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Observers spot first-ever live planet formation

This content was published on Mar 1, 2013 The astronomers, led by Zurich Federal Institute of Technology researcher Sascha Quanz, noted that their observation strongly supports the theory that planets form by picking up the leftover gas and dust after a star is born. According to Quanz, the issue of planet formation has mostly been explored through computer simulations so far. But, in recent…

Amid new technologies, ‘cartography has its place’

This content was published on Mar 1, 2013 swisstopo’s online “time travel” tool is supposedly the first of its kind in the world and allows users to choose a spot on the Swiss map and watch, through an instant overlay of map editions, how that place has changed over a certain period of time. The tool was developed in response to a 2007 Swiss…

Watchmakers pull out of business federation

This content was published on Feb 28, 2013 The watchmakers said they had decided on February 21 to leave the country’s leading business lobby group at the end of the year. For its part, Economiesuisse said it regrets the federation’s decision, but will continue constructive talks about future cooperation. The two organisations have been in disagreement over how much of a product is…

Swiss to crack down on money laundering

This content was published on Feb 27, 2013 Also, people wanting to purchase real estate or luxury goods will not be able to put down more than CHF100,000 ($107,400) in cash, with the remainder of the transaction being carried out by financial intermediaries who are subject to the law on money laundering. Switzerland is under pressure to act from the Financial Action Task…

Roche promises greater access to trial data

This content was published on Feb 27, 2013 Roche said on Tuesday that it would work with an independent body of experts to “evaluate and approve” requests to access anonymised patient data and would support the release of full clinical study reports (CSRs) for all its licensed medicines via regulatory authorities. “We understand and support calls for our industry to be more transparent…

Cultural understanding is key to better treatment

This content was published on Feb 27, 2013 Every year, the foreign population in Switzerland increases – a demographic evolution which poses a challenge for doctors and nurses. As a result, the anthropological aspect of treating people has become an important part of medical education. For years, Graber, a nurse by training, has been interested in interculturalism within the healthcare sector. Now a…

Hotel stays fall to seven-year low

This content was published on Feb 26, 2013 Overnight stays across Switzerland fell 4.9 per cent overall between 2008 and 2011 and fell another two per cent in 2012, according to the Federal Statistics Office. “People still love Switzerland, but their budgets are strained,” head of Switzerland Tourism Jürg Schmid told the press at an event announcing the figures. Schmid said although most…

Men behind bars

This content was published on Feb 26, 2013 Before he began filming, Fahrer had a number of long talks with the inmates. He also took photos of this international group of men who are spending years behind bars for the crimes they’ve committed.

When Swiss scientists went to Hollywood

This content was published on Feb 25, 2013

Where there’s smoke, there’s an Oscar

This content was published on Feb 25, 2013 Markus Gross, professor of computer graphics at the Federal Institute of technology in Zurich (ETHZ) and director of Disney Research Zurich, tells swissinfo.ch about mixing science, business and art – and why he didn’t patent his award-winning software. On February 9, Gross, his former post-doc student Nils Thürey and two other scientists from Cornell University…

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