Dissolving clusters of cancer cells to prevent metastases

Health - Jan 24
Health

Successful test in breast cancer patients: the active agent digoxin, a cardiac medication, dissolves clusters of circulating breast cancer cells in the blood, thus reducing the risk of metastases formation.

Physics - Jan 23

Fox and rabbit in the quantum world

Physics

Sexual harassment: "A disciplinary measure under personnel law won't make everything right again" Innovation in Basel-Land: Opening of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Ba

Environment - Jan 23

A citizen-science initiative evaluates the impact of tire particles

Environment

Twenty volunteers spent six months learning about the scientific method through a citizen-science initiative led by EPFL. The initiative was part of a study to determine how the microplastic particles released by tire wear are affecting lakes and rivers in Vaud Canton.

Health - Jan 23

Better prediction of epidemics

Health

The reproduction number R is often used as an indicator to predict how quickly an infectious disease will spread. researchers have developed a mathematical model that is just as easy to use but enables more accurate predictions than R. Their model is based on a reproduction matrix that takes into account the heterogeneity of society.

Innovation - Jan 22

New method detects corrosion in reinforced concrete, even in hard-to-reach places

Innovation

Whether tunnels or retaining walls - many Swiss reinforced concrete structures from the 1960s to the 1980s are at risk. Corrosion can make them unstable. ETH start-up Talpa Inspection has now developed a solution to localise corrosion more easily, even in hard-to-reach places.

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