Scalable supercapacitor technology made from graphene

Materials Science

Supercapacitors, or supercaps in short, are fast, powerful energy storage devices. They complement the relatively slow (dis-)charging batteries in numerous applications ranging from electric cars to industrial machines and wind turbines. A team of researchers wants to develop better supercaps based on graphene - and make them ready for large-scale commercial production.

Life Sciences - Jul 25

Organisms can produce energy from air

Life Sciences

Researchers from the University of Bern, in collaboration with researchers from Australia and New Zealand, have recreated an important process in the laboratory that enables organisms to obtain energy directly from components found in air. This confirms that certain organisms such as bacteria can actually live on air alone, without relying on sunlight or other energy sources. The findings point to new possibilities for sustainable energy production.

A filigree sound absorber for all weathers

Materials Science

Researchers have developed innovative sound absorbers made of mineral foams. Not only are they significantly thinner than conventional materials, they can also be designed specifically for different frequencies. They have now been tested for the first time in a driveway in the city of Zurich to dampen street noise.

Physics - Jul 23

New material for energy recovery

Physics

We're constantly surrounded by background electromagnetic noise from cell phones, Wi-Fi routers, power lines and natural sources. Noise we often regard as an unnecessary disturbance, or even as dangerous. But recently, a research team involving the University of Freiburg discovered a material that can convert it quite efficiently into electrical signals and currents capable of operating electronic devices without batteries, light sources or mechanical drives

Health - Jul 23

Preterm Infants More Likely to Experience Delayed Language Development

Health

Early language development is key to later communication skills, social interaction, and academic success. A new meta-analysis by the University of Zurich has found that, on average, preterm infants show weaker language abilities than full-term children in the first 18 months of life.

Chemistry - Jul 21

Uranium-based catalyst turns air nitrogen into ammonia

Chemistry

Researchers have created a uranium catalyst that converts nitrogen gas into ammonia using a unique binding method, potentially offering insights into more sustainable fertilizer production.

Life Sciences - Jul 24

Smart microscope captures aggregation of misfolded proteins

Life Sciences

Researchers have developed a 'self-driving' microscope that can predict the onset of misfolded protein aggregation - a hallmark of neurodegenerative disease - as well as analyze the biomechanical properties of these aggregates.

NIRPS, a new eye on the sky in Chile

Astronomy & Space

An international team of scientists, including UNIGE astronomers, publishes the first results from the new NIRPS near-infrared spectrograph.

Moon under fire

Astronomy & Space

Where does the moon's exosphere come from? A study by the Vienna University of Technology, in which the University of Bern is involved and which was carried out on real moon rock, shows that the effect of charged solar wind particles on the moon has been massively overestimated: The effect of charged solar wind particles on the moon has so far been massively overestimated.

AI can't see as well as humans, and how to fix it

Computer Science

A study from EPFL reveals why humans excel at recognizing objects from fragments while AI struggles, highlighting the critical role of contour integration in human vision.

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Materials Science - Chemistry - 30.07.2025 - Today
Scalable supercapacitor technology made from graphene
Scalable supercapacitor technology made from graphene
Supercapacitors, or supercaps in short, are fast, powerful energy storage devices. They complement the relatively slow (dis-)charging batteries in numerous applications ranging from electric cars to industrial machines and wind turbines.

Life Sciences - Chemistry - 25.07.2025
Organisms can produce energy from air
Organisms can produce energy from air
Researchers from the University of Bern, in collaboration with researchers from Australia and New Zealand, have recreated an important process in the laboratory that enables organisms to obtain energy directly from components found in air. This confirms that certain organisms such as bacteria can actually live on air alone, without relying on sunlight or other energy sources.

Life Sciences - Health - 24.07.2025
Smart microscope captures aggregation of misfolded proteins
Smart microscope captures aggregation of misfolded proteins
Researchers have developed a 'self-driving' microscope that can predict the onset of misfolded protein aggregation - a hallmark of neurodegenerative disease - as well as analyze the biomechanical properties of these aggregates. The accumulation of misfolded proteins in the brain is central to the progression of neurodegenerative diseases like Huntington's, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

Materials Science - Innovation - 24.07.2025
A filigree sound absorber for all weathers
A filigree sound absorber for all weathers
Researchers have developed innovative sound absorbers made of mineral foams. Not only are they significantly thinner than conventional materials, they can also be designed specifically for different frequencies. They have now been tested for the first time in a driveway in the city of Zurich to dampen street noise.

Astronomy & Space - Physics - 24.07.2025
NIRPS, a new eye on the sky in Chile
NIRPS, a new eye on the sky in Chile
An international team of scientists, including UNIGE astronomers, publishes the first results from the new NIRPS near-infrared spectrograph. An international team led by the Universities of Geneva (UNIGE) and Montreal published the first results today from the NIRPS spectrograph installed on the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) 3.6-meter telescope in La Silla, Chile.

Physics - Electroengineering - 23.07.2025
New material for energy recovery
New material for energy recovery
We're constantly surrounded by background electromagnetic noise from cell phones, Wi-Fi routers, power lines and natural sources. Noise we often regard as an unnecessary disturbance, or even as dangerous. But recently, a research team involving the University of Freiburg discovered a material that can convert it quite efficiently into electrical signals and currents capable of operating electronic devices without batteries, light sources or mechanical drives Imagine a device that, despite the failure of all traditional power sources, would continue to monitor and store data.

