Weaknesses discovered in COVID-19’s ‘armour’
Swiss scientists have identified the sites on the ‘armour’ of SARS-CoV-2 that are most often targeted by antibodies. The University of Geneva (UNIGE) announced last […]
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Rescue at sea using a new mathematical algorithm
Rescue and salvage operations at sea are particularly challenging for the rescuers, as it usually takes a certain amount of time for the emergency services […]
Medical AI on the rise: phone app recognizes corona cough, deep speech analysis detects dementia
A team of students from the Swiss Lausanne’s technical university EPFL is working on an app to check if your cough is a symptom of […]
Is the coronavirus pandemic also due to airborne transmission?
Almost the entire world has been social distancing for weeks now on account of the coronavirus pandemic. Or for months, as is the case in […]
New blood test detects 50+ cancer types, inc. early stage pre-symptomatic
There is, in principle, only one method for early detection of cancer: regular check-ups. These are often unpleasant, e.g. mammograms or colonoscopies. Plus they are […]
How dreams prepare us to face fears in real life
We fall, we are pursued and are unable to move, we want to scream. But no sound comes out, a loved one dies or suddenly […]
How harmful is microrubber to humans?
Microplastics is literally on everyone’s lips. Every person eats, drinks and breathes up to five grams of microplastics per week – and therefore basically eats […]
Start-up of the Month: the storage revolution in Battery Land?
The month of November is already in full swing. However, at IO we’re taking a look back at the month of October. After all, we […]
Will there soon be a drug against metastasized tumors?
When cancer cells travel through the body, metastases are often likely to develop. These metastases generally spread in two ways. They may metastasize via the […]