Computers, smartphones, GPS: quantum physics has enabled many technological advances. It is now opening up new fields of research in cryptography (the art of coding…
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Left: normal astrocyte able to destroy toxic lipids produced by neurons. Right: an astrocyte that stores lipids in droplets (pink) and starts secreting toxic lipids…
Ocellated lizard. A multidisciplinary team at the UNIGE has succeeded in explaining the complex distribution of scales in the ocellated lizard by means of a…
An Italian-Swiss team demonstrates children reading skills can be improved through a novel child-friendly action video game. Decoding letters into sound is a key point…
UNIGE Scientists have discovered how the absence of a genetic switch can lead to malformations during embryonic development. Embryonic development follows delicate stages: for everything…
By implementing artificial intelligence techniques similar to those used in autonomous cars, a team from the UNIGE and the UniBE, in partnership with the company…
A team from UNIGE has implemented a new way to secure data transfers based on the physical principle of relativity. The volume of data transferred…
The migration of dendritic cells from the skin into lymphatic vessels depends on the time of day. Mouse dendritic cells (green) migrating into the lymphatic…
Demyelinated spinal cord of mice suffering from autoimmune disease. Top, at room temperature, and bottom, exposed to cold. Myelin is colored in blue. The purple…
This image, which shows the night side of Venus glowing in thermal infrared, was captured by Japan’s Akatsuki spacecraft. Credit: JAXA/ISAS/DARTS/Damia Bouic Astrophysicists led by…
Clouds and streams of cosmic pristine gas (magenta) accrete onto the Milky Way, but this gas does not efficiently mix in the Galactic disk, as…
This artist’s illustration represents the five brown dwarfs discovered with the satellite TESS. These objects are all in close orbits of 5-27 days (at least…
In yellow: liver macrophages, or Kupffer cells, which secrete the IL-12 protein that causes adverse effects of immunotherapy. In blue, blood vessels. Credit: © UNIGE…
One of the Strombolian explosions that have occurred at Stromboli about every 10 minutes for at least 2000 years. Credit: © UNIGE, Luca Caricchi Geologists…
Glacial lake in the Himalayan region. Credit: © Heng Li A team of Swiss and international climate scientists has shown that the risk of glacial…
Artist’s view of femtosecond laser pulses arriving in an eye. Credit: © Scientify – UNIGE Scientists at the UNIGE have shown that the response of…
Contrary to earlier concerns, a University of Geneva study has shown that people who met their partners on dating applications have often stronger long-term relationship…
Neuronal fibers in a healthy brain (top) and a brain with agenesis of the corpus callosum (bottom). In the healthy brain, the two hemispheres are…
The gray mouse lemur, the smallest species of primates, has excellent vision. More than one fifth of his cerebral cortex is dedicated to visual processing…
From October to March, large parts of the Swiss Plateau and the Po-Plain may be covered by fog or haze. Such thermal inversions act like…