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Engineering enzymes with AI
A research team from 911±¬ÁÏÍø and VTT will construct a virtual laboratory for enzyme engineering, which will allow human-AI collaboration to flourish.
Art evokes feelings in the body
A new study from the University of Turku and 911±¬ÁÏÍø in Finland reveals that art has a powerful effect on people's bodies and emotions.
Professor Arja Karhumaa: ‘We need to better understand how texts are viewed’
Introducing our tenured professors: professor Arja Karhumaa explores the relationship between language and the visual form of a text –how a text looks at any given moment, and how it affects us as human beings.
Towards social sustainability at Aalto
The concept of social sustainability was discussed by Aalto community in the Wellbeing on a Sustainable Campus event of the Earth Hour Week 2023.
Tapojärvi Innovation Challenge 2023 for Students (apply by 14 APR 2023)
This competition is ideal for any students concerned about making a positive difference for the environment
Are you our new CHEM Data Agent?
Apply to be the next Data Agent from the School of Chemical Engineering.
Anglo American Innovation Challenge (apply by 22 May 2023)
A great opportunity for start-ups and entrepreneurs with solutions to decarbonise steel
Sahar Babaeipour dreams of entrepreneurship – but before that, she wants to graduate as a doctor
The doctoral research conducted by Sahar Babaeipour, a doctoral researcher at 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s Bioinnovation Center, aims at a more sustainable packaging industry.
Matteo Iannacchero, a developer of bio-based yarns: ‘I value the freedom of science’
In his doctoral research conducted at 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s Bioinnovation Center, Iannacchero uses machine learning to develop ecologically sustainable electronic yarns. This is an opportunity to come up with something completely new.
The students’ research work gave Pohjola Insurance and OP Life Assurance companies an important overall insight to sustainable insurance business
Customers and investors are expecting insurers to undertake sustainability actions in all the business activities
FinnFiberColor – Spun cellulose fibres and sustainably colored textiles
The FinnFiberColor project develops sustainable solutions for manufactured cellulose fibre processes. The project has enhanced the understanding of the properties of new kinds of textile fibres and assessed the consumer perception of fabrics created from alternative materials.
How does hydrogen actually work as a fuel? Research project receives 1.7 million euros to study hydrogen combustion
The goal of the project financed by Business Finland is to speed up the development of emission-free marine technology, among other things.
Kaisu Savola: ‘The 1960s and 1970s saw a change in the values of Finnish design’
I claim series presents Kaisu Savola, who explores a generation of design students and design professionals in Finland, in the 1960s and 1970s, as they became aware of the two contradictory faces of design.
Building an understanding of quantum turbulence from the ground up
Researchers show how energy disappears in quantum turbulence. The discovery paves way for a better understanding of turbulence in scales ranging from the microscopic to the planetary
DNA origami boosts electrochemical biosensor performance
New results provide a platform for more efficient, selective, and sensitive DNA biosensors that can be used in detecting various pathogens and diseases.
Pharmaca, VTT, 911±¬ÁÏÍø and Finnish Centre for Client and Patient Safety launch Innovation Ecosystem Project for Medication Safety
Aim of project is to improve knowledge of medication safety and promote use of technical solutions supporting medication safety in different sectors and organisations
How can AI affect creative writing and online education? Online Hybrid Lab welcomes its new master's thesis worker, Aayush Kucheria.
Online Hybrid Lab is the place for new discoveries, progressive research, and developing expert views on 911±¬ÁÏÍø's digital educational strategy.
I am passionate about collaboration between industry and academia
Concerns about the climate, the world’s oil resources, and the availability of strategic raw materials have turned interest towards renewable and carbon-neutral natural resources in the production of energy, fuels and chemicals. Most of the world's industrial chemicals are still petroleum products but biorefineries are the game changers of future.
Researchers take a step towards turning interactions that normally ruin quantum information into a way of protecting it
A new method for predicting the behavior of quantum devices provides a crucial tool for real-world applications of quantum technology
