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Finnish Quantum Agenda details road ahead and stresses need for national quantum strategy

What are Finland’s strengths in quantum technology? How can Finland ensure it stays on top of the groundbreaking changes quantum technology will cause in the coming years and decades? These are the questions the Finnish Quantum Agenda answers.
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The InstituteQ logo on black background

Shrinking from the heat

Reactive fabrics respond to changes in temperature
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Kuvassa pyöreä kangas, joka on kudottu säteittäin ympyrän muotoon. Väreinä valkoinen ja punainen.

Investments in wood competence

Significant sum of donations of 700 000 euros enables high-quality wood science teaching with wider availability.
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Sun peaking through Finnish spruce forest

Parliament Sampo sheds light on a century’s worth of political debates

The new service will help researchers, journalists, and the public to understand and oversee democracy
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Illustration of a person speaking on a microphone.

Coating bubbles with protein results in a highly stable contrast agent for medical use

Researchers developed bubbles that are safe, highly stable, and function as contrast agent in medical applications. They could be used to diagnose, for example, cardiological issues, blood flow, and liver lesions.
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Microscopic image of giant gas vesicles.

Dissertation: "Slowing-down efficiency" could increase well-being of older people – as well as prevent chaos at emergency rooms

The management of Finnish social and health care is often fragmented, says doctoral researcher Olli Halminen from Aalto University's Department of Industrial Engineering and Management. He has examined how older people’s services in Finland function as a whole, and formulated suggestions for improvement.
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Olli Halminen, photo by Jutta Kalli

By detecting tiny flashes of heat, scientists pave way for more stable quantum computers

An international collaboration between quantum scientists resulted in a new way to measure heat dissipation in superconducting quantum circuits.
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Photo of a qubit.

Purchaser, Decentralizer or something else? This is how 309 municipalities in Finland have organised their social and health care services

The research results and the practical experience of the costs of privatisation of social and health care services are contradictory
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Kuvituskuva, askelia: Aalto-yliopisto / Kristian Presnal

Researchers use quantum mechanics to see objects without looking at them

The new method bridges the quantum and classical worlds and could improve measurements in quantum computers and other applications
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Picture of OtaNano lab equipment.

Virtual reality game to objectively detect ADHD

A virtual reality game offers an objective assessment of attention deficit disorders and may lead to an improved therapeutic approach
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On the left is the participants view. The righthand panel shows how visually distinct parts of the image are, with distinctive areas in yellow. The red circle shows where the player is looking. Picture: Peili Vision and Liya Merzon, Aalto University.

Scientists use machine learning to gain unprecedented view of small molecules

A new tool to identify small molecules offers benefits for diagnostics, drug discovery and fundamental research.
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Illustration of small molecules and their connections.

Good care with fewer resources - a virtual care operator streamlines the patient journey for people with multiple and long-term conditions

The MASSE project has created the design principles for a system that will improve the efficiency of care, especially for chronic and multimorbid patients who use healthcare services the most.
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Terveystuoli, asiakkaan sormessa tutkimuslaite. Kuva: Mikko Raskinen

Aalto University’s change negotiations in its Aalto ARTS Books unit concluded

After 2023, the unit will focus on the publication of visual dissertations.
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Aalto ARTS BOOKS Photo Mikko Raskinen

A peculiar protected structure links Viking knots with quantum vortices

Mathematical analysis identifies a vortex structure that is impervious to decay
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In Borromean rings, each circle holds the pattern together by passing through the other two circles. Credit: Alexander Kakinen.

Learning by doing: Solving the Tragedy of the Commons one Meal at a time

Food Futures, part of ATARCA, Aalto University, in collaboration with Global Politics and Communication, University of Helsinki, present the video Learning by Doing: Solving the Tragedy of the Commons one Meal at a time.
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Food Futures, ATARCA

A life-inspired system dynamically adjusts to its environment

The system regulates its own temperature in response to environmental disturbances
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Feedback controlled hydrogels. Picture: Ikkala lab / Aalto University and Priimägi lab / Tampere University

The new hydrogen economy training module begins – FITech network received funding for organising the education

The first studies will begin in January 2023.
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Opiskelijat tutkimassa aurinkopaneelia.

Research project develops method for predicting radiation damage in semiconductors

Andrea Sand receives significant funding from European Research Council for research that can open doors for next-generation materials in electronics
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Andrea Sand

Unimon - A new qubit to boost quantum computers for useful applications

The researchers have achieved the first quantum logic gates with unimons at 99.9% fidelity — a major milestone on the quest to build commercially useful quantum computers.
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Artistic impression of a unimon qubit in a quantum processor. Credits: Aleksandr Kakinen.

Pressure ulcers take up to 500 million euros in healthcare expenditures each year – research team develops cushion cover that warns of budding wound

Research team presents prototype of sheet-like smart cover for wheelchair cushions today at HUS STOP Pressure Ulcer Day
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