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Delegates pave the way for new climate pact in Paris

This content was published on Dec 14, 2014 After 33 hours of extra negotiations, delegates at the United Nations climate change talks in Lima have agreed on a compromise.

Large Hadron Collider set to go at double power in 2015

This content was published on Dec 12, 2014 The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on Friday that all of its teams are hard at work ensuring that the LHC will be set to go again next year as planned. The 27km-long particle accelerator is close to being cooled to the necessary temperature of “1.9 degrees above absolute zero”. The CERN Control…

Earth’s water didn’t come from comets, Bern research finds

This content was published on Dec 10, 2014 The results, just published in the journal Science, show that the Earth’s water could not have come from comets like the one scientists landed on last month, dubbed “Chury” for short. That’s because ROSINA, a sensor made up of two mass spectrometers and a pressure sensor, found far too much of the element deuterium in…

A new way of farming to counter climate change

This content was published on Dec 6, 2014 In Pumatalla, some 200 kilometres southeast of the ancient Inca capital, Cusco, Silverio Choqueneira says seasons have clearly become erratic, complicating crop planting and harvests. “Before, the dry season lasted from May to September, and the rainy season ran from January until April. But now, the rain could come at any moment. This year, none…

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The Millennium Development Goals as global governance

This content was published on Dec 4, 2014 The United Nations has engaged in innovative new methods of engagement to identify post-2015 development goals. But it remains to be seen how far the UN has the institutional capacity to manage and sustain the effort, writes Graduate Institute professor Thomas Biersteker.

Protective science

This content was published on Dec 4, 2014

Web founder wins Gottlieb Duttweiler Prize

This content was published on Dec 3, 2014 The Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute, based near Zurich, is honouring Berners-Lee for his pioneering invention. He will be presented with the prize, worth CHF100,000 ($103,000), on April 29. Berners-Lee developed the main technology behind the world’s most powerful communication tool, the World Wide Web, at the CERN research laboratory near Geneva in 1990. In a statement…

EPFL physicist wins national science award

This content was published on Dec 2, 2014 Based at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Kippenberg studies the laws of quantum physics – which govern tiny structures made up of elementary particles or atoms – at the Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Measurements K-Lab. The physicist, however, is also looking into practical applications and even the commercialisation of his…

The Swiss computer game winning fans

This content was published on Nov 29, 2014

Swiss give $100 million to Green Climate Fund

This content was published on Nov 28, 2014 The Swiss government has agreed to contribute $100 million (CHF95 million) towards the Green Climate Fund (GCF) set up to support developing nations deal with rising seas, higher temperatures and extreme weather events.

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