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Jurassic park

This content was published on Oct 9, 2008 Thousands of dinosaur footprints have been discovered in the Swiss Jura region, making it one of the world’s biggest track sites. The discoveries – and the great interest in the area – have prompted the authorities to consider turning the site into a tourist and archaeological attraction. (swissinfo 2004)

Billionaire gives Harvard largest ever donation

This content was published on Oct 8, 2008 Wyss’ gift is the largest individual donation in the university’s history. The entrepreneur earned his Master of Business Administration from Harvard in 1965. The mission of the Hansjörg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering will be to discover the engineering principles that nature uses to build living things, and then use that information to create…

Air pollution harms unborn babies

This content was published on Oct 8, 2008 Until now it was thought that pollution did not affect children’s breathing until they were of school age. “If our hypothesis is correct, early influences on respiratory passages lead to a rise in the number of lung diseases and to a shorter life expectancy,” said scientists from Bern University on Tuesday. The study was presented…

Bacteria-killing yeast makes wine taste better

This content was published on Oct 7, 2008 The scientists said on Tuesday that the yeast, called Lalvin W15, could be used around the world during the fermentation process. The yeast enhances a wine’s quality by limiting the production of acetic acid, which improves flavour, they reported. It also increases glycerin, which helps keep a wine balanced and smooth. Additionally, Lalvin W15 boosts…

Birds checked on their way to warmer climes.

This content was published on Oct 7, 2008

Cern collider failure down to poor soldering

This content was published on Oct 7, 2008 Lyn Evans, project leader of the Large Hadron Collider at the European Nuclear Research Organization (Cern) outside Geneva, said the source problem was small. “It happens quite often in electrical connections,” Evans said, adding that he thought the fault resulted from human error on one electrical connection – one of 10,000 inside the machine. The…

Scientists unlock secrets of human memory

This content was published on Oct 6, 2008 While scientists have known for years that learning can forge bonds between brain cells, they have been unable to understand the precise nature of that circuitry. Now a team led by Dominique Müller, a professor at the university’s department of neuroscience, has discovered that our brains send information through a network that adapts to our…

Evolution is in the eye of the beholder

This content was published on Oct 2, 2008 In many species the male’s mating fortunes are decided by looking impressive. A study of brightly coloured fish has now shown that this has less to do with aesthetics than with the sensitivity of female eyes, which varies as a result of adaptation to the environment. Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science…

Daily life lifts off with 50-year-old Nasa

This content was published on Oct 1, 2008 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration turns 50 years old on Wednesday. Funded by the United States government, the space agency sends men, women and satellites and probes into space. Over the past decades Nasa has also helped launch a bevy of services, products and conveniences that influence us, even if we never see them.…

Half a century of space exploration

This content was published on Sep 30, 2008 From rocket planes to photos of infinity: What future historians will see as the first steps toward space exploration is already a long story.

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