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Who’s the King of the Swimmers?

This content was published on Aug 16, 2013 Not only do they swim, but the apes use a kind of breast stroke to do so, rather than the dog paddle favoured by other terrestrial mammals. Normally, apes drown if they get into deep water – which is why zoos use ditches to confine them. But Cooper the chimpanzee and Suryia the orangutan were…

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Scientists teleport data over electronic circuit

This content was published on Aug 14, 2013 According to an article published in the scientific journal Nature on Wednesday, the Zurich team managed to teleport information in a so-called “solid-state system” in a device similar to a conventional computer chip. The data was teleported across a distance of six millimetres from one corner of the chip to the opposite side. No physical…

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High-stakes science contests draw elite crowds

This content was published on Aug 2, 2013 The atmosphere is quiet and focused during the series of tests that make up the International Biology Olympiad (IBO), hosted by Bern University this year. The practical portion is taken in the lab, where students pipette samples, count specimens, and reach a conclusion that’s either right or wrong based on the evidence. Then, the theoretical…

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Bringing back salmon along the Rhine

This content was published on Jul 30, 2013 The river has now been cleaned up and spawning grounds have been created for salmon. Most Rhine bordering countries, apart from France, have built fish passes around all their power plants to help migrating fish to swim upstream. The French are now coming under heavy pressure to comply.

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“Flying is becoming safer and safer”

This content was published on Jul 30, 2013 Investigations are on ongoing into whether the accident on July 6 involving the Asiana airlines Boeing 777, which resulted in three deaths, was caused by pilot error on landing or by an instrument failure. But the incident has, once again, reignited the debate into aviation safety. swissinfo.ch spoke to Marc Baumgartner, from the International Federation…

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Full moon could affect your sleep

This content was published on Jul 26, 2013 The scientists led by Christian Cajochen of the university’s psychiatric hospital looked back at the results of a study carried out a decade ago, focusing on the influence of the so-called circadian clock on people’s sleep patterns. The subjects were isolated at the time for three-and-a-half days in a chronobiology laboratory, where there are no…

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Saving cassava crop requires global effort

This content was published on Jul 15, 2013 Food security hopes have been pinned on the drought and heat resistant cassava plant, considered the perfect staple crop for many regions where growing conditions are deteriorating due to climate change. However cassava production in Africa is under threat from the devastating cassava brown streak disease (CBSD). Unchecked, the growing CBSD pandemic could spell disaster…

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Crossing the Alps

This content was published on Jul 13, 2013 On July 13, 1913, Swiss pilot Oskar Bider became the first aviator to cross the entire range of the Alps.

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Novartis research scrutinised in Japan

This content was published on Jul 12, 2013 An unnamed researcher, reported to be an adjunct lecturer at Osaka City University, had hidden the fact that he was an employee of the Japanese unit, Novartis Pharma K.K., when he was taking part in a study of the Novartis drug Valsartan, the Japanese health minister said on Friday, describing this as “extremely regrettable”. The…

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Who’s the King of the Swimmers?

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Scientists teleport data over electronic circuit

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High-stakes science contests draw elite crowds

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Bringing back salmon along the Rhine

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“Flying is becoming safer and safer”

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Full moon could affect your sleep

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Saving cassava crop requires global effort

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Crossing the Alps

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Novartis research scrutinised in Japan

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