New beginnings. (02/2025)
Upheavals and fresh starts in private life and history: On setting out, turning things around and looking ahead.
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ResearchHelp in a technological no-man’s land.
Text: Santina Russo / Neural implants improve the lives of many — until the manufacturers stop providing support for their own technology. A researcher in medical ethics from the University of Basel is investigating the previously underestimated phenomenon of “neuroabandonment.”
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ResearchChemistry between the stars.
Text: Angelika Jacobs / Astrochemist Jutta Toscano studies how molecules react with one another in the coldest and darkest regions of space. Her aim: to better understand the nature of the universe.
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AlumniTouchdown in life.
Text: Céline Emch / Greg Starek combines scientific precision with a passion for sports. His path has taken him from biophysics at the University of Basel to the data department at the National Football League in the United States.
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AlumniA leap from science to industry.
Interview: Céline Emch / How does a nanoscientist end up in the insurance industry? Marco Krummenacher talks to us about how he launched his postresearch career.