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Everyone has a unique brainprint but - unlike finger prints - it can change over time, according to a neuroscientist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL).

Everyone has a unique brainprint but - unlike finger prints - it can change over time, according to a neuroscientist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL).

By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Four months into one of its worst COVID-19 outbreaks, Israel is seeing a sharp drop in new infections and severe illness, aided by its use of vaccine boosters, vaccine passports and mask mandates, scientists and health officials said. Israel was struck by its fourth coronavirus wave in June, fuelled by the fast-spreading Delta variant. Rather than imposing new lockdown measures, the government bet on a third booster dose of the Pfizer Inc/BioNTech vaccine f...

A Swiss-Canadian cooperation agreement on wood research aims to promote new, sustainable bioproducts.

Science should be universal, open and accessible to all in a fair and ethical manner.

Science should be universal, open and accessible to all in a fair and ethical manner.

A Swiss-Canadian cooperation agreement on wood research aims to promote new, sustainable bioproducts.

SAFRANBOLU, Turkey (Reuters) - At 2 metres 15 centimetres (7 feet, 0.7 inches) tall, Rumeysa Gelgi has always stood out. Now officially recognised as the worlds tallest woman, she wants to use that record to celebrate differences. The 24-year-old, who was confirmed this week as the worlds tallest living female by Guinness World Records, was born with Weaver Syndrome, a rare genetic disease that causes rapid growth among other abnormalities. Being different is not as bad as you think. It can brin...

By Stephanie Nebehay and Pushkala Aripaka GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Health Organization said on Wednesday its newly formed advisory group on dangerous pathogens may be our last chance to determine the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and urged China to provide data from early cases. The first human cases of COVID-19 were reported in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019. China has repeatedly dismissed theories that the virus leaked from one of its laboratories and has said no more ...

Kathrin Summermatter is one of 26 experts chosen to be part of a WHO panel on the origins of new pathogens.