Researchers from Unige and the University of Manchester have discovered structures based on two-dimensional materials that emit tailor-made light in any colour one could wish for.

By identifying a protein that helps regulate blood glucose and lipids, researchers hope for the rapid development of treatments more effective than current insulin therapy.

By observing how cells manage to modify their function by partially changing their identity, Swiss researchers discovered a phenomenon of cell plasticity unknown until now. Although they only examined cells in the pancreas, such processes might characterize many other cell types in the body.

Bienen spielen eine Schlüsselrolle in unserem Ökosystem und der weltweiten Lebensmittelversorgung. Dank einer großangelegten gemeinsamen Initiative wurden nun die Genome zweier wichtiger bestäubender Hummelarten sequenziert und mit den Genomen anderer Bienen verglichen, um einen Grundstein zur Identifizierung wichtiger Faktoren zur Erhaltung dieser Arten zu legen.