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Swiss scientists share Brexit concerns

This content was published on May 12, 2016 The stakes are high as the UK prepares to hold a so-called Brexit referendum on June 23 on whether to stay or leave the European Union. The two sides remain divided. In the leave camp Scientists for Britain argue that the UK could gain all the scientific benefits of EU membership from outside the bloc.…

Around 40% of Swiss research is open access

This content was published on May 10, 2016 Research that is funded by public money should be made available by Open Access – so publicly and free of charge. This will involve nothing less than a complete transformation of the current publication system, the SNSF explainedExternal link in a statement on Tuesday. Internationally, there is a big drive to move scientific publications towards…

The fruits of fly research

This content was published on May 3, 2016 How do fruit flies use their noses to sniff out the rotting fruits they love so well?

Solar Impulse lands in Phoenix

This content was published on May 3, 2016 The plane left Mountain View, California, at dawn on Monday and landed 16 hours later in Goodyear, a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona at 8.55pm local time. The 745 mile (1,119 km) flight, at a maximum altitude of 22,000 feet (6,706 metres) and an average speed of 43 mph, was the 10th leg of its round-the-world quest.…

When humanitarian assistance turns hi-tech

This content was published on May 2, 2016 The four-year hubExternal link is the fruit of collaboration between the Swiss-run International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). “With more than 150 million people worldwide affected by humanitarian crises, the demand and potential applications are enormous,” the ICRC and EPFL said in a joint…

Warmer winter results in fewer avalanche deaths

This content was published on May 2, 2016 Since the Swiss started taking climate measurements in 1864, the only warmer winter ever recorded was in 2006-2007, said the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) on Monday in its annual report. Mountain temperatures were four to six degrees Celsius above average, with most of the snowfall holding back until January.…

Weasel causes shutdown at Cern

This content was published on Apr 29, 2016 “The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is on standby mode, following technical issues in the last 24 hours, including a power cut due to the passage of a weasel on a 66 kV/18kV electrical transformer,” European Organization for Nuclear Research (CernExternal link) spokesman Arnaud Marsollier told swissinfo.ch on Friday. He said the affected part of the…

Basel team finds key to stopping tumour growth

This content was published on Apr 28, 2016 A research team led by the university’s Gerhard Christofori writes in the journal “Cell Reports” that tumours are able to switch from an oxygen-based energy source to one not reliant on oxygen, rendering ineffective medications meant to cut off the supply. Cancer cells respond to signals triggering the growth of blood vessels, which supply the…

Base Tunnel: a look inside

This content was published on Apr 26, 2016

What fruit flies can teach us about the science of smell

This content was published on Apr 24, 2016

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