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Probe launched after space entrepreneur ‘set on fire’

This content was published on Sep 5, 2016 Jaussi is chief executive of Swiss Space Systems S3External link, based in Payerne, canton Vaud. The firm is developing commercial space flights and a system for launching research satellites. Swiss astronaut Claude Nicollier is on the firm’s board of directors in an expert advisory role. “Our aim is to democratise access to space by enabling…

Swiss Post to test robot parcel service

This content was published on Aug 23, 2016 Starting in September, the Swiss Post will send small, autonomous robots out onto city sidewalks and pedestrian zones to deliver packages in a series of tests.

Decades on, hundreds of meteorite pieces found

This content was published on Aug 18, 2016 The Bern Natural History Museum announced on Thursday that its search efforts, led by researcher Beda Hofmann, turned up more than 600 fragments over the past few years, in what is one of the three largest scatter fields in Europe. The Twannberg meteorite broke into hundreds of pieces when it entered earth’s atmosphere. It is…

Hoax sacrifice video prompts CERN investigation

This content was published on Aug 17, 2016 The videoExternal link, which has been viewed more than 90,000 times since it was published last week, shows several hooded figures taking part in a mock stabbing of a woman who is lying on the ground. It seems to depict a ritual human sacrifice and was filmed on the CERN grounds in front of a…

Smokers offered financial rewards to kick the habit

This content was published on Aug 15, 2016 Financial incentives work just as well as medication or aids such as nicotine patches, concluded a team of scientists led by Jean-François Etter, professor of public health at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Geneva. Combined, the various methods could be even more effective. The research, published on Monday in the Journal of…

Swiss scientists to analyse returned satellite

This content was published on Aug 9, 2016 There, the satellite, which was launched into orbit on the Space Shuttle Atlantis on August 2, 1992, will be x-rayed by EMPA scientists. They are interested in discovering the effects of space travel – including cosmic rays, extreme temperatures, and vibrations – on Eureca’s component parts. Antonia Neels, head of EMPA’s Center for X-Ray Analytics,…

Revolutionising biomedical science: mini-brains in a vat

This content was published on Aug 2, 2016 Miniature organs grown in the lab could give doctors the chance to identify the most effective drugs and therapies, before they are given to patients.

Kalam, not Modi, was the real rock star

This content was published on Jul 27, 2016 Modi may have over 21 million Twitter followers, and he single-handedly filled New York City’s 18,000-seat Madison Square Garden in 2014, but in Switzerland, Kalam remains the real rock star. His 2005 visit was the first by an Indian head of state since V.V. Giri in 1970. And he didn’t disappoint, spending two full days…

Reclaiming the supernatural

This content was published on Jul 27, 2016 A researcher has found a new way to interpret ghost stories that could deepen our understanding of Victorian literature and astrophysics.

Europe offers models for Northern Ireland border

This content was published on Jul 26, 2016 At first glance, there is little is common between Büsingen, a small town on the Rhine, and Belfast. But the German municipality is now being cited as a model.

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