Picture of the month 2003

14.12.2003
A quantum leap in organ building
Picture of the month: A "cantabile” organ just as Bach would have wanted

17.11.2003
Spider silk yields up its secrets
Picture of the month: ETH researchers improve structural analysis of solid and viscous biomaterials

07.10.2003
Genevan microchip trained to track down bacteria colonies
Picture of the month: New method for understanding antibiotic resistance

22.09.2003
Geologists 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

18.08.2003
Polygamy was the norm in prehistoric times
Picture of the month: Y chromosome yields up interesting information about prehistoric morals

15.07.2003
Special solar cell successfully withstands baptism by fire
Picture of the month: World first in photovoltaics

01.06.2003
Bechstein's bats work as a team to find new roosts
Picture of the month: Bat seeks lodgings…

10.05.2003
Geography from antiquity
Picture of the month: Bernese researchers given access to the most important extant atlas of Ptolemy

07.04.2003
A new tool for diagnosing cardiac problems
Picture of the month: Fribourg physicists facilitating magnetocardiography

08.03.2003
Big Brother - starring ticks!
Picture of the month: Cameras reveal surprising behaviour

17.02.2003
A new atomic clock measures seconds with extreme precision
Picture of the month: Switzerland regains the lead in time measurement

20.01.2003
The danger of hopping snowflakes
Picture of the month: A model of unstable snow slabs is improving our ability to predict avalanches

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