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Medication safety – data-driven solutions to the rescue?
Integrating different data sets can generate new insights for improving medication safety.

Researchers develop better treatment methods for kidney disease patients
HUS, Aalto University, the University of Jyväskylä and VTT are investigating ways to offer better home dialysis treatment methods for kidney disease patients

Let’s end fast fashion — and favour resilience over efficiency in all industries
Focusing on short-term profit isn’t sustainable. So what can we do to move in the right direction?

Nature-inspired hierarchical material design: exploring micro- and nanoscale pores for enhanced functionality
Researchers from the Multifunctional Materials Design research group created a hierarchical structure made up of micro- and nanoscale pores

Erika Renedo Illarregi: I love being a design researcher and navigating a variety of emotional landscapes
'I came with a lot of energy and a lot of willingness to do different things and integrate, but also, the winter was coming. Even though I like new experiences, it was not always easy to arrive in the moment when every day was a little bit darker.'

The five most read news items of the academic year 2022–2023 on the School of Business website
The School of Business publishes one or more news pieces on its website every week. We tell about our versatile activities and, as you can see from the most read articles, the range of our topics is wide

Funding granted for research into physics of microscopic plant roots
The aim is to create a new micromechanical tool to better understand how root mechanics arise from cells and how living materials like plant roots adapt to external stresses

Single-atom dopants in metallic nanoparticles can offer high tunability for plasmonic-catalytic applications
CEST researchers use TDDFT-based calculations to study the tunability of the plasmonic-catalytic properties of nanoparticles

WiTLAB Side Event at UIA Copenhagen
Aalto WiT Programme launch and workshop - Side event at UIA Copenhagen 2023

Valentina Arrietta: Feedback is always a gift
'Sometimes I feel like I’m struggling alone with rejection and expectations of publication. But if I talk to someone else, I find that they too have their own struggles. It’s important to talk to people and realise that at the end of the day, I’m not walking alone in these shoes.'

ANI Open House on 15th of June 2023 at 12:00-15:00
Welcome to ANI Open House to celebrate 10th anniversary of Aalto NeuroImaging Infrastructure. Doors are open 12:00-15:00 on 15th of June 2023.

National Researcher's Profile Tool launched
Researchers can create a nationally visible profile in Research.fi portal. Profile is compiled with information transferred from organisations and ORCID service and information already transferred to Research.fi. Released in November 2022 as a beta version, the Researcher's Profile Tool was officially launched on 25 May 2023.

In September, 15 new Academy Researcher Fellows will start at Aalto
The Academy of Finland has granted Aalto University funding for 15 Academy Research Fellowships

Nearly 20 million euros for research
A total of 45 researchers received Academy Research Fellow and Academy Project funding from the Academy of Finland

Love and poetry - the artists were inspired by the passion conveyed by the university's research
Engineering Materials, an art collection for K1, K2, and K3 buildings, was published

Patrick Rinke: making sustainable materials with AI
Professor Patrick Rinke’s pioneering expertise in finding sustainable and climate-friendly materials with machine learning methodology has arguably never been more in demand

Sofia Guridi is designing a better world with smart textiles
Sofia Guridi, a doctoral student at Aalto University’s Bioinnovation Center, wants to introduce bio-based smart textiles that help improve people’s everyday life.

Significant Academy of Finland funding for for the multidisciplinary consortium project PAWWS – People and Animal Wellbeing at Work and in Society
Astrid Huopalainen, Assistant Professor at Aalto University, Linda Tallberg, Assistant Professor at Hanken School of Economics, and Anna Hielm-Björkman, Docent at University of Helsinki, are principal investigators of the project

Empathy in design and digitalisation – Aalto University researchers hold workshops for students at Arabia Comprehensive School
Aalto University researchers organised workshops for seventh graders, whose creative thinking skills were put to the test in designing future information services

The Creative Europe project ‘Urban Travel Machines’ at Tartu international literary festival in Estonia
Eleven Aalto Arts students and VCD Lecturer Tarja Nieminen participated in the Tartu international literary festival Prima Vista from 9th to 13th May 2023.
