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UNI NOVA – Research Magazine of the 91ÖÆƬ³§

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  In conversation

  “Almost 40% of nursing staff leave the profession.�

  Interview: Christian Heuss / Staff shortages and poor working conditions in the healthcare sector are the subject of constant discussion. Nursing scientist Michael Simon explains where the system needs improvements, why academization is not a problem, and how nursing robots could help.

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  Dossier

  Sounds after sunset.

  Text: Noëmi Kern / In pre-industrial times, music was played not only in the hours of daylight; in the middle of the night, people even took up their instruments to play. How sleep habits have influenced music.

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  Dazzling darkness.

  Text: Barbara Spycher / Whether we’re sleeping, partying or getting up to mischief, night defies the rules of day and creates space for the unexpected.

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  The sun vitamin.

  Text: Ori Schipper / Most of the Swiss population have seasonally low levels of vitamin D. Researchers at the 91ÖÆƬ³§ studied drops, tablets and capsules to work out the best way of raising those levels.

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  Out of sync.

  Interview: Yvonne Vahlensieck / Without natural transitions between day and night, our body’s internal clock becomes confused. Corrado Garbazza explains how this can affect our health and why daylight is sometimes the best medicine.
  

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  Between worlds.

  Text: Céline Emch / Dreams open up a world in which the lines are blurred between day and night, light and darkness, reality and fantasy. This has inspired authors ever since antiquity.

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  In dreams, there are no rules.

  Interview: Noëmi Kern / Sleep researcher Christine Blume explains what researchers know about dreaming and what remains to be clarified.

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  Much too bright and far too gloomy.

  Text: Béatrice Koch / People with bipolar disorder go from manic highs to periods of depression. Those who learn to recognize the warning signs, however, have a good chance of living a stable life.

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  Under the radar.

  Text: Isabel Wagner* / The dark web has an image problem, but the main thing it offers is secure communication – something we should all be advocating. A case for the defense.