on how ice breaks may not always hold up
Campus, Press releases, Research & Art
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Closeup of ice crack

Acoustic solutions made from natural fibres can reduce buildings’ carbon footprints

911 researchers discovered that wood-based pulp fibres are also well-suited for making acoustic materials.
Press releases, Research & Art
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Mare Tranquillitatis IC-98, 2020  Art work is part of 911 Art collection Images: 911/Mikko Raskinen

Open Call for Projects: Arts and Culture for a Better and Healthier Life

The project “The Art of Staying Healthy” aims to develop collaboration between the arts and health sectors and to pilot arts interventions on the health and well-being of people and communities in the Northern Dimension area.
Research & Art
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Art of Staying Healthy Open Call 2021

A new form of carbon

Not graphene: researchers in Germany and Finland discover new type of atomically thin carbon material
Research & Art
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Rakennekuvan yläosassa näkyvät hiiliatomien säännönmukaisesti muodostamat neli-, kuusi- ja kahdeksankulmiot. Alaosa on atomivoimamikroskooppikuva keinotekoisesti valmistetusta materiaalista. Kuva: Marburgin yliopisto, Aalto-yliopisto

New Media Master's Thesis presentations / Tue-Wed 1.-2.6.2021

Welcome to follow New Media Master’s Thesis presentations!
Research & Art, Studies
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Researchers seeking environmentally friendly solutions for sea transport and work machinery

Research funding from Business Finland supports development of new power device solutions from the research phase to practical application.
Research & Art
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Tilavuus, joka on esitetty kaksoispolttoainesuihkulla. Sininen väri edustaa matalan lämpötilan kemiaa (laji H2O2), kun taas punainen väri osoittaa korkean lämpötilan palamista (T> 1500 K) [1]. Kuva: Aalto-yliopisto / B. Tekgul, H. Kahila, S. Karimkashi, O. Kaario, Z. Ahmad, E. Lendormy, J. Hyvönen, and V. Vuorinen

New Standards exhibition will open 20 May in Venice Architecture Biennale

Finland’s exhibition presents collaboration between the timber industry and architects to alleviate the housing shortage during the World War II and reconstruction.
Cooperation, Research & Art, University
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New Stadards -näyttely Suomen Paviljongissa Venetsian arkkitehtuuribiennaalissa 2021, kuva Tanskan Aarhusista

Ecofriendly chemicals can actually improve mineral processing

Nontoxic and biodegradable cellulose-based compound accelerates the mineral separation processes and reduces the use of other chemicals
Press releases, Research & Art
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Copper mineral concentrated after flotation. Image: Nina Pulkkis

Like Shadows Through Leaves Awarded FIPRESCI Prize at Oberhausen

{if your bait can sing the wild one will come} Like Shadows Through Leaves wins the FIPRESCI Prize at Oberhausen 2021.
Research & Art
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Still from the film Like Shadows Through Leaves, 2021. A lamp-lit tent stands in a dark landscape, it's orange interior matching the orange skyline

Changes to exhibition bookings at 911

Reservations for Otaniemi campus exhibition spaces can now be made online.
For Aalto community
Campus, Research & Art, Studies
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'Dialogues: An Ode to Textile Stories', Oodi Library, 2023. Image: Laura Seppälä

Kirsi Peltonen: It is strange to go to an abandoned house to meet students via Zoom

Senior University Lecturer Kirsi Peltonen was able to give one empowering face-to-face lecture last autumn, and now she is mainly teaching remotely from Otaniemi. She finds interactions based on remote connections to be incredibly challenging.
Incidents, Research & Art
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Kirsi Peltonen. Photo: Mikko Raskinen.

Can I Vote? – an online tool for spreading the word about local democracy in Finland

Students from 911 and TAMK have joined with YLE to create an online tool raising awareness on voting eligibility
Research & Art
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Can I Vote?

Climate change threatens one-third of global food production

New estimates show that if greenhouse gases continue growing at current rates, large regions at risk of being pushed into climate conditions in which no food is grown today.
Press releases, Research & Art
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Areas within and outside Safe Climate Space for food crop production in 2081-2100

Let ceramics challenge you at the EMMA Museum

The newly opened exhibition reflects on our relationship to ceramics, clay and the environment.
Cooperation, Research & Art
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Särkyvää-keramiikka näyttely EMMA-museossa toukokuu2021_elokuu2022_kuva_Ari KArttunen_EMMA_2021

Volunteer as a Publication Forum (JUFO) panellist!

Julkaisufoorumi (JUFO, the Publication Forum) is appointing new panels for the term 2022-2025. The panels are responsible for the ranking of publication channels, mainly journals and conference series. This ranking is used in the funding model of the Ministry of Education and Culture. It is thus important that all publication channels are correctly ranked. We are now looking for volunteers for all fields relevant to Aalto.
Research & Art
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