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

A team of researchers from the University of Helsinki has discovered a previously unknown type of intestinal stem cell, which supports intestinal regeneration through its metabolically distinct ...

This workshop was part of ongoing work aimed at developing theories and methods for sustainability that center marginalised perspectives and challenge ableist and cisnormative assumptions in the field ...

As they take up their new role, each professor at the University of Helsinki holds a public inaugural lecture. Inaugural lectures are held twice a year close to the end of each term, usually in May ...

The University of Helsinki Doctoral School, in collaboration with the University of Eastern Finland, organized a two-day summer school for PhD students in health sciences from across the Nordic ...

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The unifying theme of our lab's flagship projects and collaborations is how to tap into nature restoration and biodiversity recovery strategies as major tools for pandemic and epidemic prevention. By ...

Ruralia-instituutti tarkastelee kestävää kehitystä sekä globaalin ja paikallisen muuttuvaa suhdetta maaseudun näkökulmasta. Tutkimustietoa soveltavana asiantuntijakumppanina instituutti hyödyntää koko ...

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 ...

Why do BMW and Audi owners often seem to drive like idiots? Is it the car that makes them behave aggressively behind the wheel, or are specific types of people drawn to such cars as well being more ...

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 ...

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 ...