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Russia officially joins CERN at last

This content was published on Oct 1, 2013 The year was 1959. In a black and white photo, John Adams, head of the team working on the proton synchrotron, CERN’s first major particle accelerator, holds up a bottle of vodka, a gift from colleagues at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research at Dubna, north of Moscow. The vodka came with instructions for the…

Next-gen particle accelerator ‘not built’ at CERN

This content was published on Oct 1, 2013 The international electron-positron collider project, known as the International Linear Collider (ILC), already exists on paper. The blueprint was officially handed over to the International Committee for Future Accelerators (ICFA) on June 12. Three consecutive ceremonies were organised at Tokyo University, CERN and the US Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Chicago, Illinois. The blueprint’s technical…

Swiss financial centres given good marks

This content was published on Sep 30, 2013 Zurich was sixth on the global list, and Geneva eighth. The top five places were taken by London, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo. The only other European centre in the top ten was Frankfurt, just after Geneva. On its website the umbrella organisation of the Geneva banks, Genève Place Financière, welcomed the findings,…

Space firms team up for zero-gravity research

This content was published on Sep 30, 2013 The canton Jura-based SpacePharma is seeking to become a world-leading research institution in the study of weightlessness and its impact on the body. Its satellites will serve as laboratory environments, offering companies and researchers the opportunity to conduct experiments in zero gravity. “We are talking about a completely new industry,” Martin Aebi, the firm’s general…

Old tractors pull in the crowds

This content was published on Sep 28, 2013 Typically American I thought: here everything is bigger, and when it comes to motors, the Americans love it even bigger. Shortly afterwards I moved back to Switzerland, to Möriken in canton Aargau where I grew up and which used to be a farming community. One of the first events to be held there after I…

Voters urged to reject cap on executive pay

This content was published on Sep 27, 2013 As anger at multi-million dollar payouts for executives has spread around the globe since the financial crisis, Swiss voters forged ahead in March by backing some of the world’s strictest controls on executive pay, forcing public companies to give shareholders a binding vote on compensation. Now, the so-called 1:12 initiative, which faces a popular vote…

‘No army’ brand proves a political handicap

This content was published on Sep 27, 2013 While there was little chance that conscription would be scrapped, no one could foresee the thumping defeat inflicted on the anti-army association last Sunday. Almost three out of four voters came out against its initiative to end the draft and introduce a professional army of volunteers, compared to one-third of voters who supported doing away…

Poverty campaigner wins “alternative Nobel”

This content was published on Sep 26, 2013 Hans R Herren, founder of the Biovision Foundation for Ecological Development, was one of four people to be made a Laureate this year by the Swedish-based Right Livelihood Award Foundation. The 65-year-old was cited for “his expertise and pioneering work in promoting a safe, secure and sustainable global food supply”. Herren is credited with saving…

Ilford seeks fresh start

This content was published on Sep 26, 2013 The building near Fribourg that housed the production facility was home to the “tunnel”, where the paper was coated with different layers of chemicals. (Photos: Thomas Kern, swissinfo.ch)

Swiss lead the world in energy management

This content was published on Sep 25, 2013 Countries were given letter grades for their performance in three categories: how well they manage their energy supply; how accessible and affordable energy is across the population; and how much of their power is derived from low-carbon renewables. Only five countries received all As: Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Britain and Spain. Switzerland was ranked globally first…

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