University of Helsinki and Konecranes have been collaborating since 2020 to apply computer vision and deep learning to crane navigation. Konecranes has recently made a new donation to fund the ...

The Master’s Degree Programme in Genetics and Molecular Biosciences invites our newly admitted students starting their studies in autumn 2025 to take a moment to explore this page and get to know us ...

Losing weight via lifestyle adjustments can deliver significant long-term health benefits, without the need for surgery or anti-obesity drugs. Alongside preventing diabetes, it can help ward off ...

A study conducted at the University of Helsinki, Finland set out to determine how 13 dog breeds performed in various cognitive tests. With a sample size of over 1,000 dogs, the researchers found ...

Researchers at the University of Helsinki have succeeded in something that has been pursued since the 1970s: explaining the X-ray radiation from the black hole surroundings. The radiation originates ...

A study carried out at the University of Helsinki shows how a single gene in Atlantic salmon can dramatically influence the timing of puberty - a key factor for salmon life cycle and survival.

A pioneering study in experimental archaeology has revealed the techniques used by prehistoric communities in north-eastern Europe to extract animal teeth for crafting personal ornaments—offering ...

The University is suspending its exchange agreements with Israeli universities, but does not intend to restrict the academic freedom of its researchers to collaborate with their Israeli colleagues.

5-6 September 2024, Helsinki, FinlandOn the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Alva Noë's Action In Perception, a seminal work in enactivist theory, this conference brings together leading ...

The endangered Saimaa ringed seal is an Ice Age relict living in the highly labyrinthine Lake Saimaa, Finland. The newly published work shows that although individual seals have greatly reduced ...

IUFRO, or the International Union of Forest Research Organizations, established twelve new task forces for the period 2025–2029. One of them is called Interaction and Synergy of Carbon "3S" (Sink, ...

In a new article published in the journal Biological Conservation, a team of researchers from the University of Helsinki, University of Jyväskylä, and University of Kent assessed preferences and ...