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Preparing for take-off

This content was published on Mar 13, 2016 Before leaving for Kazakhstan, project lead Nicolas Thomas reflects on the preparations that have been made for CaSSIS's launch, and what scientific fruits he hopes the mission will bear.

When will machines drive for us?

This content was published on Mar 13, 2016 The founders of two Swiss startups making technologies for driverless cars explain their vision for the future of transport.

The butterfly effect of Fukushima

This content was published on Mar 11, 2016 The Japanese editorial team at swissinfo.ch met her at a conference in Switzerland in 2014. “I had nothing to do with Fukushima before that,” Nohara recalled in the below interview, which took place at a symposium on “Effects of Radiation on Genetics” in Geneva, when she was already seriously ill. “After the nuclear accident, I…

New bionic fingertip can ‘feel’ texture

This content was published on Mar 8, 2016 “The stimulation felt almost like what I would feel with my hand,” said amputee Dennis Aabo Sørensen in an EPFL statement released on Tuesday. Using the EPFL device, Sørensen has become the first person in the world to feel texture using a bionic fingertip. In experiments, he was able to distinguish between rough and smooth…

Bees not treated against killer pest

This content was published on Mar 8, 2016 Warm temperatures this winter have meant bees have not been hibernating. So many have not been properly treated for the varroa destructor parasite. Beekeepers are now worried about what might happen in summer. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)

Aggressiveness may age your brain

This content was published on Mar 3, 2016 Swiss and American scientists carried out psychological tests on over 3,000 young men and women born between 1955 and 1968 to assess their levels of hostility, stress, and cognitive ability at the mean age of 25 years. The study, published in Neurology, found that participants with the highest levels of aggressiveness or who coped badly…

Illegal medicine imports into Switzerland drop

This content was published on Feb 25, 2016 According to statistics released on Thursday by Swissmedic, the Swiss agency for therapeutic products, slightly over half of the medicines confiscated in 2015 were erectile stimulants which contain the same active ingredient as Viagra or Cialis. Other “lifestyle drugs” seized include sleeping tablets and tranquillisers (15%) and slimming pills (13%). Prescription drugs like antibiotics, pain…

Avalanche detection in the digital age

This content was published on Feb 25, 2016 A pioneering project in Zermatt is using radar to detect the start of an avalanche.

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A year without flying

This content was published on Feb 24, 2016 Air travel allows researchers to take part in international projects, but it’s also damaging our climate. It’s a classic dilemma, and solving it will take creativity and a little sacrifice.

New therapy targets incurable thyroid cancer

This content was published on Feb 19, 2016 The new method is aimed at medullary thyroid carcinoma, which is currently untreatable with available therapies. The investigators used a protein similar to gastrin, which is a hormone produced by the body, and marked it with a radioactive substance. The substance can attach itself to the surface of tumour cells and then destroy them in…

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