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Vascular system of a zebrafish embryo, with endothelial cells in green and blood cells in red.
Science

Researchers uncover new insights into blood vessel formation

Ashwini Sakharkar

These insights may provide potential approaches to the treatment of vascular diseases.

Cross-section through the hippocampus of a mouse
Neuroscience

Brain creates three copies of each memory, study

Pranjal Malewar

These are preserved for varying durations.

reliable identification of cultivated germs
Biology

Over 30 new species of bacteria discovered in patient samples

Pranjal Malewar

Some of these are associated with clinically relevant infections.

Photo reading book and using flashlight. young boy in casual clothes lying down near tent at evening time.
Health

Study finds colour of Light may not affect sleep

Pranjal Malewar

A recent study conducted by researchers from the University of Basel and the Technical University of Munich suggests that the colour of light may...

Image showing Fluorescence microscopic image of a murine cochlea: the hair cells are marked in green, the cell skeleton in red and the cell nuclei with genetic material in blue.
Health

Hearing loss therapies advancing with Novel discoveries

Dr. Prajakta Banik

mTORC2 modulation of auditory hair cell structure and function.

cross-​section of a retinal organoid
Biology

Exploring the human retina: A detailed look

Dr. Prajakta Banik

A new atlas illustrates how the human retina is developing.

pairs with opposite spins
Science

A negative correlation is demonstrated between the two spins of an entangled pair of electrons

Amit Malewar

Physicists used spin filters made of nanomagnets and quantum dots.

Cerebellum
Science

Scientists discovered a new function of the cerebellum

Amit Malewar

The cerebellum also plays an important role in remembering emotional experiences.

Dots
Science

Scientists successfully coupled two types of electron-hole pairs

Amit Malewar

These merged properties could be used to produce a novel source of individual photons.

A particle of light from the single photon source (below) is stored in the vapor cell (above). A simultaneously emitted second photon is revealed by a detector (right), which triggers the control laser pulse and thereby initiates the storage process. (Image: Department of Physics/University of Basel)
Quantum Physics

Photon Storage in a Ground-State Vapor Cell Quantum Memory

Editorial Team

Quantum network nodes with warm atoms

identical light particles
Science

Scientists produced twin photons with different quantum dots

Pranjal Malewar

Twin photons from unequal sources.

muscle layer (red)
Science

Scientists discovered a new muscle layer on the jaw

Pranjal Malewar

Scientists discovered a previously overlooked section of our jaw muscles.

Immune cell activation: Scientists deciphered the details of it
Science

Immune cell activation: Scientists deciphered the details of it

Amit Malewar

How do immune cells get activated?

new single-photon source
Quantum Computing

The new single-photon source can produce billions of these quantum particles per second

Amit Malewar

A record-breaking source for single photons.

Romantic partners influence each other’s goals
Social Science

Romantic partners influence each other’s goals

Pranjal Malewar

Investigating the interdependence of approach and avoidance goals within romantic relationships.

squid
Technology

Measuring extremely faint magnetic fields with a minuscule instrument

Ashwini Sakharkar

A new SQUID for nanostructures.

Quantum machine learning illustration
Quantum Computing

Machine learning helps measure quantum dots automatically

Amit Malewar

Machine learning helps open up new possibilities for quantum devices.

In a quantum dot formed in a two-dimensional gas in a semiconductor wafer, to electron is trapped. However, the electron moves in space and, with different probability, corresponding to a wave function, stops at certain locations within the trap (red ellipses). Using the gold gates applied electric fields, the geometry of this wave can be changed. (Image: University of Basel, Department of Physics)
Science

How does a single electron looks in an artificial atom?

Amit Malewar

The spin of an electron is a promising candidate for use as the smallest information unit (qubit) of a quantum computer. Controlling and switching...

The lanternfish has bioluminescent organs and an increased number of rhodopsin genes. (Image: Zuzana Musilová, Charles University, Prague)
Science

Deep sea fish can see color in darkness

Amit Malewar

As many as 10 million species may inhabit the deep sea – biodiversity comparable to the world’s richest tropical rainforests. These species are typically...

