Study in the multidisciplinary programme to know Russia, Eurasia, and Eastern Europe in a global context. The Master’s Programme in Russian, Eurasian, and Eastern European Studies (MAREEES) provides ...

The dissertation examines Czech–Scandinavian cultural transfers at the turn of the twentieth century. CENS PhD candidate Jana Lainto successfully defended her doctoral thesis, Scandinavian Horizons: ...

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An abundance of genes has journeyed all the way from Siberia to Finland, a recent study indicates. As late as during the Iron Age, people with a genome similar to that of the Sámi people lived much ...

Microplastics, tiny plastic particles pervasive in agricultural environments, interact with and disrupt the microbial ecosystem in the rumen – the first stomach chamber of cattle, reveals an ...

Why do BMW and Audi owners often seem to drive like idiots? Is it the car that makes them behave aggressively behind the wheel, or are specific types of people drawn to such cars as well being more ...

A new genetic study carried out at the University of Helsinki and the University of Turku demonstrates that, at the end of the Iron Age, Finland was inhabited by separate and differing populations, ...

An experimental study coordinated by the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) showed, for the first time in the world, that the immune system of daycare children of three to five years improved ...

Scientists at the University of Helsinki discovered how plants heal their protective outer layer, the periderm. The diffusion of ethylene and oxygen through a wound triggers repair – a finding with ...

A University of Helsinki study found that partially replacing red and processed meat with pea- and faba bean–based foods resulted in reduced total and ‘bad’ LDL cholesterol levels in men, along with ...

Researchers mapped the postnatal changes in mouse myocardium on three omics levels and multiple time points, highlighting the importance of metabolic pathways as potential drug targets. Myocardial ...

The ERC-funded projects investigate the metabolism of intestinal cancer, concepts as knowledge facilitators, scientific innovation in the era of AI, how matter behaves in the extreme densities of ...