A delegation from the Singapore Maritime Institute (SMI) visited the University of Turku on 9-11 October. The visit was a continuation to last year’s co-operation that aimed to improve the University’s sea and maritime research and development.
For a decade, researchers at the University of Turku have been developing a technology that is able to interpret Finnish. Technology company IBM utilises the technology developed in Turku to teach Watson Finnish.
Filip Ginter and Tapio Salakoski find co-operation with IBM as a good example of the benefits of open science.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius visits the University of Turku on Tuesday, 24 October. Starting at 9am he gives a lecture "Security Situation in the Baltic Sea Region" in the lecture hall Publicum 1.
Researchers have detected a merger of two neutron stars with telescopes as a light visible to the human eye. The discovery is historic as this is the first time that scientists were able to observe electromagnetic radiation and gravitational waves from the same event. Furthermore, this was the first, confirmed observation of a merger of two neutron stars.
Artist’s impression of merging neutron stars.
More than 27,000 degree-granting institutions of higher education are included in the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR). This year, the University of Turku rose in the ranking to the 359th place. The University was ranked 366th in 2016.
In comprehensive school, the age difference between the oldest and youngest pupil in the same school year can be 12 months. The immaturity of younger children can lead to a mistaken diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), shows a new study by the University of Turku and University of Nottingham.
Taiwanese NTU Ranking has listed the best 500 science universities. The University of Turku placed 323rd in 2017. NTU Ranking compares universities by their scientific publications, using bibliometric evaluation to compare the number of publications, excellence and impact.
How will the collaboration between different actors bring Turku region another step closer to the social welfare and health care reform? The question was discussed in the Health Campus projects seminar and the social welfare and health care service structure reform seminar, which were organised by the Health Campus Turku and the polytechnic Master's degree students of the Turku University of Applied Sciences at ICT City on 2–3 October 2017.
Researchers from the Universities of Turku and Helsinki, Finland, are the first in the world to discover which species adult dragonflies and damselflies prey upon, as modern laboratory techniques enabled the study of the insects’ diet. In the study, prey DNA was extracted from the tiny dragonfly droppings and the researchers managed to identify dozens of prey species from the samples. The results shed light on dragonflies’ position in natural food webs with an unprecedented specificity.
Nordic Institute of Dental Education (NIDE) organised two advanced level CAD/CAM continuing education courses in Helsinki on 4–8 September with the help of American lecturers. The lecturers also visited the Institute of Dentistry at the University of Turku.