A groundbreaking study reveals the physiological consequences of a sedentary lifestyle–effects that are challenging to demonstrate in human studies but easier to observe in king penguins. Researchers ...

Please fill the survey on behalf of your City Centre Campus research group by the end of March. HSSH – Helsinki Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities – has opened the third iteration of its ...

Increasing dietary fibre intake is crucial for meeting dietary guidelines and supporting the production of beneficial metabolites by the gut microbiota, such as short-chain fatty acids. However, ...

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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 ...

An experimental study coordinated by the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) showed, for the first time in the world, that the immune system of daycare children of three to five years improved ...

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 ...

The method is based on a recyclable filtration fluid consisting of a superbase-alcohol compound. One gram of the new compound can absorb 156 milligrams of carbon dioxide. A new method to capture ...

The online course designed by the University of Helsinki and a learning company MinnaLearn is free and open for everyone. It provides easy-to-understand information and practical examples on the topic ...

Arviolta 77 % naisista ja 70 % miehistä saa elämänsä aikana jonkin mielenterveyden, käyttäytymisen tai neurokehityksen häiriön diagnoosin. Yleisimmät häiriöt ovat ahdistuneisuus- ja mielialahäiriöt.

In a global study, researchers have identified that most reservoirs of rodent-borne diseases tend to live exclusively or occasionally in or near human dwellings, show large fluctuations in their ...

The new Graze-WELL project will harness the expertise of specialists at the University of Helsinki and the Natural Resources Institute of Finland in an ambitious multidisciplinary attempt to determine ...