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Geothermal power is earth-shattering

This content was published on Jul 11, 2007 The Deep Heat Mining project in Basel was ambitious: geothermal energy produced by it was to have provided heat for nearly 3,000 homes and electricity for 10,000 others starting in 2009. While small heat pumps that transfer the constant warm temperatures not far below the earth’s surface are becoming more common in Swiss households and…

Grim weather puts damper on holidays

This content was published on Jul 10, 2007 While the mixed weather appears to have had no major impact on tourism, the authorities issued warnings as the levels of several lakes reached a critical point. Several weeks of bad weather with violent thunderstorms and intermittently heavy rain have filled up many riverbeds and lakes, particularly in the region around the capital, Bern, as…

Lausanne says “no” to drug injection centre

This content was published on Jul 9, 2007 They claim similar projects in other major Swiss cities have substantially cut drug-related deaths and HIV cases. The injection room, which was backed by the city authorities, was designed to meet the health needs of Lausanne’s estimated 1,000-1,500 heroin addicts and to counter the city’s open drug scene. But an aggressive campaign by centre-right and…

Intelligent clothing tracks health

This content was published on Jul 9, 2007 The Biotex programme, funded by the European Union, involves researchers from eight institutions as well as private companies interested in implementing the technology. Self-monitoring of some vital functions, such as heart rate, has been common for some time. You might have come across joggers wearing a strap round their chest to measure their pulse, or…

Subsidies to put wind in Swiss sails

This content was published on Jul 6, 2007 A price guarantee to cover costs, scheduled for 2008, is expected to encourage producers of wind energy to expand. It is an area in which Switzerland is lagging behind European Union nations. Reimbursement programmes have put wind energy on a fast track across Europe, with Germany and France even exporting their technology worldwide. But in…

The power of climate change

This content was published on Jul 5, 2007

Investigating climate change

This content was published on Jul 5, 2007

Happiness is… a job in Switzerland

This content was published on Jun 29, 2007 Only half of Swiss worker think they get paid enough, but this is more than any other European country. Some 85 per cent were “very satisfied” (54.5 per cent) or “satisfied” (30.5 per cent) at the workplace. The findings of German consultancy group geva Institut back up the results of other polls in recent years…

Robot age

This content was published on Jun 27, 2007

Swiss temperatures rise at twice the average

This content was published on Jun 27, 2007 In particular, springs and summers have become significantly warmer, according to Swiss researchers, who are calling for urgent measures against global warming and its consequences. A study by the Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research and the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne has shown that temperatures in Switzerland clearly rose during the…

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