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Fast growth, low defence - plants facing a dilemma
— 29 Jan 2011 18:34 | BiologyPlants are attacked by a multitude of insects and mammals. As defence against these herbivores they developed complex defence mechanisms over the course of evolution: spines, thorns,…
Lower occurrence of atopic dermatitis in children thanks to farm animals and cats
— 2 Dec 2010 18:58 | HealthAtopic dermatitis (also known as atopic eczema) is a chronic and extremely painful inflammation of the skin that frequently occurs in early childhood, generally already in infancy.…
Fertility or powdery mildew resistance?
— 13 Nov 2010 09:47 | BiologyPowdery mildew is a fungus that infects both crop and ornamental plants. Each year, powdery mildew and other plant pathogens cause immense crop loss. Despite decades of intense research,…
Neural responses indicate our willingness to help
— 8 Oct 2010 13:18 | HealthWitnessing a person from our own group or an outsider suffer pain causes neural responses in two very different regions of the brain. And, the specific region activated reveals whether…
Successful neurosurgery with transcranial MR-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound
— 22 Jun 2009 10:46 | HealthThe Magnetic Resonance Centre of the University Children's Hospital Zurich has achieved a world first break through in MR-guided, non-invasive neurosurgery. Ten patients have been successfully…
What is the function of lymph nodes?
— 26 May 2009 11:12 | HealthIf we imagine our immune system to be a police force for our bodies, then previous work has suggested that the Lymph nodes would be the best candidate structures within the body to…
Fertilisation intensifies competition for light and endangers plant diversity
— 1 May 2009 14:26 | EnvironmentWhen grasslands are fertilised their productivity is increased but their plant diversity is diminished. In the last 50 years levels of plant-available nitrogen and phosphorous have…
Global glacier melt continues
— 29 Jan 2009 21:52 | EnvironmentGlaciers around the globe continue to melt at high rates. Tentative figures for the year 2007, of the World Glacier Monitoring Service at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, indicate…
The Magellanic group and its seven dwarf galaxies
— 16 Oct 2008 11:28 | AstronomyAstronomers at the University of Zurich have proposed a new theory for the formation of dwarf galaxies. In a paper published in 'The Astrophysical Journal,' Elena D'Onghia and George…
Childbirth was already difficult for the Neanderthals
— 9 Sep 2008 15:37 | Geology and palaeontologyNeanderthals had a brain at birth of a similar size to that of modern-day babies. However, after birth, their brain grew more quickly than it does for Homo sapiens and became larger…