Mycelium-based composites can offer a lightweight, easily moldable, and insulating material alternative. Mushrooms instead of styrofoam In experimental laboratories and industry, great expectations ...

The UEP research group leader, Sirkku Juhola, was awarded a Research Council of Finland research grant in June 2025. The new project, titled Governing at the Limit: Managed retreat in climate change ...

As they take up their new role, each professor at the University of Helsinki holds a public inaugural lecture. Inaugural lectures are held twice a year close to the end of each term, usually in May ...

The University of Helsinki Doctoral School, in collaboration with the University of Eastern Finland, organized a two-day summer school for PhD students in health sciences from across the Nordic ...

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The unifying theme of our lab's flagship projects and collaborations is how to tap into nature restoration and biodiversity recovery strategies as major tools for pandemic and epidemic prevention. By ...

An abundance of genes has journeyed all the way from Siberia to Finland, a recent study indicates. As late as during the Iron Age, people with a genome similar to that of the Sámi people lived much ...

Researchers at the University of Helsinki have demonstrated that certain strains of Desulfovibrio bacteria are the likely cause of Parkinson’s disease in most cases. The study enables the screening of ...

A pioneering study in experimental archaeology has revealed the techniques used by prehistoric communities in north-eastern Europe to extract animal teeth for crafting personal ornaments—offering ...

Tuore tutkimus paljastaa, että saimaannorppa on evolutiivisesti selvästi eriytyneempi kuin aikaisemmin on tiedetty. Tutkijat ehdottavatkin, että alalajin sijasta saimaannorpan tulisi olla oma ...

Why do BMW and Audi owners often seem to drive like idiots? Is it the car that makes them behave aggressively behind the wheel, or are specific types of people drawn to such cars as well being more ...

In a collaborative study led by researchers at the University of Helsinki, analysis of 900 species over a 20-year period showed that biodiversity enhances ecosystem stability and helps safeguard ...