University of Helsinki

The University of Helsinki Board and rector are shocked by the civilian victims of the armed conflict between Israel and Hamas as well as the catastrophic deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Gaza. The University calls on the…

In his doctoral thesis, Mika Saarenpää investigated, among other things, how microbial exposure that promotes the health of urban residents, particularly enhancing their immune regulation, could be increased easily through meaningful…

Using population-wide registry data, researchers from the University of Helsinki, the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, the University of Jyväskylä and the University of Manchester investigated whether mental disorders can be…

According to recent global studies, pharmaceutical residues occur in the aquatic environment all over the world. Very little is known about the effects of individual pharmaceutical agents and, above all, their mixtures on aquatic organisms.…

University of Helsinki Centre for Continuing Education HY+, together with its consortium partner University of Helsinki Faculty of Educational Sciences and subcontractors Häme University of Applied Sciences (HAMK) and Finn Church Aid (FCA)…

The evolutionary history of the mock viper, a mildly venomous, widely distributed Asian snake that mimics highly venomous vipers for self-defence, has been solved. The mock viper represents a completely unique branch in the tree of life of…

In her project entitled ‘Repair and responsibility in ruined environments’, Professor of Global Development Studies Anja Nygren investigates how to restore and recover areas where massive oil drilling and mining have been ongoing for a long…

The partnership between the University of Helsinki and Vetcare goes back all the way to 1992. The company was founded just a year earlier to meet the needs of veterinarians and animals by importing in-demand medicines without distributors.…

The extraction methods currently in use consume a lot of energy and are detrimental to the environment. The method of roasting is particularly dangerous for its practitioners and the environment, into which it releases hazardous chemicals,…

The groundbreaking analysis, completed by a team of researchers in Japan, Finland, America, and France, analyzing materials emitted from the damaged FDNPP reactors, reveals important insights into the lingering environmental and radioactive…