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“Swiss history has also been made elsewhere”

This content was published on Aug 16, 2012 A systematic approach would paint a fuller picture of Swiss émigrés, including the multitude of reasons for going abroad over the past century and the influences on them of their chosen states. While today about 700,000 Swiss live abroad, no reliable figures existed before the second half of the 20th century. For Leo Schelbert, a…

Archivist serves up expat history on a platter

This content was published on Aug 16, 2012 Stored in the attic of the OSA headquarters in Bern, historian Florian Baccaunaud is examining the final bunch of records, dating from the period between 1994 and 2000, so that 100 years of documents may be ready in their entirety in time for the organisation’s centenary in 2016. Baccaunaud, a dual Swiss/French national with a…

Swiss researchers uncover clues to HIV treatment

This content was published on Aug 14, 2012 The study, published on Tuesday in the Archives of Internal Medicine, included 1,957 patients who began combination antiretroviral therapy between 2005 and 2009 at one of seven Swiss university hospitals: Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, St Gallen and Zurich. The study was unique in that patients with conditions like drug addiction, alcohol-related illnesses, hepatitis or…

Seeking Roman treasures in Avenches

This content was published on Aug 10, 2012 Among their discoveries between 1938 and 1943 was a gold bust of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, found in a waste water pipe. But they also helped clear out the city’s old amphitheatre and other sites that can still be seen today (Pictures: Avenches Roman museum)

Swiss develop algorithm to trace virus sources

This content was published on Aug 10, 2012 The software can detect the origin of rumours and misinformation, computer viruses or trace terror suspects, researcher Pedro Pinto said on Friday, adding that the system could prove to be a “precious ally” for criminal investigators. Algorithms are widely used to solve complex computer-based problems. “Our algorithm is capable of recreating in the reverse the…

Ode to the freckle

This content was published on Aug 4, 2012 Freckles are hereditary and common among pale-skinned and red-haired people, but can also appear on those with dark complexions. They crop up via pigment deposits in the skin, usually caused by sun exposure in summer before fading again in winter. Documentary filmmaker and photographer Reto Caduff managed to take pictures of 50 models by daylight.…

Competing to carry tourists up the Alps

This content was published on Jul 31, 2012 There are 500 mountain transport companies running nearly 1,800 different types of lifts in the Swiss Alps. With operating costs so high and the local economies depending on tourists, there is stiff competition to attract visitors by offering exciting rides. The Titlis mountain has a rotating cable car. Samnaun boasts the world’s first double-decker cable…

New technologies promise energy efficient power

This content was published on Jul 29, 2012

Catamarans, ski lifts and aircraft

This content was published on Jul 23, 2012 There is a solar boat, a solar ski lift and the solar aircraft project, Solar Impulse, which flight pioneer Bertrand Piccard will use to fly around the world in 2014. Solar energy in Switzerland is multi-faceted, yet plays a relatively minor role in the energy supply. With the exit of nuclear energy that will change.

Novel ways of caring for dementia

This content was published on Jul 5, 2012

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