Archive – Science

New snow-loving beetle discovered

This content was published on Sep 29, 2011 Scientists from the Zurich University of Applied Sciences say the beetle, trechus schyberosiae, lives nowhere else in the world apart from a small region between the peaks of Mount Pilatus and Hohgant in central Switzerland. The beetle is highly tolerant to cold. Its rocky habitat on the northern slopes of the Alpine foothills often remains…

Climate change scenarios confirm warming

This content was published on Sep 29, 2011 In the best case scenario – supposing a strong reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in the coming decades – temperatures would still rise by nearly two degrees celsius by the end of the century. In the worst case, average seasonal temperatures would rise by nearly five degrees. Using a new generation of global and European-scale…

Lausanne academic wins forensic science award

This content was published on Sep 26, 2011 The American Academy of Forensic Science awarded Margot the Douglas M. Lucas medal for outstanding international contributions to forensic science. Awarded just once every three years, the medal is the world’s most prestigious forensic science award. Margot received the award for his internationally recognised work, which has advanced not only research in the field of…

Speeding particles puzzle Cern scientists

This content was published on Sep 24, 2011 The findings are such, challenging Albert Einstein himself, that the scientists working out of the Geneva headquarters of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern) have called on colleagues to help confirm or refute their data. In his famous special theory of relativity, Einstein postulated that nothing can travel faster than light, which has a…

Particles recorded moving faster than light

This content was published on Sep 22, 2011 If confirmed, the scientists’ findings would challenge one of the fundamental rules of physics, and a key part of Albert Einstein’s theory of special relativity which says that nothing in the universe can travel faster than the speed of light. Antonio Ereditato, who works at the particle physics centre of the Geneva-based organisation, said measurements…

Asian beetle pest turns up in Switzerland

This content was published on Sep 22, 2011 The beetles, which originate from East Asia, have been labelled by Swiss experts “a particularly dangerous pest”. Asian long-horned beetles are not allowed in Switzerland because they attack healthy deciduous trees and in serious cases can cause the trees to die. Affected trees therefore have to be felled, which causes ecological and economic costs, a…

A promising substance is being developed in groundbreaking research at a Basel lab

This content was published on Sep 20, 2011

Paranal’s giant eye peers into the universe

This content was published on Sep 19, 2011 swissinfo.ch visited the hi-tech facilities in northern Chile, run by the European Southern Observatory intergovernmental research organisation – of which Switzerland is a member – to find out why they provide such ideal conditions for professional star-gazers. It’s half past seven in the evening when the most advanced optical observatory in the world – the…

“Rolls-Royce” of x-ray machines honoured

This content was published on Sep 18, 2011 The Swiss Light Source (SLS) is the sparkling jewel in the crown of the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland’s largest research institution – although the path to its creation couldn’t have been bumpier. Since summer 2001, thousands of experiments have been carried out – by pharmaceutical researchers as well as academics – resulting in more…

Star-gazing

This content was published on Sep 16, 2011 Created in 1999 the Paranal observatory is located at 2,637 metres above sea level, 1,500km northeast of the capital Santiago.

Archive – Science

Popular Stories

Most Discussed

Archive – Science

More

New snow-loving beetle discovered

More

Climate change scenarios confirm warming

More

Lausanne academic wins forensic science award

More

Speeding particles puzzle Cern scientists

More

Particles recorded moving faster than light

More

Asian beetle pest turns up in Switzerland

More

A promising substance is being developed in groundbreaking research at a Basel lab

More

Paranal’s giant eye peers into the universe

More

“Rolls-Royce” of x-ray machines honoured

More

Star-gazing

Popular Stories

Most Discussed