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Russian subs plumb depths of Lake Geneva

This content was published on Mar 3, 2011 The elemo project, coordinated by the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), will bring together researchers from around the world to explore the lake’s abysses with the aim of better understanding and protecting it. “Our lake is special – and not just because of its beauty,” Andrew Barry, professor of ecological technology at EPFL…

Tropical House

This content was published on Mar 1, 2011 Orchids, bananas, papayas and fish farming in the heart of the Bernese Oberland! You can see this and much more at the Tropic House which uses warm mountain water taken from the Lötschberg Tunnel to make the desired conditions. With special exhibitions, restaurants and guided tours.

Cancer blood test comes within reach

This content was published on Feb 23, 2011 An interdisciplinary team has defined biomarkers in patients’ blood serum which indicate the presence of prostate cancer – the most common form of the disease among men in the western world. The method could be widened out to other tumours. The work, by the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ), the University Hospital Zurich…

One in 50 babies conceived with assistance

This content was published on Feb 23, 2011 Some 6,300 couples sought fertility treatments and 10,400 cycles of treatment were initiated. Of this number, 2,250 resulted in pregnancies, with almost one in four ending in miscarriage. The final number of children born from these pregnancies reached 1,891 from 1,628 births, 30 per cent of whom were twins. There were two sets of triplets.…

Scientists tap the sun to produce clean water

This content was published on Feb 22, 2011 The SwissWaterKiosk, which is being developed by a team at the Technical University in Rapperswil, is currently being tested in Bangladesh, Mozambique and Tanzania. Almost 900 million people worldwide do not have access to clean water, according to the United Nations. “The concept of the SwissWaterKiosk is to use sustainable technology to disinfect water. Our…

Valais steels itself for climate change

This content was published on Feb 20, 2011 After experiencing three major flash floods from 1987-2000, the vast, mountainous southern Swiss canton wants to be better prepared for potential changes to its water resources. With this in mind, it has signed an agreement to collaborate with the European Union-backed ACQWA (Assessing Climate Change impacts on the Quantity and Quality of Water). The project…

Electromagnetic waves used to detonate landmines

This content was published on Feb 19, 2011 IEDs, so-called roadside bombs, kill and mutilate hundreds of thousands of people every year in conflict zones in countries including Colombia, Afghanistan “Colombia has one of the highest mine casualty rates in the world,” Nicolas Mora, a Colombian postgraduate research student at the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), told swissinfo.ch. “IEDs are installed…

Swiss company celebrates 200th Ariane mission

This content was published on Feb 17, 2011 The launch is considered a landmark by the Swiss company Ruag Space, which has provided the payload faring, the part of the rocket that protects the payload, as well as guidance components, for all 200 Ariane missions. Constructed by an industrial consortium led by a division of European industrial giant EADS, the unmanned Johannes Kepler…

Missing Lives

This content was published on Feb 15, 2011 During the Balkan wars, tens of thousands of people vanished. In almost every case, the missing had been murdered. For their families, the torment of not knowing has been drawn out – and for many it continues today. Thanks to science though, survivors can now find closure. (Photography by Nick Danziger, text by Rory MacLean)

Missing Lives (ORIGINAL)

This content was published on Feb 15, 2011 During the Balkan wars, tens of thousands of people vanished. In almost every case, the missing had been murdered. For their families, the torment of not knowing has been drawn out – and for many it continues today. Thanks to science though survivors can now find closure. (Photography by Nick Danziger, text by Rory MacLean)

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