http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/ swissinfo - swiss news and information platform about Switzerland en Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:59:46 Copyright 2009, swissinfo. http://www.swissinfo.ch/images/logos/swissinfo_120x37.gif http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/ 12037swissinfo - swiss news and information platform about Switzerland http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/science_technology/Low_vaccination_rate_could_spark_big_flu_wave.html?siteSect=511&sid=11518577&rss=true&ty=st Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:03:30 GMT Switzerland could face a major wave of new swine flu cases owing to reluctance to get a preventative jab and delays over vaccine supplies, warns flu expert. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/science_technology/E_waste_casts_shadow_over_Basel_Convention.html?siteSect=511&sid=11502167&rss=true&ty=st Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMT Twenty years since the adoption of the Basel Convention, a "catastrophic accumulation" of e-waste continues to fuel a global pile of hazardous waste. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/science_technology/Swiss_robot_creates_art_one_brick_at_a_time.html?siteSect=511&sid=11486935&rss=true&ty=st Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:14:54 GMT For close to four weeks in autumn a robot shipped in from Switzerland was busy laying bricks for a sculpture built deep in the heart of New York City's Chinatown. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/science_technology/Swiss_have_lots_to_learn_from_Gulf_region.html?siteSect=511&sid=11439528&rss=true&ty=st Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:25:39 GMT Switzerland must be part of so-called green-tech developments in the Gulf, the president of the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) tells swissinfo.ch. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/science_technology/Swiss_left_unimpressed_by_swine_flu_policy.html?siteSect=511&sid=11474327&rss=true&ty=st Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:04:35 GMT Government calls for at-risk individuals to get vaccinated against H1N1 have fallen largely on deaf Swiss ears, with many believing the threat is exaggerated. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/science_technology/Scientists_retrace_history_of_ancient_scourge.html?siteSect=511&sid=11445890&rss=true&ty=st Thu, 5 Nov 2009 07:30:27 GMT Leprosy - the age-old disease - spread globally from East Africa mirroring population and trade movements but has hardly changed over time, new research shows. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/science_technology/Solving_the_forensic_puzzle_of_Srebrenica.html?siteSect=511&sid=11437540&rss=true&ty=st Mon, 2 Nov 2009 12:58:16 GMT As the genocide trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic gets underway in The Hague, the grizzly task of identifying victims continues. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/science_technology/High_tech_radar_sounds_out_snowfall.html?siteSect=511&sid=11432202&rss=true&ty=st Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:44:44 GMT Perched on a mountain top in the resort of Davos is a state-of-the-art radar which, as winter sets in, should help gauge exactly how much snow is falling in the area. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/science_technology/Pain_study_finds_health_system_chronically_ill.html?siteSect=511&sid=11422571&rss=true&ty=st Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:59:34 GMT Findings from a government-sponsored study into how doctors treat chronic pain are in part a condemnation of Switzerland's exploding health costs. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/science_technology/Drug_makers_pay_millions_to_sway_health_debate.html?siteSect=511&sid=11398481&rss=true&ty=st Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:53:47 GMT Swiss pharmaceutical giants Roche and Novartis are spending millions of dollars in an effort to influence United States politicians tackling health care reform.