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Who is cut out for a career in forensics?

This content was published on Mar 13, 2013 Down several steep staircases, deep in the bowels of an old grey building in the Swiss capital, lie the offices of the University of Bern’s Department of Forensic Physics/Ballistics, headed by Beat Kneubuehl, one of Europe’s foremost experts on gun injuries. Two young members of the five-member research team sit at computers by a large…

Battle against white collar crime rages on

This content was published on Mar 12, 2013 A survey of 500 small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and 93 bigger firms found that each criminal act in the last two years cost companies an average CHF360,000 ($380,000). The 133 cases that made it to court in the same period saw losses amounting to nearly CHF1 billion. Almost half of the larger firms…

SMEs are preferred targets for cybercriminals

This content was published on Mar 10, 2013 René Bodmer, Kaspersky corporate sales manager for Switzerland, tells swissinfo.ch formal cooperation between government agencies and the anti-malware industry is needed to combat the growing problem. swissinfo.ch: In terms of the market and cyberattacks, how would you describe Switzerland? René Bodmer: Many highly specialised companies – both SMEs [small and medium-sized enterprises] as well as larger…

Computer viruses – more destructive than a bomb

This content was published on Mar 10, 2013 A recent report by the American computer security company Mandiant has made headlines around worldwide. Its authors claimed that least 140 public administrations and private companies in America and Europe – including multinationals, arms industries, space agencies, energy providers and media – have been victims of computer attacks coming from China over a period of…

First-ever demolition of a Swiss high-rise complete

This content was published on Mar 8, 2013 It was the first high-rise ever to be demolished in Switzerland. The demolition expert behind the operation said it went off without a hitch, with the explosives going off as planned and the 5,000 tons of concrete and steel building elements collapsing where they should have. After the dust cleared, the only damage was to…

Showcasing the roles of women in Switzerland

This content was published on Mar 8, 2013 Organised by major national women’s groups, the motto of the expo was “the life cycle of women in family, work and state”. In keeping with the traditional image of women in the 1950s, the expo promoted the following curriculum vitae: training and employment before marriage, motherhood and homemaking after that, and then a return to…

The rise and rise of political activism

This content was published on Mar 6, 2013 Occupy Wall Street or flash mobs (gatherings quickly organised online) can be forms of political participation. Citizens try to shape society in this way, according to Swiss political scientist Dorothée de Nève and co-author Tina Olteanu, whose German-language book Political Participation Beyond Convention was recently launched in Berlin. swissinfo.ch: What are the conventional and unconventional…

Getting back on your feet one step at a time

This content was published on Mar 5, 2013 Look around and you will certainly find reports about paraplegics getting around thanks to so-called exoskeletons. Last year, Claire Lomas finished the London marathon wearing a bionic suit, albeit 16 days after the race began. The electronic gear helping her along was worth £43,000 (CHF63,000 at the time) – and cost is one of the…

Robots make walking again possible

This content was published on Mar 5, 2013

Parents underestimate kids’ online experience

This content was published on Mar 1, 2013 Parents in Switzerland are to a great extent unaware of the potential dangers which their children are exposed to online, the study, which was released Friday, found. “The number of nine-to-16-year-olds who have already experienced one of the investigated risks is substantial,” said media researcher Martin Hermida, who coordinated the survey. Based on extrapolation, he…

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