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Series of articles for a commuter daily

1.11.25

FNR Luxembourg

Article

I adapted 13 articles highlighting a few scientific facts about daily life for the commuter newspaper L'Esssentiel.

Article on the fragility of scientific data

3.9.25

Horizons

Article

How safe are the results of scientific research? I wrote for Horizons an article on the dangers faced by research data, from natural to political and financial hazards.

Article on red blood cells

21.8.25

University of Fribourg

Article

Having too many red blood cells can be a problem. I wrote an article about the physiology of oxygen for Universitas.

Portrait of a young scientist and adventurer

18.6.25

Horizons

Article

“My phobia: it is to sit behind a desk.” At 22, Margot Camus has just spent a year on a boat circling the North Atlantic to analyse plankton. I wrote her portrait for Horizons.

Summary of policy briefs

16.4.25

FNR Luxembourg

Report

I have summarized three policy briefs written by the Scientific Unit of Luxembourg’ parliament on agriculture, education and poverty.

Article on the void and the future of our universe

2.4.25

SNSF

Article

Can true void exist? No. Does vacuum hold the key to the future of our universe? Yes. I wrote an article on the importance of vacuum for Horizons.

Report on poverty

5.3.25

FNR Luxembourg

Report

Luxembourg is one of the richest countries in the world, but one in five inhabitants is poor. I have researched what science tells us about poverty for science.lu.

Article on the psychology of change

4.3.25

LargeNetwork

Article

Many factors influence us when opting - or not – for behavior that is beneficial to the environment. I have reviewed them for the magazine Die Umwelt.

Article on our memories of covid-19

20.2.25

NRP80

Article

Many are not so inclined to think back to the difficult times of covid-19. I have researched our relationship with the pandemic for DeFacto and the National Research Programme 80 Covid-19 in Society.

Portrait of two Middle-Eastern scientists

5.12.24

Horizons

Article

I wrote the portrait of two scientists from Turkey and Israel, focussing on their views on science diplomacy.

Report on antibiotic resistance and consumption

21.11.24

FNR Luxembourg

Article

I wrote a long report on antibiotic resistance and consumption for science.lu, creating and adapting 12 infographics and going from the overuse of antimicrobials in humans and livestock to the difficult search for new drugs.

Report on economic inequalities

14.10.24

FNR Luxembourg

Article

Are economic inequalities really growing in Europe? Not so much, according to the scientific evidence I summarized for science.lu, including 10 infographics.

Articles online

Horizons – Bulletin des médecins suisses – Universitas

More examples

A selection of older texts and articles.

Interviews

"Für die Pharmabranche beginnt ein neues Zeitalter" – Joe Jimenez, CEO Novartis (Swissquote, 2011)

"Nous demeurons dans l’ombre" – Peter Pauli, CEO Meyer-Burger (Swissquote, 2010)

"Wir können die Natur von der Wirtschaft nicht trennen" – Inger Andersen, director IUCN (Horizonte, 2019)

Portraits

Der Physiker, der alles voraussagen will – Didier Sornette, physicist and investor (Horizonte, 2019)

20 entreprises familiales qui font le Nord vaudois (PME Magazine, 2012)

Background

La science du bonheur (Reflex, 2012)

High frequency trading: Millionengewinne in Millisekunden (Swissquote, 2012)

 

Séquençage ADN: la course au génôme est lancée (Swissquote 2010)

The murky costs of nuclear power (Reflex, 2011)

 

Médecine chinoise: bataille pour un marché juteux (L’hebdo, 2012)

Alzheimer-diabète: l’enjeu qui fait saliver Nestlé (L’Hebdo, 2013)

Informatique bancaire: développer ses systèmes à l'interne ou outsourcer? (Private Banking, 2009)

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