Astronomy & Space - Physics - 23.07.2025
Moon under fire
Moon under fire
Where does the moon's exosphere come from? A study by the Vienna University of Technology, in which the University of Bern is involved and which was carried out on real moon rock, shows that the effect of charged solar wind particles on the moon has been massively overestimated: The effect of charged solar wind particles on the moon has so far been massively overestimated.

Health - 23.07.2025
Preterm Infants More Likely to Experience Delayed Language Development
Preterm Infants More Likely to Experience Delayed Language Development
Early language development is key to later communication skills, social interaction, and academic success. A new meta-analysis by the University of Zurich has found that, on average, preterm infants show weaker language abilities than full-term children in the first 18 months of life. Roughly one in ten babies worldwide is born before 37 weeks of pregnancy - a birth considered preterm.

Computer Science - Life Sciences - 22.07.2025
AI can't see as well as humans, and how to fix it
AI can't see as well as humans, and how to fix it
A study from EPFL reveals why humans excel at recognizing objects from fragments while AI struggles, highlighting the critical role of contour integration in human vision. Every day, we effortlessly recognize friends in a crowd or identify familiar shapes even if they are partly hidden. Our brains piece together fragments into whole objects, filling in the blanks to make sense of an often chaotic world.

Chemistry - 21.07.2025
Uranium-based catalyst turns air nitrogen into ammonia
Uranium-based catalyst turns air nitrogen into ammonia
Researchers have created a uranium catalyst that converts nitrogen gas into ammonia using a unique binding method, potentially offering insights into more sustainable fertilizer production. Ammonia (NH3) is vital for agriculture, as it is the basis for fertilizers that are needed to feed the world's population.

Health - Pharmacology - 17.07.2025
New perspectives thanks to wastewater monitoring
New perspectives thanks to wastewater monitoring
Wastewater monitoring became well known during the coronavirus period from 2020, when Eawag and its partners began monitoring whether and which coronaviruses could be detected in wastewater throughout Switzerland. However, the researchers are now able to make far more statements about the health of the population because other pathogens and traces of medicines and drugs are also being monitored in parallel.

Microtechnics - Innovation - 17.07.2025
Elephant robot demonstrates bioinspired 3D printing technology
Elephant robot demonstrates bioinspired 3D printing technology
Researchers have pioneered a 3D-printable, programmable lattice structure for robotics that mimics the vast diversity of biological tissues - from a flexible trunk to rigid bone - using a single foam material. A cheetah's powerful sprint, a snake's lithe slither, or a human's deft grasp: each is made possible by the seamless interplay between soft and rigid tissues.

Environment - Life Sciences - 16.07.2025
Potential for natural vegetation more diverse than expected
Potential for natural vegetation more diverse than expected
An international study using a new type of global vegetation model provides a new perspective on vegetation: it measures the extent to which climate, fire and herbivores shape natural landscapes. The researchers - including Prof. Claude Garcia from the BFH-HAFL School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences - are calling for a rethink of ecological restoration.

Psychology - Campus - 16.07.2025
Deafness and loneliness pave the way for dementia
Deafness and loneliness pave the way for dementia
A team from the University of Geneva has shown that hearing loss, combined with feelings of loneliness, accelerates cognitive decline in older adults. Isolation, communication difficulties, reduced alertness - hearing impairment or loss is a real challenge in daily life. Over time, it can also become a risk factor for cognitive decline.

Environment - Earth Sciences - 16.07.2025
What makes debris flows dangerous
What makes debris flows dangerous
Time and again debris flows cause death and destruction. A research team has measured these flows of water, earth and debris with high precision. The study shows previously unexplained factors that determine the destructive force of debris flows - which allows appropriate protective measures to be put in place.

Physics - Chemistry - 16.07.2025
Light reveals secrets encoded in chiral metasurfaces
Light reveals secrets encoded in chiral metasurfaces
By leveraging the concept of chirality, or the difference of a shape from its mirror image, scientists have engineered an optical metasurface that controls light to yield a simple and versatile technique for secure encryption, sensing, and computing. Imagine trying to wear a left-handed glove on your right hand: it doesn't fit because left and right hands are mirror images that can't be superimposed on each other.

Chemistry - Physics - 15.07.2025
A new architecture at the heart of molecules
A new architecture at the heart of molecules
A team from the University of Geneva and the University of Pisa has designed surprisingly stable molecular assemblies, paving the way for new drug constructs and geometrically controlled materials. Can you imagine a life-saving molecule whose "twin" is a deadly poison? As surprising as it may seem, this chemical reality is known as "chirality".

Environment - Earth Sciences - 15.07.2025
How much Swiss watercourses will warm up
How much Swiss watercourses will warm up
By the end of the century, water temperatures in Swiss rivers will rise by up to 3.5 degrees if no action to protect the climate is taken.

Health - Life Sciences - 14.07.2025
Swiss Genome of the 1918 Influenza Virus Reconstructed
Swiss Genome of the 1918 Influenza Virus Reconstructed
Researchers from the universities of Basel and Zurich have used a historical specimen from UZH's Medical Collection to decode the genome of the virus responsible for the 1918-1920 influenza pandemic in Switzerland. The genetic material of the virus reveals that it had already developed key adaptations to humans at the outset of what became the deadliest influenza pandemic in history.

Physics - Chemistry - 11.07.2025
New liquid can simplify hydrogen transportation and storage
Researchers at EPFL and Kyoto University have created the first hydride-based deep eutectic solvent-a stable hydrogen-rich liquid formed by mixing two simple chemicals. This breakthrough could make hydrogen storage easier, safer, and more efficient at room temperature. Hydrogen can be the clean fuel of the future, but getting it from the lab to everyday life isn't simple.
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