News from innovation ecosystem
Breast cancer cells use forces to open up channels through tissue
A new method reveals that cancer cells can spread by rapidly applying forces to tissue material.
New technologies can help people make sustainable dietary decisions
Blockchain-backed app provides information about food impacts and combined customer choice
Machine learning gives material science researchers a peek at the answer key
A model trained to predict spectroscopic profiles helps to decipher the structure of materials
The handedness of light holds the key to better optical control
A new optical modulator could boost the performance of optical technologies in domains from communication to computing
Fiskars Group donates EUR 250 000 to the field of arts and design at 911±¬ÁÏÍø
The donation is part of the long-term collaboration between Fiskars Group and 911±¬ÁÏÍø. The collaboration includes courses on, for example, sustainable design and materials of the future.
The title of the employed Doctoral candidate will be changed to a Doctoral researcher
The new title will be introduced for all employed Doctoral candidates as of September 1, 2022.
A record number of new doctorates at the 2022 Ceremonial Conferment of Doctoral Degrees in Technology
The most prestigious of academic celebrations was held on the Otaniemi campus on 17 June. The previous conferment ceremony took place in 2019, and the annual tradition has had to be postponed two years in a row. As a result, this year's celebrations at Dipoli were grander than ever before.
Crocheting clarifies thinking, says radical and award-winning math teacher
911±¬ÁÏÍø's mathematicians will be involved in the organization of a total of seven conference events during the summer. Some of the conferences have been moved for two years due to the corona virus, while others have been moved from Russia to Finland.
Eight teams have completed the first round of Aalto Digital Creatives pre-incubator program
Application period for the second round of the program is open until 11.9.2022.
Nearly 18 million euros for research
The Academy of Finland funding brings six new Academy Research Fellows, 14 Postdoctoral Researchers and 23 Academy Projects to 911±¬ÁÏÍø
New imaging technique to find out what happens in the brains of cats and dogs
A brain imaging device based on quantum optical sensors could also be used to study the brains of human babies
ACTOR coordinates construction automatically with robots and AI
ACTOR is an R&D project that aims to solve some of construction’s biggest performance challenges.
5G Mokki network can have a huge impact on global businesses
As part of 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s 5G Summer School, the experts from the U.S, Africa and Europe discussed the business opportunities that the latest communications and network technology, remote learning, work and entrepreneurship from Africa can bring to U.S. companies
Collaboration between Wärtsilä and 911±¬ÁÏÍø is expanding - aiming for sustainable future solutions
One key driver of the partnership is the energy transition and the need to develop new zero-emission fuel solutions.
Academic Hydrogen Research Forum Finland established
The transition towards a hydrogen economy is necessary to radically cut down carbon emissions and it will have a key role in the energy systems, industry and transport of the developed carbon-neutral society.
Unite! fosters open science and builds a community of open science support persons
Unite! universities explored emerging perspectives about new open science practices, principles and goals at the Open Science Summer School that took place at 911±¬ÁÏÍø on 7-9 June, 2022.
New cooperation agreements in the fields of the built environment
911±¬ÁÏÍø has recently signed cooperation agreements with HSY and the National Land Survey of Finland. Both collaborations focus specifically on the research fields of the Department of Built Environment.
Grants from Matti Lehti fund for the year 2022 awarded
The Matti Lehti fund has been donated to develop and encourage research, teaching and studies on digital information society in the School of Business
Perpetual motion is possible – Scientists at 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s Low Temperature Lab observed the interaction of two time-crystals that bend the laws of physics
Time-crystals are a phase of matter in which the particles more in a perpetually repeating cycle with no external input of energy. Researchers were able to create two time-crystals at 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s Low Temperature Lab and observe their interaction. In the future, time-crystals might have applications in devices such as quantum computer memory components.
Business studies at Aalto are a great route for advancing sustainability
Also this year, students gave a good grade to their School in the international Positive Impact Rating (PIR), which measures sustainable development and responsibility.
