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Switzerland is overstepping the planet’s boundaries

This content was published on Sep 24, 2019 An analysis of how far we are pushing the boundaries of the planet's resources – and Switzerland's contribution to it – is sobering.

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Fish fossil with unusual teeth found

This content was published on Sep 24, 2019 Swiss palaeontologists have discovered a fish jaw featuring rows of reserve teeth with a clever rotating replacement system.

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EPFL booted from Venice Time Machine project

This content was published on Sep 24, 2019 The project was launched by Italy’s Ca’Foscari University and the Venice State Archive in partnership with Switzerland’s Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL). It aims to reconstruct the urban and social development of Venice throughout history by means of digitisation and analysis of a vast set of archive material. Hundreds of thousands of documents dating from the 16th to the 19th century can now be studied thanks to a series of…

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Facebook to double numbers in Zurich office

This content was published on Sep 24, 2019 In Zurich, where the American giant has been operating since 2016, the employees work mainly in the field of augmented reality and virtual reality. “In the future, their number will have to double, also in the commercial sector,” Tino Krause, the head of the social network for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, announced in an interview…

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Vast clinical trial undertaken on psychiatric patients in Switzerland

This content was published on Sep 24, 2019 The 300-page study highlights the key role played by doctor and clinic director Roland Kuhn (1912-2005). Kuhn was involved in the development of the first tricyclic antidepressant, Tofranil. At least 67 different substances on groups of different sizes, sometimes reaching up to 1,000 people, were tested. Some 25,000 tablets of an antidepressant never before marketed have been found in metal…

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Switzerland’s nomads face an endangered way of life

This content was published on Sep 24, 2019 Switzerland recognises its nomadic people as a national minority but a decline in the number of stopping areas is threatening their way of life.

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Swiss president calls for innovation to tackle climate crisis

This content was published on Sep 24, 2019 + How climate change affects Switzerland “Our world needs more technological progress and less ideology,” Maurer told world leaders and activists. As an Alpine country, he noted, Switzerland is particularly affected by climate change. Melting glaciers, reduced snowfall and increased landslides in the mountains are wiping out a part of Swiss identity and tradition,…

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EU quantum communications project unveils Swiss partners

This content was published on Sep 24, 2019 On Tuesday, the University of Geneva, Services Industriels de Genève (SIG), ID Quantique and Mt Pelerin announced they had joined the list of 38 companies and research institutes across Europe to take part in the project, which launched on September 2External link. Budding crypto bank Mt PelerinExternal link and crypto storage firm ID QuantiqueExternal link…

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More cautious closing of train doors to be introduced

This content was published on Sep 23, 2019 Swiss Federal Railways are to introduce new procedures for closing train doors by the end of this month, following a fatal accident in August.

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