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Study Finds Neighborhood Apps Increase Perceptions of Crime Rates

Media Meant to Inform Can Cause Skewed View of Increased Crime

City or Country Living? Research Reveals Psychological Differences

Study Suggests Health Disparities May Cause Those Living in Rural Areas to be More Neurotic, Less Open

Enhancing At-Home COVID Tests with Glow-In-The Dark Materials

Researchers at the University of Houston are using glow-in-the-dark materials to enhance and improve rapid COVID-19 home tests.

Personal Genetic Risk Motivates Positive Changes In Health Behaviour, Study Shows

GeneRISK study shows that information about personal genetic risk for cardiovascular disease motivates individuals to take better care of their health. This is the first comprehensive study assessing the impact of overall disease risk information based on both genetic and traditional health factors on lifestyle.

The Secret Hideouts Of Ovarian Cancer Revealed – Findings Boost The Development Of Precision Therapies

Researchers at the University of Helsinki discovered how ovarian cancer hides from the body’s immune system. The findings will help develop novel precision therapies for ovarian cancer, a common and aggressive cancer type.

Remote Work And Related Mobility Are On The Rise – And The Role Of The State Is Changing

The coronavirus pandemic has increased digital nomadism, which can bring about new forms of inequality in professional life.

The Local Universe Within 600 Million Light Years From The Milky Way Revealed By New Simulation

Using supercomputer simulations researchers have been able to create the most accurate simulation to date that depicts the evolution of the Local Universe from the Big Bang to the present-day.

Researchers Resolved Human Transcription Factor (TF) Regulation

New study provides the first comprehensive and complimentary overview on the physical and functional interactions of the human transcription factors.

New Disease Mechanism Behind Mitochondrial Diseases Identified

An international team of scientists, led by University of Helsinki, reported the first evidence that “mitophagy” – recycling of damaged mitochondria – leads to human disease.

New Evidence For The Importance Of Educational Attainment In Brain Health

A Finnish twin study suggests that the deteriorative effects of cardiovascular risk factors on late-life cognition are stronger in individuals with lower education compared to those with higher education.

Open Spatial Data Reveals 24-Hour Population Dynamics Of People In Helsinki Metropolitan Area

The researchers of the Digital Geography Lab at the University of Helsinki have published spatial data describing the daily rhythms in the population distribution in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area as open data.

Largest Genetic Study Of Migraine To Date Reveals New Genetic Risk Factors

An international consortium of leading migraine scientists identified more than 120 regions of the genome that are connected to risk of migraine. The groundbreaking study helps researchers better understand the biological basis of migraine and its subtypes and can speed up the search for new treatment of the condition.

Professor Antti Kupiainen Received The George Pólya Prize In Mathematics

The George Pólya Prize in Mathematics is awarded by SIAM - Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, every four years.

Injuries Among Agility Dogs Fairly Common In Finland

Nearly one in seven Finnish competition-level agility dogs were injured in the sport in 2019. More than half of the injuries were in the forelimbs, while one in ten of the dogs studied had to retire from the sport due to their injuries.

New Information On The Routines Of Competition-Level Agility Dogs In Finland

On a weekly basis, Finnish agility dogs go on walks more than their North American cousins, indicates a study conducted at the University of Helsinki. Warming dogs up before and cooling them down after agility runs is an established practice among Finnish competitors.

Chemical Synthesis Yields Potential Antibiotic

A new strategy for producing a natural compound could also be used to generate variants with even stronger antimicrobial activity.

More Sensitive X-Ray Imaging

Improvements in the material that converts X-rays into light, for medical or industrial images, could allow a tenfold signal enhancement.

Whimsy And Alkene Isomerization In The Wendlandt Lab

Researchers in the Department of Chemistry have developed a groundbreaking new method for transforming alkenes into their different isomers.