2022

A computer model has been created by researchers at the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin that determines the rate at which Greenland’s glacier fronts are melting.Published in…

Comet strikes on Jupiter’s moon Europa could help transport critical ingredients for life found on the moon’s surface to its hidden ocean of liquid water — even if the impacts don’t punch completely through the moon’s icy shell.The…

The Energy Institute at The University of Texas at Austin and four of the globe’s largest energy companies have launched a new membership program that will advance science and create opportunities for energy community members and…

150 million people worldwide are affected by urinary tract infections every year, often recurrent. The standard treatment is antibiotics, but these do not always help and can lead to resistance. Antibiotics also damage the “good” bacteria…

A majority of people in Switzerland believe research, including basic research, is necessary and improves their lives. According to the latest findings of the Science Barometer Switzerland, 71% and 67% respectively agree with these…

According to a report published by the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences in 2018, Swiss higher education institutions are failing to provide fledgling academics with sufficient job prospects and long-term professional opportunities, in…

Thirty years ago, US political scientist Francis Fukuyama formulated his theory of the end of history. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he predicted the final victory for democracy and liberalism. As we now know, the prophesized…

Neuroeconomist Paul Glimcher makes quick decisions. Asked at which market stall in Zurich's Christmas village he would like to eat, he does not hesitate. "Here," he says, pointing to one. Why this one? "I don't know, but this is the one,"…

Viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, influenza virus and others travel from person to person essentially by hitchhiking on aerosols. These are finely dispersed particles containing liquid suspended in the air that an infected person expels when…

On November 11 (Fri), at 9:30 am, as part of the 3rd Swedish-Korea Nobel Memorial Program (held from November 8 to 12), the Sweden-Korea Research Collaboration Workshop, co-sponsored by the Swedish Embassy, was held at Korea University…