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A six-planets system discovered

Using the SOPHIE spectrograph, scientists are observing the star HD 158259 in the Draco constellation for seven years. The instrument, until now, has acquired...

An epic molecular target for explicitly obtrusive cancers

Cancer treatments regularly kill both healthy and infected cells, activating wrecking symptoms. Also, some cancers, which from the outset have all the earmarks of...

To protect your brain, don’t be (too) kind!

Scientists from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG), Switzerland recently used brain imaging and psycho-cognitive evaluations. It demonstrated...

The mystery of Universe expansion has been finally solved

The universe has been expanding since the Big Bang occurred 13.8 billion years ago—a proposition first made by the Belgian canon and physicist Georges...

Discovery of a new nano-structure that lies at the center of our cellular skeleton

Every single animal cell has an organelle called a centrosome, which is fundamental to the organization of their cell skeleton. The centrosome plays major...

CHEOPS space telescope has taken its first pictures of the sky

They are exceeding the expectations of the scientists.

Scientists identified 45 new genes that cause blindness

Cardiac and visual degeneration arrested by a food supplement.

“Super-grafts” that could treat diabetes

By successfully strengthening pancreatic islets before transplantation, researchers at UNIGE and HUG are hoping for a significant improvement in the success of cell transplants in patients with severe diabetes.

Physicists have discovered a new quantum property

A new form of quantum correlation in theory.

Jeanne Calment was indeed the world’s longest-living person

By combining epidemiology, mathematical modeling, and historical investigation, researchers in Geneva, Switzerland, and France confirm Jeanne Calment’s exceptional longevity, invalidating the conspiracy theories surrounding her.

How to optimize decision making?

UNIGE researchers demonstrate that our brains do not make decisions based on their inherent value but for what they offer above and beyond other possible propositions.

Scientists unveiled the first steps in the construction of vision

By decoding the genetic mechanisms that control the neurons of the visual system, researchers at UNIGE are unveiling the first steps in the construction of vision, paving the way for regenerative eye medicine.

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