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Dinosaur discovery rewrites the history books

This content was published on Jul 20, 2001 The 200 dinosaur footprints on a steep limestone rock face near Beckenried in canton Nidwalden date from the Early Cretaceous Period – an age when the whole area was thought to be under water. “It’s very unusual to find tracks here,” said palaeontologist Christian Meyer, the director of Basel’s natural history museum, who is leading…

Novartis wins rights to Dr Reddy drug

This content was published on Jul 19, 2001 The Swiss life sciences giant said in a joint statement with Novo that the drug, an original research product of the Hyderabad-based Dr Reddy’s Labs, is codenamed NN622. Analysts say that it shows strong promise in combating diabetes, by simultaneously lowering lipids and sensitising the body’s insulin receptors to the circulating hormone. Under the agreement,…

Core orders up at Sulzer

This content was published on Jul 19, 2001 The Swiss group said on Thursday that it took in total orders worth SFr2.19 billion ($1.26 billion), unchanged from the year before. Orders at businesses being discontinued were down 21 per cent at SFr1.12 billion. Analysts had expected a steep 40 to 50 per cent increase in growth in the core businesses, given the recent…

Swiss square up for battle to save Kyoto Protocol

This content was published on Jul 17, 2001 The head of the Swiss delegation, Philippe Roch, says his two aims are to extricate the protocol from its current impasse and, in collaboration with other countries, to play a mediating role in searching for a compromise. Since the Bush administration announced it would not implement the treaty because of the harm it would do…

Uncertainty “rains” in weather forecasting

This content was published on Jul 16, 2001 “The difficulty in a mountainous country like Switzerland is that almost every valley has its own special weather pattern,” said Felix Schacher, who has worked at the Swiss Meteorological Institute or MeteoSwiss for 28 years. An Alpine phenomenon known as the “föhn” wind further complicates forecasting. The föhn occurs mainly in spring and autumn, when…

Health and Beauty – it’s a man’s world

This content was published on Jul 16, 2001 The very thought of crossing the threshold of a beauty salon would send shivers down the unmassaged, undepilated spine of many men. But the fact that the Masculin Centre’s clientele is 100 per cent male makes it much easier for men to make the leap. “Many men prefer this to a mixed salon. They feel…

New law to clear up uncertainties on stem cell research

This content was published on Jul 13, 2001 It is believed that stem cell research could one day provide an effective treatment for strokes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease, diabetes and other conditions, as well as being an alternative to organ transplants. Human stem cells are particularly interesting to researchers because they are undifferentiated, which means they have the potential to become virtually any cell…

Fewer animals used in Swiss laboratory tests

This content was published on Jul 13, 2001 In total, 425,000 animals were used in clinical testing and controlled laboratory experiments. Over half the experiments involving animals took place in the city of Basel, an international centre for the pharmaceutical industry. Tests on animals fell by five per cent compared with figures released for 1999 and by 79 per cent in comparison with…

Scientists fear health risk from sun creams

This content was published on Jul 12, 2001 Scientists at the University of Zurich have identified chemicals in sun creams, which although filtering out harmful ultra violet (UV) rays actually speed up the growth of cancer cells. Twenty-six different chemicals are used in sun creams to filter out UV rays. By absorbing light, the substances form a protective layer on the skin. Margret…

Switzerland committed to saving Kyoto protocol

This content was published on Jul 12, 2001 Speaking on Thursday, the director of the federal office for the environment, forests and countryside said the situation was “extremely difficult”. “It is ridiculous to think that Switzerland could alter the positions of the USA and Australia,” Roch said. But he added that in conjunction with the European Union and other countries it could bring…

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