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Take part in the survey for new national vision for higher education and research
The online stakeholder survey by the Ministry of Education and Culture is open to all Aaltonians until 4 April
How are children with ADHD’s brains different? Scans taken while VR gaming give new insight
In a new study, children played a virtual reality game while in an MRI scanner – the brains of children with ADHD showed a notable increase in functional connectivity, a result which could help us more readily understand the condition.
Campus survey results tell the story of the campus experience
The renewed campus survey was implemented in October-November 2024.
Learn new skills for appreciative encounters in the Aaltogether Ateliers
Welcome to open meetups in March-May to develop togetherness through means of embodied practices and social arts
Visitor access and use rights policy updated – now applied to existing visitor agreements
Visitors have a visitor email address, and their campus access rights can be defined as needed
Surface repelling different kinds of drops and fog lands Innovation Prize at Department of Applied Physics
The team plans to find industrial partners for their environmentally friendly and scalable hydrophobic surface.
Fostering creative industry innovation: Fourteen new teams onboard the Aalto Creatives pre-incubator programme
Aalto Creatives, the creative industry pre-incubator programme, welcomed fourteen innovative teams at a kickoff event on March 11, 2025.
New scientific poster templates
New PowerPoint templates for scientific poster layouts are now available on all Aalto Mac and PC computers.
Five things everyone should know about political polarisation
Divisions around the world are deepening, and research shows that also in Finland public debate has become more fragmented than before
Lauri Järvilehto: Without the relevant data, AI starts to hallucinate
Lauri Järvilehto is a Professor of Practice who studies the relationship between the human mind and AI solutions. In this interview, he explores the reasoning, reflectivity and reliability of AI.
Aalto University’s Communication Services re-organised – four units to provide services going forward
The goal of the new organisation is to strengthen Aalto’s societal impact and clarify the structure of communication services.
Staff Week: Engaging the public with science and technology through effective communication
Wrocław University of Science and Technology welcomes researchers and academic staff to the International Staff Week on 12-16 May 2025.
Prevent unnecessary fire alarms
Use a timer to heat microwave food and do not burn candles. Kindly, read the checklist on how to prevent unnecessary fire alarms.
More durable airplanes and buildings possible after physicists untangle engineering paradox
A team of researchers combined statistical physics and fracture mechanics to explain why cracks and faults travel faster when stress in materials is allowed to relax once in a while.
Welcome 91ÇàÇà²Ý Studios Open House event in Marsio on 14 March
Explore Marsio's studio and event facilities and take part in demos of the research infra. Register on the events page.
Researchers create gel that can self-heal like human skin
Until now, artificial gels have either managed to replicate this high stiffness or natural skin’s self-healing properties, but not both. Now, a team of researchers from Aalto University and the University of Bayreuth are the first to develop a hydrogel with a unique structure that overcomes earlier limitations, opening the door to applications such as drug delivery, wound healing, soft robotics sensors and artificial skin.
Ministry to formulate a new vision for higher education and research
Aaltonians are invited to participate in the preparations
Call open: academic projects for Europe's first 50-qubit quantum computer
VTT's and IQM's recently unveiled 50-qubit computer is now open for research use
Aalto Creatives launches Art & Tech Open Call '25 development grant for creative industry projects
The Art & Tech Open Call seeks applications from artists and creatives who are passionate about pushing the boundaries of what is possible with technology.
