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Lausanne to host 2019 World Conference of Science Journalists

SwissTech Convention Center at the Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne.

This content was published on Oct 29, 2017 The city of Lausanne has been chosen to welcome the prestigious 11th World Conference of Science Journalists (WCSJ) in July 2019.

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Scientists build scale to weigh living cells

This content was published on Oct 28, 2017 Scientists from the University of Basel, the University College London and the federal technology institute ETH Zurich have developed a highly sensitive scale that can calculate the weight of a single living cell within a very short space of time and monitor how the weight changes over time. They can do so with a resolution of…

Swiss researchers discover ‘sense of touch’ in bacteria

This content was published on Oct 28, 2017 University of Basel researchers have identified how tiny bacteria recognise and react to surfaces with which they come into contact.

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Open letter defends ETH professors

This content was published on Oct 27, 2017 Some of the colleagues of a professor couple facing bullying allegations at the ETH Zurich have written an open letter of support.

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The first Swiss wooden tower block

This content was published on Oct 27, 2017

Looking ahead to government by smartphone

This content was published on Oct 27, 2017 Two new books look at how countries around the world, including Switzerland, are adapting to the demands of a digital age.

Swiss scientists find ‘Achilles heel’ of malaria parasite

This content was published on Oct 26, 2017 Researchers at the universities of Bern and Geneva have discovered the process by which the Plasmodium falciparum parasite invades host cells. They found that the parasite always uses two particular enzymes that firstly “act as molecular scissors” to cleave open the cell membrane and then stick it in place inside the cell. The parasite’s “survival and…

Lausanne cancels artist’s appearance over security fears

This content was published on Oct 26, 2017 A book festival in Lausanne has cancelled an invitation to Marsault, a controversial French comic book artist.

Swiss nuclear bunker stores bitcoin hoard

This content was published on Oct 26, 2017 A reporter from the US news portal Quartz shot this video of a bunker in canton Uri, run by Zug-based crypto firm Xapo. This might seem a bit overkill, but not if you consider the current global value of cryptocurrencies. That stands at around $172 billion (CHF171 billion) for the 100 top tokens, according to…

Global billionaire club gets bigger and richer

This content was published on Oct 26, 2017 The wealth of Switzerland’s billionaires grew by a mere 12%, according to the UBS/PwC Billionaires Report 2017External link, published on Thursday. On average, a new billionaire was created in Asia every two days, with the total number of Asian billionaires rising by almost a quarter to 637, compared with 563 in the US. While the…

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