Picture of the month 2007

Measuring the volume and flow rate of the air expired by the lungs with the aid of a spirometer.

06.12.2007
Lower dust levels keep lungs in good condition for longer
Picture of the month: Air pollution and healthcare

Model of an "average" hip joint.

23.10.2007
Knowledge about the average skeleton improves surgical procedures
Picture of the month: Bernese research team uses statistical models for medical imaging

Sébastien Marcel demonstrates Google Portrait.

27.09.2007
Software detects faces in digital images
Picture of the month: System developed by IDIAP in Martigny competing with Internet giant Google

Etienne Delacrétaz has fitted a 24-hour ECG device to a patient.

02.08.2007
New strategy for reducing the risk of stroke
Picture of the month:Empirical proof of early warning signal for dangerous atrial fibrillation

Historian Guido Poliwoda hangs over the Schwellemätteli lock.

05.07.2007
Successful disaster management only from the bottom up
Picture of the month: Learning from historical natural disasters

A worker wood ant (Formica paralugubris) with resin that it has collected.

21.06.2007
Resin – ants' favourite antibacterial
Picture of the month: Survival rate doubled

Kette von Goldatomen auf einer Siliziumoberfläche, aufgenommen mit dem Rastertunnelmikroskop.

22.05.2007
"Instruction book" for creating nanochains of atoms with extraordinary properties
Picture of the month: Basic research lifts the veil on nanostructures

CO2-Laser wird am Schienbein eines Schafs getestet.

24.04.2007
Cutting bones accurately with light
Picture of the month: A gentle alternative to orthopaedic saws

Facilitation of high-altitude pulmonary edema

22.03.2007
On the tracks of a cardiac factor
Picture of the month: Facilitation of high-altitude pulmonary edema

Biodegradable heart valve frame.

20.02.2007
Living heart valves from endogenous stem cells
Picture of the month: Basic research into the treatment of congenital heart defects

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