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A pioneering study by NOMIS researcher Tom Battin and the Vanishing Glaciers team has revealed how climate change is impacting glacier-fed streams and the essential microbiomes they contain — which […]

NOMIS Awardee Catherine Dulac and her research team have discovered that the brain processes social needs in a similar way to basic survival needs like food, water and sleep, illustrating […]

NOMIS researcher Franck Polleux and fellow scientists at Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute have, for the first time, observed how synaptic connections in the brain change during memory formation in living mice. […]

Purpose Sepsis is a leading cause of pediatric morbidity and mortality worldwide. Current guidelines recommend fluid bolus administration of 40–60 mL/kg as part of initial resuscitation, despite limited evidence and […]

NOMIS researcher Ali Ertürk and fellow scientists at Helmholtz Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) and Technical University Munich (TUM) have developed a technology that enables the precise detection of nanocarriers — tiny […]

Cell migration is a fundamental process during embryonic development. Most studies in vivo have focused on the migration of cells using the extracellular matrix (ECM) as their substrate for migration. In contrast, much […]

Mammalian behaviour and physiology undergo major changes in early life. Young animals rely on conspecifics to meet their needs and start showing nutritional independence and sex-specific social interactions at weaning […]

Thomas Graeber is the NOMIS Professor of Cognitive and Neuroeconomics at the University of Zurich (Switzerland), beginning in June 2025. Graeber received a BA in economics from the University of […]

NOMIS researcher Janelle Ayres, together with a team of scientists at the Salk Institute, have discovered how the SSRI Prozac regulates the immune response and prevents sepsis in mice, demonstrating […]

High kinetic inductance superconductors are gaining increasing interest for the realisation of qubits, amplifiers and detectors. Moreover, thanks to their high impedance, quantum buses made of such materials enable large […]

In a new documentary by the Human Nature Lab at Yale University, NOMIS researcher Nicholas Christakis and his team describe their fascinating research into the role biology plays in human […]

Social grouping increases survival in many species, including humans1,2. By contrast, social isolation generates an aversive state (‘loneliness’) that motivates social seeking and heightens social interaction upon reunion3,4,5. The observed […]

Recent advances in stem cell-derived embryo models have transformed developmental biology, offering insights into embryogenesis without the constraints of natural embryos. However, variability in their development challenges research standardization. To […]

NOMIS researcher Johannes Fink and other scientists at TU Wien and the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) are using superconducting circuits to create new types of quantum systems that […]

Fernanda Pérez-Verdugo is a NOMIS–ISTA Fellow at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), who is working with the research groups of Anđela Šarić (Computational Soft and Living Matter) […]

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are some of the most prescribed drugs in the world. While they are used for their ability to increase serotonergic signaling in the brain, SSRIs […]

Recent advancements in superconducting circuits have enabled the experimental study of collective behavior of precisely controlled intermediate-scale ensembles of qubits. In this work, we demonstrate an atomic frequency comb formed […]

Sparse, single-cell labeling approaches enable high-resolution, high signal-to-noise recordings from subcellular compartments and intracellular organelles and allow precise manipulations of individual cells and local circuits while minimizing complex changes associated […]

Research at ETH Zurich’s Centre for Origin and Prevalence of Life (COPL) brings together scientists from diverse disciplines to explore fundamental questions about the origins life. As part of this […]

The shrinkage of glaciers and the vanishing of glacier-fed streams (GFSs) are emblematic of climate change. However, forecasts of how GFS microbiome structure and function will change under projected climate […]