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Urgent need for talent and skills: Environmental problems require interdisciplinary solutions
A project funded by the Tiina and Antti Herlin Foundation creates more human resources for the green transition by producing a new kind of textbook, about ecologically sustainable energy solutions.
The best Sustainability Reports in Finland are among the best in the world
Stora Enso’s Sustainability Reporting Team was awarded top prize, Soya was awarded as best SME.
Does environmental stress drive migration?
New comprehensive analysis ranks environmental and social factors for explaining migration globally as well as in each country—and it’s more complicated than previous understanding suggests
Creating solar cells and glass from wood – or a billion tons of biowaste
Researchers map out how biomass from plants could replace unrenewable resources in optical applications
Students coded an open-source microprocessor that companies can use as they wish
The new processor is suitable, for example, for 6G transceivers and encryption technology. The project encourages young people to study microelectronics; skills that are in high demand in Finland.
Mariana Amatullo appointed University Board
Mikko Kosonen and Ilkka Kivimäki to continue for a new three-year term.
Machine learning helps to predict blackouts caused by storms
Train delays related to adverse weather can also be predicted with good quality training data, a new thesis shows.
A greenhouse out of wood: new design makes vertical farming greener
Efficient insulation halves energy consumption and could boost the income of vertical farms
They changed Finnish fashion in the 2020’s
”Intimacy” exhibition at Helsinki Designmuseum presents 40 designers and companies at the intersection of novel politicization and digital disruption of fashion.
Open online design course launched for non-designers
Design Bits is an introduction course to help people everywhere become more creative problem-solvers
Shopping centre A Blanc celebrates opening on Otaniemi campus
Designed by Alvar Aalto, the building previously known as Otaniemi’s old shopping centre, has a new name after the renovation and opened in the middle of the Aalto University campus
Promoting sustainability of transport in cities calls for a mindset change
In an openly available new book, researchers call for human-scale thinking in urban transport.
On Friday night, BepiColombo will pass by Mercury for the first time
Researchers at Aalto University have been involved in building the particle measurement instruments for the probe. They will provide new information about Mercury and its space weather.
Researchers predict viewer interest, not just attention, in public screen content
New method automatically adapts content to user preferences by using easily obtainable viewing data
FITech Network University gained extra time for free ICT courses
The university courses open to all in the field of ICT will be continued until the end of 2023.
Researchers mimic how water and wind create complex shapes in nature
No hands required: new study shows how particles can be directed into desired shapes with energy fields and smart algorithm.
Changing climate increases the need for water diplomacy
Water issues are increasingly political, meaning tensions need to be tackled in new ways
Physicists make square droplets and liquid lattices
Driving systems out of equilibrium with electric fields proves useful for creating liquid shapes that are nearly impossible to find in nature
President Ilkka Niemelä: ‘Cuts to research are always cuts to education’
European Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen and Chair of the Aalto University Student Union Milja Leinonen also spoke at opening of the academic year. The ceremony was held online.
