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Introducing new professors at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture

New tenured professors present their field and research on a video.
Research & Art, University
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Lobby with a large staircase and skylight, wood details on walls and stairs.

Scientists unravel the effects of new medication for advanced melanoma with the help of AI

Researchers at Aalto University, the University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center have studied how a completely new treatment option affects the immune system in patients with advanced melanoma.
Research & Art
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An illustration in various shades of red of cells interacting via a network of hubs and spokes.

The path of least resistance

Antimicrobial resistance is causing a silent, stealthy pandemic – and the pipeline of new antibiotics is dwindling. The good news is that researchers are turning to other ways to fight bacteria, by targeting the very weapons they deploy during an infection.
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green bacteria

IMPRESS H2020 webinar: New high value plant-based products from IMPRESS

Professor Monika Österberg's group participated in the EU-funded Research & Innovation project IMPRESS.
Research & Art
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logo IMPRESS

Camilla Andersson: ‘Discriminatory norms in society can be renegotiated through design’

I claim series presents researchers and their recent dissertations at School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Research & Art
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Kuvassa on silmälasipäinen vaaleahiuksinen nainen, jolla on huulipunaa ja vaalea pusero

Overview of Aalto's open access publications 2022

In 2022, Aalto’s researchers published more publications open access than ever before. The overview of the year 2023 will be published by the end of February 2024.
Research & Art
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What does Aalto’s research portal tell us about Aalto’s research activities and media interest in 2022?

The big changes in the world are visible in the activities, press/media and prizes that Aalto's researcher record to ACRIS and that are shown in the research.aalto.fi portal.
Research & Art
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Pic of Aalto research portal

Finnish Quantum Agenda details road ahead and stresses need for national quantum strategy

What are Finland’s strengths in quantum technology? How can Finland ensure it stays on top of the groundbreaking changes quantum technology will cause in the coming years and decades? These are the questions the Finnish Quantum Agenda answers.
Cooperation, Press releases, Research & Art
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The InstituteQ logo on black background

New book: Learning Society — What is good for children is good for all

Learning Society — What is good for children is good for all
Book by Teemu Leinonen & Mikko Mäkelä
Research & Art, Studies
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Kuvituskuva

Shrinking from the heat

Reactive fabrics respond to changes in temperature
Press releases, Research & Art
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Kuvassa pyöreä kangas, joka on kudottu säteittäin ympyrän muotoon. Väreinä valkoinen ja punainen.

More than one million euros in grants from the Finnish Cultural Foundation

From Aalto University, the big individual grants were allowed to Ari Seppälä and Antti Karttunen with their research groups
Research & Art
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pale grain basket and thin fibers on a purple background

LEDs change laboratory measurements of light

Measurements of LED lighting become more reliable when 90-years old reference spectrum of incandescent lamps is complemented with a new reference spectrum of white LEDs.
Research & Art
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Kuvassa oleva LED-standardivalonlähde kehitettiin EMPIR PhotoLED -projektissa ja siinä käytetyt valkoiset LEDit on valittu uuden valkoisen spektrin eli CIE reference spectrum L41:n mukaisesti. Kuva: Tuomas Poikonen / VTT

Journeys of inspiration: three paths to professorship

Three newly tenured Aalto professors share their story
Appointments, University
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Three images showing the professors. On the left, İdil Gaziulusoy is sitting on a staircase with a pile of books. In the center, Miloš Mladenović is standing with his bike at the Aalto University metro station. On the right, Matti Hämäläinen is standing in the lab holding a square frame with a picture of a brain.

Finland creates common model for EU member states for teaching cybersecurity skills to citizens

The Cyber Citizen Project will create a model for teaching cybersecurity skills to citizens and a related learning portal.
Research & Art
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Suomi kehittää kyberturvallisuuden kansalaistaitoja koko Euroopan unionin alueelle

63 energy guzzlers - tips from the community helped to save energy on the campus

The Aalto community started campus-wide energy saving measures in Otaniemi on 10 October 2022, and we also joined the national Down a Degree energy saving campaign
Campus, University
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Kuva ihmisestä kävelemässä kampuksella

Solve the SDGs returns — now on two continents

Join the sustainability hackathon by AVP and Junction, organized simultaneously in Finland, Uganda and Tanzania on 31.3.–2.4.
Campus, Cooperation, Studies
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Vibrant purple and red colored banner with a decorative logo for 'Solve the SDGs'.  The tagline reads 'Work together for a better tomorrrow'.

Aalto university innovation groups receive over €4M funding for sustainable innovations

Business Finland has granted research to business funding to seven new Aalto innovation projects. The funding is directed to commercialisation of university born inventions.
University
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Aallon osasto Slushissa

Professor İdil Gaziulusoy: ‘Our future visions are not ambitious enough’

Presenting the new professors: Professor in sustainable design İdil Gaziulusoy
Appointments
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Idil Gaziulusoy

Koen Van Leemput decodes medical scans with artificial intelligence

Greatest challenge is translating methods from lab settings to patient care, says Aalto University’s new professor
University
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Koen Van Leemput

Finnish academia and companies lead the way towards sustainable nonwoven products in SUSTAFIT research project

Sustainable fit-for-purpose nonwovens project boosts the competitiveness and broadens the export potential of the Finnish nonwovens sector in the growing markets. The 2,6 MEUR project is conducted by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK) and Aalto University and supported by 17 industry partners.
Cooperation
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Ryhmän kuva