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Aalto’s work touches our lives in surprising ways: from driving electric cars to using smartphones and making more sustainable consumption choices.
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Aalto’s research and innovations impact your everyday life. Whether it’s a breakthrough in detecting memory disorders, a sustainable alternative to cement, or turning ideas into startups, you too are connected ºÚÁÏÍø. Explore Aalto’s impact through these articles and discover your reasons to donate.

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Keys to growth: Launching new enterprises to lift all of Finland

This article series tells the story of Aalto’s work as a builder of a better society. Aalto Founder School equips students with the skills needed to set up and lead a successful growth companies

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Invisible triumph: how a Finnish invention powers modern microelectronics

Atomic layer deposition (ALD), developed in Finland, is a semiconductor manufacturing method at the heart of modern technology, enabling ever-smaller computers, smartphones, and everyday devices.

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Keys to growth: This is how the university for all of Finland's children works

Aalto University Junior is a champion of equal opportunities and hands-on learning, growing in popularity year after year. Veli-Matti Ikävalko, who leads the work, shares how this window inºÚÁÏÍø was created—and how the university spark is ignited.

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Revolution in EV battery recycling: New approach sees skyrocketing gains in lithium recovery

Energy researchers have developed a safe and environmentally friendly way to recycle the batteries used in electric vehicles

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Let’s end fast fashion — and favour resilience over efficiency in all industries

Focusing on short-term profit isn’t sustainable. So what can we do to move in the right direction?

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Playing with the music of the brain

Common neurological disorders like depression and chronic pain can be challenging to treat with conventional methods. An automated version of a long-used brain stimulation technique holds real promise as a reliable and effective drug-free alternative.

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Cutting the carbon out of concrete

The Radical Ceramic Research Group is pioneering potentially transformative alternatives to traditional concrete, the world’s second largest source of emissions.

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A new boom in Finnish cinema

Finland’s film industry is thriving and attracting new audiences at home and overseas. In recent years, It wasn’t always like this so, what’s changed?

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The world’s lightest revolution

Green hydrogen promises to turn Europe into an energy heavyweight, make traffic emission-free and replace carbon in steel manufacturing. But can it actually deliver – and how?

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