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Scientists tap the sun to produce clean water

This content was published on Feb 22, 2011 The SwissWaterKiosk, which is being developed by a team at the Technical University in Rapperswil, is currently being tested in Bangladesh, Mozambique and Tanzania. Almost 900 million people worldwide do not have access to clean water, according to the United Nations. “The concept of the SwissWaterKiosk is to use sustainable technology to disinfect water. Our…

Swiss investors shun shares for property

This content was published on Feb 22, 2011 A Zurich University study showed only 17 per cent of people surveyed invested in shares last year compared with nearly a third in 2000. But observers believe it is only a matter of time before changing economic conditions alter trends again. The Swiss have traditionally favoured a healthy set of shares in their savings portfolio…

Nespresso pours cold water over rival brands

This content was published on Feb 21, 2011 Last month, Nestlé gained a court injunction against supermarket chain Denner selling cuckoo capsules in Switzerland. But the food giant failed on Monday to convince a separate court that Denner’s capsules infringed its patent rights. Nestlé is currently involved in a three-way legal battle against rivals which have produced cheaper capsules that can be used…

Pistes open up to virtual skiers

This content was published on Feb 21, 2011 The choice wasn’t Google’s. Over 30,000 winter sport enthusiasts took part in a competition launched jointly with Switzerland Tourism at the beginning of February, to select which Swiss resort should be featured. Of the 30 resorts suggested for the venture, Zermatt – famous worldwide as the village near the Matterhorn – came top with 2,800…

Valais steels itself for climate change

This content was published on Feb 20, 2011 After experiencing three major flash floods from 1987-2000, the vast, mountainous southern Swiss canton wants to be better prepared for potential changes to its water resources. With this in mind, it has signed an agreement to collaborate with the European Union-backed ACQWA (Assessing Climate Change impacts on the Quantity and Quality of Water). The project…

Electromagnetic waves used to detonate landmines

This content was published on Feb 19, 2011 IEDs, so-called roadside bombs, kill and mutilate hundreds of thousands of people every year in conflict zones in countries including Colombia, Afghanistan “Colombia has one of the highest mine casualty rates in the world,” Nicolas Mora, a Colombian postgraduate research student at the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), told swissinfo.ch. “IEDs are installed…

Actelion offers sweetener to stave off attacks

This content was published on Feb 18, 2011 The Swiss drug maker has come under increasing recent pressure from shareholder activists to remove chief executive and founder Jean-Paul Clozel from his post and submit to a takeover from a larger company. The Allschwil-based firm announced increased 2010 sales and profits on Thursday but fell short of analyst expectations. The company has suffered a…

ABB to cut more costs as income falls in 2010

This content was published on Feb 17, 2011 Sales at the group, which makes power equipment and industrial robots, also dropped slightly, down one per cent to $31.6 billion. But net profit for the fourth quarter was up 30 per cent at $700 million. In a statement from its Zurich headquarters, ABB said it planned to further reduce costs this year by more…

Let the chemical games begin!

This content was published on Feb 17, 2011 swissinfo.ch dodged the (controlled) chemical explosions in Bern on Tuesday and spoke to a Nobel Prize winner, the secretary of state for education and research and a top female scientist about the importance and their love of chemistry. “It’s the surprises,” Richard Ernst, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1991 for work…

Swiss Re profit fails to meet market forecasts

This content was published on Feb 17, 2011 The company said in a statement on Thursday that it made a net loss for the fourth quarter after repaying an emergency loan it had received from United States billionaire Warren Buffett during the credit crisis. Swiss Re in November agreed to repay ahead of schedule a SFr3 billion loan from Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway company.…

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