My latest animation shows how organic salts can keep the same ionic conductivity mechanism as they transform from liquid to solid. Supporting a paper by @paul-mcgonigal.bsky.social et al. published in @science.org
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We're excited to share the name of this year's penguin chick — Tater! 🐧 🥔 A recent blood test revealed that our newest Gentoo (hatched in May to parents Carla and Big Foot) is male. The name was chosen by the winning bidder of our annual fundraising auction.

DIPPIN' DOTS were never the future but maybe this is

McMaster U 🇨🇦 Science Advances

BACTERIOPHAGE-LOADED MICRONEEDLES that enable safe phage delivery directly into food matrices

Multi-log reduction in E. coli CFU in raw hamburger or cooked ready-to-eat chicken

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Happy Halloween!

From the current issue of Globe Magazine:

In a real-world lab in Jurapark Aargau, researchers and the local community are testing out ideas for a sustainable future. Here, knowledge flows both ways. ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

Diabetes leads to nerve damage in half of all people affected, starting in the feet. The smart sock from ETH spin-off MYNERVA helps sufferers feel the ground again when walking and alleviates their chronic pain.
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We can do a lot more to avoid the most dangerous and fatal health conditions than we think. In a Next Big Idea Club Book Bite, @drtomfrieden.bsky.social sorts out facts from hype with five key insights from his new book "The Formula for Better Health":

The fluid covering the lungs increases their deformability, especially with #Deep #Breaths, as researchers at ETH Zurich discovered using sophisticated laboratory measurements.

Salk Institute_Good reads
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All cells – from mammalian cells to microbes – can follow different biological paths. Whether they grow and divide, specialise, age or die depends on the pathway they take. New findings by researchers at ETH Zurich could help influence a cell’s decisions to target diseases such as cancer.

Hot off the press! new #CoverArt for @kasperspedersen.bsky.social Read the article here www.cell.com/chem/fulltex...
Molecular alloying drives valence change in a van der Waals antiferromagnet

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Computer scientists at ETH Zurich have developed a digital tool capable of searching through millions of published DNA records in a matter of seconds. This can significantly accelerate research into antibiotic resistance and unknown pathogens.

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Thirty years ago, Swiss physicist Didier Queloz discovered the first planet outside our solar system, revolutionising astrophysics. In 2019, he received the Nobel Prize for his discovery. But he still hasn’t had enough. Why? Find out in the video. 👇