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Cern detects new ‘Higgs-like’ particle

This content was published on Jul 4, 2012 “We have a discovery. We have observed a new particle consistent with the Higgs Boson – which one? That remains open,” Cern Director General Rolf Heuer told a seminar at the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva on Wednesday. “This is indeed a new particle. We know it must be a boson and it’s…

Universities unite to create neuroscience hub

This content was published on Jun 11, 2012 Dubbed “Neuropolis”, the project will be based in two facilities to be built in Geneva and Lausanne. It aims to develop understanding of the human brain while creating a space in which researchers can interact with the public. In Lausanne, Neuropolis will host the simulation platform of the EPFL Blue Brain Project, which aims to…

Einstein’s speed limit still stands

This content was published on Jun 8, 2012 The scientists said on Friday that the experiment which challenged Einstein’s theory on the speed of light, which postulates that nothing can move faster in the universe, had been flawed and that neutrinos – like everything else – are indeed bound by this law of physics. The researchers caused a storm last September when they…

No fuel airplane

This content was published on Jun 6, 2012

Solar plane ends first intercontinental flight

This content was published on Jun 6, 2012 “It was perhaps the most beautiful flight of my life, I have dreamed since I was a child of flying without using fuel,” said Swiss pilot Bertrand Piccard, who has already circumnavigated the world by balloon, on arrival at Rabat’s International airport. The single-seat aircraft is fitted with 12,000 solar cells across its dragonfly-like wings…

Even cows can send text messages

This content was published on Jun 2, 2012

Bringing old shipwrecks back to the surface

This content was published on May 26, 2012

Massive Zurich building completes 19-hour trip

This content was published on May 23, 2012 The brick building is 123 years old and is the last relic of Oerlikon’s 19th-century industrial zone. In 1876, the Oerlikon machine factory “Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon (MFO)” began manufacturing tool machinery, weapons and electric locomotives. When its recent owner ABB announced plans to tear it down, the public handed in a petition to save it, emphasising…

World’s largest telescope eyes Swiss funding

This content was published on May 9, 2012 The government on Wednesday gave the green light to paying five per cent of its costs, ensuring Swiss scientists would have access to the telescope, which according to the European Southern Observatory (ESO) will gather 100,000,000 times more light than the human eye. The revolutionary ground-based telescope will have a 40-metre in diameter main mirror…

New app to monitor stress

This content was published on May 6, 2012

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