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This content was published on Apr 14, 2015 The Cosmos - an Enduring Mystery exhibition at the Rietberg Museum in Zurich shows fascinating cosmos-related objects from around the world.

Deadly bee parasite

This content was published on Apr 13, 2015

For once it’s not an emergency

This content was published on Apr 11, 2015

‘Big Bang’ particle collider restarts after refit

This content was published on Apr 5, 2015 In a live blogExternal link covering the restart, CERN said on Sunday that one of the two beams had completed the 27km circuit of the LHC, beneath the Swiss-French border near Geneva. The LHC had been shut down for two years for a refit of its machinery and wiring. CERN spent about $150 million (CHF144…

Swiss researchers launch ‘cyberwood’ sensor

This content was published on Mar 31, 2015 Zurich scientists have developed an ultra-sensitive thermometer made of tobacco cells and nanotubes that could be deployed in biomedical devices and low-cost thermal cameras.

Astronaut Nicollier ends professional career

This content was published on Mar 27, 2015

Cheap Swiss watches made by robots

This content was published on Mar 22, 2015 The launch of the Sistem51 was announced at Basel World in 2013. The wind was snatched from Swatch’s sails somewhat by the arrival of the Apple Watch in March 2015, which Swatch has announced plans to rival at some time in the future. Meanwhile, the Sistem51 has proved so popular that a second production facility…

What’s next for Cern’s Large Hadron Collider?

This content was published on Mar 22, 2015 The new and improved Large Hadron Collider (LHC) – the world's most powerful particle accelerator – is being prepared to be restarted, at almost twice the energy of its initial three-year run.

Medical staff tests the organ donor app on a patient

A donor card on your phone

This content was published on Mar 21, 2015 The world’s first digital organ donor card was developed at the end of 2014 by Swisstransplant, the national organ donor and transplant foundation, and Jocelyn Corniche, an anaesthesiologist working at the University Hospital of Lausanne. The digital version has been integrated in the current Echo112 smartphone app that can be used to request emergency services. …

Breakthrough in alpine tunnel route

This content was published on Mar 18, 2015 After eight years of hard work and one final blast, miners from the north end of the Ceneri tunnel in southern Switzerland have met miners from the south. For the 600 miners working on the project it was time to celebrate. The Ceneri base tunnel is part of NRLA, a government project to create faster…

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