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Members of the CEST group published a recent paper introducing a novel method to calculate CD spectra in the open source GPAW code. The publication shows that the implemented approach is more efficient than the commonly used…

Conformer search continues to be a topic of great interest in computational chemistry, drug design and material science. It is a challenging endeavor due to the high dimensionality of the search space and the computational cost of…

This spring, the number of applicants to Aalto University continued to rise from last year in the joint application process for bachelor’s programmes in Finnish and Swedish. There were altogether 12 452 applicants compared to last year’s…

In supermarkets you can find a large variety of poultry products, all conveniently packaged in fixed-weight quantities. However, poultry processing plants face numerous challenges due to these fixed-weight batches, growing throughput…

It is not only the glutton Holle Bolle Gijs who gets nauseous from the paper thrown at him: every day the Efteling amusement park has to deal with visitors who, after a ride on one of the roller coasters, suffer from stomach and…

Organized by the UC School of Communications in conjunction with the Millennium Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, a discussion was held that addressed the topic of vaccines against COVID-19 and how they talk about them on social…

Physical chemist Hanna Reisler was the only tenured female faculty member of the Department of Chemistry when she joined USC in 1987. Ten years later, she was still the only woman in the department.So when an anonymous USC alumnus donated…

Fifth grader Christopher Chavez came home from his first Saturday school session at USC and couldn’t contain his excitement.His mom, Maria Rodriguez, still remembers that exact moment and even his words: “Mommy, I sat down where the…

The International Program will be launched in April 2021. The International Program is an educational program for students in the School of Design. The program aims to help students improve their manners, attitudes, and communication…

Effect of Tsukushi protein on a mouse brainIn the brains of mice genetically engineered to not produce the protein Tsukushi, the lateral ventricles are expanded (left), but injection of Tsukushi reverses this expansion.An international…