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Inventing is serious business

This content was published on May 2, 2002 The Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions is now in its 30th year, a tribute to one of the world’s priceless resources – our grey matter. “Nowhere else does there exist an exhibition where you can find so much knowledge in so many different areas,” boasts Jean-Luc Vincent, the founder and president of the event. On…

KABA-Quartett: Kabalesque

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Elmicron to open SFr10 million nano-parts foundry in Zug

This content was published on Apr 29, 2002 Since the two-year-old firm came up with a way to mass produce micro and nano-sized precision parts, demand for its products has soared. At the moment, it is operating at such capacity that every available space at its current site in Sachseln is occupied. Journalists attending a press conference at the site recently had to…

Swiss psyche undamaged by traumatic events

This content was published on Apr 23, 2002 The study, conducted by Geneva University’s Emotional Research Group, was the second into the emotional climate in Switzerland. The first was conducted in 1997, but this latest one had the added interest that it was carried out in the wake of a series of shocking events – the September 11 terrorist attacks, the massacre of…

Klipsi pursues the dark

This content was published on Apr 23, 2002 For most of the year, Staiger – also known as Klipsi – is a Geneva chauffeur. But while he is at the wheel, he will be planning his next globetrotting jaunt. “There’s a total eclipse somewhere in the world every year,” he explains. Staiger, a veteran of some 15 total eclipses, organises his holidays around…

Home help can avert domestic abuse NOT USED YET NOT USED YET NOT USED YET

This content was published on Apr 22, 2002 One fifth of Swiss women say they have been physically or sexually abused by their partner. But different methodologies and definitions of violence make this figure difficult to compare with other industrialised countries. However, the question of domestic violence has certainly become a subject of growing concern in Switzerland, and one reason why the Swiss…

US family sues Roche for acne treatment

This content was published on Apr 21, 2002 The relatives of the 15-year old Charles Bishop said the severe psychological side effects caused by an acne treatment had driven the youngster to crash his Cessna plane into a skyscraper in the city of Tampa. The lawyer representing the plaintiffs, Michael Ryan, said Roche’s Accutane treatment generated feelings of “psychological alienation”, depression or suicide…

Agreement reached over biodiversity

This content was published on Apr 19, 2002 Forests, genetic resources and invasive alien species all featured at the top of the agenda during the two-week United Nations biodiversity conference in The Hague. The conference, which was seen as an important milestone before September’s Earth Summit in South Africa, ended on Friday, with delegates agreeing on a proposal that aims uphold an agreement…

Global warming is here to stay

This content was published on Apr 17, 2002 Using a series of computer simulations, they have concluded that after the warmest hundred years on record, temperatures will keep on rising – at least until 2100. Last year, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its third assessment report. The report not only stated that global warming was a reality, but…

Spring flowers or winter rock?

This content was published on Apr 17, 2002 Towns on the shore of Lake Geneva are celebrating spring with a series of annual flower festivals, while at the other end of the country the ski resort of Samnaun is preparing to host a series of open-air rock concerts. Until mid-May, Morges’ gardens will explode in a riot of colour. The blooms of about…

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