A week in a Greek refugee camp changed the course of Florian Knappe’s career. Today, he investigates how sports programs in asylum centers can support refugees.
Climate change is bringing longer dry periods and heavier rainfall to Switzerland. In the “Slow Water” project, researchers of the University of Basel are investigating how water can be stored in the landscape to help mitigate dry spells.
His original plan was to become a PE teacher. However, when David Koch had to resubmit his seminar paper, he used the waiting time to complete a research internship. There, he found his field through a combination of movement science, biomechanics and clinical practice.
For millennia, farming in Switzerland did not reduce plant diversity but helped increase it, University of Basel researchers have shown in a detailed reconstruction covering the past 7000 years. Only recent decades paint a different picture.
The ultra-thin material graphene can surprisingly host several superconducting states. This has been demonstrated by researchers at the University of Basel together with colleagues from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Some of these states are even stabilized by magnetic fields, rather than being destroyed by them, as is usually the case.
Professor Christophe Piveteau has been appointed the new assistant professor of theoretical quantum computing in the Faculty of Science.
Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a miniature dental robot that could one day automatically prepare teeth for crowns. The technology could help reduce the number of appointments needed for dental treatment.
Voices from politics and society regularly question the value of the humanities. Laurent Goetschel, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, explains why the humanities are needed precisely in a technologically advanced and turbulent world.
Restless legs, restless nights: Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) is a common but still mysterious sleep disorder. Using zebrafish, a team at the University of Basel has discovered that a gene associated with RLS is crucial for the development and function of the cerebellum. This may provide clues about the mechanisms that contribute to RLS symptoms.
