The map of microbial “dark matter”
In additional to cosmic dark matter, there is also another kind of dark matter that surrounds each and every one of us: that made up of bacteria and micro-organisms outside the human body.
New gloves for “grasping” virtual objects
Bioengineers from the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), in collaboration with colleagues from the ETH of Zurich and Microcity (the research center in Neuchâtel dedicated to [...]
The true secret of homo sapiens
What are we better at compared to other species on Earth? This is the question that Yuval Harari asks himself, and the answers that he offers us are really interesting.
State-of-the-art science: making invisible things visible
On 18 October 2018 the photographer Thomas Struth and the physicist James Beacham had a conversation at the LAC in Lugano
Scientific views on migration: 11 considerations from the Forum
On 13 October 2018 an original experiment was carried out in Lugano with the Forum “Scientific Views on Migration”: a current hot topic was taken and tackled from a scientific angle. Hence, an [...]
The job of a physicist? To explore unanswered questions
“There is something about physics that has been really bothering me since I was a little kid. And it's related to a question that scientists have been asking for almost 100 years, with no answer. [...]
