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Switzerland has too few skilled workers

This content was published on Sep 1, 2010 That’s according to a 50-page government report released on Wednesday. It looks into the current situation plus the causes and possible consequences of the shortage. Between 2004 and 2009, the employers reacted to the problem by raising salaries and recruiting more specialist workers from abroad. Within Switzerland, the number of recent graduates in these fields…

30 years of the Gotthard road tunnel

This content was published on Sep 1, 2010 The Gotthard Tunnel is the longest road tunnel in Switzerland and the third-longest in the world at 16.4km.

UN climate panel urged to stick to science

This content was published on Aug 30, 2010 The InterAcademy Council (IAC) released a report on Monday that said the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) needs stronger review procedures and “significant reforms” to avoid publishing mistakes. Co-chair of the IPCC, Swiss climatologist Thomas Stocker, said implementing the recommendations contained in the critical review could strengthen confidence in the panel’s future assessments…

Attitudes towards minorities “getting worse”

This content was published on Aug 30, 2010 Gülcan Akkaya, vice president of the Federal Commission against Racism, says Switzerland needs a policy that includes and recognises everyone living here. Her comments come after the population voted in favour of a controversial anti-minaret building initiative in November 2009 and prepares to vote on a people’s initiative to deport foreign criminals. Another issue making…

Researchers from Zurich win European grants

This content was published on Aug 27, 2010 The ERC Starting Grants are the most important European programme for innovative research. The funds will go towards interdisciplinary projects launched by researchers at the Federal Institute of Technology and Zurich University, according to a joint statement. They will all receive €1.5 million over the next five years for their projects in the fields of…

Stargazers discover “richest” planetary system

This content was published on Aug 26, 2010 If confirmed, the discovery by a European team, led by Christophe Lovis from Geneva University, represents “the richest” system of exoplanets – planets outside our own solar system – ever found. “We have discovered what is probably the most populated planetary system known to date,” the lead researcher said in a statement on Wednesday. This…

Scientists target super-massive black holes

This content was published on Aug 25, 2010 The discovery, published in Nature magazine, could help scientists understand how gravity and dark matter formed the universe. Black holes are objects in which the pull of gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. They are detected by the effect they have on their surroundings. Super-massive black holes can have masses…

Burkhalter to hand over supercomputer in Brazil

This content was published on Aug 25, 2010 During his first official trip outside Europe, Burkhalter is due to meet senior ministers, top researchers and other officials to discuss cooperation between the two countries. He will also hand over a supercomputer. “Our main goal is to strengthen bilateral research cooperation with Brazil, which belongs to the group of eight non-European countries, alongside India…

Scientist recognised for “A to B” ranking

This content was published on Aug 25, 2010 Jochen Mundinger, working at the Swiss Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), was recognised for developing a search engine that finds the fastest, cheapest, or most ecological way to get from A to B. Mundinger’s website, routeRANK.com, not only finds flights between cities, but also trains, public transport and driving routes and allows the potential…

Basel plans major aquarium

This content was published on Aug 24, 2010 Basel Zoo – known affectionately to locals as the “Zolli” – is looking to expand further into the city, by building what it calls an Ozeanium in an area of town which is ripe for renovation. While such centres can be found in a number of countries, they are generally on the coast. There is…

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