Vili Lehdonvirta in the New York Times (external link)
Oxford researchers mapped the world’s AI data centers.
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Aalto University involved in four research projects selected for funding in Business Finland’s major call
The Rise to Challenge projects will develop AI-powered decision-making in healthcare, signal technology to scale up quantum information processing, higher-precision imaging technology and quantum computing applied to bio and DNA data.
Four physicists receive significant funding from the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation
The grants are used to study things like overheating quantum computers and early-stage water condensation on surfacesOur experts in the media
Päivi Törmä in New Scientist (external link)
Prof. Törmä explains how quantum geometry can be a tool for creating new materials.
Pärttyli Rinne and others in Newsweek (external link)
Scientists Reveal Where the Brain Feels Love—and Which Type Is Strongest
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Rodrigo Serna-Guerrero appointed Dean of the Aalto University School of Chemical Engineering
Serna-Guerrero will start his five-year term on 1 December 2026
Board appointed Rodrigo Serna-Guerrero as Dean of the School of Chemical Engineering
The Aalto University Board convened on 4–5 June 2026
A unique joint effort – Aalto University receives EUR 9 million in donations to accelerate the energy transition
Donations from ABB, Fortum, St1 and the Walter Ahlström Foundation will be used to establish new professorships. At the same time, the donations support the establishment of Aalto University House of Energy Transition.
Keys to growth: How the energy transition is making oil obsolete
The transition to clean energy is a societal transformation on the same scale as digitalisation, and Finland has many strengths to support it, says professor Annukka Santasalo-Aarnio, who leads Aalto University’s new competence centre, House of Energy Transition.What's on?
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Latest trends in artificial intelligence research and their impact on physical machinery
Welcome to House of AI Roundtable event on 11 June at Design Factory, Aalto University
Rethinking Antibiofilm Surfaces: From Nanotopography to Liquid-Like Coatings
Prof. Jinju Chen gives a talk on an antibiofilm surface strategy using a liquid-like nanocoating.
Public defence, Engineering Physics, MSc Katja Kohopää
Optical control of superconducting quantum technology (Title of the thesis)
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships Networking Event, 11.6.2026
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) funding for Postdoctoral Fellowships targets postdoctoral researchers with up to 8 years of research experience after their doctoral degree who would like to move within or to Europe and beyond to carry out research. The researcher applies for funding in cooperation with their host organisation.Join the School of Science
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