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Scientists have identified a molecular pathway that protects cells from lipid oxidation and ferroptosis, a regulated form of cell death involved in aging and several diseases. Our cells constantly face oxidative stress, a natural byproduct of metabolism that can damage DNA, proteins, and lipids. Every cell must strike a delicate balance between using oxygen for life-sustaining reactions and avoiding the damage it can cause.

How much longer will glaciers survive? A new study from researchers offers the first detailed projection of how many glaciers could vanish by 2100 due to global warming - and why regions such as Switzerland will be most affected. This approach could also help policymakers, the tourism industry and natural hazard management plan for the future.

A study carried out under the direction of the University of Fribourg in collaboration with the University of Lausanne and the University of Geneva shows that the majority of food supplements based o

The yeast Candida albicans colonizes mucosal surfaces and is usually harmless. However, under certain conditions it can cause dangerous infections.

If gut bacteria are too similar to the protective layer of nerves, they can misdirect the immune system and cause it to attack its own nervous system. This mechanism can accelerate the progression of multiple sclerosis, as researchers at the University of Basel have shown in trials with mice. However, their results also open up opportunities for treatments that make use of the microbiome.

Carbon capture is becoming essential for industries that still depend on fossil fuels, including the cement and steel industries. Natural-gas power plants, coal plants, and cement factories all release large amounts of CO2, and reducing those emissions is difficult without dedicated capture systems.

A team of researchers from the University of Zurich and the NCCR PlanetS is challenging our understanding of the Solar System planets interior. The composition of Uranus and Neptune, the two outer most planets, might be more rocky and less icy than previously thought. The planets in the Solar System are typically divided into three categories based on their composition: the four terrestrial rocky planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars), followed by the two gas giants (Jupiter and Saturn), and finally two ice giants (Uranus and Neptune).

Thanks to the space telescope, a team of astronomers detected with unprecedented precision two helium tails escaping from the exoplanet WASP-121b. Astronomers from the University of Geneva , the National Centre of Competence in Research PlanetS, and the Trottier Institute for Research on Exoplanets (IREx) at the University of Montreal (UdeM) have made a striking discovery using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

Researchers from ETH Zurich have succeeded in introducing large quantities of unnatural amino acids into bacteria, enabling the creation of innovative and highly efficient designer proteins. These can be used as more efficient catalysts or more effective drugs. Life uses 20 amino acid building blocks, from which proteins are assembled.

In some regions in Africa, large herbivores struggle to get enough sodium. As many of the continent's protected areas are in regions where salt levels are low, this scarcity may also affect conservation efforts, according to researchers. Herbivores require a steady intake of sodium to keep their metabolism running smoothly.

To date, CO2 emissions in urban areas were typically monitored using emissions inventories. In the city of Zurich, they can now also be determined reliably based on atmospheric measurements. As part of the Europe-wide research project ICOS Cities, researchers tested this new approach and achieved results that were very close to the values calculated beforehand.

In collaboration with scientists in Germany, researchers have demonstrated that the spiral geometry of tiny, twisted magnetic tubes can be leveraged to transmit data based on quasiparticles called magnons, rather than electrons. Magnonics is an emerging engineering subfield that targets high-speed, high-efficiency information encoding without the energy loss that burdens electronics.

Key components of the new spectrograph designed at the University of Geneva have been successfully tested. They will enable analysis of light from the exoplanet Proxima b. The RISTRETTO project, dedicated to observing Proxima b -the closest exoplanet to the Solar System - is reaching a new milestone: several key components of this high-precision spectrograph have been prototyped and successfully tested by the workshops of the Department of Astronomy at the University of Geneva.

Some bacteria use a kind of molecular "speargun" to eliminate their rivals, injecting them with a lethal cocktail. Researchers at the University of Basel have now discovered that certain bacteria can protect themselves against these toxic attacks. But this defense comes with a surprising downside: it makes them more vulnerable to antibiotics.

For the first time, researchers have observed live and in high resolution how influenza viruses infect living cells. This was possible thanks to a new microscopy technique, which could now help to develop antiviral therapies in a more targeted manner. Fever, aching limbs and a runny nose - as winter returns, so too does the flu.

An international study led by the University of Basel has discovered that nuclear pore complexes - tiny gateways in the nuclear membrane - are not rigid or gel-like as once thought. Their interiors are dynamically organized, constantly moving and rearranging. The findings reshape our understanding of a vital transport process in cells and have implications for diseases and potential therapies.

There is no evidence for the existence of sterile neutrinos - a fourth type of the elementary neutrino particle. This is shown by the international MicroBooNE collaboration at the US research center Fermilab with the participation of the University of Bern. The results confirm the standard model of particle physics and rule out the possibility that sterile neutrinos are the explanation for certain anomalies in earlier physics experiments.

A team from the University of Geneva shows that certain vocal processing skills are shared between humans and great apes. The brain doesn't just recognise the human voice. A study by the University of Geneva shows that certain areas of our auditory cortex respond specifically to the vocalisations of chimpanzees, our closest cousins both phylogenetically and acoustically.

Scientists at EPFL have created a scalable 3D organoid model that captures key features of early limb development, revealing how a specialized signaling center shapes both cell identity and tissue organization. During early development, the embryo builds the body's organs by exchanging chemical signals between different cell types.

An international team observed with the JWST huge clouds of helium escaping from the exoplanet Wasp-107b. An international team, including astronomers from the University of Geneva and the National Centre of Competence in Research PlanetS, has observed giant clouds of helium escaping from the exoplanet WASP-107b.