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Swiss begin to bang the anti-noise drum

This content was published on Apr 20, 2005 Campaigners say quality of life should be protected by placing stricter limits on noise pollution – estimated to affect one million people in Switzerland. Complaints about noise have been getting louder in parts of Zurich since October 2003. That was when early morning and night flights into the city’s airport started using a southern approach…

Mighty mouse gears up for more growth

This content was published on Apr 20, 2005 In an interview with swissinfo, Logitech chief executive Guerrino De Luca said he was aiming to double sales growth over the next five years to $3 billion (SFr3.57 billion). De Luca says there are plenty of opportunities around the globe to expand, with consumers updating their electronic systems to go into the era of the…

Einstein’s worlds collide

This content was published on Apr 19, 2005 While he is best remembered for his mad hair and his famous E=mc² equation on relativity, it was his work on the so-called Photoelectric Effect that would convince the Nobel committee to award him the 1921 Physics prize. The Photoelectric Effect The Photoelectric Effect occurs when light shines on a metal surface. Depending on the…

Einstein sets limit on light speed

This content was published on Apr 19, 2005 While E=mc² has become synonymous with Einstein’s name, it was just part of his wider research into the relativity of space and time. Special relativity At the beginning of the 20th century, scientists knew that light was an electromagnetic wave, which travelled at 300,000 kms a second. Because light was a wave, they assumed it…

Einstein’s home was window on the universe

This content was published on Apr 19, 2005 It was exactly 100 years ago in this modest apartment in the city’s old town that Einstein churned out some of his most significant physics papers. The unassuming building is just one of many along Bern’s Kramgasse and has an entrance that looks onto some of the city’s famous arcades. Visitors have to climb two…

Logitech surfs to another record year

This content was published on Apr 19, 2005 The firm, which is listed on the Swiss stock exchange, said on Tuesday that net profit in 2004 rose by 13 per cent to $149 million (SFr177 million). Operating income climbed 18 per cent to $172 million on sales that were up 17 per cent to $1.48 billion, helped by strong demand for cordless computer…

Brown bears knock on Switzerland’s door

This content was published on Apr 19, 2005 A study commissioned by the environmental organisation, WWF, shows bear populations over the border in northern Italy have recovered in recent years and are expected to begin roaming further afield. The nearest brown bear population is reckoned to be between 38 and 87 kilometres away from Switzerland in the Trentino region. There are three corridors…

Poker Alice: Rough

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Research institute calls for more risk-taking

This content was published on Apr 18, 2005 Ralph Eichler said that brave decisions and more risk-taking were needed, particularly in Switzerland. Speaking at the institute’s annual press conference in Villigen in northern Switzerland earlier this month, Eichler said that science and research were all about innovation. “You need people who have imagination and non-conformist ideas,” Eichler told swissinfo. “Students and researchers have…

France steps up patrols at Swiss border

This content was published on Apr 18, 2005 Police in the western canton of Vaud say Switzerland is paying the price for lying outside the Schengen area, the world’s largest passport-free zone. Since late February more than 250 people travelling by train from Italy via Switzerland to France have been turned away by French border guards. The unilateral move to tighten checks at…

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