The Anniversary Day of the Faculty of Medicine will be celebrated on Wednesday, January 28, 2026. Also this year the event is organized together with inspiring Science Fair. We invite faculty members, ...

What it is like to study at the University of Helsinki? How is student life or housing in the capital of Finland? Chat with our students or read the blog to find out more about studies and student ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The new Ethics of AI course helps public administration, businesses and the general public understand what the ethical use of artificial intelligence means and what it requires from both society and ...

A University of Helsinki study found that partially replacing red and processed meat with pea- and faba bean–based foods resulted in reduced total and ‘bad’ LDL cholesterol levels in men, along with ...

The Kone Foundation Visiting Fellowship Program for Researchers from Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, and Southeast Asia aims to facilitate intellectual exchange between researchers across the ...

In this blog, CEACG's doctoral researcher Paula Rautoja shares observations on youth exposure to alcohol marketing based on her recent study. In this blog post, I will address young people’s exposure ...

We are very happy to announce that the three top candidates for the FIMM-EMBL Group Leader positions have all accepted the offer to join FIMM. Please welcome Nina Mars, Arafath (Rafa) Najumudeen and ...

The gender-equality paradox, which argues that gender differences are more pronounced in more egalitarian countries and vice versa, has recently been extensively covered in the media. However, a new ...