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Experimenting with the origins of the universe

This content was published on Dec 1, 2005 The place is Cern – an institution that is slowly opening itself up to the public. swissinfo went along to find out why anti-matter matters. The European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva is going to extraordinary lengths to answer the question – where do we come from? Cern has just opened two more experimental…

New planet spotted by European scientists

This content was published on Dec 1, 2005 The unnamed planet was spotted by scientists at the La Silla observatory in Chile, said the European Southern Observatory on Wednesday. The planet is located in the Libra constellation and has about 17 times the mass of the Earth. It takes only five days to complete its orbit around a star that has about a…

Swiss turn up the heat at climate conference

This content was published on Nov 29, 2005 The United Nations Climate Change Conference opened in Montreal on Monday and runs until December 9. Kolly, the top Swiss negotiator in Montreal, is optimistic that Switzerland will reach its targets to reduce carbon dioxide emissions but says a lot of work remains to be done. The introduction of a CO2 emissions tax in Switzerland…

Uncertainties swayed voters at the ballot box

This content was published on Nov 27, 2005 The electorate clearly approved a people’s initiative for a five-year moratorium on GMOs and narrowly voted to ease restrictions governing Sunday trading at major public transport hubs. The political scientist from Bern University says voters were wary of GMO technology and of even “modest reform” on the Sunday trading issue. swissinfo: What kind of signal…

Young scientists sound alarm on climate change

This content was published on Nov 25, 2005 The meeting, organised by the British Council in Switzerland, brought 30 scientists together from around the world to look at the effects of rising temperatures on cities. The summit concluded with a call for immediate action to combat climate change, which, the manifesto said, was “a societal and political challenge as well as a scientific…

Switzerland sends formal complaint to Tunisia

This content was published on Nov 23, 2005 Swiss President Samuel Schmid was censored by Tunisian television at the opening of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). The head of the Africa/Middle East division of the Swiss foreign ministry, Paul Fivat, communicated the Swiss protest orally, foreign ministry spokesman Jean-Philippe Jeannerat told swissinfo. Jeannerat added that the government had asked Marc…

$100m boost for Swiss-based malaria venture

This content was published on Nov 23, 2005 Chief executive of Geneva-based MMV, Chris Hentschel, predicts new antimalarial drugs will be registered from its portfolio of projects before 2010. The Gates Foundation money will be used to fund more than 20 projects in the MMV portfolio working on developing affordable and practical antimalarial drugs for use in poor countries. Malaria is a life-threatening…

Swiss unearth giant camel bones

This content was published on Nov 20, 2005 Bones uncovered in Syria reveal that the animal was more than three metres tall – closer in size to a giraffe than a modern camel. “Between July and August we found several giant camel bones from different animals, which confirmed that this was a new species,” said Jean-Marie Le Tensorer, professor of prehistory at Basel…

Swiss to pledge extra cash to earthquake zone

This content was published on Nov 19, 2005 Kaethy Schneitter of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) said Swiss officials would not be going empty handed to Saturday’s international donor conference in Islamabad. But she said she thought it unlikely Pakistan’s request for $5.2 billion (SFr6.87 billion) would be met by donor nations. Schneitter, who visited the northern Pakistan quake zone…

Tensions persist between Bern and Tunis

This content was published on Nov 17, 2005 On Wednesday Swiss President Samuel Schmid’s criticism of nations that imprisoned people for their political beliefs was deemed unsuitable for the eyes and ears of Tunisian television viewers. Schmid made his comments at the opening of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in the Tunisian capital, Tunis. The swissinfo website appears to have…

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