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Quantum physicist gets top science award

This content was published on Oct 13, 2010 The Marcel Benoist foundation announced on Wednesday that Loss, a professor at Basel University, had been selected for the SFr50,000 ($52,300) prize for his pioneering work on the physics underlying the concept of quantum computing. A quantum computer uses quantum mechanical phenomena rather than the transistors of traditional computers. Exactly how such a machine would…

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“Flying boat” dips its wings in Lake Geneva

This content was published on Oct 8, 2010 Hydroptère.ch, a prototype catamaran based on the world’s fastest sailboat, was gently lowered into the clear waters near St Sulpice, west of Lausanne, on Friday. A five-man crew plan to test the new design, materials and boat behaviour over the coming months on Lake Geneva. The new ten-metre test boat uses the same hydrofoil design…

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Science historian wins Latsis Prize

This content was published on Oct 5, 2010 The prestigious award, worth SFr100,000 ($97,000), is presented each year by the National Science Foundation (SNF) to a research scientist under the age of 40 working in Switzerland. Using methods from the field of cultural studies, 38-year-old Sommer – who studied both biology and English literature and linguistics at Zurich University – examines how the…

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Farmers still afraid of the big bad wolf

This content was published on Oct 3, 2010 According to a poll conducted for the nature protection organisation WWF, around three-quarters of the Swiss population are in favour of wolves returning to Switzerland, but the House of Representatives voted on Thursday for a motion that would reduce the wolf’s protected status. The decision was taken during an impassioned session at which no fewer…

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Calls for organ donation to shift to young

This content was published on Sep 30, 2010 But not everyone agrees with Franz Immer, head of national organ association Swisstransplant. Critics are worried about unethical selection and discrimination. In a working paper for health experts and politicians published last week, Immer said that since demand for organs still outstrips supply in Switzerland – as it does around the world – giving a…

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Solar energy

This content was published on Sep 29, 2010 Solar cells, a sun-powered stadium, plane, boat and even a submarine.

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Solar boat heads into the sunset

This content was published on Sep 29, 2010 The MS TÛRANOR PlanetSolar left the port of Monaco on Monday. The project is aimed at raising awareness of solar mobility and renewable energies. Swiss project founder and crew member, Raphaël Domjan, told swissinfo.ch from onboard the catamaran that the boat was making excellent progress. “On the whole, after six years of work, it is…

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Excessive rules cause “reproduction tourism”

This content was published on Sep 28, 2010 Bruno Imthurn, head of the Fertility Centre of the Zurich University Hospital, told a media conference on Tuesday that an increasing number of women are finding it hard to conceive, often because they postpone childbearing until they are in their 30s. He is one of a group of 17 specialists in reproductive medicine who are…

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Solar boat sets global course

This content was published on Sep 27, 2010 The MS TÛRANOR PlanetSolar left the port of Monaco on Monday. The project founder and crew member, Switzerland’s Raphaël Domjan, hopes the voyage will “motivate engineers and scientists to develop innovative technologies”. PlanetSolar is a multihull vessel topped by a large array of photovoltaic solar panels, constructed in Kiel, Germany. It took 14 months to…

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