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Tiny House Shadow: a small size home with big environmental benefits
Architect Matti Kuittinen's house project examines the emissions of small detached houses. "Tiny House Shadow" is a resource-efficient building concept that combines circular economy, minimalist design and sustainable development.
Funding to research project focusing on biotechnological CO2 valorization
Professor Silvan Scheller and Professor Paula Jouhten from the School of Chemical Engineering have received 1 081 000 euro funding from the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation.
Five things everyone should know about cybersecurity
We live in a world where hackers stalk teleworkers and advertisers spy on us. You can’t protect yourself from everything, but a little effort can get you to safer waters. Mikko Kiviharju, professor of practice in cybersecurity, offers five tips for securing your data.
District heating customers and companies could benefit from better services
District heat providers should do more to heed their customers' wishes, and both stand to gain.
5 things for decision makers to know about quantum technology in Finland
FQF Director Peter Liljeroth & InstituteQ Director Jukka Pekola discuss Finland's quantum tech landscape.
Apply for Unite! Seed Fund to foster collaborative teaching, research and student activities
Financial boost for collaborative ideas from teachers, researchers and students across the Unite! alliance of nine European universities. Apply now!
50 years of discovery through the measurements made at Metsähovi Radio Observatory
Aalto University’s Metsähovi Radio Observatory has played an important role in the development of Finnish radio astronomy.
Space experts gather in Otaniemi
The annual Winter Satellite Workshop has expanded one of the largest New Space meetings in Finland, Scandinavia and the Baltic countries.
Aalto Thesis Database now available from outside the Learning Centre
Better access to electronic archived theses for Aaltonians.
Five things everyone needs to know about boosting the sustainable bioeconomy
Assistant Professor Luana Dessbesell explains what makes bioinnovation truly sustainable and how to avoid challenges that stalk growth entrepreneurs.
The winner and runners-up of Aalto University’s Open Science Award 2023
Research Steering Group decided on the winner of the Open Science Award 2023
Call for doctoral researchers in AI/ML for wireless communications
The Department of Information and Communications Engineering has two open positions for doctoral researchers in the Nokia XG Industrial Doctoral Programme
‘I wanted to add the business dimension to chemical engineering and to understand how innovations are created’
Emilia Tognetty, who is working on her master's thesis, is investigating how industrial carbon dioxide can be commercially utilised.
Aalto Materials Digitalisation Platform (AMAD) – opening new possibilities for data sharing and collaboration between research groups
Read real-life examples of AMAD use by researchers.
Five things everyone should know about cooling and ventilation
How do we keep our houses cool when summers are getting hotter? Is it worth using a natural ventilation system? Is air-conditioning the same as cooling? Professor Risto Kosonen offers some tips for managing indoor air temperature in your home.
Retiring Professor Ari Jokilaakso: "Metallurgy is a hot topic"
Retiring Professor Ari Jokilaakso has had a distinguished career in metallurgy in Otaniemi and in industry.
Aalto in 2023: The most water-repellent surface ever, breakthroughs in space, feeling the love and more
This year has been another feast of science and art at Aalto University
How machine learning can support atmospheric compound discovery
Read how machine learning can help identifying new compounds in atmosphere
Pack-Age: a rich heritage of boundary-breaking design
Pack-Age, Aalto University's packaging design minor subject, is celebrating its twelfth anniversary as a developer of innovative packaging solutions. Originally launched in 2011, the course has grown into a multifaceted platform that combines student insights, diverse resources and an experimental design environment with challenges from industry.
Our five most read computer science stories of 2023
Researchers at the Department of Computer Science have explored new frontiers in computational social science, machine learning and various other subfields in 2023. Our readers were most interested in stories that dealt with love, information security and creativity. See the top five below.
