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UN climate change panel nomination for Swiss expert

This content was published on Feb 19, 2015 Swiss climate expert Thomas Stocker will compete against other nations' candidates to head the UN's influential scientific panel on climate change.

Invasive species reach Switzerland

This content was published on Feb 17, 2015 More and more non-native species are coming or being brought, often by accident, into Switzerland.

On the move with the frequency police

This content was published on Feb 14, 2015

Swiss team uncovers time-tested preservation method

This content was published on Feb 13, 2015 A group of researchers at the Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich has found a way to preserve historical documents like Switzerland’s founding charter for thousands or even millions of years.

Geneva negotiators prepare road to climate pact in Paris

This content was published on Feb 13, 2015 Geneva negotiators hammer out a draft text for a Paris deal to cut carbon emissions, but for the Swiss it's the "minimum that was necessary"

Sci-fi kit makes back-breaking jobs easier

This content was published on Feb 13, 2015 A new device called the “cobot”, being tested in Geneva, boosts the road builder’s strength while reducing the risk of accidents and fatigue The powered exoskeleton on trial is a mobile machine with an outer framework like an insect’s exoskeleton, powered by motors that deliver the energy for limb movement. The Geneva version has a…

Human Brain Project to be rethought

This content was published on Feb 10, 2015 The European Commission says its outside experts have agreed there must be more integration, better infrastructure and an emphasis on concrete results. In a blog postExternal link on Monday, Thierry Van der Pyl, the commission’s director of “excellence in science”, also said the experts stressed the project will greatly influence how neuroscience research is done…

Geneva puts monetary value on eco-assets

This content was published on Feb 9, 2015 Quadia is the name of the company that financially backs what it calls “significantly impactful” companies, including Cavendish Kinetics that want to extend the battery life of phones through more effective data processing. While mobile users now see the inconvenience of having to charge phones too often, Quadia’s Guillaume Taylor told swissinfo.ch that in future,…

Piccard unveils Solar Impulse

This content was published on Feb 3, 2015 An interview with Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard just after the unveiling of the first Solar Impulse plane (swissinfo.ch, June 2009)

The changing image of Switzerland’s past

This content was published on Jan 31, 2015

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