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Why some forests burn better than others

Forest fires are dramatic ecological events as they can wipe out most of the plants and animals within several kilometers in only a few hours and often also pose a major threat to human settlements. They have a positive ecological impact when occurring naturally because... click to read more

Elisa Dell'Aglio | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Department of Botany and Plant Biology, University of Geneva, Switzerland

ecology

forest fires

environment

Reading time 4 min

published on May 19, 2015

How humans gave acne to the grapevine

Many organisms, ourselves included, host diverse communities of microorganisms that live on and within us. Plenty of these are bacteria and with time, some adapt to live and depend so intimately with their hosts that eventually, life without them is almost impossible. However, in some... click to read more

Carlos J. Rivera-Rivera | PhD student at Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Switzerland

bacteria

acne

grapevine

Propionibacterium acnes

evolution

Reading time 3.5 min

published on Feb 28, 2015