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swiss talents call boston home

This content was published on May 17, 2006 swissinfo caught up with two Swiss scientists to find out what benefits they derive from working in the United States. Olivier de Weck is an assistant professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge. For the past 12 years, he’s called the US home and teaches courses at MIT’s engineering systems division. He…

scientists get on board with alinghi

This content was published on May 17, 2006 Switzerland’s Alinghi syndicate is relying on the institute to give it a technological edge over its challengers in sailing’s most prestigious event. Ernesto Bertarelli, head of the Alinghi team, signed up the institute as the official scientific partner in 2001. After winning the Cup in 2003, the syndicate decided to pursue the collaboration. Four of…

cancer drug beats back killer disease

This content was published on May 17, 2006 But while Glivec has proven successful at halting the spread of cancer cells related to the blood disease chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML), it is no cure. Until Glivec, Novartis had been a bit-player in the lucrative cancer treatment market. The product has earned more than $2.1 billion (SFr2.67 billion) in 2005, with sales increasing by…

millions benefit from swiss clear thinking

This content was published on May 17, 2006 But two Swiss systems with low-tech approaches show that unsafe water need not be a problem. Bulane, a Geneva-based company, has developed the Watalys, a system that produces a chlorine disinfectant. The Sodis foundation is promoting the use of plastic bottles to purify water. The Watalys can hardly be called high-tech. Its development was prompted…

novartis at home in cambridge

This content was published on May 17, 2006 But while the company’s scientists turn to the United States as they seek new drugs, Novartis has not completely abandoned research in Switzerland. In Cambridge, Novartis has three sites, but the firm’s showcase is an old sweet factory building it has turned into a designer research complex. It is located right next door to the…

paraplegics see glimmer of hope

This content was published on May 17, 2006 Schwab told swissinfo that science has progressed from the point where there was no hope of mobility to the stage where clinical trials may not be far off. The chairman of Zurich’s Neuroscience Center has been investigating the molecular mechanisms responsible for the decreased capacity of the adult central nervous system to regenerate after an…

scientists go with the hazard flow

This content was published on May 17, 2006 The Rapid Mass Movements or Ramms project at the Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research in Davos integrates avalanches, debris flows and rock falls into one simulation tool. The institute has been conducting research for 70 years now but still cannot predict the precise time, place or scale of an avalanche. Field and laboratory…

lab airs dirty news

This content was published on May 17, 2006 With its simulation facilities, mobile equipment and a measurement centre high in the Alps, the laboratory is an international leader in its field. For the past few years, smog has been a regular topic in the media. Atmospheric pollution levels in Switzerland have exceeded legal limits for days on end all year round. Recently PM10…

us is pot of gold for swiss drug firms

This content was published on May 17, 2006 But drug makers are coming under pressure to rein in prices as the cost of healthcare in the US continues its steep upward climb. “The American market is the most important for any drug company,” says Karl-Heinz Koch, an analyst at private bank Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch. “And as the relative price of pharmaceutical products…

cern reaches for new frontiers

This content was published on May 17, 2006 But what is life like inside the European Organization for Nuclear Research on the Swiss-French border? Two young scientists share their experiences with swissinfo. To those unitiated in the world of particles, quarks and antimatter, the uninspiring complex of buildings outside Geneva can seem daunting. It is here that some of the greatest minds in…

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