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Digital nomads

This content was published on Oct 18, 2012 In many remote parts of the world, it is much easier to install mobile solutions than expensive cables. This means that wireless internet service is playing an increasingly important role in everyday life – also in poor areas.

Digital Nomads

This content was published on Oct 18, 2012

Carrying the internet in your pocket

This content was published on Oct 18, 2012 The development of mobile internet access is constantly moving forward. Even exact statistics are difficult because of the rapid pace of development. “We are recording a major increase in mobile internet access,” says Carsten Roetz, a spokesman for Swisscom, the largest telecommunications company in Switzerland. “The volume of data consumed by mobile internet users is…

Freedom or obsession?

This content was published on Oct 18, 2012 Nowadays, we post pictures, videos, and blogs on the internet from wherever we are. Commuters quite naturally chat and sort through their e-mails on the train. Constant and direct availability of information not only threatens to trigger states of mind where we can’t switch off anymore, we also increasingly feel that we’re missing something when…

Hot newfound planet may have cooler neighbours

This content was published on Oct 17, 2012 The research, done by a team of European astronomers based at the observatory in the Swiss city of Geneva, was released online on Tuesday in the journal Nature, and will appear in Thursday’s hardcopy. In terms of mass, the planet is roughly the same size as Earth. But unlike Earth, it only needs three days…

Genome sleuth honoured for virus research

This content was published on Oct 16, 2012 Jacques Fellay heads a life sciences laboratory at the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. Through his research he has found that it is important to consider genetic differences when developing vaccines because people respond differently to the same treatments. Fellay and his team are currently studying mutations that occur in HIV when fought by…

Saving energy with water instead of air

This content was published on Oct 16, 2012 Although there are no official figures, it is estimated that the world’s computers produce as much carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, as all air traffic. In other words, energy consumption and efficiency levels are key areas of computer development – both for ecological and economic reasons. Energy accounts for half of the expense in the…

Switzerland seeks to confirm top research spot

This content was published on Oct 16, 2012 The country boasts the world’s highest number of scientific publications per capita and the second highest for citations, the State Secretariat for Education and Research (SER) said in 2011. The OECD Factbook also shows that in 2009 the country registered the most patents per head, an indicator for innovation. “In all rankings and in all…

The wonder in the desert

This content was published on Oct 7, 2012 The treasury, treasure house, the castle of the Pharaoh, or simply: the gate. The monumental edifice, constructed at the end of a long, narrow canyon, casts a spell over everyone who visits the ancient city of Petra. Even today, no one knows why, or in whose honour, this door was hewn out of the cliff.…

Art and science collide

This content was published on Oct 6, 2012 At Cern on the outskirts of Geneva, the first artist in residence at the world’s largest particle physics laboratory has helped smash culture and science together. (Raffaella Rossello, swissinfo.ch)

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