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Design helps give technology an edge

This content was published on Sep 30, 2012 “We really take the time to think about innovation,” says Laurent Bolli, the founder and director of Bread and Butter, a visual design consultancy in Lausanne that specialises in new interfaces. Bolli trained as an industrial designer at the renowned Lausanne University of Art and Design. His agency is partnered with OZWE, a software development…

Government energy plan raises costs, cuts usage

This content was published on Sep 28, 2012 Announcing the detailed proposals, Energy Minister Doris Leuthard said that today’s energy costs are very low, making it difficult to motivate people to conserve. The first step of the multi-step reform seeks to reduce the country’s energy usage by 35 per cent by 2035 and intends to cut fuel and heating oil use by half.…

Scientists’ findings don’t satisfy politicians

This content was published on Sep 28, 2012 While they have been grown across the Americas and India for 15 years, GM plants for agriculture continue to be regarded with suspicion in Europe, nowhere more than in Switzerland. In 2005, Swiss voters approved a moratorium of five years on their use in the country. In 2010, parliament extended that ban by another three…

Genetically-modified plants: bane or blessing?

This content was published on Sep 28, 2012 The researchers believe that consumer attitudes could change if GM grain or vegetables became cheaper than traditional varieties, were longer lasting, or could be produced more ecologically and more sustainably. Could this sway your opinion or make you change your mind about GM foods? What do you think are the most important factors in favour…

Farmers say Switzerland isn’t ready for GM plants

This content was published on Sep 28, 2012 GM plants are not harmful – neither for human health nor for the environment: that is the basic finding reached by the Swiss National Science Foundation’s national research programme (NRP) on the risks and benefits of GM plants in agriculture. In the present circumstances, however, the economic benefit of this biotechnology for farmers remains “modest”,…

Ex-Credit Suisse manager held for subprime fraud

This content was published on Sep 27, 2012 The arrest of the banking group’s former global head of structure credit trading marks an apparent victory for US prosecutors, who earlier this year won convictions against two of the his former colleagues. The prosecutors have been waiting for nearly eight months for the 39-year-old man, an American and British citizen, to return to the…

Biofuels rarely better than petrol

This content was published on Sep 26, 2012 Empa, an interdisciplinary research and services institution for material sciences and technology development within the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, conducted the study in collaboration with the Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon research institute and the Paul Scherrer Institute. The new study updated the ecobalance of numerous biofuels, including their production chains, using a more extensive data…

Ratings agency questions SNB euro intervention

This content was published on Sep 25, 2012 However, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) denied Standard & Poor’s estimates that it had bought €80 billion (SFr97 billion) worth of bonds issued by the “core” eurozone countries of Germany, France, the Netherlands, Finland and Austria during the first seven months of 2012. This would amount to 48 per cent of those countries’ collective full-year…

Medical avatar

This content was published on Sep 25, 2012 It remains to be seen whether this example of extreme personalised medicine will be successful. (RTS/swissinfo.ch)

Strict nationwide smoking rules voted down

This content was published on Sep 23, 2012 Two out of three voters rejected an initiative by the Lung League aimed at boosting the protection of waiting staff against the effects of second-hand smoke. The proposal, supported by health organisations and centre-left parties, sought to tighten current minimum legislation which bans smoking in restaurants but allows cantonal authorities to grant exceptions. Eighteen of…

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