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Zermatt ski resort shakes off avalanche chaos

Snow on rooftops and fir trees on Wednesday morning in Zermatt

This content was published on Jan 13, 2018 After days of avalanche risk disruption, rail services to the Swiss mountain resort of Zermatt have resumed as avalanche warnings are toned down.

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A bright future, using less energy!

This content was published on Jan 13, 2018 What if street lights varied in intensity depending on the traffic? It could save a lot of energy, and a Swiss company’s already on the case.

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Smart road lights win Swiss energy award

This content was published on Jan 11, 2018 Canton Zurich’s utility company EKZ won the Energy Technology category for designing road lights, linked to sensors, that increase or reduce the amount of light produced according to the volume of traffic. The system, designed with technology company Schréder, can save a third of the energy consumption used in street lighting. Also honoured during the…

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Turning waste gas into fertiliser!

This content was published on Jan 10, 2018 Swiss engineers have used waste gases to come up with a new way of recycling filtered CO².

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Maximum avalanche risk flagged for southern Switzerland

This content was published on Jan 8, 2018 The tempestuous weather that has marked the holiday season in Switzerland continues with maximum avalanche risk warnings in parts of the south.

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Antarctic ice cores help reveal ocean temperature patterns

This content was published on Jan 5, 2018 An international team of researchers, led by Bernhard Bereiter of the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA) and the University of Bern, has come up with a method that uses ice cores from Antarctica to more accurately measure average global ocean temperatures over the past 24,000 years, during which the transition from the last ice…

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Risk of flooding and avalanches after storm

This content was published on Jan 4, 2018 Switzerland is tidying up after the storm Burglind. Additional destruction could follow in the form of high water and avalanches.

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Storm Burglind takes its toll

This content was published on Jan 4, 2018 The passage of storm Burglind across much of Switzerland on Wednesday wrought havoc, with winds of up to 200km/h. (SRF/SDA)

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Storm Burglind causes havoc in Switzerland, derails train

This content was published on Jan 3, 2018 The passage of storm Burglind across much of Switzerland Wednesday wreaked a trail of disruption, cancelling flights and blocking roads.

The forest at Plan Perio in the Swiss National Park in canton Graubünden.

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How biomass could help Switzerland reach its energy goals

This content was published on Dec 30, 2017 There is vast energy potential locked up in Swiss biomass like wood and manure. Accessing it will take more than technological innovation alone.

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