Predictions from quantum physics have been confirmed by countless experiments, but no one has yet detected the quantum physical effect of entanglement directly with the naked eye. This should now be possible thanks to an experiment proposed by a team around a theoretical physicist at the University of Basel. The experiment might pave the way for new applications in quantum physics.
Exercise can have a positive influence on certain symptoms of multiple sclerosis: Patients who do yoga and aquatic exercise suffer less from fatigue, depression and paresthesia, as reported by researchers from Basel.
Using an ultra fast-scanning atomic force microscope, a team of researchers from the University of Basel has filmed “living” nuclear pore complexes at work for the first time. Nuclear pores are molecular machines that control the traffic entering or exiting the cell nucleus. In their article published in “Nature Nanotechnology”, the researchers explain how the passage of unwanted molecules is prevented by rapidly moving molecular “tentacles” inside the pore.
Scientists from the University of Basel have developed a new method that has enabled them to image magnetic fields on the nanometer scale at temperatures close to absolute zero for the first time. They used spins in special diamonds as quantum sensors in a new kind of microscope to generate images of magnetic fields in superconductors with unrivalled precision.
When medication is used to shut off the oxygen supply to tumor cells, the cells adapt their metabolism in the medium term – by switching over to producing energy without oxygen. This observation by biomedical scientists at the University of Basel and University Hospital Basel could be used for treatment.
Four researchers of the University of Basel have been awarded the prestigious ERC Advanced Grants by the European Research Council (ERC).
The microscopic world is governed by the rules of quantum mechanics, where the properties of a particle can be completely undetermined and yet strongly correlated with those of other particles. Physicists from the University of Basel have observed these so-called Bell correlations for the first time between hundreds of atoms.
For his research about the connection between the human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer, Harald zur Hausen received the Nobel Prize in Medicine. On April 27 2016, the virologist will visit the Pharmazentrum of the University of Basel.
The Rectorate has appointed Prof. Georg Rauter and Prof. Azhar Zam new assistant professors at the Faculty of Medicine. They will strengthen the team of project MIRACLE at the Department of Biomedical Engineering in Allschwil. The project is being funded by the Werner Siemens Foundation with 15.2 million Swiss Francs over the course of five years. The principal aim is to develop a robot-assisted laser that can cut bones very precisely and without any direct contact.