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‘Driving’ mice to steer neuroscience research

This content was published on Sep 19, 2017 Swiss researchers are part of a new brain project: the International Brain Laboratory. Its goal is to understand how neurons help us make choices.

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Swiss review product labels from Israeli settlements

This content was published on Sep 18, 2017 The government rejects proposed import ban on products from Israeli settlements in occupied territories, but agrees to review rules on product labels.

Swiss tourist industry wins support from parliament

This content was published on Sep 18, 2017 Parliament wants to restrict online reservation platforms in a bid to protect the Swiss hotel industry.

Swiss team deciphers fruit fly brain’s visual network

This content was published on Sep 18, 2017 The entire visual network of the brain of a fruit fly larva (Drosophila melanogaster) consists of 130 cells. This is about 6% of the entire larval brain. Researchers led by Simon Sprecher of the University of Fribourg have now deciphered this self-contained network with all its connections and have described it in the journal eLife…

Es geht aufwärts

This content was published on Sep 18, 2017 Die Gemeinden Ennetbürgen und Stansstad haben in den vergangenen Jahren zusammen mit den Nidwaldner Wanderwegen Massnahmen erarbeitet, mit denen das Wanderwegangebot am Bürgenberg verbessert und ergänzt werden sollte. Zwischen zwei Betonfundamenten wurden starke Drahtseile gespannt, auf die eine Konstruktion aus Gitterrost-Tritten und Holzstegen aufgebaut wurde. Das Lärchenholz stellt einen Bezug her zum nahen Wald. Die Konstruktion wurde…

Scientific pop

This content was published on Sep 18, 2017

High-tech protection from rockslides

This content was published on Sep 18, 2017 When every minute counts, advanced warning systems are a matter of life and death for people who live in rockslide danger zones.

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Swiss apartment glut puts pressure on landlords

This content was published on Sep 17, 2017 It's a good time for people looking to rent a flat in Switzerland, as there are many empty properties and landlords are slashing rents in some places.

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Stories making the Swiss Sunday papers

This content was published on Sep 17, 2017 The loss of banking secrecy, Neo-Nazis and jihadists in the Swiss army and the role of language and gender in cabinet elections.

Geneva-led team gets good look at tailed planet

This content was published on Sep 16, 2017 Scientists at the University of Geneva looking for planets outside our solar system have found one with a unique feature: a huge tail made of gas.

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