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Prangins appeals to the green-fingered

This content was published on Sep 28, 2001 On two Sundays a month, the museum organises guided tours of the garden aimed at those who really know their onions. For this is no ordinary cabbage patch. The museum describes it as a “living conservatory for the fruit and vegetables of the 18th century”. “For us, the kitchen garden is another route to history,”…

Swiss music festivals tackle noise levels

This content was published on Sep 28, 2001 Under rules established by the Federal Health Office in 1996, discos, bars and restaurants are allowed to play music at a maximum hourly volume of 93 decibels. Special authorisations are given for musical events, such as open-air festivals, where music can be played at a maximum hourly volume of 100db per hour, with tolerated peaks…

Villagers in Elm await spectacular “trail of light”

This content was published on Sep 26, 2001 It occurs every year approximately eight days before the start of spring and around eight days after the start of autumn on the astronomical calendar (this autumn at 9:33am on September 30). The piercing of the sun’s rays of “Martin’s Hole”, which nature has carved out of the peak of the Tschingelhorn (2,850 metres high)…

Cultural tolerance can deter violence, interior minister says

This content was published on Sep 26, 2001 Dreifuss was speaking at a two-day symposium organised by the Europa Forum Lucerne. “Cultural diversity is indispensable and we would stand to lose much if packages of universal knowledge were to disappear,” she said. In a reference to the attacks in New York and Washington on September 11, she added: “Under no circumstances should we…

Lausanne researchers find trigger for cocaine addiction

This content was published on Sep 24, 2001 The findings are the result of more than five years work. The scientists had originally planned to study genetic links to psychiatric disorders before they came across their “addiction” gene. “In a sense, it was a stroke of luck,” said François Conquet, head of the team. “We did not follow standard procedures to get our…

UNESCO makes the Entlebuch a biosphere reserve

This content was published on Sep 21, 2001 It is Switzerland’s first biosphere reserve under UNESCO’s new criteria, which call for areas not only to be rich in natural beauty but also to foster sustainable human development. The reserves are designed to meet one of the most challenging issues of the 21st century – to conserve biodiversity while at the same time meeting…

Gore makes impassioned plea to save earth’s ecology

This content was published on Sep 21, 2001 In a wide-ranging talk, which covered evolution, geology and the lyrics of the Beatles, Gore identified three main threats to the planet – unprecedented population growth, the unintended consequences of technology and our inability to change our way of thinking. “In my 53 years, I have witnessed the population of the world go from a…

Switzerland offers temporary creative home to artists from abroad

This content was published on Sep 20, 2001 Until now, say those behind the new cultural initiative, foreign artists have had few opportunities to spend time in Switzerland and little access to information about galleries offering space to artists from overseas. Wenzel Haller, an artist based in the city of Aarau and one of the coordinators of the website, says cultural exchange has…

Gene therapy treats muscular dystrophy in mice

This content was published on Sep 19, 2001 The researchers, led by Markus Ruegg, associate professor at Basel University’s Biozentrum, engineered a miniature form of the muscle protein, agrin, to make up for the lack of another muscle protein. Replacing a disease-causing molecule with another is a procedure that has already been performed in animals with muscular dystrophies. What the Basel team has…

Coming soon to a cinema near you: smells

This content was published on Sep 17, 2001 The Swiss flavours and fragrances group, Givaudan, already has the ability to deliver any smell a director could dream up. The company is researching how best to use people’s sense of smell to heighten the movie-going experience. “The most difficult thing is to bring the aroma to a level where it smells really good and…

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