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Anti-ageing market develops in grey zone

This content was published on Apr 8, 2008 In a report, it says that companies are already trying to cash in demand from people seeking to stave off the effects of time without considering the impact on their health. TA-Swiss launched its study after realising that current research could lead in a few years time to substances and technologies that could slow the…

Last look inside “Big Bang” machine

This content was published on Apr 7, 2008 The open weekend was a one-off chance to see the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) before it begins operating in June. The instrument will be used by physicists to explore the make-up of “dark matter” – the invisible mass of energy that is believed to make up 96 per cent of the universe. Once it is…

Researchers find off-switch for skin cancers

This content was published on Apr 4, 2008 The Lausanne-based researchers have identified how tumour cells found in the upper layers of the skin signal to each other to maintain their population, renewing a stock of rogue stem cells. Joerg Huelsken and his colleagues have been focusing on one of the most common skin cancers, so-called squamous cell carcinomas. These carcinomas make use…

The weird and wonderful on show in Geneva

This content was published on Apr 3, 2008 These are just a few of the 1,000 extraordinary – and perhaps useful – products on display at the annual event, which runs until Sunday and claims to be the world’s leading invention exhibition. “This is the biggest fair of its kind in the world and also one of the most serious – every invention…

Cameras locate ten new planets

This content was published on Apr 1, 2008 Geneva University’s Euler telescope in Chile was used to back up initial sightings by the British-run SuperWASP observation system, astronomers announced on Tuesday. “The significance is that it is a lot of planets in a very short amount of time,” Amaury Triaud, from the university’s Geneva Observatory team, told swissinfo. In the past six months…

Elementary fears prompt Hawaiian lawsuit

This content was published on Mar 31, 2008 Walter L. Wagner and Luis Sancho say the organisation’s new particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), threatens the existence of the planet. They have filed a lawsuit literally half a world away – in Hawaii. Wagner and Sancho believe that the mammoth 27-kilometre particle accelerator could create a microscopic black hole capable of swallowing…

Switzerland “no longer a special case”

This content was published on Mar 30, 2008 He says Switzerland has no reason to believe it is so different from other countries and warns that the federalist structure could be an obstacle for integrating into Europe. Loetscher told swissinfo that many of his compatriots are shocked by the thought that they are no better than everybody else. The 78-year-old author from Zurich…

Forum clicks on to internet of tomorrow

This content was published on Mar 26, 2008 But as the organisers of the first ever “Internet of Things” conference in Zurich hope to show, projects that connect the real and virtual worlds are at the cutting edge of technology. The three-day meeting, which opened on Wednesday, is being hosted by the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. Up to 500 researchers, business…

Highs and lows

This content was published on Mar 25, 2008 Victories, defeats and scandals – a look back at the history of the Swiss national football team.

Women take to “the beautiful game”

This content was published on Mar 18, 2008 Football researcher Marianne Meier explains how attitudes have changed to women involved in the sport and why more women are getting interested in football. Meier plays football, has advised the federal police on security at Euro 2008 and has written a book on women’s football in Switzerland. She also works for the Swiss Academy for…

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