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Musical youth

This content was published on Dec 22, 2012 The styles of music and the musicians involved, the changes within society, the art and youth scene, the development of cities in terms of “youth culture” as well as technical achievements and alternative forms of distribution serve as versatile backgrounds for the 1980s. This was a decade when change, initiated by sections of the youth…

Wage discrepancies continue between sexes

This content was published on Dec 21, 2012 In the private sector, women earned an average of 23.6 per cent less than men in 2010, compared with 25 per cent less in 2008. The totals for part-time positions were adjusted to be comparable with full-time positions. In part, the differences in monthly income in the private sector were attributed to structural factors, including…

Tapping into Switzerland’s future water resources

This content was published on Dec 19, 2012 Throughout the world the lives of millions of people are blighted by polluted water, the consumption of which can even lead to death. The situation in Switzerland could not be more different. Be it for flushing the toilet, cleaning streets, or watering fields, laboratory tests confirm that Swiss water is of the highest quality. It…

New dinosaur bears Swiss researcher’s name

This content was published on Dec 16, 2012 The dinosaur, newly named “small Diplodocus of Siber“ or Kaatedocus siberi, is a member of the long-necked, plant-eating sauropod family. Other well-known sauropods include the brachiosaurus and the apatosaurus, once known as the brontosaurus. With 14 perfectly preserved vertebrae, the new specimen’s neck is reportedly the most intact of its kind in the world and…

Syria – a country in disintegration

This content was published on Dec 13, 2012 The uprising spread from there to other Arab countries. After the fall of Tunisian ruler Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had to resign, Moammar Gaddafi was killed in Libya and Yemen ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh was displaced. Nor could Syria escape the uprising of its people. But the regime of President Bashar…

Cern researchers win $3 million prize for discovery

This content was published on Dec 11, 2012 The exceptional prize awarded to European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern) physicists rewards some of the heads of the main research projects at the world’s leading laboratory for particle physics, based in Geneva. Peter Jenni, Fabiola Gianotti, Michel Della Negra, Tejinder Singh Virdee, Guido Tonelli, Joe Incandela and Lyn Evans will share the $3 million…

The face of human rights

This content was published on Dec 10, 2012 Each person should be able to choose those who represent them in all governance institutions, to stand for public office, and to vote on the fundamental questions that shape their individual and collective destinies. According to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, people have in recent years tackled their governments, not just…

Swiss engage in UN disarmament efforts

This content was published on Dec 6, 2012 Over the last few years Switzerland has stepped up its engagement in accordance with its security policy – as approved by the government in 2000. Among the resolutions adopted in New York on Monday was a measure initiated by Switzerland on “de-alerting” nuclear weapons. “Reducing the alert levels of nuclear weapons is an important step…

Unravelling the secrets of Mercury

This content was published on Dec 4, 2012 The BepiColombo’s Laser Altimeter Experiment BELA will be used to gather information about the topography of the solar system’s least explored planet. (Michele Andina, swissinfo.ch)

Switzerland and Europe – to infinity and beyond

This content was published on Dec 4, 2012 When mankind first stepped onto the moon in 1969, Switzerland was there too. The astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were of course Americans, but the first scientific experiment they carried out on the moon was a Swiss one. The two space scientists unfurled a solar screen to capture particles emitted by the sun. That…

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