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‘Environmental art education should address the problem of human-centeredness’
‘I claim’ series presents our researchers and the results of their work. Henrika Ylirisku researches the premises of environmental art education.
3D city models can serve hundreds of purposes
3D City models can be used in map applications, urban planning, virtual events and as a starting point for various other applications. At Aalto University, research into the topic has focused on ways to use city models in the Capital Region and on applying new 3D mapping technologies to the modelling of cities.
New machine learning approach speeds up search for molecular conformers
A new method based on machine learning facilitates search for molecular conformers
CEST researchers pave the way for calculating circular dichroism (CD) spectra more efficiently
New study by CEST group implements an efficient method for calculating CD spectra in open source GPAW code
Is battery recycling environmentally friendly?
Researchers conduct life-cycle assessment to determine the actual carbon footprint of battery recycling
Research project examines the criteria for evaluating health and social care property investments
It is important to re-think what kind of health and social care spaces we will need in the future.
A computational deep glance at 2-dimensional MXene materials reveals new insight about their surface properties
New computational study looks at surface functionalization of 2-dimensional materials class
II International PhD School "Russia in the Arctic Dialogue: Local and Global Context" 2021
The aim of the International PhD School is to provide young scholars from the Arctic and non-Arctic countries with knowledge about the Russian Arctic strategy and large-scale industrial and environmental projects as well as facilitate international collaboration in studying and discussing contemporary issues of the Arctic Region in the global context.
Like Shadows Through Leaves Selected for 67th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
{if your bait can sing the wild one will come} Like Shadows Through Leaves by The Migrant Ecologies Project has been selected for the International Competition at the 67th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen.
Recycling of batteries and responsible raw materials are Finland's asset - A major project enhanced cooperation within the battery sector
The two-year BATCircle consortium led by Aalto University has produced a lot of new research on battery recycling and raw materials and strengthened the cooperation within the sector
Metsähovi radio observatory joins a new European network combining optical and radio astronomy technology research
The network connects observatories around the world and allows observations to be made simultaneously at multiple wavelengths.
Aalto University’s TUTLI project eParkly gathers the parking related data on the A Grid parking area to develop future parking solutions
eParkly pilot begins on the A Grid parking area (A Grid B Otakaari 5, area code 541) on Monday 29th of March 2021. eParkly is a platform for providing a better parking experience to car drivers by real-time sensing of parking area utilization rates.
Helsinki would need at least 5,000 intermediate-deep geothermal wells to meet the energy demands in district heating – researchers call for more studies
Geothermal energy wells are being explored as a way to provide district heating to cities and suburbs. A new study suggests that fields of wells connected to existing heating systems, instead of individual wells, should be studied.
Contribute to the New European Bauhaus initiative this Spring
We all have the possibility to contribute to the EU’s Green Deal pilots and agenda during Spring 2021. 
New Industry partnership for solid-state cooling
Comptek Solutions and Aalto University’s Engineered Nanosystems group launch the SuperDevice project to study the effects of controlled oxidation on defected surfaces in optical cooling devices
‘Solo dwellers’ domestic spatial needs are rarely met in one-room apartments’
‘I claim’ series presents our researchers and the results of their work. Anne Tervo examines solo dwellers’ spatial needs.
My Kauppis Memory: The 1986 jubilee year symposium featured presentations from future Nobel prize winners
‘The symposium in Korpilampi was unforgettable.’
DiCtion Delivers Building Blocks for the Digital Future of Construction
Transparent processes between stakeholders, distributed situational picture, and linked data with shared ontologies will transform the building industry. They will also enable new business models in the construction sector. Those were the key outcomes of the DiCtion project, which has released a compendium of its research results.
Five new Marie Curie fellows join Aalto
The prestigious research grants supports international researchers to travel abroad to work.
Northern Dimension Newsflash 1/2021 has been published
In this newsletter, you can read about the updated events calendar and the interesting activities carried out in cooperation with the ND Partnerships in the fields of environment, transport and logistics, health and social well-being, and culture.
