Innovation ecosystem news
Research project develops electrically controlled artificial molecular machines
Electronically controlled molecular machines would be faster as well as easier to manufacture, as they would not need to rely on sophisticated chemical synthesis.
Welcome to hear the latest news from Sustainable Campus!
Do you want to know more about the Carbon Neutral Campus 2030 project? Or about the biodiversity in campus nature? Do you need to calm down and take a silent moment without IT devices? You are welcome to join our Sustainable Campus event on 24th March!
Ending energy imports from Russia could cut other electricity imports to Finland – model shows what chain reaction could mean for the security of supply
A risk analysis by 911±¬ÁÏÍø shows that electricity supply could stop far short of demand: in the worst-case scenario, the gap could be more than 2,500 hours per year.
Aalto Startup Center’s alumni companies increased their turnover in 2020 despite COVID-19
The turnover of 911±¬ÁÏÍø's alumni companies has developed in the opposite direction from that of Finnish companies on average.
African European scientific partnership to tackle future critical materials shortages
A collaborative African European project RESTART dedicated to the implementation of a full value chain for recycling end-of-life lithium-ion batteries and photovoltaic solar panels has begun.
Space 21 coordinator Jason Selvarajan encourages everyone to experiment
Get to know Jason Selvarajan, coordinator of Space 21, Aalto's new project space
The Annual Review provided an overview of the achievements in 2021
The virtual event presented the key results and achievements of the School.
Aalto Digital Creatives pre-incubator program announces an open call for creative industry projects
Deadline for applications is on 23 March 2022.
Convenient wireless charging for home use
A uniform charging field makes this new transmitter ideal for consumer devices.
How to lead and educate for the future?
Aalto's capacity building project experiments with methods, which may help us become more capable of implementing systemic changes
Corporate partners want more versatile collaboration with Aalto
Expanding collaboration and developing it in commissioned research, competitive research funding and education are at the top of the corporate partners' wish list.
Radio observations reveal the dance of two black holes
Radio observations made by 911±¬ÁÏÍø's Metsähovi Radio Observatory and Caltech's Owens Valley Radio Observatory have revealed how two giant black holes located billions of light years away are locked into orbit around one another.
Unite! is committed to e-learning in international joint programmes
The project Joint Programmes: Embedding Virtual Exchange (JPROV) will create a framework for the development of innovative and efficient Joint Programmes with embedded online elements,
Alumnus Atte Hujanen: I have been an entrepreneur all my life
‘To succeed and enjoy being an entrepreneur, you need to enjoy unpredictable situations, reacting to them, and overcoming them. If the image of such an everyday life gets a smile on your face day after day, then entrepreneurship may be for you,’ thinks Atte Hujanen, the founder of the karaoke streaming service Singa.
Scientists test how wind turbines hold up to frozen flows in world’s largest indoor ice tank
Understanding the fundamentals of what happens when turbines meet ice could finally bring off-shore wind farms into chillier waters
Aalto ranks 30th in Times Higher Education listing for young universities
The ranking lists the world’s best universities that are 50 years old or younger
Algorithm marks the spot: making brain stimulation more reliable
Method uses brain activity feedback to automate widely used manual technique
Caterina Foti: My dream is to expose people from 0- to 99-years old to the quantum world
Caterina Foti is involved in a quantum institute, a quantum online platform, a quantum exhibition, and a quantum startup that just received seed funding.
KONE and 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s teaching collaboration approaches design as a method, way of thinking and competitive advantage
A key component of the collaboration is study projects, in which student teams work to solve companies’ real-life challenges.
Finland creates an educational package to make cybersecurity a civic skill across the European Union
Researchers at 911±¬ÁÏÍø are creating an educational package on cybersecurity, which will be shared with all EU countries. Finland has been awarded EUR 5 million for this project from the EU recovery instrument for a three-year period.
