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Entrepreneurs convert science to business

This content was published on Dec 5, 2007 The institute claims it is in the same league as American universities at fostering an entrepreneurial spirit that has spawned such firms as a manufacturer of body odour resistant sportswear. HeiQ Materials is one of nearly 200 enterprises to make an impact in the marketplace after graduating from the institute’s laboratories in the last few…

Deadly fox disease lurks in gardens

This content was published on Dec 3, 2007 But while foxes are thriving, so are the tapeworms they carry which are causing more and more cases of liver disease in humans. It’s early morning on a main street somewhere in Switzerland. A noise to your right – a rustling of leaves – and a fox is standing there, watching carefully. Or you look…

Is jet set resort going green?

This content was published on Dec 3, 2007 When it comes to global warming, the alpine resort has a lot to answer for, but swissinfo meets three men who are fanning the winds of change for a more sustainable future. In his late thirties, Markus Testa is a smartly dressed entrepreneur who runs the family business, the Testa Group, the largest of its…

Hotels cool to climate change

This content was published on Dec 3, 2007 The average Swiss hotel produces 93 tons of carbon dioxide emissions a year, well above recommended norms. The accommodation sector is now making efforts to improve its record. A joint study completed by the hotel and hospitality schools in Lausanne and Lucerne in 2004 concluded that there was “significant energy-saving potential in the Swiss hotel…

Waste not, wood not

This content was published on Nov 30, 2007 The climate change debate has given a boost to renewable energy research. Wood is a source of energy that has a lot of potential. A team at the Paul Scherrer Institute is currently developing a new biofuel technology using what is a plentiful natural resource in Switzerland. (Michele Andina, swissinfo.ch)

Biochemist sees prize as sign of integration

This content was published on Nov 29, 2007 swissinfo spoke to the winner of the 2007 Marcel Benoist Prize, a professor at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, to talk about pathogens, integration and Trojan horses. Helenius, who moved to Switzerland a decade ago from Yale University, received the prize on Thursday for his pioneering work into how viruses enter cells and…

Onions galore

This content was published on Nov 26, 2007

Böhm picks up Balzan Prize in Switzerland

This content was published on Nov 23, 2007 Böhm, who has championed the cause of the poor in Ethiopia since 1981, received his parchment award from Swiss Interior Minister Pascal Couchepin. The prize was awarded to Böhm “for his life’s work serving humanity and peace, for his extraordinary personal commitment, for the successful, outstanding network of activities he has created to support concrete…

Ancient trees stir modern passions

This content was published on Nov 23, 2007 If it proves to be as old as thought, the tree in the Goms Valley would have first cast down its roots at the end of Roman times. But whatever the outcome, public interest in the discovery shows that ancient trees continue to fascinate. Drills, wood samples, and huge slices of tree trunks adorn the…

Aid sent to cyclone-devastated Bangladesh

This content was published on Nov 19, 2007 The aid, valued at just over SFR1 million ($890,000), will go in part to support efforts by the local Red Crescent Society to provide those in need with food packets, drinking water and medicine. The Swiss offer comes in response to an appeal by the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society for $6 million for relief and…

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