Latest research news
Modelling helps investigate the properties of wood
Modelling can be used to determine how the structure of wood affects mechanical properties, such as rigidity.
Emma Master has received an ERC Consolidator Grant
The project aims to accelerate benefits of the genomic era, by finding novel proteins and enzymes with totally new and useful properties.
Inventive networkers succeed in developing markets
Aalto University has drawn up a practical guide to establishing sustainable business ventures in developing markets.
Researchers developed a machine-learning algorithm that learned to rap
DeepBeat, an algorithm for rap lyrics generation, outperforms top human rappers by 21 % in terms of length and frequency of the rhymes in the lyrics.
LED cooling research project receives seven-figure funding
Jani Oksanen, D.Sc. (Tech.), has received an ERC Starting Grant for his research in the field of thermophotonics.
Efficiency record for black silicon solar cells jumps to 22.1%
Aalto University’s researchers improved their previous record by over three absolute percents together with Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
Otaniemi land-use discussion continues at ABE
A second meeting of the area stakeholders to discuss future land-use in Otaniemi was organized in by Aalto Built Environment Laboratory in April 2015.
HYBER Symposium
Centre of Excellence HYBER offered 2 full days of talks by top scientists from all over the world.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship awarded to study multisound
The funding totals €191,330. The project starts on November 2015 and lasts for two years.
Auditor's report meets antimatter
Welcome to the installation lectures of Aalto University professors on 28 May!
The Department of Computer Science invites applications for Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Computer Vision
We seek strong candidates specializing in capture, processing, synthesis, and reproduction of three-dimensional geometry, animation, and appearance.
When mediated by superconductivity, light pushes matter million times more
The finding paves a way for the studies of mechanical oscillations at the level of a single photon, the quantum of light.
Independent innovativeness diminishes with evolution
As an industry develops, customers and the market replace research and science as the sources of innovation.
New professors appointed to Electrical Systems
D.Sc. (Tech.) Simo Särkkä and D.Sc. (Tech.) Ilkka Laakso have been appointed at Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation
Putting a new spin on plasmonics
Researchers at Aalto University have discovered a novel way of combining plasmonic and magneto-optical effects.
Better risk management for wintertime maritime transportation
The Stormwinds project run by Aalto University and its partners focuses on managing the risks of wintertime maritime transportation.
Limb-lengthening implant developer Synoste raises several million in funding
The Aalto University spin-out company will use the funds to commercialise its painless limb-lengthening method.
Solar thermal energy has become a competitive energy source in Finland
The solar thermal investments made by companies and municipalities are particularly cost-effective, indicates a new report.
Finland's first multicopter flight using 4G remote control conducted at Aalto University
In the future, 4G guidance can ease rescue work in difficult conditions.
Quantum-mechanical monopoles discovered
Researchers at Aalto University and Amherst College, USA, have observed a point-like monopole in a quantum field itself for the first time.
