Our bacterial heritage: one of mom’s best gifts
Today’s journey begins with a rather amusing encounter: an ever-wiggling spermatozoid with a self-composed egg. What happens next is a...
The curious world of topological materials
In our current’s society ceaseless search for new materials that allow electronic devices to perform better and faster, physics and...
A voyage into the entrails of humanity: the microbiome
The human microbiome term refers to microbial communities living in symbiosis in or on different organs throughout our bodies. Our...
PLANT EXTINCTION: A LUSH GREEN MEMORY
It’s not news that humankind depends on plants. Food, fuel and medication are just some of the valuable resources provided by this...
BILINGUALISM: A REALITY FOR HALF OF THE WORLD POPULATION
Switching back and forth among languages in a conversation may sound a tongue-twister for some people, but it’s a normal reality for...
WHISTLING LANGUAGES: A CULTURAL HERITAGE
Back in the old days, when there was no electricity, ways of communication differed a whole lot from the ones we know today. Written...
SUPER-SECRET CHEMICAL DANCERS
They dance around us with such invisible elegance. Elongated shiny legs hold together their heavy waterlogged heads as they embark in...
FINDING NEW DRUGS WITH THE HELP OF MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES
Human progress continually amazes me. When we look back a couple of millions of years ago, the “wise man,” mostly known as Homo sapiens,...
ION CHANNELS RESEARCH FOR A STEADY HEARTBEAT
When you hear about channels, you may first think about manmade water routes that boats travel through. Or road tunnels allowing people...
THE VERSATILITY OF THE "TROUBLEMAKER" CANNABIS PLANT
Let’s get into an open and honest talk about the cannabis plant, whose versatility is incredible yet often forgotten due to a societal...
THE BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE : A LIFE-CHANGING TECHNOLOGY ?
Countless liaisons between the billion human neuronal cells in the brain make this intricate network an authentic beauty on its own....
FROM A PhD TO A START-UP : The beauty of surface characterization
The PhD journey is a long bittersweet adventure. The explosive moments with exciting discoveries are like sweet candies in a child’s hand...
URBANIZATION IN CROSS-BORDER CITIES
Every working day is an international journey for me since I belong to the crew of ‘frontier workers’. That means I have the unique...
INFORMATION STORAGE : A STORY OF MAGNETS
I was always fascinated by the fact that information is stored in a “two letter” alphabet expressed by binary digits (in short: ‘bits’)....
NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES : A SCIENTIFIC PUZZLE
“The chaotic movement and screams faded suddenly into the darkness I plunged into. No longer did I feel the urge of getting to my final...
