Women plus power equals change
"Athenian democracy, where only some men had voice, will not do in the 21st century," said Helen Clark recently when addressing the National Assembly of Wales.Advocating for gender equality and...
View ArticleSmart cities and energy efficiency: the Internet of things is changing the world
The Internet connects not only people: machines communicate with one another online as well. The rapidly developing “Internet of things” will soon become part of our everyday lives. “First...
View ArticleLet's play dirty - broad contact with nature may prevent allergies
The increased frequency of allergies and asthma among city dwellers compared to people living in the countryside may result from decreased biodiversity. Broad contact with nature may have far-reaching...
View ArticleHelsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies called for authors
“Authors and researchers have a lot in common. Both want to share their work in a meaningful way,” says Monique Truong. Truong is the Vietnamese-American author of Bitter in the Mouth and The Book of...
View ArticleResearch evaluation delivers good news
The number of citations in scientific journals to research done at the University of Helsinki clearly exceeds the international average. A recent survey indicates that research results from the...
View ArticleAstronomers discovered ancient Egyptian observations of a variable star
The study of the “Demon star”, Algol, made by a research group of the University of Helsinki, Finland, has received both scientific and public attention. The period of the brightness variation of this...
View ArticleEconomists are no fortune-tellers
"I plan to draw comparisons between the Finnish financial crisis of the early 1990s and the present crisis," reveals Professor of Empirical Macroeconomics Antti Ripatti when asked about his inaugural...
View ArticleDon’t poop in the pool – except if you’re an eider duck
At Tvärminne Zoological Station, researchers have made an unexpected finding about how eider ducks influence water fleas. Despite their name, water fleas are not insects, but small fresh-water...
View ArticleThe charm of music
Music has a firm basis in biology. Newborns have been found to show stronger reactions to music than to their mother's voice. Music has a strong effect on people also later in life: it has even been...
View ArticleAn astral wonder
This morning many Finns dragged themselves out of bed at the crack of dawn to gaze at the sky. The planet Venus’ procession across the disc of the Sun was most clearly visible in the Arctic region,...
View ArticleEarth's biosphere is facing a radical change
This week's Nature magazine contains a survey, in which a team of 22 researchers evaluates the probability that the biosphere is approaching a state shift and the likely time of this shift.Humanity...
View ArticleHokkaido University lands in Helsinki
Hokkaido University from Japan opened an office at the University of Helsinki on 1 June 2012.The branch office is Hokkaido University's third, and the first to be established outside of Asia. President...
View ArticleSustainable fishing industry and environmental risks
The multi-disciplinary IBAM project to chart the environmental and fisheries induced risks in the Baltic Sea area presented its findings in a seminar on Friday, 25 May. The team of researches took on...
View ArticleVirtual carbon tree illustrates carbon sequestration
This summer, the Think Corner of the University of Helsinki provides an excellent opportunity to play master of the elements. Visitors can adjust the availability of light, carbon dioxide and heat to a...
View ArticleUH got the majority of new Academy Professors in Finland
The Board of the Academy of Finland has selected eight new Academy Professors for the years 2013–2017. Seven of them are working at the University of Helsinki. There are millions of researchers in the...
View ArticleAmerican lessons: when social inequality is educational inequality
Last Monday, Finland’s Harvard Club celebrated its 15th birthday in the University of Helsinki. Education experts came together to discuss educational challenges in Finland and the USA.Since the...
View ArticleSlicing clouds for weather research
Dr. Dmitri Moisseev’s research group investigates the clouds of Helsinki with radar.In the ancient world, the weather was ascribed to the will of the gods; today we’ve got meteorological radars. About...
View ArticleMillennium Technology Grand Prize winner Linus Torvalds believes in open...
Technology Academy Finland decided to divide the 2012 Millennium Technology Grand Prize evenly between two winners. Computer expert Linus Torvalds and stem cell researcher Shinya Yamanaka were granted...
View ArticleFuel from white lupin?
White lupin, hemp, broad beans, corn and Jerusalem artichoke may some day provide the raw material for Finnish biofuel, believes Annukka Pakarinen, who defended her doctoral dissertation on...
View ArticleThe drive to internationalise: Not always a smooth ride
Intercultural awareness and understanding cannot be fostered through language policy or guidelines. The University of Hong Kong has made great progress in internationalisation, but has also found that...
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