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Cern receives Prince of Asturias award

This content was published on Oct 25, 2013 Cern Director-General Rolf Heuer said he was extremely honoured to accept the prize on behalf of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern) on the Swiss-French border during a ceremony at Oviedo’s Campoamor Theatre in Spain. “This prize recognises the importance of the discovery and is an award for all scientists – experimentalists and theorists…

Why removal of your tattoo might worry you

This content was published on Oct 25, 2013 Sunlight streams through the windows onto yellow walls, a blue pine floor and artistically rolled green and maroon towels. A Buddha sits on a low shelf. Leonardo Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man hangs on the wall. They watch over the guests who return at regular intervals to the tattoo removal practice in the Zurich suburb of…

Privacy groups issue ‘cloud’ guidelines for schools

This content was published on Oct 22, 2013 Privacy groups have issued cloud computing guidelines because they are concerned about violations. Swiss schools increasingly use Internet-based computer applications, information processing and data storage. Schools which are already using or considering using cloud services are the main focus of the leaflet entitled Cloud Computing in the School Sector, which was adopted and issued by…

Next generation of robots will have a gentle touch

This content was published on Oct 18, 2013 Robots are becoming more and more a feature of everyday life. They are no longer to be found just in factories, tirelessly assembling auto parts, but also in the home, vacuuming the living room or mowing the lawn, and even in the children’s rooms, where a robot in the shape of a dinosaur or a…

Unique skull find could rewrite the history books

This content was published on Oct 17, 2013 The scientists are aware they could be re-writing the history books, killing off whole species from humanity’s family tree. “We felt especially like the kid in the tale about the emperor’s new clothes,” Christoph Zollikofer of Zurich’s Anthropological Institute and Museum told swissinfo.ch. A skull dug up in Dmanisi in the southern part of Georgia…

Tiny particles, huge threat

This content was published on Oct 16, 2013

Award goes to a woman of many words

This content was published on Oct 14, 2013 Casanova certainly embodies the multilingualism of Switzerland, speaking German, French, Italian, English, Spanish, and two variations of the Romansh dialect. A native of canton Graubunden, Casanova was chosen from among a dozen candidates on the basis of the engagement she has shown since 2008 in promoting linguistic minorities as well as better understanding between the…

Fossil fuels ‘will still dominate in 2050’

This content was published on Oct 14, 2013 The next generation will produce and consume between 30 and 60 per cent more energy, with the biggest challenge being producing enough cheap and sustainable energy, the study found. “It is a time of unprecedented uncertainty in the energy sector,” it said. The authors of the study – which was presented Monday at the WEC’s…

Media considers Nobel Peace Prize implications

This content was published on Oct 12, 2013 On Friday it was announced that the OPCW had been awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize “for its extensive efforts” to rid the world of chemical weapons arsenals. The Norwegian Nobel committee said that recent events in Syria, where chemical weapons had been put to use, had underlined the need to enhance the efforts to…

Global chemical watchdog wins Nobel Peace Prize

This content was published on Oct 11, 2013 “The conventions and the work of the OPCW have defined the use of chemical weapons as a taboo under international law,” the Norwegian Nobel committee said on Friday. “Recent events in Syria, where chemical weapons have again been put to use, have underlined the need to enhance the efforts to do away with such weapons.”…

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