Academy Research Fellow Kaisa Matomäki, who works in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Turku, receives the Academy of Finland Award for Scientific Courage. According to the Academy of Finland, Matomäki has shown exceptional scientific audacity, creativity or innovation in research.
Mehdi Ghasemi, a post-doc researcher at the English Department of the University of Turku, enjoys writing. His new book, titled Flight to Finland: A Noveramatry, provides immigrant’s perspectives to Finland.
The KiVa Antibullying Program will be launched in Chilean schools in 2018.
Recent study shows that women who were in the same relationship over a seven-year time period showed greater decrease in sexual desire.
Sino-Finnish teaching course in the field of food safety and quality benefits the academia, authorities and industry.
Wordsmith (Sanan seppä in Finnish) is a mobile app that uses augmented reality in Turku Cathedral to tell the story of the Protestant Reformation in Finland and the changes it brought to the church and to the lives of ordinary people. It is part of marking the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation in 2017. The app can be downloaded for free on Android and iOS tablets.
The University of Turku and the Singapore Maritime Institute will start co-operation to jointly promote and develop maritime research and development activities. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by Vice-Rector Kalle-Antti Suominen and Executive Director Heng Chiang Gnee on 2 November.
Vice Rector Kalle-Antti Suominen of the University of Turku and Executive Director Heng Chiang Gnee of Singapore Maritime Institute signed the MoU in Singapore on 2 November 2016.
The multicentre study coordinated by the Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Turku shows that socioeconomic status in childhood increases the risk of metabolic syndrome in adulthood.
A smartphone application developed by researchers at the University of Turku can detect myocardial infarction, commonly known as a heart attack. No extra equipment is required for the app as it utilises the phone's built-in motion sensors, especially the gyroscope. Therefore, the used technology is largely similar to the app for detecting atrial fibrillation, which the research group announced in August. The myocardial infarction detection app should be available for test use in 2017.
