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- Machine keeps human livers alive for one week outside of the body https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/Press-Releases/2020/Liver.html 44 comments
- Researches found that single cells make important decisions, such as whether to divide or not, much more autonomously than previously thought and they’re able to make adequate context-dependent decisions https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/Press-Releases/2022/Cell-Decision-Making.html 9 comments science
- The WHO lists a new diagnosis for CPTSD and issued guidelines for clinical assessment and treatment. New symptoms—such as self-organization disturbances—join the previous symptoms of PTSD, which include flashbacks, nightmares, avoidance, social withdrawal, and hypervigilance. https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/Press-Releases/2022/Trauma.html 5 comments science
- The reproductive success of male dolphins is not determined by strength or age, but via social bonds with other males. The better integrated males are in their social network, the more offspring they produce, a new study has shown using long-term behavioral and genetic data. https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/Press-Releases/2022/Dolphins.html 18 comments science
- Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 by infection or vaccination generates immune cells that provide long-term immunity. These long-lived memory T cells play a key role in preventing severe cases of Covid-19. Researchers have now discovered how these memory T cells form. https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/Press-Releases/2022/Immunological-Memory.html 39 comments science
- COVID-related School Closures Led to More Sleep and Better Quality of Life for Adolescents: UZH Study https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/Press-Releases/2022/Adolescent-Sleep.html 50 comments upliftingnews
- School Closures Led to More Sleep and Better Quality of Life for Adolescents https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/Press-Releases/2022/Adolescent-Sleep.html 78 comments economy
- Study: School days should begin later in morning. School closures had a negative effect on the health and well-being of many young people, but homeschooling also had a positive flipside: Thanks to sleeping longer in the morning, teenagers reported improved health and health-related quality of life. https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/Press-Releases/2022/Adolescent-Sleep.html 1993 comments science
- Academic education can positively affect aging of the brain. The initial findings of a long-term study show that certain degenerative processes are reduced in the brains of academics. Their brains are better able to compensate age-related cognitive and neural limitations. https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/Press-Releases/2021/Aging-of-the-Brain.html 17 comments science
- New AI algorithm flies a drone through the forest at 40 km/h https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/Press-Releases/2021/Drone-in-the-wild.html 11 comments technews
- New Algorithm Flies Drones Faster than Human Racing Pilots: For the first time an autonomously flying quadrotor has outperformed two human pilots in a drone race. The success is based on a novel algorithm https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/Press-Releases/2021/Drone-Race.html 52 comments technology
- New algorithm, developed by researchers of the University of Zurich, outperforms drones professional pilots by calculating time-optimal trajectories that fully consider the drones’ limitations https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/Press-Releases/2021/Drone-Race.html 4 comments science
- Researchers from Zurich have developed a compact, energy-efficient device made from artificial neurons that is capable of decoding brainwaves https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/press-releases/2021/chip.html 6 comments science
- Consumption of added sugar doubles fat production. Even moderate amounts of added fructose and sucrose double the body’s own fat production in the liver, researchers have shown. In the long term, this contributes to the development of diabetes or a fatty liver. https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/press-releases/2021/fat-production.html 841 comments science
- Daily use of a smartphone app can lead to desired personality changes within three months. And three months after the daily interventions, the changes are still noticeable. Findings indicate that development of the personality structure can happen more quickly than was previously believed https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/press-releases/2021/personality-app.html 10 comments science
- 1918 Pandemic Second Wave Had Fatal Consequences. Shortly after the peak of the second wave in November 1918, there was a national strike with demonstrations on social and labor issues. Ultimately, about 80 percent of the reported illnesses and deaths were attributable to the second wave. https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/press-releases/2021/spanish_flu.html 8 comments science
- There is a common genetic and neurobiological basis for risky behavior – the genetic disposition for risk-taking is mapped in several areas of the brain, a UZH study shows. The study combines genetic information and brain scans from more than 25,000 people for the first time. https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/press-releases/2021/risky_behaviour.html 4 comments science
- University of Zurich study - Cognitive Elements of Language Have Existed for 40 Million Years https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/press-releases/2020/language-evolution.html 53 comments linguistics
- Researchers have investigated ancient leather balls discovered in the graves of horse riders in northwest China. They are 3,000 years old, making them the oldest balls in Eurasia. The find suggests amongst others that the mounted warriors of Central Asia played ball games to keep themselves fit. https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/press-releases/2020/horse-riders-.html 3 comments science
- Syphilis May Have Spread through Europe before Columbus: A recent study indicates that Europeans could have been infected with syphilis much before the 15th century. In addition, researchers have discovered a hitherto unknown pathogen causing a related disease https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/press-releases/2020/syphilis.html 8 comments science
