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Geochemists unravel Earth’s secrets

This content was published on Aug 19, 2002 About 1,800 geochemists from around the world are in the Alpine resort for the 12th annual Goldschmidt conference. They are to present hundreds of new scientific papers on topics as varied as the formation of planets, climate change and the working of the human body. “There’s a large range of exciting new discoveries being made…

Swiss send aid to flood victims

This content was published on Aug 17, 2002 Some 60,000 sand bags were delivered this weekend to the swamped German town of Dresden where flood waters appeared to peak at record highs. The river Elbe reached a historic high of almost 10 metres – eight metres above its normal summer level. Some 5,000 people are fighting the floods in Dresden caused by torrential…

Troubled water helps climate forecasting

This content was published on Aug 15, 2002 Researchers have produced new estimates of how the sun’s energy is absorbed by water in the atmosphere. The measurements vary considerably from current theoretical calculations. Because water plays a key role in atmospheric absorption of the sun’s energy, the new estimates look set to serve as the basis for future models of global climate. Andrea…

Good health tops Swiss wish list

This content was published on Aug 12, 2002 Abstract ideals, such as world peace, tolerance and faith, came way down the list of priorities. Researchers at the University of Zurich asked 1,500 people what their three wishes would be should their fairy godmother suddenly appear waving her magic wand. But there was nothing airy-fairy about the responses, which showed a down-to-earth concern for…

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Nanolab lights the way for Swiss optoelectronics firms

This content was published on Aug 8, 2002 “The first products to emerge from the lab will be active photonics components,” according to Andros Payne, CEO of Gigatera in Dietikon, Switzerland. The facility’s founders hope that the photonics work is just the beginning of a range of exciting developments emerging from interdisciplinary projects. Dubbed FIRSTlab (an acronym for Frontiers in Research, Space and…

French cancellation leaves Swiss in the lurch

This content was published on Aug 8, 2002 The decision will have implications for Switzerland, which was already preparing to take part in the exhibition. It’s also a blow to Swiss architect Bernard Tschumi, who had been entrusted by the French government with the overall design of the exhibition. But French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, who inherited the project from his socialist predecessor…

Politicians seek to block gene patent

This content was published on Aug 6, 2002 The Social Democrats – one of the parties in government – has appealed against the patent application filed at the European Patent Office in Munich, Germany. They want to stop the United States firm, Myriad Genetics, from being awarded worldwide rights to a gene linked to breast cancer. The Netherlands government and the Marie Curie…

Pricing dispute leaves patients without drugs

This content was published on Aug 5, 2002 At the heart of the disagreement is a failure to agree on a price for Glivec, the innovative treatment for chronic myeloid leukaemia. Seoul has argued that multinational drug companies are being greedy by demanding the same prices in South Korea as they charge in more wealthy countries. The Swiss pharmaceutical giant, Novartis, says its…

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