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Expo glimpses the future of science

This content was published on Jun 9, 2002 Welcome to the Biopolis exhibition at the national exhibition, Expo.02, in Neuchâtel, where you can get a glimpse of what medicine will be like in the future. “I think people leaving this pavilion should be aware of what could be realistically possible in 2022,” said Romeo Paioni, head of scientific and external affairs at the…

Prionics takes top prize for entrepreneurship

This content was published on Jun 7, 2002 The young company took the prize at a gala dinner in Interlaken on Friday evening at the end of this year’s Swiss Economic Forum. Prionics, located near Zurich, has made a name for itself with its fast tests that reliably detect BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) in animals. The second prize was presented to Chemspeed, a…

The art of football

This content was published on Jun 7, 2002 Helmhaus museum curator Simon Maurer says he has dreamt of bringing football and art together ever since taking on the job one year ago. “I’m a total fanatic about football as well as art,” Maurer told swissinfo, “and I was amazed to discover that no-one had yet staged an exhibition in Europe to combine the…

Mouse boss sings virtues of overseas experience

This content was published on Jun 7, 2002 The chairman of the Logitech group Daniel Borel, was speaking on Thursday at the opening of the Swiss Economic Forum in Thun, the largest event for small and medium sized companies in Switzerland. The founder of the computer peripherals company argued that it was only by gaining experience outside Switzerland that he had managed to…

Planned motorway was once a dinosaur thoroughfare

This content was published on Jun 7, 2002 Palaeontologists have discovered nearly 500 well preserved footprints in a layer of limestone near the village of Courtedoux in canton Jura. “The find is of exceptional scientific value,” said Christian Meyer, director of Basel’s natural history museum, who has studied dinosaur tracks for the past 15 years. However, the site is threatened by the construction…

UN membership offers grand old institute new opportunities

This content was published on Jun 6, 2002 After three-quarters of a century training future decision-makers, Geneva’s Graduate Institute for International Studies (GIIS) is using its anniversary celebrations to ponder its future role. Its director insists that it has a major role to play in shaping Switzerland’s new assertive foreign policy, even if the federal government has seemed reticent to harness its resources.…

Business forum aims to foster “risk” culture

This content was published on Jun 6, 2002 The Swiss Economic Forum, the country’s largest annual event for small and medium-sized companies (SMEs), has attracted about 1,000 people from the world politics, science and business. The theme of this year’s two-day sell-out conference, “Challenging Times – New Inspirations”, is particularly relevant against the backdrop of the recent call by the Organisation for Economic…

Stem cells go public

This content was published on Jun 5, 2002 That, at any rate, is the hope of the Science and City foundation, which has launched a nationwide programme to interest and educate the public in this controversial field. Between now and the end of November, the foundation has organised a series of conferences and symposiums across Switzerland from Chur to Münchenstein and Schaffhausen to…

Cannibalism exhibit fails to turn stomachs

This content was published on Jun 5, 2002 Neuchâtel’s Museum of Ethnology has chosen a taboo subject for its latest temporary exhibition. People tend to react with revulsion at the very mention of cannibalism, a word which conjures up nightmare images of primitive societies eating the bodies of their slain enemies. But the museum’s approach to this unappetising theme is unlikely to turn…

Deiss seeks progress ahead of earth summit

This content was published on Jun 4, 2002 Delegates at the conference, which is taking place on the Indonesian island of Bali, aim to formulate a plan of action to take to the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg. Speaking to swissinfo before his arrival, Deiss said the adoption of a sustainable policy for the development of mountain regions would be a…

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