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A Healthy Lifestyle Helps to Prevent Gestational Diabetes in Those at Highest Genetic Risk

Gestational diabetes is the most common health-related challenge during pregnancy.

How Can Everyday Trouble Caused by Hearing Impairment or Speech Difficulties Be Overcome?

Minna Laakso investigates the effect of various communication disorders on everyday conversational situations and the effectiveness of interventions targeted at such difficulties.

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Food Culture Has to Become More Sustainable, but Why Is the Transition So Rigid?

Mari Niva investigates meat consumption, novel protein sources, veganism and other phenomena related to the consumption of food from a social scientific perspective.

Transforming the Food System Is Tricky – Carbon Credits Could Be One Solution

Consumers have a high demand for scientific evidence in sustainable diets, Xavier Irz says.

Precision Planning Makes Menopausal Hormone Therapy More Effective and Safer

Tomi Mikkola investigates the pros and cons of menopausal hormone therapy.

A Strong Saline Solution Can Boost the Delivery of Morphine and Other Drugs to the Spinal Cord

A study conducted at the University of Helsinki investigated how the glymphatic system of the brain can be utilised in the delivery of morphine to the spinal cord to increase the effectiveness of pain relief.

2 ASU Professors Appointed First-Ever Navrotsky Professors of Materials Research

Last year, Alexandra Navrotsky, the director of Arizona State University’s Navrotsky Eyring Center for Materials of the Universe, made a $10 million gift bequest to the university to ensure the long-term growth of materials science.

Well-Meaning Multicultural Education Alone Is Not Enough to Dismantle Inequalities

A recently completed doctoral thesis on multicultural education posits that immigrants and Finns are seen as opposites.

Swiss biologists show new role for 'chaperone proteins'

Proteins are long coils of amino acids, the building blocks of life. They are produced when messenger RNA from the cell nucleus directs the ribosomes to link specified aminos acids together in a defined sequence.

Aleksi Vuorinen Receives the Magnus Ehrnrooth Foundation Science Prize

Professor of Theoretical Physics Aleksi Vuorinen from the University of Helsinki was presented the award (prize sum €20,000) by the Magnus Ehrnrooth Foundation for his successful research on the application of Quantum Chromodynamics to quark matter of finite density or temperature.

Maintaining the Balance of Power

ASU engineering research supports greater grid reliability and resilience

Animal Experiments Will Remain Indispensable in the Foreseeable Future

Research involving animals is crucial when it comes to achieving scientific and medical progress, and is also very important for UZH, emphasizes Elisabeth Stark. The Vice President Research believes maintaining exemplary standards of animal welfare and an open dialogue with society is key.

New Applications for Quantum Computing Sought in Hackathons

Quantum computing may gain a significant status in the future, and many businesses have already become involved in quantum hackathons.

ERC Awards Five-Year Grant for Research on the Construction of Scientific Knowledge

In her project ‘Medical Electricity, Embodied Experiences, and Knowledge Construction in Europe and the Atlantic World, c.1740–1840’, Postdoctoral Researcher Soile Ylivuori investigates the construction of scientific knowledge in 18th-century Europe and the Atlantic world.

A Single Course of Antibiotics Affects the Gut Microbiota of Infants

A study indicates that antibiotics, which kill bacteria, boost the abundance of gut fungal microbiota. The phenomenon can be a contributing factor in the long-term adverse effects of antibiotics, such as inflammatory bowel diseases.

Climate-Aligned Financial Flows

Working group III of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change yesterday presented their latest report at a media conference in Bern.

Platypuses and Androids

Love, courage, fear – mythical creatures have always been imaginary incarnations of things that deeply move people, says Heinz-Ulrich Reyer about his new book, which inspired us to write a quiz.

Fighting Cancer with Gut Bacteria

Some bacteria in the gut reduce the effectiveness of cancer treatments, while others increase it.

Towards the Earlier Diagnosis of Cancer

In addition to improving the diagnosis of cancer, Malin Sund wishes to better predict the effects of cancer therapies.

Antibiotic Resistance, Occupational Pensions and Secularism in Bangladesh

Kira Schmitt, Michael E. Meier and Mascha Schulz have won this year's FAN Awards for their outstanding research work.