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Scientists find trick for longer-lasting foam

This content was published on Sep 23, 2017 Tired of beer heads vanishing? Zurich researchers' new method for producing more stable foam could benefit the food industry.

‘Driving’ mice to steer neuroscience research

This content was published on Sep 19, 2017 Swiss researchers are part of a new brain project: the International Brain Laboratory. Its goal is to understand how neurons help us make choices.

Swiss team deciphers fruit fly brain’s visual network

This content was published on Sep 18, 2017 The entire visual network of the brain of a fruit fly larva (Drosophila melanogaster) consists of 130 cells. This is about 6% of the entire larval brain. Researchers led by Simon Sprecher of the University of Fribourg have now deciphered this self-contained network with all its connections and have described it in the journal eLife…

Scientific pop

This content was published on Sep 18, 2017

High-tech protection from rockslides

This content was published on Sep 18, 2017 When every minute counts, advanced warning systems are a matter of life and death for people who live in rockslide danger zones.

Geneva-led team gets good look at tailed planet

This content was published on Sep 16, 2017 Scientists at the University of Geneva looking for planets outside our solar system have found one with a unique feature: a huge tail made of gas.

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Swiss super-rich want slice of cryptocurrency boom

This content was published on Sep 13, 2017 Who are the investors eager to bet on bitcoin, and what plans do they have for their newly minted digital assets?

On the trail of big data

This content was published on Sep 9, 2017 A record number of visitors attended the science days hosted by the University of Zurich and the Swiss federal technology institute ETH Zurich.

Chiasso accepts tax payments in bitcoin

This content was published on Sep 8, 2017 Chiasso announced that it would take bitcoin to settle up to CHF250 ($265) of tax bills from the start of next year. The decision was taken after consulting with cryptocurrency and blockchain companies that have recently set up in the region. “Chiasso is recognised internationally as an epicentre of a growing technological and economic growth…

Action designer shows screens where he is making special effects

Blockbusters packed with Swiss-made action scenes

This content was published on Sep 7, 2017 You might not know his name, but Raffael Dickreuter from Bern is the person putting the action into Hollywood's big blockbusters.

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