Cluster: Science

Swiss chip industry fuelled by research, not cash windfalls

Swiss researchers are active in designing next generation semiconductors

This content was published on Jul 15, 2025 Many countries are pouring billions into their semiconductor industries, but Swiss funds focus on research.

Spanish flu: virus genome deciphered a century later

Research frontiers

Swiss researchers sequence genome of 1918 Spanish flu virus

This content was published on Jul 14, 2025 Researchers from the Universities of Basel and Zurich (UZH) have sequenced the genome of the Spanish flu virus, thanks to a sample taken from an 18-year-old Swiss boy who died in the city on the Limmat in 1918, when the pandemic spread around the world.

FOEN Director warns of increasing climate risks in Switzerland

Climate adaptation

Environment director warns of increasing climate-related risks in Switzerland

This content was published on Jul 13, 2025 The director of the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) has warned of increasing climate-related risks in Switzerland in an interview with SonntagsBlick on Sunday.

Switzerland's highest campsite has to close

Climate adaptation

Switzerland’s highest campsite closes due to mudslide risks

This content was published on Jul 13, 2025 Valais authorities have ordered the closure of Switzerland's highest campsite in Arolla due to the risks of mudslides.

Study: Rhine could become up to 4.2 degrees warmer by 2100

Climate adaptation

Rhine could warm by 4°C by 2100, scientists warn

This content was published on Jul 12, 2025 The water temperature of the Rhine River could rise by up to 4.2° degrees Celsius by the end of the century due to the warming planet, scientists warn.

The Neurath lignite-fired power station in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Emissions reduction

Climate misinformation is ‘muddying waters’ and delaying urgent action, experts warn

This content was published on Jul 11, 2025 The fossil fuel industry and right-wing populists are coordinating misinformation campaigns to obstruct efforts to tackle the climate crisis, according to a new review of climate misinformation.

Climate adaptation

Swiss fuel CO2 emissions fell in 2024

This content was published on Jul 10, 2025 CO2 emissions from fuels in Switzerland fell last year.

Climate solutions

Extreme heat and drought are Switzerland’s top climate change risks

This content was published on Jul 10, 2025 Swiss authorities have identified dozens of climate-related risks in the coming decades. Swissinfo looks at the top heat and drought threats.

Climate adaptation

Why Switzerland is among the ten fastest-warming countries in the world

This content was published on Jul 10, 2025 Switzerland is particularly affected by climate change, with temperatures rising faster than in most other countries.

Trained on the “Alps” supercomputer at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) in Lugano, the new LLM marks a milestone in open-source AI and multilingual excellence, according to its developers.

Swiss AI

Swiss universities to release multilingual AI programme

This content was published on Jul 9, 2025 This summer researchers at Swiss universities will make available a large language model (LLM), an AI programme trained on vast amounts of data, developed on public infrastructure.

Page 35 of 253

First … 33 34 35 36 37 … Last

Cluster: Science

Popular Stories

Most Discussed

Cluster: Science

More

Swiss chip industry fuelled by research, not cash windfalls

More

Swiss researchers sequence genome of 1918 Spanish flu virus

More

Environment director warns of increasing climate-related risks in Switzerland

More

Switzerland’s highest campsite closes due to mudslide risks

More

Rhine could warm by 4°C by 2100, scientists warn

More

Climate misinformation is ‘muddying waters’ and delaying urgent action, experts warn

More

Swiss fuel CO2 emissions fell in 2024

More

Extreme heat and drought are Switzerland’s top climate change risks

More

Why Switzerland is among the ten fastest-warming countries in the world

More

Swiss universities to release multilingual AI programme

Popular Stories

Most Discussed