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Man on the Moon

This content was published on Jul 16, 2009 On July 21, 1969, American astronaut Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the Moon. Four decades later, the memory stays strong for those who witnessed it and even for those who weren’t there.

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Flu virus tally leaps in 24 hours

This content was published on Jul 14, 2009 The new infections raised the Swiss tally to 178 confirmed cases of the virus, known as swine flu, spread out over 19 of the 26 cantons. Canton Valais was the hardest hit in the latest wave of infections, with 16 cases. A school with 120 pupils has been put in quarantine. There were also six…

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Harnessing computer heat can cut energy bills

This content was published on Jul 14, 2009 Physicists at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH) working with IBM have created a liquid-cooled server system that can slash energy bills by as much as half while generating heat with little to no additional carbon emissions. “Computers are an excellent source of heat that until now has been wasted,” Bruno Michel, an…

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Paper houses are not just for the poor

This content was published on Jul 13, 2009 The SFr6,000 ($5,500) house is the brainchild of German entrepreneur Gerd Niemöller, who has a vision of providing whole refugee camps with his invention. “We want to create a building so that poor people in developing countries, who are without homes, can lead independent lives in a healthy living environment with a self-sufficient energy supply,”…

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Pilatus, the steepest cogwheel railway in the world

This content was published on Jul 9, 2009

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High-tech pigeons reveal navigation secrets

This content was published on Jul 6, 2009 A team lead by a Zurich-based scientist has created a tiny device that reads the birds’ brain waves while they fly, showing that pigeons appear to recognise places of interest as they navigate. Homing pigeons have been used for centuries to carry messages and have been known to cover hundreds of kilometres in a single…

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Government boosts R&D spending

This content was published on Jul 6, 2009 Spending increased by SFr175 million ($160 million) between 2006 and 2008, reaching a record SFr1.527 billion annually. “This result, a 13 per cent increase compared with 2006, is part of a trend observed since the beginning of the decade,” the office said. The Swiss National Science Foundation was the recipient of more than SFr600 million…

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New surgery offers hope for knee injuries

This content was published on Jul 4, 2009 Until now, ruptured ACLs have been treated with grafted tendon from another part of the body. The Bern University Hospital method could result in the patient’s own ACL growing back, more stability to the knee and a quicker recovery. Few will forget the tears of Swiss football captain Alexander Frei during last year’s Euro 2008…

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Is Switzerland too sexy for the Chinese?

This content was published on Jul 2, 2009 Readers there can also go on visiting the Chinese-language version of swissinfo.ch and see all its pictures without waiting interminably for the site to upload. Beijing is seeking to bundle Green Dam Youth Escort software with all computers sold in China. The content-control programme is supposed to block porn sites, but computer-security experts argue it…

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High-tech pigeons reveal navigation secrets

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