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Content: Volume 9, Issue 4

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Taking off with quantum sensors on unstaffed aerial vehicles

Today, we use unstaffed aerial vehicles (UAVs) with a diverse array of sensors in a wide range of applications including aerial photography, precision agriculture, environmental monitoring (i.e. forest fire and river monitoring), and infrastructure inspections. For instance, magnetometers are used on UAVs in archeological applications... click to read more

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published on Oct 13, 2023
How much can antibiotic prescription rates be reduced through targeted interventions?

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is when bacteria, parasites, viruses, and fungi become resistant to the drugs used to treat infections. This can occur either naturally, or because people overuse and misuse antimicrobial medicines, such as antibiotics, which can speed up the development of resistance. AMR is... click to read more

  • Kyaw Zay Ya | PhD student at Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
  • Mark Lambiris | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Basel
  • Günther Fink | Professor  at Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
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published on Oct 11, 2023
Visualizing the initial steps of blood clotting by SARS-Cov2 Spike protein

SARS-Cov-2 is a respiratory virus responsible for COVID-19 infections that can be severe or even fatal. Peculiar to SARS-Cov-2, compared to other coronaviruses, is its tendency to lead to blood clotting defects, which are involved in the major causes of severe COVID-19 complications (like microthrombosis,... click to read more

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Reading time 3.5 min
published on Oct 9, 2023
Long or short doesn’t matter: the tale of an unusual gamma-ray burst

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs in short) are the most luminous known objects in the entire Universe, emitting the amount of energy that our Sun radiates in its entire life, within just a few seconds. They are created by cosmic explosions, which generate a huge amount of... click to read more

  • Alessio Mei | PhD student at Gran Sasso Science Institute
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Reading time 4 min
published on Oct 6, 2023
Writing cell memory: how Histones play a role in Epigenetic Memory

Expression of a correct set of genes at the right time is crucial for cells to maintain their cell-type specific function. Epigenetic cell memory supports maintenance of such gene expression programs, with specific chromatin states regulating which genes to express or to keep silent. Chromatin... click to read more

  • Valentin Flury | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Copenhagen
  • Anja Groth | Professor at University of Copenhagen
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published on Oct 4, 2023