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Scientists invent laser source to detect pollution

Eirini Tagkoudi, Camille Brès and Davide Grassani, authors of the laser study

This content was published on Apr 4, 2019 Researchers in Lausanne have developed a simple mid-infrared laser source that can be used to detect pollution in the air.

Swiss research institutes receive EU funding boost

This content was published on Apr 3, 2019 The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded 222 coveted grants to researchers including 18 at Swiss institutes under the Horizon 2020 programme.

Collection of samples on the Eschelisbach

Excessive levels of pesticides found in small streams

This content was published on Apr 2, 2019 Small streams in Swiss agricultural catchment areas are heavily polluted with pesticides, according to two studies.

Flipping the world: atomic compass points east-west

This content was published on Mar 30, 2019 Swiss researchers have discovered a new magnetic phenomenon, observed on a micro-level, that could have implications for computer development.

Zooming in on what creeps, crawls and flies

This content was published on Mar 30, 2019 Basel photographer Adrian Künzli takes a closer look at some of his house guests.

Switzerland’s oldest nuclear reactor to be decommissioned

This content was published on Mar 27, 2019 A mini nuclear reactor at the University of Basel will be dismantled in 2020. The research and educational unit first came into operation in 1959.

Record-setting balloon flight marks 20th anniversary

This content was published on Mar 21, 2019 How a Swiss scientist from a family of adventurers pulled off his round-the-world balloon challenge.

Softer, processed foods changed the way ancient humans spoke

This content was published on Mar 17, 2019 Language is part of our culture, but has it also developed with the food that we eat? Two researchers at the University of Zurich think so.

Swiss-led research measures man-made CO2 in oceans

This content was published on Mar 16, 2019 The world’s oceans absorb a third of CO2 emissions produced by humans, according to a Swiss-led international study.

Impressions from CERN 30 years ago

This content was published on Mar 12, 2019

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