- Marmoset Monkeys can learn a new dialect when they move to a new area. It is not yet clear which advantages the animals gain from learning a new dialect. It could be that adapting their calls is a way for them to signal their interest in the new group and increase their chances of mating https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/press-releases/2019/marmoset.html 5 comments science
- New findings offer a neurobiological explanation for the difficulties some teenage girls have in controlling their emotions. Teen girls with problematic social behavior display reduced brain activity and weaker connectivity between the brain regions implicated in emotion regulation, research finds. https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/press-releases/2019/brain-activity.html 36 comments science
- Physicists have developed a simple device that allows heat to flow temporarily from a cold to a warm object without an external power supply. Intriguingly, the process initially appears to contradict the fundamental laws of physics. https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/press-releases/2019/thermodynamic-magic.html 25 comments science
- Primates with showy traits, big teeth or bright red chest markings, tend to have smaller testicles, according to a new study. https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/press-releases/2019/showy.html 15 comments science
- New study finds glaciers lost more than 9 trillion tons of ice between 1961 and 2016, raising global sea levels by 27 millimeters. The largest contributors were glaciers in Alaska, followed by the melting ice fields in Patagonia, and the glaciers in the Arctic regions. https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/press-releases/2019/glacier.html 8 comments science
- Negative emotions can reduce our capacity to trust. The study reveals the underlying effects of negative affect on brain circuitry: negative affect suppresses the social cognitive neural machinery important for understanding and predicting others’ behaviour https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/press-releases/2019/trust.html 3 comments science
- People who regularly take cocaine cut with the animal anti-worming agent levamisole demonstrate impaired cognitive performance and a thinned prefrontal cortex. Researchers are calling for public health protection authorities to expand their drug-checking programs https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/press-releases/2018/cocaine.html 330 comments science
- New research suggests that LSD reduces communication between brain regions for planning and decision making, and increases connectivity in brain networks associated with sensory functions and movement, providing insights into how depression or schizophrenia develop and could be treated. https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/press-releases/2018/perception_lsd.html 42 comments science
- If a sales agent brings their customer a small gift, the customer is much more likely to make a purchase, suggests a new study. The fact that even small gifts can result in conflicts of interest has implications for where the line should be drawn between tokens of appreciation and attempted bribery. https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/press-releases/2018/gifts.html 868 comments science
- Researchers developed a nanoparticle type for novel use in artificial photosynthesis by adding zinc sulfide on the surface of indium-based quantum dots to produce clean hydrogen fuel from water and sunlight, a sustainable source of energy with new eco-friendly and powerful materials. https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/press-releases/2018/artificial-photosynthesis.html 30 comments science
- About 1% of people who are infected with HIV-1 produce very special antibodies that do not just fight one virus strain, but neutralize almost all known virus strains. Research into developing an HIV vaccine focused on factors responsible for the production of such antibodies is published in Nature. https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/press-releases/2018/hiv-vaccine.html 606 comments science
- Like with fingerprints, no two people have the same brain anatomy, a study by researchers of the University of Zurich has shown. This uniqueness is the result of a combination of genetic factors and individual life experiences. http://www.media.uzh.ch/en/press-releases/2018/brain-anatomy.h 6 comments science
- Direct Coupling of the Higgs Boson to the Top Quark Observed http://www.media.uzh.ch/en/press-releases/2018/cms-experiment.html 938 comments science
- Ostracism or social exclusion may be used to discipline disagreeable members and promote cooperation. However, ostracism can also be an unintentional side effect of people joining up with individuals they have previously had good experiences with, where the ostracizers are oblivious of their acts. http://www.media.uzh.ch/en/press-releases/2018/social-exclusion.html 9 comments science
- Speakers hesitate or make brief pauses filled with sounds like “uh” or “uhm” mostly before nouns. Such slow-down effects are far less frequent before verbs. http://www.media.uzh.ch/en/press-releases/2018/speech.html 39 comments linguistics
- Scientists have developed a new algorithm that helps drones safely navigate urban obstacle courses. The algorithm can identify navigational patterns and glean basic traffic laws by watching the movements of bikes and cars through a crowded environment. http://www.media.uzh.ch/en/press-releases/2018/dronet_drone.html 3 comments science
- How cats and cows protect farm children from asthma - Immunologists from the University of Zurich have shown that a sialic acid found in farm animals is effective against inflammation of lung tissue. This study opens up a wide variety of perspectives for the prevention of allergies. http://www.media.uzh.ch/en/press-releases/2017/asthma_children.html 12 comments science
- The largest virtual Universe ever simulated: Researchers from the University of Zurich have simulated the formation of our entire Universe with a large supercomputer. A gigantic catalogue of about 25 billion virtual galaxies has been generated from 2 trillion digital particles. http://www.media.uzh.ch/en/press-releases/2017/virtual-kosmos.html 5 comments technology
- Using a computer model, astrophysicists have simulated the largest, most complex virtual universe to date, a feat they hope will yield new insights into the nature of dark matter and dark energy. http://www.media.uzh.ch/en/press-releases/2017/virtual-kosmos.html 4 comments science
- Too Much Stress for the Mother Affects the Baby through Amniotic Fluid - If the mother is stressed over a longer period of time during pregnancy, the concentration of stress hormones in amniotic fluid rises, finds an interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Zurich. http://www.media.uzh.ch/en/press-releases/2017/stress-hormones-in-amniotic-fluid.html 5 comments science