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5G test network development continues in Otaniemi
The 5G test network will soon be 6G, and new technologies are developed for both wireless and fixed networking.
Quantum computing is forcefully moving from labs to markets
Associate Professor Nina Granqvist leads an Academy of Finland research project that studies the market emergence around quantum computing in real time.
KONE and Aalto University’s teaching collaboration approaches design as a method, way of thinking and competitive advantage
A key component of the collaboration is study projects, in which student teams work to solve companies’ real-life challenges.
Finland creates an educational package to make cybersecurity a civic skill across the European Union
Researchers at Aalto University are creating an educational package on cybersecurity, which will be shared with all EU countries. Finland has been awarded EUR 5 million for this project from the EU recovery instrument for a three-year period.
Participatory research to improve artificial intelligence based public sector services and empower citizens
Multidisciplinary research team invites citizens, civil servants and software developers to identify risks and potential of algorithmic services – and helps providers address upcoming EU regulations
Ice scientist Jukka Tuhkuri embarks on seven-week expedition to the Antarctic – topics of study include the changing ice conditions and compressive forces on ships
For ships, climate change means new types of ice conditions, including warmer ice and ice floes that move along the waves.
Aalto fashion graduate Boram Yoo wins Designers' Nest Award
Also BA fashion student Leevi Ikäheimo wins a prize at the fashion competition 2022.
Transboundary river basins connect and require effective cooperation
Transboundary water cooperation between Finland and Russia functions nowadays fluently, with several unique features. Reaching this stage has been a long process with fascinating political developments.
High taxes, higher rewards: How Finland ensures a high quality of life
Finland has some of the highest tax rates in the world — what do citizens get in return?
Recent study: The COVID-19 pandemic particularly affected the well-being of entrepreneurs under 40 years of age
A quarter of the interviewed Finnish entrepreneurs is experiencing intense exhaustion.
Academy funding: Future energy communities and energy self-sufficiency
The DigiDecarbon project explores citizens' digital energy communities.
EUR 11 million for research infrastructures
The Academy of Finland funding strengthens, among other things, fabrication of micro and nanostructures, quantum and high-performance computing, biomedical imaging, future wireless networks, and arctic research
New power transfer technology provides unprecedented freedom for wireless charging
Devices can be charged regardless of their position or orientation and even on the go.
Designing future healthcare
Concepts for future digital healthcare created by design students are on display at the Dubai World Expo 2022.
MMD pre-Xmas event 2021
Multifunctional Materials Design research group's end-of-the-year celebration
Management that values staff increases well-being at work
Well-being at work is a key factor behind highly successful individuals and organisations.
MMD Journal Club
Multifunctional Materials Design research group members present publications from high impact scientific journals
Theory U - How to lead from the future while it emerges?
Creative people, like artists and scientists, invent and create the new by stepping from the visible world into the invisible world of imagination, and then returning back into the visible. We all can develop our sensitivity, intuition and leadership capabilities to increase creativity.
Experiment with turnstiles of single electrons shows way towards new power standard
Researchers at Aalto University propose method of transducing frequency to power
