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 ...
The annual report illustrates the library's vibrant and diverse daily operations and its important role as a contributor to the success of the University of Helsinki. The Annual Report 2025 of ...
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 ...
Learn about the fascinating world of scent dogs and their roles in society – join us for Scent Dogs in Society on 13 September 2026. Scent Dogs in Society explores the world of scent dogs and their ...
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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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 ...
Microplastics, tiny plastic particles pervasive in agricultural environments, interact with and disrupt the microbial ecosystem in the rumen – the first stomach chamber of cattle, reveals an ...
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 ...
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 ...
A study based on Finnish twins shows that reproductive history is associated, at the population level, with women’s lifespan and biological aging. In the study, mothers of large families, women who ...
A new genetic study carried out at the University of Helsinki and the University of Turku demonstrates that, at the end of the Iron Age, Finland was inhabited by separate and differing populations, ...