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The billions for the brain battle

This content was published on Jul 10, 2014 Probably never before in human history are so many scientists studying the brain. This observation not only refers to basic biological research and neurology: related fields are also experimenting with theories and insights from neuroscience. For example, psychiatrists frame mental diseases increasingly as “brain disorders”, and engineers in information technology and robotics try to turn…

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Photovoltaic photo-op for Solar Impulse sponsors

This content was published on Jul 8, 2014 For corporate partners, how important are projects like the Solar Impulse?

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European scientists criticise Human Brain Project

This content was published on Jul 8, 2014 The ten-year Human Brain ProjectExternal link, based at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in LausanneExternal link (EPFL), is largely funded by the European Union. In an open letter published on Monday, neuroscience researchers called on the EU to put less money into the effort to “build” a brain, and to invest instead in existing…

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No proof of yetis found – yet

This content was published on Jul 2, 2014 A genetic analysis of hair collected by people catching a glimpse of what they believed was a yeti, Bigfoot or Sasquatch has matched the samples to bears and other common animals, dealing a blow to those who believe mythic beasts roam the wild unbeknownst to science.

Animal testing remains controversial in Switzerland, as elsewhere

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Animal testing numbers down

This content was published on Jun 26, 2014 The number of animals used in experiments is continuing to fall, according to the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office.

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Swiss researchers in Europe given interim funding

This content was published on Jun 25, 2014 The government will directly finance Swiss scientists and projects excluded from the European Union research programme Horizon 2020 following February’s nationwide vote to curb immigration from Europe.

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‘Big-Bang’ machine prepares for relaunch

This content was published on Jun 23, 2014 Following 16 months of repairs and upgrades, the LHC, based at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) north of Geneva, is on track to resume at double the energy level of its initial working run, CERN said in a statement on Monday. In the giant subterranean collider, which started up in March 2010, high-energy…

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Help wanted in search for more prehistoric icemen

This content was published on Jun 23, 2014 If you find a set of keys or wallet, you’re likely to be a good citizen and hand them in to a lost and found bureau. But what do you do if you stumble upon a 5,000-year-old leather handbag while on a walking holiday in the Swiss Alps?

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Geneva-led team discovers ‘mega-Earth’

This content was published on Jun 2, 2014 Xavier Dumusque of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, who was involved in the research, said in a statement on Monday, “we were all very surprised when it became clear what we had found”, adding that it amounted to a new type of planet. Previously, astronomers thought that planets with a similar mass – such as…

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