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Supercomputer can disprove the theory of sunspot formation

A group of researchers believes that contrary to a common model sunspots form near the Sun's surface.
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Magnetic spots (white) near the Sun's surface from three different-sized simulation models. The spots on the largest model are approximate 20 Mm = 20,000 kilometres, and their magnetic field is approximately 3kG = 3,000G, which is around 10,000 times larger than Earth's magnetic field. Image: Petri Käpylä.

Aalto Festival presents student insights

May is full of public events at Aalto University.
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Destruction of a quantum monopole observed

Scientists at Amherst College and Aalto University have made the first experimental observations of the dynamics of isolated monopoles in quantum matter.
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Artistic view of the decay of a quantum-mechanical monopole into a Dirac monopole. See the instructions to access the full-resolution image. Credit: Heikka Valja.

The Technology Industries of Finland and Aalto University joint letter regarding the "Building the European Data Economy" communication and consultation

The Technology Industries of Finland and Aalto University have sent a joint letter for the European Commission providing responses to the "Building the European Data Economy" consultation.
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University applicants increasingly interested in the field of technology

The number of applicants increased for almost every university of technology in Finland.
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CodeBus Africa tunes up for co-creation

Aalto students introduce young Africans to the world of coding.
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In Addis Ababa CodeBus welcomed  workshop participants as young as seven from Abebech Gobena Children’s Care and Development Association, a local school and a long-term partner of Plan International. Photos: Eyerusalem Adugna.

Maria Korkeila awarded the Schiaparelli Prize of the Hyères Fashion Festival

An Aalto University student Maria Korkeila has won the Schiaparelli Prize at Hyères Fashion Festival in France.
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One million euro for research on electromagnetic brain stimulation

The Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation has awarded a grant for a joint project developed by Aalto University and the University of Eastern Finland.
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Preliminary scheme of the future TMS device. Picture: Northbay, Helsinki.

Nexus selected as winner of Chemist’s Block architectural design competition

The winning entry for the Chemist's Block was created by Anttinen Oiva Architects.
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View towards the Aalto University metro station, Student Community Centre in front. Illustration by Anttinen Oiva Architects.

Self-assembled nanostructures can be selectively controlled

DNA self-assembly allows the unprecedented control of the optical properties of plasmonic metamolecules.
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Plasmonic metamolecules. Picture: Marco Tripodi.

Women in tenure committees do not speed up women’s science careers

Aalto University researchers went through Spanish and Italian evaluations.
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Aalto University and KONE deepen collaboration

The focus areas of the research collaboration include wireless technologies and data models for buildings.
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Nearly two billion people depend on imported food

Researchers show empirically: when population pressure increases, food is imported
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Report finds investment in the creative sector improves Finnish economic viability

Aalto University ecosystem offers to kick-start a vibrant new creative economy.
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The new building Väre for the School of Arts, Design and Architecture on the Otaniemi campus is estimated to be complete in summer 2018. Photo: Kalle Kataila (December 2016)

People find changes in user interfaces annoying

A new model of visual learning can be used to efficiently assess the learnability of user interfaces that have changed.
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Nearly 5 million euro for pioneering biomimetics and quantum technology research

Olli Ikkala has received a prized ERC Advanced Grant for the second time and Jukka Pekola for the first time.
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Aalto Festival takes over the Helsinki metropolitan area in May

As Finland celebrates its 100th year of independence, Aalto University opens its annual festival showcasing the work of the schools of science, technology, arts, and business.
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Algorithms can exploit human perception in graph design

Algorithms can now exploit models and measures of human perception to generate scatterplot designs.
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Picture represents scatterplot of pressure and temperature variables from the Hurricane Isabel dataset. The standard design (left) loses fidelity and requires manual adjustment, but the optimized design (right) automatically adapts to the data.

Brain researchers move conference to Twitter

Follow #brainTC 20 April 2017 for recent advances in neuroscience.
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Heart campus online campaign launched on 30 March

Share your own story from your heart campus - whether it is from Arabia, Otaniemi or Töölö.
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