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Airlines pledge to help study “economy class syndrome”

This content was published on Mar 13, 2001 There is growing concern that cramped seats and a lack of mobility on long-haul flight can cause clots to form in the lower limbs. These clots can prove fatal if they travel to the vital organs. It has become known as “economy class syndrome”. In a significant breakthrough, medical officers from 16 airlines acknowledged that…

Scientists aim to demystify workings of the brain

This content was published on Mar 12, 2001 “We want to promote a better knowledge of neuroscience. We have to get the wider public involved,” says Beatrice Roth, head of the Swiss branch of the European Dana Alliance for the Brain, the driving force behind the week. Hundreds of events are being held throughout the world as part of this sixth International Brain…

Let your brain take the strain

This content was published on Mar 12, 2001 Discussions, laboratory visits, events and exhibitions will help explain the functions and malfunctions of our most complex organ, which weighs a mere 1,5 kilogrammes. If you’ve got one, flaunt it seems to be the message from the organisers. Talks will cover topics as diverse as ageing, degenerative diseases, how we cope with stress, how the…

Ticino returns to its Swiss roots

This content was published on Mar 9, 2001 Lying in the southern foothills of the Alps, Ticino is very different to the rest of Switzerland. The locals speak Italian, the architecture resembles the buildings of northern Italy far more than those north of the Alps, and palm trees dot the landscape, giving lower lying areas a distinctly Mediterranean feel. Appearances, though, are deceiving.…

Computer programmers stop snow in its tracks

This content was published on Mar 7, 2001 The programme has already helped the authorities in canton Valais determine the best locations for avalanche fences near Verbier. Until now, the siting of such barriers has been largely hit and miss, says Dr Alexandre Masselot, who spent five years at Geneva University’s computer science department, working on the project. “You can ask a human…

Woodies revive memories of motoring’s golden age in Geneva

This content was published on Mar 7, 2001 The eight lovingly restored automobiles at the exhibition transport the visitor back to a post-war baby boom America, full of wide-open spaces and far from the high-tech concept cars jostling for space elsewhere in the show. The Woodies were so named because they were built predominantly from wood. This was partly as a result of…

Dimitri: I love the true Ticinese

This content was published on Mar 5, 2001 A familiar figure in many countries, Dimitri has been awarded such prestigious distinctions as the Grock Prize and the Hans Reinhart Ring. He maintains a close relationship with Ticino where he was born 66 years ago. “The fact that I come from Ticino has helped me in my career, even though I do not regard…

Mario Maccanelli: a passion for banking and art

This content was published on Mar 5, 2001 A native of canton Graubünden, he has worked for the past 24 years at the Banca del Gottardo in Lugano. But these days he prefers art to hard-hitting headlines on banking secrecy. “People today have forgotten how to listen. I detest aggressive sensationalism, and in Ticino most people are incapable of asking the right kind…

Dick Marty: the man who brought parliament to Ticino

This content was published on Mar 5, 2001 Before becoming involved in politics, Marty had a distinguished career as a magistrate, taking a close interest in the fight against organised crime and drug trafficking. “My suggestion to hold a session of the Federal Parliament in Italian-speaking Switzerland was inspired by a similar session held in Geneva in 1993, which did much to improve…

Marco Solari: the joviality of Ticino – a myth created for tourists

This content was published on Mar 5, 2001 Solari lives and works partly in canton Ticino and partly in Zurich, where he is second-in-command at the Swiss media concern, Ringier. He was born in Bern, and was for a time head of the Ticino tourism authority. “According to a survey, the inhabitants of cantons Graubünden and Ticino are among the most amiable people…

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