High school students got a taste of the limitless possibilities of technology at Shaking up Tech
25. lokakuu 2018
In the Shaking up Tech event at Aalto University on 11 October 2018, high school students met women who rule the world of technology.
Studies
ERC Synergy Grant worth €10M will help develop new techniques for brain research, disease diagnostics, and patient care
23. lokakuu 2018
The methods are based on rapid, algorithm-controlled magnetic pulses that excite neurons and forge connections across brain regions.
Press releases Science and art
€17 million to fund European detection and imaging innovation pipeline—product development sparred by Aalto Design Factory
6. syyskuu 2018
The ATTRACT initiative will fund 170 breakthrough projects in advanced technology for a year with €100.000 each.
Science and art Cooperation
Bodily sensations give rise to conscious feelings
29. elokuu 2018
A Finnish research group from the University of Turku, University of Tampere and Aalto University has mapped the organisation of human conscious feelings and found them to cluster into five major categories: positive emotions, negative emotions, cognitive functions, somatic states, and illnesses.
Science and art
Centre for Quantum Engineering funding awarded for four projects
22. elokuu 2018
A total of EUR 318 000 has been granted for project proposals that represent new openings, support emergence of new technologies, applications, and/or industrial collaboration.
Science and art
Professor Kimmo Kaski’s farewell seminar attracted renowned researchers to Aalto
15. toukokuu 2018
Professor Kaski, pioneer of computational complex systems research in Finland, will continue to work as senior adviser at Aalto.
Other
Academician Risto Nieminen elected as foreign associate of the US National Academy of Sciences
9. toukokuu 2018
The election is a prestigious recognition of Nieminen’s scientific achievements.
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Petri Ala-Laurila: The retina offers a pathway to the secrets of the brain
20. huhtikuu 2018
This Professor, awarded for his scientific courage, knows that it’s worth going after the big “fish” even if you don’t always catch it.
GE Healthcare donates anaesthesia machines
15. maaliskuu 2018
Aalto students can get acquainted with health technology devices used in hospitals as a part of their studies
Cooperation
School of Science dissertation awards 2018
14. maaliskuu 2018
The doctoral dissertation awards 2018 were presented 9 March at the traditional Get-together for doctoral candidates.
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AI application for treatment of gestational diabetes
7. maaliskuu 2018
AI allows individualized predictions for expectant mothers and newborn children. The aim of the individual recommendations is a positive experience for the user combined with activity that is beneficial for the glucose level.
Science and art Cooperation
The second Brain Twitter Conference kicks off 8 March: non-stop neuroscience for 16 hours
7. maaliskuu 2018
The keynote topics include the social brain and emotions' effect on speech production.
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Film Memento helped uncover how the brain remembers and interprets events from clues
21. helmikuu 2018
Key repeating moments in the film give viewers the information they need to understand the storyline. The scenes cause identical reactions in the viewer’s brain. The results deepen our understanding of how the brain functions, how narratives work in film, and memory mechanisms impaired by conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease.
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Finnish innovation to reduce complications after open heart surgery
15. helmikuu 2018
Roughly every five patients suffer from different kinds of heart failure after open heart surgery.
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Love and fear are visible across the brain instead of being restricted to any brain region
14. helmikuu 2018
The brain mechanisms of basic emotions such as anger and happiness are fairly similar across people. Differences are greater in social emotions, such as gratitude and contempt.
Science and art
Olav Thon Foundation grants the 2018 international research award to Academician, Professor Emerita Riitta Hari
17. tammikuu 2018
The researcher prize was awarded due to excellence in brain research.
Honored Science and art
Health Design 2017 brought together healthcare, design, and technology professionals
7. joulukuu 2017
Design expertise to help in commercialising health technology.
Cooperation
Three Aalto postdocs to pitch their bold research ideas in Slush
28. marraskuu 2017
Anand Tatikonda, Anna Stöckl and Tommi Himberg are competing for the Skolar Award at Slush.
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Not blinded by the light: Rods in the retina contribute to daylight vision
27. marraskuu 2017
Findings of international research team may be beneficial in the search for new treatments for patients suffering from loss of photopic vision.
Press releases
The latest installation lectures available on video
27. marraskuu 2017
Aalto University's newly tenured professors reveal the secrets of water-repellent surfaces and health promotive urban environment, among other things.
Science and art
Biodesign team receives funding to commercialize their innovation
17. marraskuu 2017
The innovation that will make open heart surgery safer has been developed within the Biodesign Finland 2017 project together with heart surgeon Tommi Pätilä.
Science and art
A film research study shows how the brain reacts to difficult moral issues
27. lokakuu 2017
The family relationship between film characters clearly affects the reactions in the viewers' brain.
Science and art Press releases
Tommi Himberg to head the newly established Young Academy Finland
25. lokakuu 2017
The academy for young scientists wants to promote science in Finnish society.
Science and art
Holding an object requires smooth interaction between high and low brain frequencies
18. lokakuu 2017
Researchers have identified a neuronal mechanism enabling people to maintain constant contraction force.
Science and art
Aalto Bachelor's programme in Science and Technology in English to start in 2018
13. lokakuu 2017
The graduates will be top-level experts of digital society. The first majors are Data Science and Digital Systems and Design.
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