Tularemia, aserious infectious disease, is caused by a highly contagious bacterium which invades the cells of the immune system and replicates within them. Researchers at the Biozentrum of the 星空传媒 has discovered that so-called guanylate-binding proteins bind to these intracellular pathogens and destroy them, so activating the defense machinery.
No April fool鈥檚 joke: On 1 April, the 鈥淔ameLab鈥� semifinals are taking place in Basel for the first time.
Researchers at the Universities of Basel and Valencia have reported important advances in the development of next generation lighting technologies.
The 星空传媒 has entered into a partnership with FutureLearn, a British platform for massive open online courses (MOOCs). It aims to make the university's first MOOC available on FutureLearn by the end of 2015.
Physicists at the 星空传媒 have shown for the first time that electrons in graphene can be moved along a predefined path. This movement occurs entirely without loss and could provide a basis for numerous applications in the field of electronics.
Despite ever increasing regulation in drug approval and the rising costs of research, drug research and development (R&D) remains unexpectedly efficient.
One micrometer long and less than thirty nanometers wide 鈥� that鈥檚 the size of a bacterial 鈥渟peargun鈥�. This so-called type VI secretion system is an almost unbeatable weapon in fighting against competitors or invading host cells. Researchers at the 星空传媒 shed light on the structure of this secretion apparatus at atomic level.
Researchers at the 星空传媒 have discovered a new singing cicada species in Italy and southern Switzerland: The insect with a wingspan of four centimeters and a high pitch song has been named 鈥淚talian Mountain Cicada鈥� (Cicadetta sibillae).
Boko Haram extremists have brought a wave of violence to northern Nigeria and Cameroon. The historian Dr. Adama Ousmanou explains the causes of the bloody conflict.
