Biology
Early warning system for sewage treatment plants
Research
Eawag
Timely analyses of the bacterial community in wastewater treatment plants enables changes to be detected and remedied before cleaning performance suffers.
Peering into Nanofluidic Mysteries One Photon at a Time
Research
EPFL
EPFL and University of Manchester researchers unlock secrets of nanofluidics using a 2D material and light.
How Salmonella grow together in the gut and exchange antibiotic resistance
Research
ETH Zurich
The ability to utilize a mere single alternative food source is all it takes for diarrhoea causing Salmonella bacteria to bloom when a gut is already colonized by a closely related strain, according to researchers from ETH Zurich. This coexistence enables the exchange of antibiotic resistance.
How antibiotic resistance spreads in bacterial colonies
Research
Eawag
The number of microbes that acquire antibiotic resistance depends on the time at which the antibiotic is added. This is a conclusion reached by a research group at Eawag on the basis of experiments with genetically modified bacteria that glow in different colours when they exchange genetic information with each other.
Treating anaemia with gene scissors
Research
ETH Zurich
ETH Zurich molecular biologist Mandy Boontanrart is researching gene therapies that could be used to cure two of the most common types of inherited anaemia. She has now developed a promising approach for so-called beta-hemoglobinopathies.
“Research with embryo models needs legal clarity”
Politics
ETH Zurich
Science often runs ahead of legislation – and this is now also true for research on embryo-like cell aggregates from human stem cells. Bioethicist Alessandro Blasimme of ETH Zurich explains why this controversial topic calls for legal clarity.
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