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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 from Spain, Finland and Canada have shown for the first time that electric sparks can be guided using ultrasonic waves. Electric sparks are used for welding, powering electronics, killing ...

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 ...

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 University is suspending its exchange agreements with Israeli universities, but does not intend to restrict the academic freedom of its researchers to collaborate with their Israeli colleagues.

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 ...

Magnetic stimulation therapy may assist patients for whom antidepressants are ineffective. Researchers from the University of Helsinki and Stanford University have developed more precise methods that ...

New research suggests that the making of string figures, a globally documented practice, may point to shared cultural heritage stretching back millennia. The research offers a new way to investigate ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers at the University of Helsinki have succeeded in something that has been pursued since the 1970s: explaining the X-ray radiation from the black hole surroundings. The radiation originates ...