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New record in microwave detection

Aalto University researchers have broken the world record by fourteen fold in the energy resolution of thermal photodetection.
Press releases, Research & Art
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Artistic image of a hybrid superconductor-metal microwave detector. Credit: Ella Maru Studio.

Potential for distributed photovoltaics in urban Chile

Aalto-Chile collaboration addresses Chile's solar potential: Photovoltaics in cities could satisfy 22% of Chile’s electricity demand.
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Peak solar conditions in Conception (Chile).

The CQE funding to Sillanpää, Hakonen and Paraoanu

5 applications were submitted by the deadline in May.
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Baker's yeast to help in fight against blue-green algal toxins

A team of students from Aalto University and the University of Helsinki will take part in the iGEM competition a world-wide, synthetic biology event.
Studies, Research & Art, Cooperation
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Surgify technology to make cranial surgery safer and faster

An innovation refined at Aalto may aid physicians and patients in just over a year.
Research & Art, Cooperation
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Petri Kuosmanen (left) and Visa Sippola thank Aalto for support and an inspiring atmosphere.

Professor of Practice Antti Suhonen's paper accepted in the Journal of Portfolio Management

"Quantifying Backtest Overfitting in Alternative Beta Strategies", forthcoming in the Journal of Portfolio Management.
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Matthijs Lof appointed as Assistant Professor in Finance (2. term)

Assistant Professor of Finance Matthijs Lof has been appointed for a second term at the Department of Finance.
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Skype data of 500 million people reveals the real patterns of social adoption

Global patterns of adoption spreading are induced by local adoption cascades.
Press releases, Research & Art
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Snowball sample of the Skype social network (gray links), showing multiple innovators as green nodes, induced small vulnerable trees as red nodes and links, and the triggered connected stable cluster as blue nodes and links. Picture: Nature Publishing Group

Economics research increasingly of interest also to women

The Department of Economics has seen around a dozen women defending their doctoral theses over the last two years.
Studies, Research & Art
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'Now that the number of female doctors of economics is increasing, the field will certainly see a greater number of female professors in the future’, Professors Pertti Haaparanta and Juuso Välimäki are happy to report.

Researchers implemented a prototype for Narrowband Internet-of-Things system

This is among the first standalonemode NB-IoT, Narrowband Internet-of-Things, implementations in the world.
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Researchers discover attacks against widely used cryptographic libraries

The researchers fixed the vulnerability by editing the code in a way that the attacker cannot learn the secret key of the victim.
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Saija Hollmén appointed Vice Dean at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture

Ms Hollmén’ area of responsibility is art and creative practices.
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Saija Hollmén wants to promote multidisciplinary activities and cross-disciplinary dialogue. Photo by Anne Kinnunen.

Päivi Törmä appointed Academy Professor

The results of Törmä’s work are expected to pave the way to the development of room temperature superconductors.
Awards and Recognition, Research & Art
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Acoustics researcher finds explanation for auroral sounds

Sounds are born when charges in the lower atmosphere’s temperature inversion layer discharge as a result of geomagnetic storms.
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Digital platforms are underutilised in Finland

According 91ÇàÇà²Ý University researchers, Finnish Mittelstand companies do not utilise digital platforms.
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Environmental drainage channel decreases amount of substances transported to the water system

Land drainage, the morphological status of channels and the quality of water can be improved with compound channels.
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Aalto University School of Engineering

Finland number 1 in digitalization

Finland rose to the top position in the Digibarometer 2016, an annual study comparing the stage of digitalization in 22 countries.
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New surface makes oil contamination remove itself

Researchers of Aalto University have developed surfaces where oil transports itself to desired directions.
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The many possibilities of the digital revolution

The Internet Forum, a public lecture series, which is open to everyone free-of-charge, will focus on current topics related to digitalisation.
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New policy ideas by students for a sustainable and circular economy

Students in Aalto University's Design for Government course address complex public sector and government challenges.
Studies, Cooperation, Research & Art
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The stakeholders of the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Transport and Communications concluded in Aalto University`s Design for Government final show in May 2016 that they need the students, and universities, to be forward-looking and brave when it comes to urgent societal challenges.