Innovation ecosystem news
Yoga on Wednesdays starting 6.9.2023
Yoga calms your mind while improving physical strength and flexibility.
Carefree shoulders break exercise moments back in campus in Autumn 2023
Carefree shoulders is a refreshing 15-minute guided workout that relieves tension and focuses specifically on the back and shoulder area.
Solving urban challenges in Aalto through the Urban GoodCamp project
This spring, Aalto students participated in the Urban Goodcamp, where they developed solutions to urban challenges in Helsinki in collaboration with local organizations.
Going the distance for better wireless charging
Accounting for radiation loss is the key to efficient wireless power transfer over long distances.
Reprogramming the shape of virus capsids could advance biomedicine
DNA origami nanostructures can be moulded into defined shapes
Acoustics researchers decompose sound accurately into its three basic components
Any sound can now be perfectly replicated by a combination of whistles, clicks, and hisses, with implications for sound processing across the media landscape
Adrián Gutiérrez Cruz: Specialising in semiconductor industry will open doors for future career opportunities
This summer, student Adrián Gutiérrez Cruz is working at the Organic Electronics research group. Since his background is primarily related to material science and chemistry, he is particularly interested in gaining experience and knowledge in the electronic aspects of the semiconductor technology field.
Researchers aim to realize room-temperature superconductors starting with €2.7M in new funding
Physics Professor Päivi Törmä secures substantial funding from Finnish Foundations for global SuperC consortium
Pauliina Ilmonen: The scientific community is like my second family
'The moment when the new doctors receive the hats is the one that gets me particularly emotional. There is plenty of work behind each new doctoral degree and that work has a huge societal impact.'
Aalto ranks 40th in Times Higher Education listing for young universities
The ranking lists the world’s best universities that are 50 years old or younger
Nature-inspired hierarchical material design: exploring micro- and nanoscale pores for enhanced functionality
Researchers from the Multifunctional Materials Design research group created a hierarchical structure made up of micro- and nanoscale pores
DigiEduHack is here again: prepare your challenge or apply as a participant!
DigiEduHack is an EU initiative that aims to foster grassroots innovation, collaboration and creativity and to drive positive change in digital education. Everyone is welcome to participate and contribute to the future of digital education.
The School of Business has a strong motivation to continuously develop sustainability
Our students' views formed the results of the international Positive Impact Rating (PIR), in which the School of Business was found to be at a good level in promoting sustainability issues
Student competition for the development of the Helsinki city centre to be held in autumn 2023
Advance notification for students: the City of Helsinki will organise a competition for student groups in cooperation with 911±¬ÁÏÍø, the University of Helsinki, and the Helsinki Region Chamber of Commerce.
Creative Demo Day event at Musiikkitalo highlighted new creative industry business ideas
This spring’s creative industry pre-incubator participants from Aalto Digital Creatives and Uniarts Hub took the stage at the pitch event to present their business ideas to the public.
Aalto Digital Creatives Art & Tech Open Call ’23 granted development funding to five creative industry projects
The Art & Tech Open Call ’23 granted a total of EUR 60 000 development funding and access to Aalto Studios infrastructure to five teams with projects where art and technology are combined in novel ways.
Kurotuksia - Higher Powers student exhibition blending math and arts opened at Heureka
911±¬ÁÏÍø's interdisciplinary course "Crystal Flowers in Mirror Rooms: Mathematics meets Art and Architecture" culminates in the exhibition Kurotuksia - Higher Powers, which opens today at Heureka, the Finnish Science Centre. It celebrates a decade of promoting interdisciplinary interaction in the course and is the second time the course has an exhibition at Heureka.
Strengthening the collaboration in the bioproduct sector between Finland and the United States
At the end of May, a large American delegation visited Finland to familiarize themselves with our forest and wood sector expertise. FinnCERES, the materials bioeconomy Flagship led by 911±¬ÁÏÍø and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, is involved in developing new business opportunities through bio-based material innovations.
Ä°dil Gaziulusoy: We can start by touching each other a bit more
"We need to move towards one another and start walking together. Internationalisation is integration."
Sustainability is an important part of digital housing services
In a business project for Alma Media, students mapped out digital housing services from the perspective of sustainable development
