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VIIKKI CAMPUS |
Become attentive by playing games
Many people are worried that computer games are detrimental to the development of young people. On the other hand, games to exercise your brain have become a field of business. One of the games developed by neurobiologists at the University of Helsinki is circulating the science centres of Europe.
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CITY CENTRE CAMPUS POLITICAL ECONOMY |
After a peak oil
The ash cloud that stopped air traffic may have provided us with a preview of the future. A researcher of political economy assesses that both governments and corporations have poorly prepared for peak oil running out.
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MEILAHTI CAMPUS MEDICINE |
Safer transplants
Preparing spare parts for humans from stem cells is not quite yet a reality; however, in the treatment of leukaemia, for example, stem cell therapies are crucial. Recent research has introduced new and safer ways of transplanting stem cells.
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COLUMN Eeva Luhtakallio |
Participatory Complications
Representative democracy being at a low ebb, some European policy-makers have channelled their interest into Latin America where many ideas of citizen participation are part and parcel of everyday life. But imports between different political cultures never lack unexpected results.
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