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From an igloo to worldwide renown

This content was published on Mar 25, 2011 From these humble beginnings grew the Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF), which is now famed for its expertise and produces the all-important avalanche bulletins for skiers during the wintertime. Davos, the mountain resort in eastern Switzerland, may be known to many as the home of the World Economic Forum or even as the…

Study finds preventive medicine “could do better”

This content was published on Mar 25, 2011 The research is the first of its kind in Switzerland – and in continental Europe – to look specifically into the quality of preventive and early-diagnosis medicine. The leader in this field is the United States. The study, which covered the university hospitals in Zurich, Geneva, Lausanne and Basel, has been published in the US-based…

NATURE: 50 years WWF. A Biography

This content was published on Mar 24, 2011 Founded in Zurich in 1961, the the world-famous environmental organisation WWF celebrates its 50th anniversary. The Swiss National Museum dedicates a special exhibition to show how a couple of dedicated British naturalists developed a global network for nature protection. Visitors can see original documents, installations about biodiversity and ecology and calculate their own ecological footprint.

Avalanche!

This content was published on Mar 21, 2011 Spectacular video of a huge powder avalanche at the Vallée de la Sionne test site in canton Valais, which was set off in 2011 by SLF researchers.

Law acts against “charlatan” therapists

This content was published on Mar 18, 2011 The law – which sees only those who have studied psychology being able to call themselves psychologists and psychotherapy training being harmonised – comes at a time when demand for mental health services is high. The House of Representatives followed the Senate in approving the law on psychological professions on March 9. This legislation should…

Novartis announces job cuts in Britain

This content was published on Mar 16, 2011 The jobs will be lost at the Horsham site in southern England. Novartis said on Wednesday that it would end manufacturing there entirely, and relocate some of the research and development currently conducted at the site. Novartis has 950 staff in Horsham, out of a total of more than 3,500 in Britain as a whole.…

Swiss rescuers leave Japan “with heavy hearts”

This content was published on Mar 16, 2011 The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) said on Wednesday that Swiss rescue dogs had located one person on Tuesday, and Austrian and New Zealand rescuers had started the retrieval operation. swissinfo.ch spoke to team leader Ernst Bosshard in the northern town of Misawa as he waited there to fly home. He explained that his…

Swiss on standby to help after Japan quake

This content was published on Mar 11, 2011 The spokeswoman of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) told Swiss television on Friday evening that although Japan had received offers from 68 search and rescue teams, initially it had accepted only those from the US, New Zealand, Australia and South Korea. Earlier on Friday the Swiss government had spoken of…

Double-jobbing molecule tracked by scientists

This content was published on Mar 9, 2011 The molecule – cytokine tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNFα) – has until now mainly been known for its role in killing disease-causing agents in the immune system during inflammatory and immune reactions, when it is produced in large amounts. The team of neurobiologists, led by Andrea Volterra, discovered that this immune molecule also plays a critical…

New Einstein letters to go online at ETH

This content was published on Mar 4, 2011 The letters, which have been bequeathed to the ETHZ, were sent by Einstein to his university friend Jakob Ehrat and Ehrat’s mother Emma in the early 1900s. A letter to Emma Ehrat-Ühlinger in 1903 reveals that she had been upset by Einstein’s phrase “regards to your old lady”. In it he explains that the proper…

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