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Swiss nanoparticle startup explores a global opportunity

This content was published on Apr 9, 2004 It has customers lining up to buy its powders for use in the chemical, electronics and automotive industries. It was the cold calls from industry to his lab at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) to order the engineered powders made using a process called flame synthesis that convinced Karsten Wegner to leave the…

Astronomers map stars in Milky Way

This content was published on Apr 8, 2004 The results of the study by the Swiss, Danish and Swedish team are the culmination of 15 years of work, including more than 1,000 nights of observing more than 14,000 stars. Birgitta Nordstrom of Denmark’s Niels Bohr Institute, the leader of the research team, said the data not only showed the history of stellar movement…

EU enlargement stokes fears of wage dumping

This content was published on Apr 7, 2004 But both Left and Right in Switzerland fear that an influx of cheap labour from central and eastern Europe will deprive Swiss workers of jobs. Swiss and EU officials met in Brussels on Wednesday to iron out remaining differences for opening Switzerland’s labour market. But both sides failed to agree a start date for the…

Inventors come to town

This content was published on Apr 1, 2004 When it happens in Geneva, it can only mean that the international exhibition of inventions is in town. This year, around 675 exhibitors from 42 countries are displaying their wares at the annual showcase of inventions, new techniques and products at the city’s Palexpo Among the 1,000 new products this year are an electric olive-harvesting…

Archaeologists cross the Rubigen

This content was published on Apr 1, 2004 Now Swiss archaeologists are challenging that theory. They say the phrase refers to a critical juncture in Caesar’s campaign against the Helvetic tribes near Rubigen in 51BC. “This is bound to be controversial. But the facts are overwhelming,” said project leader Felix auf der Mauer, who has been digging at Rubigen near Bern since 1997.…

Multinationals urged to respect human rights

This content was published on Mar 30, 2004 A Swiss non-governmental organisation has called on commission members not to cave in to pressure from big business. The Berne Declaration says international firms must not be allowed to evade their legal responsibilities towards employees and the environment. The Human Rights Commission meeting is considering the “norms of the responsibility of trans-national companies and other…

Study finds shopping addiction is on the rise

This content was published on Mar 29, 2004 The Swiss Debt Advisory Association warned on Monday that Switzerland is home to twice as many shopaholics as ten years ago. The association said that as salaries rose the number of people showing signs of addiction also increased. The report – commissioned by Bern’s Institute for Social Studies and carried out in conjunction with the…

Swiss launch fight against forest pests

This content was published on Mar 26, 2004 Cantonal forestry bosses said their top priority was to stem the spread of the destructive insect in mountain forests, which act as a barrier against avalanches. In 2003, bark beetles infested a record 17,000 new areas in Switzerland. “Bark beetles are barely visible but the damage they cause can be enormous,” Walter Schwab, president of…

Heart attack research wins prestigious award

This content was published on Mar 24, 2004 The awards, worth SFr1 million ($785,000) in total, were announced in Lausanne on Wednesday and will be presented by the Leenaards Foundation later this week. The first prize went to a team from Geneva University Hospital led by Marisa Jaconi for stem cell research into rebuilding heart muscle. The team has developed a technique –…

Circus rejects accusations of animal negligence

This content was published on Mar 19, 2004 Swiss Animal Protection (SAP) says Circus Knie is failing to respect the basic needs of its wild animals during winter months. Circus Knie, Switzerland’s biggest and best-known circus, is among several circuses and entertainers criticised in a report by SAP, the umbrella organisation for Swiss animal welfare groups. The organisation says many circuses are guilty…

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