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Radiation specialists maintain Arafat death analysis

This content was published on Dec 5, 2013 The Lausanne researchers reaffirmed that their results “reasonably” support the hypothesis of poisoning. Patrice Mangin, director of the city’s University Centre of Legal Medicine, told Swiss public broadcaster RTS that the French conclusion that a generalised infection or natural causes could explain Arafat’s death was “surprising”. On Tuesday, the Palestinian leader’s wife Suha Arafat presented…

Maths lessons add up for teenagers

This content was published on Dec 4, 2013 Many schools are solely for primary or secondary level pupils, but it’s a sign of the numerous differences in the Swiss education system that this institution has children from kindergarten up to the end of obligatory schooling – and some of them took part in the 2012 Programme in International Student Assessment (PISA), organised by the…

Workplace harassment victims belong to both sexes

This content was published on Dec 4, 2013 Around half of the 2,420 employees that were polled across the country for one survey used for the study said they experienced at least one occurrence of unwanted and potentially harassing behaviour. Women are more likely to feel they have been harassed, which is considered a benchmark for sexual harassment under Swiss gender equality legislation.…

What importance is given to human rights?

This content was published on Dec 4, 2013

China opens up to Swiss exporters

This content was published on Dec 4, 2013 The 1,152-page document, signed on July 6 in Beijing, opens new horizons for Swiss exporters – even some very unlikely ones. Switzerland could sell the Chinese crocodile meat, (live) monkeys or dolphins, bamboo shoots or dried coconuts. It may sound like madness, but there’s method in it. The deal covers not just real exports, but…

What can smartwatches do?

This content was published on Dec 3, 2013

Smartwatches: a ticking timebomb for watchmakers?

This content was published on Dec 3, 2013 Forty years after Japanese quartz watches brought the Swiss watch industry to its knees, the sector faces a new challenge in the “smartwatch”.

Banks play catch-up on social networks

This content was published on Dec 2, 2013 Researchers at financial comparison site, moneyland.ch, used publicly available information on 20 Swiss banks’ use of social media and awarded points based on their usage and interaction on different sites. They then compared this to their assessments of 50 banks abroad. On average, Swiss banks totted up 45% of the maximum points total, compared with…

Going, going, gone

This content was published on Dec 2, 2013

Minds over matter … and antimatter

This content was published on Nov 30, 2013 Almost 10,000 scientists from around the world work at CERN. There is nothing very flashy about the hundreds of grey, utilitarian buildings and offices scattered across the huge site on the French-Swiss border north of the city. Inside, blackboards hang on office walls covered with endless scribblings and mathematical equations. Outside, a sign hangs on…

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