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Textile revolutionaries, public health healer, and lots more

Members of the Aalto community presented the achievements with big impact
Research & Art
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Special prize to the Aalto KitSat training satellite in The World Challenge Finland 2018 Competition

Global service for preventing wildfires won the main prize at the UN's international innovation contest in Espoo.
Awards and Recognition, Research & Art
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Nearly half of residents in housing companies would like to acquire solar panels – spreading requires legislative amendment

Gaps in legislation are preventing the adoption of solar PV in Finnish housing companies.
Press releases, Research & Art
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Solar panels Aalto University

M8 Art Space opens up a new series of exhibitions

Video works by Jemina Lindholm were selected as the first exhibition.
Research & Art, Studies
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Jemina Lindholm: Sick leave (2018).

Bodily sensations give rise to conscious feelings

A Finnish research group from the University of Turku, University of Tampere and Aalto University has mapped the organisation of human conscious feelings and found them to cluster into five major categories: positive emotions, negative emotions, cognitive functions, somatic states, and illnesses.
Research & Art
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Feelings are associated with discernible bodily 'fingerprints'.

Carbon in colour: First-ever coloured thin films of nanotubes created

Researchers present a technique to produce large quantities of pristine single-walled carbon nanotubes in select shades of the rainbow. The secret is a fine-tuned fabrication process—and a small dose of CO2.
Press releases, Research & Art
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Samples of the colourful carbon nanotube thin films, as produced in the fabrication reactor. Image: Aalto University.

Marita Niemelä Alumna of the Year 2018 of the School of Chemical Engineering

Curiosity and constant learning are the driving forces for the Vice President, Engineering and Technology at Neste Engineering Solutions Oy.
Cooperation, Awards and Recognition, Research & Art
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Photo: Helena Seppälä

Berzelius Prize for Professor Riikka Puurunen

The Swedish Catalysis Society presented the prize to Professor Puurunen in Copenhagen on 27 August 2018.
Awards and Recognition, Research & Art
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Riikka Puurunen. Kuva: Erkki Pöytäniemi.

Aalto makes an impact in design research

Aalto people made important research contributions in the Design Research Society DRS conference in Limerick, Ireland.
Research & Art
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Aallon edustajat konferenssissa takavasemmalta: Paulo Dziobczenski, Camilla Groth, Virpi Roto, Philip Hector, Sampsa Hyysalo, Janin Koch, Marium Durrani, Elif Erdoǧ‎an Öztekin, María Ferreira Litowtschenko, Seungho Lee, Ramia Mazé ja İdil Gaziulusoy.

What happens when you mix cellulose with wool or rice straw? CHEMARTS students spent the summer finding out

Students in this year’s CHEMARTS summer school have spent three months in the lab learning how to use biomaterials in fresh ways.
Research & Art, Studies
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Talisa Dwiyani ja Miki Todo hyödynsivät selluloosan lisäksi materiaalina riisinkortta, joka yleensä heitetään hukkaan.

Aalto University and VTT launch a major innovation ecosystem aimed at doubling the value of forest industry

Aalto University and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland signed a collaboration agreement on the CERES flagship programme.
Cooperation, Research & Art
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Aalto University President Ilkka Niemelä (left) is hoping CERES to bring solutions especially to microplastic problems. VTT President and CEO Antti Vasara is excited about biodegradable electronics.

Platform economy and global marketplaces are currently shaping the field of trade

The project supported by Business Finland took almost three years to complete and was concluded at the end of August.
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Centre for Quantum Engineering funding awarded for four projects

A total of EUR 318 000 has been granted for project proposals that represent new openings, support emergence of new technologies, applications, and/or industrial collaboration.
Research & Art
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"Water tower"

Top tools for artificial intelligence and IT are presented to hundreds of conference visitors at Aalto University in August

The tools have been used to improve the safety of drug tests for children, and to understand the cosmos through galaxy clusters.
Research & Art
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Satellite data help reveal the loss of tropical rainforests

A recent study piloted a new monitoring method that could help in detecting illegal deforestation and estimating CO2 emissions caused by forest loss.
Research & Art
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Example deforestation maps (bottom) are produced using the satellite data and proposed algorithm. The maps show the time of deforestation events aggregated by years. The high resolution images (top) for validation purpose were obtained through Digital Globe viewing service.

DIEM researchers stand out with several honoured papers at the 2018 AOM Conference

The Academy of Management Conference annually gathers thousands of management and organization scholars worldwide.
Research & Art
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How to manage external resources?

Research indicates that at least six factors should be considered.
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Password managers vulnerable to insider hacking

Communication channels between different parts and pieces of computer software are prone to security breaches. Anyone with access to a shared computer can attack or involuntarily subject it to security breaches.
Research & Art, Press releases
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Experience Platform: What is the future of immersive sound?

Are you interested in immersive sound? Would you like to know more and explore the latest applications? Welcome to a joint event 16 August!
Research & Art, Studies
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experience_platform_en_en.jpg

Optical Properties of Silver-Mediated DNA from Molecular Dynamics and Time Dependent Density Functional Theory

Olga had initiated this article in a special issue of the International Journal of Molecular Science. Esko worked hard to make the deadline. Now the first article of his PhD is published.
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