The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has remained fairly steady across Europe over the past decade. However, significant disparities exist between countries. Contrary to ...

Alongside climate change, biodiversity loss caused by human activity is one of the greatest environmental challenges of our time. A study conducted at the Research Centre for Ecological Change, ...

This spring, sensors were installed in the departure hall of Helsinki Airport to anonymously monitor people flow. A collaborative project between researchers and businesses aims for smoother traffic, ...

Welcome to the Quasiweekend III Conference! Conference Quasiweekend III - Twenty years on collects together experts, from all fields of mathematics, using quasiconformal methods, especially in complex ...

Precarity, i.e. insecurity and uncertainty in life, is structural, situational and, for many, especially for migrants and racialised minorities, an enduring condition of life. Sociologists and social ...

Program Last updated 16.6.2025. The program is preliminary and there might still be some small changes. Friday 12th September 2025. 8.00-9.00 (60 min) Registration, coffee: Lecture hall “Pieni ...

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.

There are currently 8 million patients with Parkinson’s disease in the world. Already in 2021, Professor Per Saris’s group published results demonstrating that bacteria of the Desulfovibrio bacterial ...

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 ...

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 ...

Losing weight via lifestyle adjustments can deliver significant long-term health benefits, without the need for surgery or anti-obesity drugs. Alongside preventing diabetes, it can help ward off ...

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 ...