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Alpine swift shows extreme flight endurance

This content was published on Oct 8, 2013 In 2012, scientists at the Swiss Ornithological Institute in Sempbach, canton Lucerne, affixed tiny geolocators to three Alpine swifts and tracked them during their yearly migration to Africa. Upon the birds’ return to Switzerland in the spring, the researchers were able to remove the tracking devices and analyse the data they carried. The results were…

Higgs and Englert win Nobel Prize for Physics

This content was published on Oct 8, 2013 The two scientists had been favourites to share the prize – worth eight million Swedish krona (CHF1.13 million) – after their theoretical work was finally vindicated last year by experiments at the CERN research centre’s gigantic particle collider outside Geneva. Englert, 80, and his colleague Robert Brout, who died in 2011, were first to publish,…

Market for finance jobs improving

This content was published on Oct 7, 2013 The index, published by the Swiss finance portal Finews.ch, includes jobs in banking, insurance, and related financial firms. Banks in particular are hiring more personnel, according to the report, with the number of listed positions increasing by almost 21 per cent since January 2013. According to the report’s authors, one potential reason for the increase…

Human brain project kicks off in Lausanne

This content was published on Oct 7, 2013 “Today we are beginning a journey to unify our understanding of the brain. It’s a very exciting journey and a very difficult journey that will require hundreds if not thousands of scientists over the next ten years. It will provide us with the foundation to understanding mental health, brain disease and ultimately who we are as…

Swiss banks suspected of currency rate scam

This content was published on Oct 4, 2013 The latest rate rigging probe follows hard on the heels of the Libor scandal that engulfed UBS along with other global banking giants. The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has not named any bank in its latest investigation, nor has it given any further details. FINMA said in a statement on Friday that it…

Researchers take oxygen tests to new extremes

This content was published on Oct 4, 2013 Pedalling on an exercise bike at 7,000 metres as well as taking more than 7,000 blood samples are just a few of the challenges the Swiss-Exped team face on the four-week expedition in October. “Labelling the blood samples properly, not mixing them up and keeping them at a constant temperature of -20 Celsius isn’t going…

Controversial geothermal tech attempts comeback

This content was published on Oct 3, 2013 Avenches is the former capital of Roman Switzerland. It’s also there in the small city’s industrial zone that a controversial geothermal technology could be making a comeback. Geo-Energie Suisse has chosen it as one of three potential sites to develop a so-called Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS) that could provide heat and electricity for the town.…

Earthquakes trigger concern over geothermal power

This content was published on Oct 3, 2013 Geothermal energy is an inexhaustible, clean and constant energy source. By the year 2050,it’s hoped that up to 10 % of the country’s energy needs will be covered by around 200 geothermal energy stations. But there’s still a lot of uncertainty about its cost and safety. The injection of fluids into hot rock can cause…

Origins of flowering plants may be much older

This content was published on Oct 2, 2013 It had been assumed that the first flowering plant-like pollen had originated in the Early Cretaceous period, around 140 million years ago. Now scientists believe they have found plant-like pollen from the Early Triassic period (252-247 million years ago) – or even earlier. The findings, based on drilling cores from Switzerland, have been published in…

In the bowels of the monster

This content was published on Oct 1, 2013 The LHC is the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator. First started up on September 10, 2008, it consists of a 27-kilometre ring of superconducting magnets with a number of accelerating structures to boost the energy of the particles along the way. Inside the accelerator, two high-energy particle beams travel at close to the…

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