Widespread use of the "UShER" tool will enable public health officials to more accurately identify and track the virus’s variants
Former Vice President Al Gore said Tuesday night that the “media ecosystem,” fossil fuel companies and their backers, and the hyperpartisan nature of today’s political scene are responsible for the “existential threat” of climate change.
Most antibiotics are double-edged swords. Besides killing the pathogen they are prescribed for, they also decimate beneficial bacteria and change the composition of the gut microbiome. As a result, patients become more prone to reinfection, and drug-resistant strains are more likely to emerge.
New study demonstrates that in utero exposure to mother’s antiepileptic or antidepressant medication may affect development of the newborn brain networks.
An international study coordinated by a University of Helsinki research group demonstrates that the body’s immune system attacks itself in a rare type of blood cancer.
The satellite and its key instruments will launch in summer 2022.
Researchers at the University of Helsinki investigated the wellbeing of University students by conducting three surveys during the pandemic.
The first of many programmes under the University’s new Helsinki Incubator Programmes initiative launches on May 6th with a call for applications from interested teams and individuals open until April 24th.
A Helsinki research team has demonstrated how an early universe phase transition will lead to gravitational wave signals potentially visible in the upcoming satellite missions.
A new study from the INTERVENE consortium has evaluated genome-wide risk prediction of common diseases across multiple ancestries in one million people.
According to an international study, minor genetic differences can affect the ability to utilise the energy of various nutrients.
WFAA recently featured Chris Watts, the Marilyn & Morgan Davies Dean of the Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences, and his ongoing research to fight Parkinson’s disease.
Thanks to large donations to the natural sciences, the University of Helsinki will establish a professorship in artificial intelligence.
Our understanding of the prehistory of the Finnish language is becoming clearer
Humanoids and other illustrations inspired by science fiction in connection with stories about artificial intelligence may seem harmless, but using them year after year to illustrate the topic can be detrimental.
It's a happy revelation to learn how physics explains our everyday perceptions of time and beauty thanks to the work of Duke University engineering professor Adrian Bejan who presents the physics involved in understandable terms.
Skilfully manufactured slate ring ornaments were fragmented on purpose, using pieces of rings as tokens.
Yuliia Bardadym, a doctor of chemical technology from Ukraine, arrived in Finland at the end of March.
Professor Craig Primmer has received an ERC advanced grant for a repeat.
The University’s operating result was in the black for the first time since 2015, while external research funding grew by more than 7%.