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Swiss biologist wins “women in science” award

This content was published on Feb 15, 2012 Since December 2004, Gasser has been director of the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research in Basel and professor of molecular biology at Basel University. The FEBS/EMBO Women in Science Award rewards the exceptional achievements of a female researcher in molecular biology over the previous five years. Winners of the award are role models who…

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Important fossil find in Ticino

This content was published on Feb 7, 2012 The cantonal environment office described it as “one of the most important finds at the site in the last 150 years”. The wingless insect, which has been given the Latin name Dasyleptus triassicus, measures about 15 millimetres in length. Palaeontologist Rudolf Stockar of the Ticino natural history museum told the Swiss News Agency that the…

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Timeout called on leap seconds

This content was published on Jan 20, 2012 Around 700 delegates from some 100 countries at an International Telecommunications Union meeting decided to delay any decision on whether to call time on leap seconds. These seconds were introduced in 1972 to help real time – measured by the earth’s rotation on its axis and around the sun – catch up with atomic time.…

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The end of the world is nigh, again

This content was published on Jan 8, 2012 Fear of the end of time has been a feature of countless civilisations, but what humanity really dreams of is a better world, according to Mayer. To date, the world has lived through dozens if not hundreds of prophesies of its demise. Various theories interpret ominous warnings from wars, tsunamis, attacks, nuclear catastrophes, crises, pandemics…

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Heat from the ground, it’s there for the taking

This content was published on Dec 26, 2011 In April, Lyesse Laloui, head of the Laboratory of Soil Mechanics at the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) will host a meeting of world specialists in “energy geostructures” for a workshop that has the support of the American National Science Foundation. EPFL were the first to test in real conditions the behaviour of heat…

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Cern discovers a boson, but not the Higgs

This content was published on Dec 23, 2011 The sub-atomic particle known as Chi-b (3P) was uncovered in the debris from colliding protons. The finding should help scientists better understand the forces that hold matter together. The Chi-b(3P) comprises two relatively heavy particles, the beauty quark and its antiquark, which are bonded by the so-called “strong” force, which also causes the atomic nucleus…

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Modified plants found outside laboratories

This content was published on Dec 16, 2011 The Federal Environment Office said on Friday that the plants had been dug up immediately, and there had been no contamination. The plants found near laboratories belonging to the universities of Lausanne, Basel and Zurich were thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana), which is often used in studying plant biology, since any changes in it are easily…

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Cern scientists home in on Higgs boson

This content was published on Dec 13, 2011 One of two research teams searching for the elusive sub-atomic particle, the missing link in the Standard Model of physics, announced on Tuesday that new data show it is more likely to be found in the lower energy ranges of the massive atom smasher being used to track it down. The discovery – confirmed later…

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“Significant progress” for climate talks, say Swiss

This content was published on Dec 11, 2011 According to the resolution – negotiated over the past two weeks in Durban, South Africa – countries will no longer be split into industrialised and developing nations. “Thanks to this paradigm change, it was possible to achieve significant progress at the international climate negotiations,” Swiss negotiator and Environment Office director Bruno Oberle said. The package…

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