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26.05.2008Getting to the heart of fluid flows

Picture of the month: Mudslides and avalanches

28.02.2008Creating more frugal towns

Picture of the month: Energy consumption

23.01.2008Ruskin and Turner in the service of glaciology

Picture of the month: Analysing painting to study the climate

05.07.2007Successful disaster management only from the bottom up

Picture of the month: Learning from historical natural disasters

21.06.2007Resin – ants' favourite antibacterial

Picture of the month: Survival rate doubled

15.11.2006Accurate forecasting helps to reduce costs

Picture of the month: Computer model simulates extent and proliferation of permafrost on sheer rock faces

14.09.2006Human intervention can cause long-term perturbation of alpine ecosystems

Picture of the month: Liming alters alpine vegetation for decades

18.07.2006Impact of deer and chamois smaller than assumed

Picture of the month: Forest flora and fauna: a reevaluation

20.06.2006Genetic profiles of vines on the Internet

Picture of the month: The rich diversity of grape - growing in Switzerland

30.05.2006Sensor networks for Indian farmers

Picture of the month: Water management in agriculture

14.02.2006Unique field study on the Plaine Morte glacier

Picture of the month: Energy exchange between mountain air and snow influences avalanche risk and glacier melt

10.01.2006Avalanches let Lake Geneva breathe

Picture of the month: Oxygenation mechanisms discovered by EPFL researchers

11.11.2005Reconstruction of Alpine night-time landscapes in the late 1970s

Picture of the month: Dwindling darkness over the Alps

04.10.2005Fungal remedy

Picture of the month: Biological battle against grapevine trunk disease

05.09.2005Biodiversity – agriculture's contribution to culture

Picture of the month: Clear association between diversity of land usage and plant diversity

25.07.2005Fire protection has an environmental impact

Picture of the month: Bromided flame retardants pollute the environment

20.06.2005Tracking the moods of the Gornersee

Picture of the month: Well documented outburst of a glacier-dammed lake

29.03.2005Unique: exploring snow drift with natural fresh snow

Picture of the month: The SLF wind tunnel in Davos enables snow research under quasi-natural Conditions

25.02.2005Mycorrhizal fungi help prevent alpine erosion

Picture of the month: Significance of arbuscular mycorrhizae in the Alpine altitudinal belt discovered

13.12.2004Rapacious but diplomatic

Picture of the month: Barn owls, or negotiating from an early age

21.09.2004Climate change on the doorstep

Picture of the month: Canalization of waterways at the foot of the Jura has changed the climate in the "Seeland” region of Switzerland

19.07.2004Do sunscreens have side effects?

Picture of the month: Environmental research: Chemical UV filters under fire

10.05.2004Forest dynamics in the alpine region

Picture of the month: Forest gaining ground on agricultural land

17.11.2003Spider silk yields up its secrets

Picture of the month: ETH researchers improve structural analysis of solid and viscous biomaterials

22.09.2003Geologists create 3D reproduction of the movements of a mountain’s 'innards”

Picture of the month: A scientific basis for a better prediction of major rockfalls

01.06.2003Bechstein's bats work as a team to find new roosts

Picture of the month: Bat seeks lodgings…

08.03.2003Big Brother - starring ticks!

Picture of the month: Cameras reveal surprising behaviour

20.01.2003The danger of hopping snowflakes

Picture of the month: A model of unstable snow slabs is improving our ability to predict avalanches

19.08.2002New fish in ancient rocks

Picture of the month: Rich fossil-hunting ground in the Alps near Davos

18.06.2002Climbing to the canopy by crane

Picture of the month: Globally unique research project in mature mixed woodlands

27.05.2002Snake venom as a model for new drugs

Picture of the month: The role of blood platelets in strokes and heart attacks

15.04.2002Herbs vs Cadmium

Picture of the month: Genetically modified plants to dispose of heavy metals in contaminated soil

18.02.2002An Inside View

Picture of the month: First Exploration of Structure of Snow Cover in Micrometer Range

22.10.2001Vine diseases spreading

Picture of the month: Swiss researchers on the hunt for cures for new vine diseases

23.07.2001From pebble to tidal wave

Picture of the month: A new landslide generator simulates the genesis of shock waves after landslides

28.05.2001New Competition for Fire Blight

Picture of the month: Harmless Bacteria to Protect Apple and Pear Trees from Infection

21.03.2001Glaciers in the Valais are melting fastest

Picture of the month: Researchers calculated the part of melted ice from glaciers in the water outflow from the Alps

26.02.2001How to fool the wind

Picture of the month: Computer scientists in Geneva simulate snow drifts virtually

28.09.2000Bacteria and Fungi Recycle Scrap Electronic Components

Picture of the month: Micro-organisms Help Scientists Recover Metals from Powderized Electronic Components

27.03.2000Yesterday's data against tomorrow's avalanches

Picture of the month: New numeric model for the calculation of avalanches in switzerland

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