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Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · 1d

Rocky ridges deep in the #Alps🗻 harbour large bodies of ice within them. Researchers are observing the state of the #permafrost in these #RockGlaciers and are finding more and more liquid water in them. We joined them in the Val Muragl.👇 www.horizons-mag.ch/2025/09/04/a...

Ascent to the permafrost

After the pandemic is before the pandemic

Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · 4d

The next #pandemic will surely come. We look at how researchers are helping to prepare us for it.
- cohort studies👫,
- vaccines 💉and
- pandemic plans📄.
@nicolamlow.bsky.social @unibern.bsky.social @bereadycohort.bsky.social @aureliafnguyen.bsky.social @cepi.net

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Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · 7d

#Disruption is meant to ruin your competitor’s markets. Some see this as predatory capitalism, while others see it as an opportunity to establish a new, #sustainable economy. 👇
@scientoskop.bsky.social

Disruption

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Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · 10d

Like #EasterEggs on the lake floor. These colourful unhatched fish eggs in #LakeTanganyika show how #biodiversity begins in the embryo. They offer us a window onto #evolution.👇

Fishing for biodiversity

Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · 13d

A flowchart 📊 shows how #plastic reaches the #ocean and how it can be stopped ♻️.
@eawag.bsky.social

The paths of plastic

We do not see with eyes alone

Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · 17d

Our #brain 🧠 gives priority to the most reliable data when constructing an image of our
surroundings. These data often come from our eyes👁️. We consider why #sight seems to be our most dominant sense, though in fact that’s not always the case.👇

Horizons - From images to knowledge

Protecting adult giraffes

Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · 20d

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If the #giraffe population of the Serengeti is to keep growing again, it’s the adult animals
in particular that must be protected.👇

Horizons - Issue 146

Gateways to the microcosm and the macrocosm

Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · 23d

Whether electron microscopes 🔬, MRI 🧠 or networks of space telescopes 📡: cutting-edge technology delivers impressive images from the very small to the very large.
@icepfl.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social @esa.int
Here are seven examples 👇

Horizons - From images to knowledge

Measuring the temperature of science

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Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · 24d

#Science is not doing well, true or false?🔬Between 15 years of decline in #AcademicFreedom and strong but dented #confidence: introspection from within the world of research with @eribertsou.bsky.social @colognaviktoria.bsky.social @angelovpanaro.bsky.social.👇

Horizons - Issue 146

Ignoring excellence and fairness

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Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · 27d

“It’s disgusting what we’re being instructed to do”. Employees of the National Science
Foundation have been telling the Guardian in the UK what’s happening on the
research funding scene in the USA.👇

Horizons - From images to knowledge

Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · Sep 9

Images can be a powerful advertisement for #science – but sometimes things can backfire. We look at a horrifying mouse🐭👂 with a human ear, the mighty Pillars of Creation🏛️🌍 and evolutionary misunderstandings🙈🙈.

The ‘eyes’ have it

Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · Sep 8

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A #battery that’s charged within a minute and can be used in extreme hot and cold conditions: This is an invention of BTRY AG, a spin-off of Empa.
How it works👇
@scientoskop.bsky.social

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Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · Sep 5

Images are often crucial to research. We’ve spoken with three people who make images
accessible to scientists and scholars. 👇
#Microscopy @EPFL_en #ImageArchive #DataViz

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Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · Sep 4

The images that researchers use can expand the world that we construct in our minds, says
Florian Fisch @scientoskop.bsky.social , taking his cue from Jacques Dubochet.👇

The Swiss Research Magazine

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Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · Sep 4

Images magnify our world, but also distort it. The new issue of Horizons sheds light on the power of scientific visualisations.

👉www.horizons-mag.ch

Horizons

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Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · Sep 3

Political attacks, natural risks, computer obsolescence... 🙊🌊
Scientific data is under threat. We provide details of a struggle for its preservation and for #OpenScience with Jürgen Enge, @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social, @rrrrrok.bsky.social und Frank Oliver Glöckner.

“The Reddit moderators rightfully think of themselves as protectors”

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Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · Sep 1

Swiss researchers have triggered outrage with a research study they ran on #reddit. They let an #AI join the discussion without getting consent from moderators or users. Samia Hurst explains the #ethical sticking points👇

Without diversity, there is no excellence in science

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Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · Aug 30

“At stake is what questions can be asked at all”.

Laura Bernardi, Vice-President at SNF, is worried about US restrictions on research.

And she points out: “Excellence cannot be disentangled from diversity.”

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Horizons - Issue 145

Health research ought to be political

Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · Aug 29

Public health experts ought to be much more political, says Eric Reinhart in Nature.👇
@scientoskop.bsky.social

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Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · Aug 28

Concrete capable of absorbing urban noise 🔉 and promoting biodiversity 🌿, produced using ice structures 🧊! This is the gamble of the ETH Zurich materials researcher Vasily Sitnikov, who has just launched the startup Ice Formwork. 👇

Concrete cast in ice

Exploding cavities on distant comets

Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · Aug 15

💫 Comets are full of holes, just like a Swiss cheese, and sometimes these cavities explode. A team from Bern University has used data from the Rosetta Mission to identify a possible cause.👇

Discrimination is rife in the fertility market

Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · Aug 13

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“Dominant groups in society are often encouraged to #reproduce, while #minorities are deliberately prevented from doing so”.
The historian Nicole Bourbonnais sums up the injustice at the heart of the worldwide reproductive health market.👇

Competition for the best US researchers

Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · Aug 11

The #USA is the latest pool for #research talent! We look at how #Europe’s #universities are jostling for position.👇

Loyalty cards promote healthy eating

Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · Aug 8

Data from supermarket loyalty cards drive a new #app to provide personalised tips on #nutrition. It’s been developed by researchers at the University of St.Gallen and the Inselspital Bern. 👇