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 ...

The HCAS is pleased to announce the selection of new fellows. In the Fall 2025, the HCAS welcomes 16 new Core Fellows, 4 Kone Foundation Visiting Fellows, 3 Intelligence3 Fellows, 1 Postdoctoral ...

The legacy of fortress approaches to conservation: Impact of early-life experiences on contemporary natural resource use in Giant Panda Nature reserves, China The legacy of fortress approaches to ...

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Benjamin Foreback will defend his PhD thesis titled "Extreme air pollution events in Beijing: Examining their origins and dynamics" at 12:00 on Thursday, the 19th of June 2025 in Aalto Auditorium at ...

A new technique enables the use of, for example, cooking oil from fast-food restaurants to dissolve and separate silver. The process requires light and diluted hydrogen peroxide. The technique makes ...

The Kone Foundation Visiting Fellowship Program for Researchers from Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, and Southeast Asia aims to facilitate intellectual exchange between researchers across the ...

Climatic stress events, such as extreme temperatures and prolonged droughts, are increasingly affecting tree growth and phenology – the timing of developmental stages like leaf burst and senescence.

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 ...

At the beginning of February, Jan Lundell started working as the director of LUMA Centre Finland on Kumpula campus. Half of Jan Lundell’s working hours are spent heading LUMA Centre Finland, which ...

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 ...

Susanna Heikkilä solved a problem in topology, or mathematics pertaining to the shape of surfaces. The fact that one of the articles included in her doctoral thesis has been published in the highly ...