The Institute of Nursing Science at the University of Basel has carried out a large-scale study to take the pulse of home care provision in Switzerland. The conclusion: the organizations are delivering good work – but policy decisions need to be made if they are to continue to provide their services in the future.
The University Council has appointed Mirko Winkler as the new Professor for Urban Public Health at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Basel. The professorship is hosted at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH). Two adjunct professorships have also been awarded at the Faculty of Medicine.
In Sweden, immigrants are allowed to participate in regional elections even if they don’t have a Swedish passport. Researchers at the University of Basel recently investigated whether this affects naturalization numbers. Their findings could also be of interest for Switzerland.
Researchers have identified a new brain circuit in mouse embryos that develops at an unexpectedly early stage. Their findings may provide new insights into circuit abnormalities in autism.
Digital technologies offer museums new opportunities for collecting and conveying information. Researchers at the University of Basel are initiating these types of projects and giving historical objects and museum holdings a second home online.
Bangladesh’s Asian University for Women (AUW) held a special ceremony in April to confer an honorary doctorate on the University of Basel’s president, Professor Andrea Schenker-Wicki.
Twisted molecules play an important role in the development of organic light-emitting diodes. A team of chemists has managed to create these compounds with exactly the three-dimensional structure that they wanted. In so doing, they are smoothing the path for new and better light sources.
In advanced breast cancer, treatment often fails when the cancer cells become resistant to it. Researchers in Basel have now uncovered one mechanism behind this and found a possible solution to the problem: treatment in combination with a known antioxidant that is often used as an expectorant.
A research team at the University of Basel has discovered that a high-fat diet alters the function of adipose tissue, thus impairing its ability to regulate blood sugar. This explains why a high-fat diet poses a significant health risk, particularly for diabetes.