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US GM corn lawsuit proceeds against Syngenta

This content was published on Oct 4, 2015 Swiss seeds and pesticides specialist Syngenta is facing a $6.3 billion lawsuit over Chinese ban on GMO corn imports.

How politicians sell themselves online

This content was published on Oct 2, 2015

Roche high-rise in Basel ready for occupancy

This content was published on Oct 1, 2015

Bern bears return to improved habitat

This content was published on Sep 28, 2015 Bern’s celebrated bears returned on Monday to a newly renovated home in the Swiss capital, after spending the past months at a zoo in western Switzerland. The bears, known as Björk, Finn and Ursina, had been transferred to an animal park in Vallorbe, while renovation work was carried out. The head of the city’s bear…

Snapshots of a changing alpine climate

This content was published on Sep 26, 2015 Retreating glaciers leave behind polished stone, waterfalls and small lakes of exquisite beauty. Unterfinger’s striking images tell a story of climate change that began with the last ice age and continues – at a more rapid pace – today. Swiss researchers at the federal technology institute, ETH Zurich, say that warmer winters leading to more…

Exoskeleton for paraplegics

This content was published on Sep 20, 2015

Showing science in the best light

This content was published on Sep 19, 2015 2015 is the UNESCO (United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture) year of light. As such the two educational institutes promised nothing less than “illuminating conversations and enlightening encounters” with researchers during the visitor event from September 5-6. People came in droves – according to the event organisers’ own figures, 25,000 adults and children…

Switzerland ranks No. 1 in global innovation

This content was published on Sep 17, 2015 The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) published a study on Thursday naming Switzerland the world leader in innovation for 2015.

Looking at the skies in a new light

This content was published on Sep 17, 2015 Nowhere in Switzerland is completely dark at night. Increasing light pollution has serious consequences for human health and entire ecosystems.

Succulents and cacti in all their glory

This content was published on Sep 15, 2015 Spiky, flowery, large and small – round, columnar, or looking like small stones. The Zurich Succulent Plant Collection contains more than 25,000 succulent plants – that is water-storing plants from dry regions. They include cacti, agaves, aloes and stonecrops. (Text: Isobel Leybold-Johnson, Images: Ester Unterfinger)

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