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Professori Stephan Pflugmacher Lima.

4.5.2018

Sustainability

Professor Stephan Pflugmacher Lima – Plants could clean up our water

With the Green Liver method, we can purify almost any water. But even more helpful would be to prevent the pollution of our aquatic ecosystems...

4.5.2018

Health

Dancers' brains react quickly to changes in music and display brain frequencies linked to emotion and memory processes

According to Hanna Poikonen’s doctoral study, professional dancers’ brains react more quickly to changes in music than those of professional...

Migreeni on yksi yleisimmistä aivosairauksista.

3.5.2018

Health

Largest-ever family study of migraine provides new insight into the disease

An international research consortium has shown that an accumulation of many independent genetic risk variants is the reason why migraine tends...

3.5.2018

Higher education & science policy

The University of Helsinki congratulates Peking University on its 120th anniversary with a silver medal

Peking University, one of the most esteemed universities in the world, celebrates its 120th anniversary on May 4.5. 2018. The University of...

Profile

Professori Paolo Laj.

3.5.2018

Science

Professor Paolo Laj – Global cooperation is the only way to gain a comprehensive understanding of aerosols

Atmosphere researcher Paolo Laj does not fully understand the interaction between aerosols and clouds, but neither does anyone else. Reliable,...

3.5.2018

Language & culture

Another ERC Advanced Grant secured for the University of Helsinki: Archaeologists to collaborate with natural scientists

Archaeologist Volker Heyd is bringing his ERC Advanced Grant to the University of Helsinki. Heyd aims to investigate how events from 5,000 years...

Profile

Professori Bodo Steiner.

2.5.2018

Sustainability

Professor Bodo Steiner – Our food chain should be ecologically, financially and socially sustainable

Food economics is not just about the things we eat. What we drink is just as relevant.

Monilukutaitoa opitaan ilolla.

2.5.2018

Education

Finding Multiliteracies: science, art and stories meet at Heureka

The University of Helsinki’s research and development programme The Joy of Learning Multiliteracies (MOI) invites families to a free event at...

”Kun tekoäly kehittyy, ihmisen konemaisuus on suurempi ongelma kuin koneiden ihmismäisyys”

2.5.2018

Data Science

“As artificial intelligence advances, humans behaving like machines will be a bigger problem than machines being human”

Robots have already replaced humans in some jobs. According to a researcher, the development of artificial intelligence will change the way we...

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