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Restart of Big Bang Machine delayed again

This content was published on Feb 10, 2009 The Large Hadron Collider, also known as the Big Bang Machine, suffered a cooling malfunction just nine days after scientists turned it on in September 2008. The repair bill stands at around €20 million (SFr30.1 million). The machine, which took 13 years and €3 billion to build, runs for 27km under the Swiss-French border and…

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Peering at the dawn of the universe

This content was published on Feb 8, 2009 Lilly, professor of astronomy at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, gave a keynote speech on Thursday on the importance of the Big Bang theory at the Swiss launch in Bern of the International Year of Astronomy. Initiated by the International Astronomical Union and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco), the…

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Interest in electric vehicles gains speed

This content was published on Feb 4, 2009 Mindset, a Lucerne-based firm, hopes to release the first Swiss-designed hybrid car within about 18 months. Another company, Numexia, based in canton Vaud, in January unveiled a prototype for an electric delivery truck. Even demand for electric-power bicycles appears to be on the rise. A spokesman for Bern-based BikeTec says company sales have expanded so…

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Organ donors reach “alarmingly low” levels

This content was published on Jan 30, 2009 The organ shortage resulted in 1,544 patients sitting on waiting lists in 2008 – up from 1,381 in 2007 – with 62 people dying because a suitable organ could not be found. The figures were released on Friday at the annual meeting of the Swiss transplantation society in Interlaken. Swisstransplant director Franz Immer said Switzerland…

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Vote on EU labour accord – background information in English

This content was published on Jan 28, 2009 At stake is the continuation of the labour agreement, also known as the free movement of people accord, and whether it should be extended to the latest EU member states Bulgaria and Romania. The ballot is considered one of the most important votes in recent years affecting relations with the EU – Switzerland’s most important…

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Brains guess how much fat in food

This content was published on Jan 26, 2009 Scientists from four institutions, including Lausanne University and the Nestlé Research Centre, found it takes about 200 milliseconds for the brain to discriminate between high- and low-fat foods. According to a study to be published in the journal NeuroImage on February 1, scientists presented healthy adults with pictures of foods and non-foods. They used brain-imaging…

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Slowdown seen in pharmaceuticals growth

This content was published on Jan 23, 2009 It is slightly less than the year-on-year 6.5 per cent growth in 2007, according to the pharmaceutical group Interpharma on Friday. Interpharma said a wave of price-cutting in March shaved SFr93 million ($80 million) from potential income. The industry was valued at SFr4.74 billion in 2008 compared with SFr4.48 billion in 2007. Vaccines and rheumatism…

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Didgeridoo used in hunt for reindeer

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Renewable energy focus of Abu Dhabi visit

This content was published on Jan 19, 2009 Leuenberger said the International Energy Agency had shown that investing in renewable energy sources only costs about half a per cent of the gross global product. He added that it was up to all states to contribute towards a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions – the main cause of global warming, and industrialised nations must…

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