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Considerable Novo Nordisk funding for researcher Sesilja Aranko
Staff Scientist Sesilja Aranko has been awarded the highly competed Emerging Investigator 2023 Grant from Novo Nordisk Foundation for a research project focusing on post-translational modifications in protein-based biomaterials. The grant awarded is 10 million DKK (approx. 1.34M鈧) for a five-year period.
New AI research project investigates migrant trust and inclusive digital public services
Researchers are investigating what trustworthiness means for migrants in the digital age and how digital public services could be made more inclusive using multimodal conversational AI
Jason Selvarajan: A shared kitchen helps me bring people together
'When I started the job, I was told that they were looking for a 鈥榤ood manager鈥 whose job was to create a good, positive atmosphere with the attitude that anything is possible. I'm not always in a good mood, though, despite what other people say.'
Five things decision-makers should know about the electrification of society
Electrification plays a key role in solving the climate crisis. Aalto University researchers describe what kind of challenges this entails and how they can be tackled.
Maija Taka: I want to plan the route in advance
'I have a background in geographical research, and I always have to have a map. I need to know where I'm going and why, at what pace and with whom.'
Students helped the Finnish Meteorological Institute develop its sustainability work
The content and working methods of the project could also be adapted agilely during the project according to newly identified needs
Can a city store as much carbon as a forest?
A new tool helps show how growing cities can remain carbon neutral
InstituteQ launches new doctoral school in quantum technology
The Doctoral School in Quantum Technology and the industrial doctorates are now in operation
Chat AIs can role-play humans in surveys and pilot studies
Synthetic data from large language models can mimic human responses in interviews and questionnaires. Research data from popular crowdsourcing platforms may now contain fake responses that cannot be reliably detected, raising the risk of poisoned data
Future events: Symposium - What Transdisciplinary Knowledge Looks Like
ABRA symposium - 鈥淲hat Transdisciplinary Knowledge Looks Like鈥
Oops: A curious discovery
During doctoral researcher Fereshteh Sohrabi鈥檚 master鈥檚 project, curiosity turned a failing experiment into a new research avenue.
A sugar extracted from biowaste can provide a sustainable and more efficient method for sound absorption and thermal insulation
Researchers at Aalto University have discovered a way to convert polysaccharides from biowaste into a material that can outperform glass wool and other commercially used sound absorption materials with similar thickness.
Nature invented the circular economy 鈥 with aspirational engineering we can follow suit
In the latest issue of Aalto University Magazine, the Dean of the School of Chemical Engineering, Kristiina Kruus, talks about aspirational engineering, a new way of thinking that takes inspiration from nature鈥檚 rational use of resources.
Researchers at Aalto develop a new technology to let immobilized patients control devices with their brain
A new project at Aalto University is developing techniques that will enable immobilized patients to control devices using their brain activity. The project builds on the multi-locus transcranial magnetic stimulation (mTMS) technology developed at Aalto, adapting it into a brain鈥揷omputer interface (BCI) that can help patients with neurological conditions.
Aalto ARTS Summer School 2023 studies sustainability, forests and use of wood
School of Arts, Design and Architecture is organising a summer school with a theme 鈥楲iving with wood(s)鈥.
Jukka Niskanen brings polymer engineering expertise 黑料网 University
Previously a researcher in Canada and Japan, Niskanen鈥檚 research involves the entire life cycle of polymers 鈥 from synthesis to the creation of finished materials, their properties, but also their post-use recycling.
Major EU-funded mathematics research project unveils the meaning of similarity 鈥 and helps fill gaps in physics theories
New research project uses symmetries to build links between random phenomena
Astronomers image a black hole鈥檚 shadow and powerful jet together for the first time
Aalto鈥檚 Mets盲hovi Radio Observatory took part in capturing the new image.
Mets盲hovi Radio Observatory helps reveal the secrets of black holes
Together with other observatories around the world, Aalto University鈥檚 Mets盲hovi Radio Observatory has captured an unprecedented image of a black hole.
Tapio Lokki: You can always find another way
'If I look at my own career, the skills I learned in the Student Union鈥檚 Representative Council and as a chairman and artistic misleader at Retuper盲n WBK are the skills I need as a department head: how to get along with people, how to lead a group, and how to motivate people. A role model is important.'
