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Review: Wenger Synergy rucksack after 5 years of daily use

January 21, 2023 • 3 min read • Technology

Review: Wenger Synergy rucksack after 5 years of daily use

I am a fan of rucksacks with many pockets.
Why are most scientists coffee addicts?

January 4, 2023 • 3 min read • Coffee

Why are most scientists coffee addicts?

Last week I went electric after perhaps 25 years of making coffee without a coffee maker directly powered by electricity.
Mastodon

December 30, 2022 • 2 min read • Mastodon

Mastodon

You can ignore the following if you read this on Mastodon.I have not been leaving Twitter yet.
Turing test with exam answers: Can I sniff out the AI?

December 29, 2022 • 4 min read • Teaching

Turing test with exam answers: Can I sniff out the AI?

In the Finnish daily newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, GPT-3 and Laura Ketonen from the University of Jyväskylä discuss how AI will affect student assessment (Tekoäly ravistelee opiskelijoiden arviointia, English: Artificial intelligence shakes up student assessment).
Inflation of Finnish postal service prices

December 25, 2022 • 2 min read • Finland

Inflation of Finnish postal service prices

The Finnish Postal Service (Posti) justifies the sharp rises in letter postage prices with the sharp decline in letter volume.
Innoopeli Prize 2022

December 21, 2022 • 1 min read • Finland

Innoopeli Prize 2022

We - the steering group of the International Master's Programme in Pharmaceutical Research, Development and Safety - received the Innoopeli Prize 2022!The Innoopeli Prize is given for a significant contribution to teaching in our Faculty.
Winter cycling is not for the faint of heart

December 10, 2022 • 1 min read • Finland

Winter cycling is not for the faint of heart

Helsinki planned to make private car ownership unnecessary by 2025.
Bioactive VEGF-C from E. coli without in-vitro folding!

October 28, 2022 • 1 min read • Finland

Bioactive VEGF-C from E. coli without in-vitro folding!

Our article Bioactive VEGF-C from E.
Making the cut: Why VEGF-C != VEGF-C

September 28, 2022 • 1 min read • Science

Making the cut: Why VEGF-C != VEGF-C

Yesterday, I talked about VEGF-C in the Zoom Lymphatic Seminar series, which is organized by Young Kwon Hong.
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