A diamond quantum sensor is used to determine the magnetic properties of individual atomic layers of the material chromium triiodide in a quantitative manner. It was shown that the direction of the spins in successive layers alternate in the layers. (University of Basel, Department of Physics)
Science

Unprecedented insight into two-dimensional magnets

Amit Malewar

The discovery of ferromagnetism in 2D van der Waals (vdW) crystals has generated widespread interest. Making further progress requires quantitative knowledge of the magnetic...

Measured tunneling current and its dependence on the two applied magnetic fields: The fans of red/yellow curves each correspond to a fingerprint of the conducting edge states. Each individual curve separately shows one of the edge states. Credit: University of Basel, Department of Physics
Science

New technique to obtain individual fingerprint of the conducting edge states

Pranjal Malewar

Scientists at the University of Basel has recently developed a method that can precisely obtain an individual fingerprint of the current-carrying edge states occurring...

Pre-sorted ortho-water and para-water molecules with differently oriented nuclear spins (blue or red arrows) react with diazenylium ions (center left) at different speeds. (Illustration: University of Basel, Department of Chemistry)
Science

Water is not the same as water

Amit Malewar

Water exists in 2 different forms with similar physical properties. Now for the first time, scientists at the University of Basel succeed in separating...

Development of cartilage tissue from mesenchymal stem/stromal cells after eight weeks in vivo: Inhibition of the signaling pathway of the protein BMP leads to the maintenance of stable cartilage tissue, indicated by red staining (left). In contrast, the control group shows a development towards bone tissue (right). (Image: University of Basel, Department of Biomedicine)
Health

Scientists succeed in cultivating cartilage from stem cells

Pranjal Malewar

By instigating particular sub-atomic procedures happening amid embryonic ligament arrangement, researchers found that it is conceivable to ligament can be created from grown-up undifferentiated...

T-cells: a new method developed by Basel researchers simplifies the genetic modification of T-cells in mice. They are now aiming to transfer the technique to human T-cells.
Health

Effective genetic modification of immune cells

Amit Malewar

Another technique empowers qualities in living T-cells in mice to be adjusted rapidly and effectively. It makes use of plasmids, an attempted and tried...

Artificial organelles in the scavenger cells of a zebrafish that were made visible by a fluorescent reaction. The fluorescence only occurs when the enclosed peroxidase enzyme is activated and reacts hydrogen peroxide produced by the scavenger cells. The researchers have thus provided evidence that the artificial organelles function in vivo. (Image: University of Basel, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Health

Tiny implants for cells are functional in vivo, study

Amit Malewar

Scientists at the University of Basel, for the first time, have successfully integrated artificial organelles into the cells of live zebrafish embryos. The approach offers new potential...

Inheritance of the familial erythrocytosis. (Image: University of Basel, Department of Biomedicine)
Health

Inherited mutation leads to overproduction of EPO, study

Editorial Team

Researchers from the Department of Biomedicine at the University of Basel and University Hospital Basel investigated that a newly discovered hereditary mutation is responsible...

Example of a connection between a mitochondrium and the endoplasmic reticulum. These connections enable the memory CD8 T-cells to protect us quickly from infections.
Health

Scientists discovered how cellular structure orchestrates immunologic memory

Amit Malewar

The human body's immune system recollects sickness causing pathogens and can respond all the more rapidly if there should be an occurrence of restored...

From Witterswil to Mars: Professor Nikolaus Kuhn tests the operation of a specially developed camera with a model of the ExoMars Rover. (Image: University of Basel, Florian Moritz)
Space

Researchers are testing camera for Mars rover

Editorial Team

The European Space Agency (ESA) is sending a rover into space in 2020 to examine the surface of Mars for signs of life. This...

The circadian rhythm of roughly 24 hours affects the energy metabolism of mitochondria. (Illustration: University of Basel)
Science

Circadian clock sets the rhythm for our cells’ powerhouses, study

Pranjal Malewar

Cell energy metabolism additionally takes the beat of the circadian clock. A University of Basel study has now demonstrated precisely how this functions by...

Illustration of the mTORC2 architecture: The mTOR protein is highlighted in red. mTORC2 specific accessory proteins are colored cyan
Science

Scientists elucidated the architecture of cellular control center mTORC2

Editorial Team

The protein complex mTORC2 controls cell lipid and sugar digestion. Specialists from the Biozentrum of the University of Basel and the ETH Zurich have...

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