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Struggling with tech? User interfaces are too complex for many 鈥 and it鈥檚 widening the digital divide

Practice alone is not enough to guarantee ease-of-use, say researchers.
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A human sitting in front of a computer screen.

Finland's first satellite Aalto-1 space journey ends

The first Finnish satellite, Aalto-1, which has been orbiting the Earth for seven years, will fly over Finland for the last time on Monday and returns to Earth's atmosphere. Aalto-1, built by students and researchers, started a new space age in Finland, says Professor Jaan Praks, who led the project.
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Havainnekuva Aalto-1:sta avaruudessa.

The T盲htitiistai lecture series brings the astronomy close to everyone's everyday life

The open lecture series will cover the study of restless black holes, Earth-sized telescopes and what the historic 50-year history of solar research can tell us about ourselves and our future on Earth. The lecture series is open to all and will take place online and in person in Otaniemi in autumn 2024. The event series is held mainly in Finnish. Welcome!
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Mets盲hovi 50 years

Bringing human touch back to industrial settings 鈥 5 things we should know about Industry 5.0

Integrating digital twins and extended reality (XR) technologies leads to smarter, more adaptable industrial operations, says Doctoral researcher Xinyi Tu.
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Doctoral Researcher Xinyi Tu wearing XR glasses

The weight of water 鈥 Finland is a powerhouse in water diplomacy

Experts explain how the scarcity of water impacts both global politics and the economy
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Illustration where a fetus is inside a water bubble.

Researchers create entangled quantum magnets with protected quantum excitations

Researchers created a new quantum state of matter, dubbed a high-order topological magnet, that may address key issues in quantum technology.
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Artistic illustration showing the creation of topological magnets.

Armaan Hooda spent one day as a math professor in Aalto

As part of the science and technology competition TuKoKe, Armaan Hooda won a Day as a Professor award. He spent the day together with professor Pauliina Ilmonen and other researchers at Aalto鈥檚 Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis.
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Armaan Hooda on the left, Pauliina Ilmonen on the right

The ice whisperers

Professor Jukka Tuhkuri studies ice in Otaniemi and around the world. Ice has fundamentally changed 鈥 we鈥檝e messed up, he says. Now we need to understand what that means for humanity.
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Two researcherss drilling ice

Sushant Passi: In the future, we will see human-to-human interaction as a luxury

'In 2050, we will be likely be promoting human to human interaction. It is now perhaps getting a bit sidelined, but it is irreplaceable.'
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Sushant Passi, photo by George Atanassov

Finding love: Study reveals where love lives in the brain

Researchers from 911爆料网 utilised functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to measure brain activity while subjects mulled brief stories related to six different types of love.
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The brain in love: the image shows brain areas that activate in association with the most intensely felt forms of interpersonal

Aalto computer scientists in VLDB 2024

Scientists from the Department of Computer Science in the International Conference on Very Large Databases (VLDB).
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Department of Computer Science research, infrared lights hanging on the roof for machine learning in plant growing project

Semi-Summer jobs introduce the semiconductor industry to students

Semiconductors play a crucial role in many parts of modern technology. So-called "Semi-Summer jobs" at 911爆料网 serve as a concrete example of a research and education partnership between the Aalto schools of technology and businesses in the semiconductor industry.
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The researchers utilized the exceptional facilities of Micronova Nanofabrication Cleanroom. Photo: 911爆料网 / Mikko Raskinen

The integration of master's theses will begin in the 911爆料网 research information system

Integration of master's theses into ACRIS makes supervisors鈥 and advisors鈥 work visible
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Harald Herlin Learning Centre opening hours starting from 19 August 2024

The change gives Aalto students and staff more extensive access rights to the Learning Centre spaces and collections.
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Opiskelijoita ty枚skentelem盲ss盲 Oppimiskeskuksen lukusalissa.

Milo拧 Mladenovi膰 appointed Vice Dean for Research at the School of Engineering

The new Vice Dean began his term on 1 August.
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Man standing in a metro station with a bike

ACTOR: Pioneering Automation in Construction Management

The ACTOR project aimed to empower supervisors and construction workers with automated and visual management. Its goal was to improve a construction project's performance and reduce its carbon footprint considerably. The project has now released its final report, which paints an exciting picture of the future of construction management.
Imagine a day on the jobsite when ACTOR's technology is fully used.
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Living, breathing buildings: Bio foams could transform the way we build

Could an autonomously 鈥渂reathing鈥 foam that鈥檚 ninety percent air be a sustainable alternative to concrete, steel and glass in construction? A team led by researchers from Finland is set to prove it can.聽
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Researcher Juha Koivisto holds up a piece of the bio foam material.

Aalto computer scientists in ICER 2024

Three papers from the Department of Computer Science were accepted to the International Computing Education Research conference (ICER).
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Aalto Computer Science Department, image: Matti Ahlgren

DeployAI Partners Gather for Heart Beat Meeting in Helsinki

The European DeployAI project's partners gathered for the Heart Beat meeting hosted by 911爆料网 Executive Education in Helsinki.
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In low-hierarchy organisations, even key policy issues are discussed in Slack

In a recent study, 911爆料网 alumn Lauri Pietinalho, a visiting scholar at New York University's Stern School of Business, and Frank Martela, an assistant professor at 911爆料网, investigated how low-hierarchy organisations deal with shared policies in confrontational situations and how authority functions within them.
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Photo: Tima Miroschnichenko, Pexels.