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Nuorena saavutettu hyvä kestävyyskunto yhdessä matalahkon rasvaprosentin kanssa näyttäisi parantavan aineenvaihduntaa ja suojaavan verisuonisairauksilta ja kakkostyypin diabetekselta.

Aerobic fitness is associated with serum metabolite levels indicative of reduced cardio-metabolic disease risk

A Finnish study of 580 healthy adult men indicates that many serum metabolites known to be associated with reduced cardio-metabolic risk are related to aerobic fitness.

Digitaalisuus tarjoaa uusia mahdollisuuksia opiskelumuotojen ja -materiaalien monimuotoisuuteen.

Future opportunities for accessible Higher Education

Accessibility in focus - HEI’s gather in Jyväskylä, Finland to develop accessibility in eLearning

Teachers remain satisfied with their work, though maintaining order remains a challenge

TALIS 2018 – a large-scale international survey on teaching and learning.

Enteroviruses in electron microscope. Credit: University of Helsinki and University of Jyväskyla/Visa Ruokolainen and Ausra Domaska

Physiological mechanisms leading to enterovirus opening revealed – helps in developing therapeutic treatments

Enteroviruses are one of the most common human pathogens leading to high number of acute and chronic infections worldwide.

JYU improved its position in the Shanghai Ranking

The University of Jyväskylä was again included in the Shanghai Ranking (Academic Ranking of World Universities, ARWU). This year the ranking was 501–600, while it was 601–700 last year.

In enriched rearing method structures are added to rearing tanks to increase habitat complexity and resemblance to natural conditions.

Enriched environment in aquaculture enhances the survival of fish from bacterial disease

Cooperative study conducted by University of Jyväskylä and Natural Resources institute Finland (Luke), revealed that enriched rearing of juvenile fish significantly enhances the survival of fish from bacterial infection commonly seen in rearing...

The summer school gathers students of natural sciences and information technology from all over the world to study in Jyväskylä in 5–16 August.

The international Jyväskylä summer school unites natural science and technology

Jyväskylä has one of Finland’s largest and oldest international summer schools.

Eput lukemassa Jyväskylän normaalikoulussa. Kuvaaja Petteri Kivimäki

Reproducibility of Brain Responses: High for speech perception, Low for Reading Difficulties

Some of the findings in cognitive neuroscience and psychology do not seem to replicate from one study to the next. Could this also be true for commonly used brain response studies?

A new professor Anna Kuparinen brings modelling tools in biological research

Rector of the University of Jyväskylä Keijo Hämäläinen has appointed PhD, Dos.

Europe Teaching Rankings: University of Jyväskylä recognised for quality of teaching

In a recent ranking of the quality of teaching at higher education institutions by Times Higher Education, the University of Jyväskylä was judged one of the top 100 amongst 258 institutions in 18 countries across Europe.

Heat transport can be blocked more effectively with a more optimized holey nanostructure

The group of professor Ilari Maasilta at the Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä specializes on studying how different nanostructures can be used to enhance or impede the transport of heat.

Children living in the countryside outperform children living in the metropolitan area in motor skills in Finland

In a recent study with 3 to 7-year-old children provided an example of how children’s daily living environment and motor skills are closely related in the Finnish context.