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Climate, extreme weather top concerns at global weather congress

This content was published on May 25, 2015 Organisers of the congress, held by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) every four years, say it will focus on how to strengthen weather and climate services to meet the needs of a growing global population and to cope with climate variability and change, extreme weather and related shocks on all socio-economic sectors. “To ensure sustainable…

What visitors to the Swiss pavilion take with them

This content was published on May 24, 2015 The Swiss pavilion at the Expo 2015 in Milan is focusing on the core theme of food resources rather than flashy PR. Is it working? Two weeks after the Expo opened, swissinfo.ch hears the reactions of visitors to the house of the “Swiss Confooderation”.

Swiss activists protest global agribusiness titans

This content was published on May 23, 2015 Demonstrations in two Swiss cities drew more than 2,000 activists in all on Saturday to voice concerns about the business practices of agrochemical corporations Monsanto and Syngenta.

Billionaire envisions Swiss centre as change agent

This content was published on May 23, 2015 Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss says he hopes a new center for biotech research in Geneva will spawn new start-ups that advance health and society more than it garners new prizes.

Democracy as a balancing act

This content was published on May 22, 2015 The hundreds of participants from nearly 40 countries,External link including high-ranking Tunisian politicians, called for vigilance towards the networks of the old regime, which are regrouping. Together with lawmakers, party representatives, trade unions and members of civil society, intellectuals, democracy activists and bloggers were in agreement in Tunis that the path they have set out…

Switzerland sees jump in crowdfunding

This content was published on May 22, 2015 The market for crowdfunding - where people invest their money through online business platforms – rose by 36% in Switzerland last year, to CHF15.8 million ($17 million). But the sector still lags far behind countries such as the United States or the United Kingdom.

Record-breaking particle collisions at CERN

This content was published on May 21, 2015 CERN researchers made scientific history yesterday when they used the most powerful particle accelerator in the world, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), to run proton beam collisions at an energy level of 13 TeV (tera-electronvolts).

Farmers ready to employ refugees as farmhands

This content was published on May 20, 2015 The Swiss Farmers Association and the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) argued in favour of employing refugees as farmhands at a press conference on Wednesday. Ten farms throughout Switzerland have been selected for a three-year test to explore the potential of this scheme. These farms are already using refugee workers or have committed to doing…

The Swiss science of investigating fraud

This content was published on May 20, 2015 The ETHZ case involves a biology professor who was anonymously accused in the online forum PubPeerExternal link of having manipulated images that accompanied articles he had co-written and published. According to the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), which funded some of the research, around 30 articles are involved. On April 9, ETHZ stated…

Sika shareholders continue takeover bust-up

This content was published on May 19, 2015 The Bill & Melinda gates Foundation appeals FINMA Sika decision to the Swiss courts.

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