Unlock the power of modern database systems with Professor Jiaheng Lu’s new summer course on Multi-Model Databases!

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

In September, Science for Sustainability will bring together science, innovation and change makers from diverse fields. The theme for the event is Bursting the Sustainability Bubble which aims to ...

The key content of the Sustainability Highlights 2024 describes the realisation of the University’s first sustainability and responsibility plan. The report includes also examples of other ...

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

Academy Professor Katariina Salmela-Aro passed away on the early hours of 26 May 2025 following a serious illness.

The Centre of Excellence in Ancient Near Eastern Empires has published an annotated text corpus of some 6,000 Babylonian texts from the sixth and fifth centuries BCE. The texts have been ...

Katariina Salmela-Aro toimi professorina Helsingin yliopiston kasvatustieteellisessä tiedekunnassa vuodesta 2018 ja akatemiaprofessorina vuodesta 2021 eteenpäin. Ennen tätä, vuosina 2004–2018 ...

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 ...

Using fatty acids as solvents has many benefits over using traditional mineral acids and aqueous solutions. In addition to originating in waste material, they are biocompatible, biodegradable, low in ...

It is commonly agreed that the first Emesal texts originate from the second millennium while Sumerian ceased to be a vernacular around 2000 BC. This leads to the somewhat paradoxical situation that a ...

University of Helsinki HY+ jointly with University of Eastern Finland and University of Turku will launch a new three-year teacher development project in Saudi Arabia starting in April 2025.