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Good aerobic fitness doesn’t protect children against type 2 diabetes, staying active does

Good aerobic fitness does not protect children against obesity-induced insulin resistance, which is a key risk factor of type 2 diabetes, a new study from Finland shows.

Research led by Professor Phillip Watts from the University of Jyväskylä studies how building materials and the future climate, might change the types of indoor microscopic organisms. Credit: The University of Jyväskylä

Research will shed light on how climate change might affect indoor microscopic organisms – could it affect indoor air?

With predicted warmer and wetter weather, buildings could become more susceptible to increased microbial growth and this will likely affect the health of humans and buildings.

At the University of Jyväskylä Laserlab-NSC at the Nanoscience Center will extend the spatial resolution of spectroscopic and imaging equipment down to 10 nm. Credit: The University of Jyväskylä

New advanced chemical imaging research infrastructure to Finland - Nanoscience Center establish a new spectroscopic imaging instrument

Advanced chemical imaging research infrastructure received 1.

(a) Scanning electron micrograph of the measured Superconductor(Nb)/Normal metal (Ag)/ Superconductor(Nb) Josephson junction. (b) Color-coded sketch of the normalized energy-phase dependent density of states of a long diffusive SNS junction. Full (dashed) vertical arrows represent the high (low) probability inelastic transitions. Grey (blue) circles represent electron-like (hole-like) quasiparticles. Credit: University of Jyväskylä/Pauli Virtanen

Non-Adiabatic Dynamics of Strongly Driven Diffusive Josephson junctions

Understanding how microwave absorption changes the transport properties of diffusive Josephson junctions is at the forefront of interest in the quantum transport community.

Men prone to negative emotions are less physically active during leisure time

Fundamental and early-appearing dispositions of feeling and reacting, also known as temperament, are reflected in the amount of physical activity in midlife.

PISA 2018: Finland has top readers

Ministry of Education and Culture, Press Release: The focus in the OECD’s PISA 2018 (Programme for International Student Assessment) was on reading literacy.

The research done at the University of Jyväskylä showed that calpain proteases can cut out viral capsid proteins from the larger polyprotein. Credit: Varpu Marjomäki/University of Jyväskylä

Host cell proteases can process viral capsid proteins

It has long been suggested that a cell protease could take part in enterovirus infection.

Finnish children’s motor skills at the top in Europe

Data gathered in Finland, Belgium and Portugal reveal that Finnish children are ahead of their European peers in motor skills at ages 6 to 10 years.

Emmi Kirjanen did her Master's thesis at the Nanoscience Center at the University of Jyväskylä. Credit: Tekniikan akateemiset TEK/Anssi Kumpula

Emmi Kirjanen received an award for her Master’s thesis on nanophysics

Academic Association for Mathematics and Natural Sciences – MAL awarded M.

Tiina Kontinen aloittaa kansainvälisen kehitystutkimuksen apulaisprofessorina Jyväskylän yliopistossa ensi vuoden alussa.

Research on learning needs global and social science perspectives

The global learning crisis is alarming: children do attend school but they do not learn even the basics skills. Currently, Finnish development policy debates reflect the potential role of universities in addressing the global crisis of learning.

Helium ion microscope image of bacterial growth. Credit: Gabriel Almeida/University of Jyväskylä

Bacteria-infecting viruses bind mucosal surface and protect from disease

Mucosal surfaces protect organisms from external stressors and disease.

Nanoscience Center (NSC) is co-opereting with Millog Oy on graduate thesis. A specialist Olli Herranen (left) from MIllog Oy, student Kasperi Honkanen and Assistant Professor Jussi Toppari from University of Jyväskylä are in cleanroom facilities at NSC.

Nanoscientists find a job easily- Business Day at the Nanoscience Center is an excellent networking event for tech experts

University of Jyväskylä (JYU) Nanoscience Center (NSC) will host a Business Day event in Jyväskylä on 22nd November 2019.