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AI employed by 77% of Swiss workers – often breaking company rules

This content was published on Apr 30, 2025 Three quarters of Swiss use artificial intelligence in the workplace, and half do so in violation of company directives.

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How a Swiss-US study challenges what we know about the Gulf Stream system

This content was published on Jan 30, 2025 The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), the system of currents vital to regulating the European climate, has not shown any sign of decline in the last 60 years, a new study shows.

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Geneva researchers discover special exoplanet

This content was published on Jan 28, 2025 An international research team with Swiss participation has discovered an exoplanet with a special property.

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Zurich researchers want to heal bone fractures using vibrations

This content was published on Jan 28, 2025 Vibration helps bones to grow. In a new study, Zurich researchers have shown how such mechanical stimuli influence the genes in the bones.

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Why China’s approach to AI intrigues Switzerland 

This content was published on Feb 15, 2025 Switzerland is looking with interest at China as it aims to become a bridge between East and West in the global AI race. 

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Can Switzerland steer a safe course to AI innovation?

This content was published on Feb 14, 2025 Switzerland announces AI strategy as global sentiment shifts from guardrails to a scramble for competitive advantage.

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Artificial intelligence in Switzerland: what’s new for 2025

This content was published on Jan 27, 2025 New regulations, a “Swiss ChatGPT”, and autonomous vehicles: 2025 marks a pivotal year for the development of AI in Switzerland.

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Switzerland turns train tracks into solar power plants 

This content was published on Apr 29, 2025 A Swiss start-up’s system to quickly install and remove solar panels between train tracks is now being tested.

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Agriculture shifts from climate-change culprit to victim in new lawsuit 

This content was published on Apr 28, 2025 A lawsuit in Switzerland could prompt farmers around the world to sue their governments for climate inaction.  

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Swiss Planet Solar II boat starts Lake Titicaca mission

This content was published on Apr 26, 2025 Swiss solar boat Planet Solar II launches on Lake Titicaca, Peru, for a two-year environmental mission.

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The Swiss Connection Podcast: Hear Swiss science stories for the world

Why is Switzerland so sweet on cryptocurrency? What’s it like to be a Swiss expat in America? Swiss women couldn’t vote until when?!

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What do you think about advanced health technologies such as freezing cord blood?

Do you have any experience with such solutions? Do you think more or less regulation is needed and why?

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Lost stem cells: the scandal of a Swiss cord blood bank  

This content was published on Mar 21, 2025 Imagine placing all your hopes on your baby’s stem cells to save their life or yours, only to fear seeing that hope vanish along with your child’s cells. 

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What World Glacier Day is all about

This content was published on Mar 21, 2025 This video explains the melting of glaciers and Switzerland’s key role in monitoring them, highlighting the importance of World Glacier Day.

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Switzerland and France team up to save the apron fish

This content was published on Mar 17, 2025 An endangered fish has inspired French and Swiss efforts to restore habitat for wildlife along the River Doubs.

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Swissgrid to reinforce electricty supply with CHF5.5bn investment

This content was published on Apr 30, 2025 Switzerland’s electricity infrastructure operator Swissgrid is to invest CHF5.5 billion to bolster electricity supply.

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Air in climbing gyms more polluted than on streets

This content was published on Apr 29, 2025 The concentration of potentially harmful chemicals in climbing gyms is sometimes higher than on busy roads, say researchers from Switzerland and Austria.

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Swiss underground freight project rethinks strategy

This content was published on Apr 27, 2025 A Swiss underground freight project fears tunnel traffic jams while opposition grows louder.

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‘To meet our carbon removal target by 2050, we need 1,000 large plants!’

This content was published on Apr 26, 2025 Swiss start-up Climeworks aims to remove 2.5% of the world’s CO2 per year by 2050.

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An atomic ‘tick-tock’ with Swiss technology heads to space to test the Einstein effect

This content was published on Apr 22, 2025 On Monday, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched the ACES set of atomic clocks to measure the effect of gravity on the passage of time.

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Artificial intelligence explained

This content was published on Apr 22, 2025 This video explains what Natural Language Processing, Artificial General Intelligence and other terms linked to Artificial Intelligence mean.

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Official Swiss presence at Space-X launch in Florida

This content was published on Apr 20, 2025 Elon Musk’s rocket will carry Swiss research material to the International Space Station (ISS).

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A twin of the Milky Way existed in the young cosmos

This content was published on Apr 20, 2025 A billion years after the Big Bang, there was already a spiral galaxy that resembles the Milky Way, according to the James Webb Space Telescope

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Switzerland postpones online platform scrutiny as US tensions rise

This content was published on Apr 16, 2025 Switzerland has delayed regulating large online platforms such as Google, Facebook, YouTube and X while trade tensions are rising.

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Zurich: how the world capital of housing shortages is tackling the problem 

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The Swiss Alps ski village that is luring nervous Americans

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The Böögg, Switzerland’s exploding psychic snowman

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Swiss franc surge sparks bets on negative interest rates

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Did you immigrate to Switzerland? What are your experiences?

What were the circumstances of your immigration to Switzerland? And what motivated your decision to stay or leave?

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Apr 1, 2025

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What are your experiences with housing shortages and rising property prices?

Switzerland is steering towards a housing crisis. Are there solutions?

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Apr 25, 2025

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How are mental illnesses treated in your country? 

In Switzerland more people are being referred to electrical therapies or psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. Are there similar approaches where you live?

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Apr 23, 2025

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