Executive Committee: Jukka Jernvall (Chair), Annette Becker, Carlos Guerrero Bosagna, Sylvie Rétaux, Rainer Melzer, Tom Van Dooren, Gerd Mueller Programme Committee: Sylvie Rétaux (Chair), Annette ...

Avertives are primarily used to describe past situations where the intended outcome was interrupted, averted, or frustrated rather than successfully completed, as illustrated in examples (1)–(3).

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 study conducted at the University of Helsinki, Finland set out to determine how 13 dog breeds performed in various cognitive tests. With a sample size of over 1,000 dogs, the researchers found ...

The Untangling People Flow consortium coordinated by the University of Helsinki has received a total of six million euros in funding from Business Finland for the years 2023–2026. In this unique ...

Tropical forests host up to half of the planet’s biodiversity but up to now, ecological studies over tropical forests often relied on large scale datasets depicting open-air temperatures – that is, ...

The giant fossil skull of an extinct elephant, discovered in northern India’s Kashmir Valley in 2000, sheds light on a poorly known episode in elephant evolutionary history. The elephant skull was ...

When Finnish policymakers cut taxes on alcohol and made importing alcohol easier, rates of abortion, pre-term birth, and low birthweight all rose, according to a new study published in the scientific ...

A University of Helsinki study demonstrated that pesticides can negatively affect non-target species living in agricultural environment. However, the effects varied greatly depending on the substance ...

Opin.fi is a joint service of Finnish universities and universities of applied sciences with a diverse selection of open higher education studies on a single site. University of Helsinki is one of the ...

The random information posted online could be used to generate information about biodiversity and its conservation. “I think it's quite amazing that images and comments that people post online can be ...

The presidents will discuss with the students and the university community of the University of Helsinki on Wednesday, March 19. The event can be followed via livestream. President of Ukraine ...