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Pregnant women receive mixed health messages

This content was published on Sep 3, 2008 While 72 per cent of gynaecologists advise women to give up smoking during pregnancy, they differ on the effect moderate alcohol consumption can have on the unborn child. The study, conducted by Basel University on behalf of the Federal Health Office, found that only just over half of the doctors surveyed recommended strict abstinence from…

Tobacco firms accused of hiding polonium danger

This content was published on Sep 3, 2008 Polonium 210 is known to cause lung cancers in animals, and studies suggest it is responsible for one per cent of all lung cancers each year in the United States. British American Tobacco Switzerland rejects the claims. Polonium 210 came to public attention recently when it was found to have been used in the fatal…

Cases of dementia rise

This content was published on Sep 2, 2008 The figures released by the Federal Statistics Office on Tuesday showed circulatory diseases and cancer remain the most common causes of death. Accidents and other violent deaths as well as respiratory diseases are also responsible for a large number of deaths. In 1996, 2,204 people in Switzerland died of dementia, the progressive decline in cognitive…

Astronomer tracks down new comet

This content was published on Aug 30, 2008 Michel Ory spotted the comet from the Jura Observatory in Vicques, the International Astronomical Union announced on Saturday. He tracked its location over several nights. It has been identified as a periodic comet, which has orbital periods of less than 200 years, and will be named P/2008 Q2 Ory. The Jura Observatory said it was…

Researchers embed for everyday computing

This content was published on Aug 29, 2008 On Thursday the partnership presented seven projects, making up the first venture of the Microsoft Innovation Cluster for Embedded Software (ICES). Over the next two to three years, scientists at the universities in Zurich and Lausanne, in partnership with Microsoft’s laboratory in Cambridge, will attempt to advance the science behind embedded systems. This is the…

Robot parking

This content was published on Aug 28, 2008 Multi-faceted multi-storey Finding a suitable parking spot in a multi storey car park can be frustrating and time consuming. The Swiss have come up with a new way to dispel the parking blues – a car park in which robots do the work for you. Swiss TV tested out the newly opened building in Frauenfeld,…

Taking the fight against cancer a step further

This content was published on Aug 27, 2008 Hunt, a leading scientist at Cancer Research UK, talks to swissinfo about the fight against cancer and his research into cell division. The friendly, slightly eccentric professor – sporting a T-shirt full of holes – was in Switzerland to deliver a lecture at the “Cancer and the Cell Cycle” symposium at Lausanne’s Federal Institute of…

Swiss star designer reveals his inspirations

This content was published on Aug 27, 2008 He is the subject of an exhibition in Zurich which reveals how his ideas take shape and shows the man behind the designs. Design is a part of our daily lives. But often we don’t spare a thought for those responsible for our furniture, the objects we use and the clothes we wear. Many designers…

Laser maps Swiss weather in 3D

This content was published on Aug 27, 2008 A Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) weather measurement system was officially launched at the MeteoSwiss weather forecasting headquarters in western Switzerland on Tuesday. The high-tech instrument is the only one of its kind in the world able to provide continuous data on the vertical distribution of humidity in the atmosphere up to an altitude of…

Gel could reduce jabs for diabetics

This content was published on Aug 23, 2008 Instead of having to jab themselves at least once a day, many diabetics would only have to inject themselves every two or even four weeks. The discovery by researchers at the institute’s Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering involves a gelatinous substance containing an amount of insulin, which would then be complemented by an antibiotic…

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