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    Plant sciences

    Fungal Resistance in Wheat: Preserving Biodiversity for Food Security

    Wheat production is threatened by a major fungal disease: yellow rust. UZH researchers have found traditional wheat varieties from Asia that harbor several resistance-conferring genes. They may serve as a durable source of yellow rust resistance in commercial varieties in the future.
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    Cell biology

    Live View: Stress-Induced Changes in Generations of Cancer Cells

    Drugs that affect DNA replication, or radiation that causes direct DNA damage, lead to increasingly diverse offspring over multiple cell generations. This increases the tumor’s genetic complexity and facilitates the development of resistance to therapy.
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    International Year of Quantum Science

    “We’re in the second quantum revolution”

    Erwin Schrödinger laid the foundation for quantum mechanics at UZH 100 years ago. We met with UZH physicist Titus Neupert to discuss quantum computers, new sensors and the stability of tables.
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    Teaching Award

    “I want to rouse enthusiasm”

    Biodiversity expert Florian Altermatt is the recipient of this year’s UZH Teaching Award. In the portrait below, he tells why he makes students count birds on Lake Zurich and divulges what that has to do with Pokémon.
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    Plant Physiology

    Natural Substitute for Pesticides

    Chemical pesticides are becoming less and less effective. UZH plant immunologists are exploring a promising alternative that originates in the plants’ own natural defenses.
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    Particle Physics

    Major Award for CERN Experiments

    Four experiments at the Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator at CERN have been awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. UZH researchers are significantly involved in two of the prize-winning experiments.
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    Language evolution

    Bonobos Combine Calls in Similar Ways to Human Language

    Bonobos – our closest living relatives – create complex sequences of sounds that resemble human word combinations. A new study by researchers from the University of Zurich and Harvard University challenges the uniqueness of human communication.
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    iGEM-Award

    Students Develop Bacterium to Protect Plants

    Students at UZH developed a bacterium that can protect plants from negative environmental influences – and won the prize for Best Sustainable Development Impact at the international iGEM competition for synthetic biology.
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    Dark Matter

    The Cosmos on the Blackboard

    A mysterious phenomenon that’s steadily driving our universe apart, dark energy is almost impossible to grasp. Using new measurement techniques, astrophysicist Marcelle Soares-Santos attempts to shed light on the darkness.
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    Global species loss

    The Devastating Human Impact on Biodiversity

    Humans are having a highly detrimental impact on biodiversity worldwide. Not only is the number of species declining, but the composition of species communities is also changing. These are the findings of one of the largest studies ever conducted on this topic.
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    World Day for Glaciers

    Every Tenth of a Degree Helps

    In many regions, the “eternal ice” of the glaciers will not survive beyond the 21st century – with fatal consequences for millions of people, reports the UZH-based World Glacier Monitoring Service.
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    Space exploration

    Euclid reveals cosmic wonders

    Data from the Euclid mission is providing an unprecedented glimpse into the structure and expansion of the universe – with the help of UZH researchers.
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    Innovation

    New Spin-Offs with Innovative Technology

    Detecting prostate cancer at an early stage, keeping transplantation organs viable for longer, or a lab that fits on a chip: these six spin-offs from UZH are bringing research ideas to the market.
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