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Trends threaten wellbeing of workers

This content was published on Sep 24, 2010 Suva, the Swiss accident insurer, commissioned the report to see what kinds of issues could have a detrimental effect on the workforce and general public in 2029. In consultation with businesses the research team identified 21 trends to watch out for. “Preventive health protection depends on identifying risks early and assessing them correctly. Our rapidly…

Doctors bring new life to dead human heart

This content was published on Sep 24, 2010 A team from Bern University hospital has developed a method to reanimate a human heart as long as 40 minutes after it has stopped beating, even when it has been kept at room temperature. The researchers, led by Hendrik Tevaearai, have been awarded the annual prize of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery in Geneva…

New discovery excites Cern scientists

This content was published on Sep 23, 2010 Researchers at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern) say the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) appears to have produced a small amount of the matter that existed in the first moments of the universe. They said colliding particles seem to be creating “hot dense matter” that would have existed microseconds after the Big Bang and…

Disney lab in Zurich wins Tell award

This content was published on Sep 23, 2010 The Tell Awards, named after Swiss national hero William Tell, recognise investment projects directed into Switzerland by North American firms. They are organised by Switzerland Trade and Investment Promotion. The award announced on Thursday is considered a mark of recognition to the Walt Disney Company of Los Angeles for successfully launching operations of Disney Research…

Big Bang scientists herald success

This content was published on Sep 22, 2010 Researchers at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern) say the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) appears to have produced a small amount of the matter that existed in the first moments of the universe. They said colliding particles seem to be creating “hot dense matter” that would have existed microseconds after the Big Bang and…

A visit home

This content was published on Sep 22, 2010 Verner Soler makes a series of trips back to Vrin and rediscovers the raw beauty of its landscape. It also gave him an outside perspective of the many changes underway. Soler felt compelled to record some of the vestiges of the old ways of life before they vanished entirely.

Solar Impulse lands in Geneva

This content was published on Sep 21, 2010 Pilot André Borschberg flew the solar aircraft from its hangar in Payerne, canton Vaud, to Geneva International Airport on Tuesday. With an average speed of 50km per hour, the flight took about four hours. Borschberg returned to Payerne in the afternoon. On Wednesday the plane is scheduled to fly to Zurich, weather permitting. The Solar…

BISSES DE TRIENT – ORIGINAL

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Date with death: Swiss develop crystal ball

This content was published on Sep 18, 2010 Adrian Spörri, project manager of the Swiss National Cohort (SNC), tells swissinfo.ch what censuses are revealing about health, disease and life expectancy of the Swiss population. This week, an SNC study using data from the 2000 census found that Catholics commit suicide less often than Protestants, and Protestants less often than people with no religious…

Armenian award for Swiss astronomer

This content was published on Sep 17, 2010 Mayor was awarded the prize along with two of his colleagues, Garik Israelian and Nuno Santos, for their research into planets outside the solar system – so-called exoplanets. He was the first person ever to demonstrate the existence of such planets, 15 years ago. Although many more have since been discovered, the formation of such…

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