Innovation: Switzerland discovers

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Science Saturday Geneva-led team gets good look at tailed planet

Scientists at the University of Geneva looking for planets outside our solar system have found one with a unique feature: a huge tail made of gas.

Understanding the brain Swiss team deciphers fruit fly brain’s visual network

swissinfo.ch and agencies

In the kitchen, fruit flies are annoying; in the laboratory, they are rewarding. Scientists at the University of Fribourg have succeeded in ...

Technology in our lives

Scientifica 2017 On the trail of big data

Ester Unterfinger

A record number of visitors attended the science days hosted by the University of Zurich and the Swiss federal technology institute ETH Zurich.

science saturday Self-powered gym opens in Switzerland

Swiss researchers have created a gym and wellness building run entirely on energy from the sun and fitness equipment such as bikes and treadmills.

Connected agriculture The rise of the machines: robots and the future of farming

Samuel Jaberg

Swiss economics ministry is calling for farmers to embrace a “digital revolution”, but this is not without risk.

‘Natural’ foods How a meaningless word has come to mean everything

Celia Luterbacher

It’s splashed all over ads and packaging, but there’s actually been little research – until now – into the importance of 'natural' food to consumers.

The business of innovation

Cryptic investment Swiss super-rich want slice of cryptocurrency boom

Matthew Allen

Who are the investors eager to bet on bitcoin, and what plans do they have for their newly minted digital assets?

Crypto sausage Currywurst? That’ll be 0.0019 bitcoins please

Matthew Allen

The traditional favourite snack of late night revellers - the currywurst, or curried sausage – has just entered the digital world. It can now be ...

Novartis cancer therapy Will exclusive collaborations yield more drug breakthroughs?

Celia Luterbacher

Recently FDA-approved, Novartis's pioneering immunotherapy was developed through an agreement with University of Pennsylvania researchers.

Commons knowledge How innovation can solve society’s problems

Celia Luterbacher

When you think of innovation, you also may think of patents and profits. But Swiss researchers argue that we should be focusing on people and places.

Doing science

Spoof award Swiss researcher can blow his own didgeridoo thanks to Ig Nobel Prize

Anand Chandrasekhar

Milo Puhan has been awarded the 27th Ig Nobel Prize for his paper on the effect of playing the didgeridoo on snoring and sleep apnoea.

International Brain Lab ‘Driving’ mice to steer neuroscience research

Susan Misicka

Swiss researchers are part of a new brain project: the International Brain Laboratory. Its goal is to understand how neurons help us make choices.

Thomas Stocker Climate researcher awarded top Swiss science prize

Environmental researcher Thomas Stocker has been awarded this year’s Marcel Benoist prize for his groundbreaking work on establishing the ...

Louis Agassiz SAC keeps racist scientist on honorary member list

swissinfo.ch and agencies

Louis Agassiz was one of the most influential scientists of the 19th century. He was also an outspoken racist. The Swiss Alpine Club (SAC) has now ...

WEF 2017 Peeking into the future

A robot that can show all sorts of human expressions on her face meets WEF delegates wearing headsets to monitor their brainwaves.

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(Keystone) — Podcast Much more than a pretty face

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Anand Chandrasekhar

The human face is a powerful communication tool, especially if you are Miss Switzerland. But good looking or not, every face can open doors.

Alternative power Invisible solar energy

More and more houses are being built with solar panels on the roofs and photovoltaics embedded in the façades, which can deliver the entire energy ...

Polluting petrol Swiss researchers dish up the dirt on petrol

Diesel vehicles are to blame for lots of particulate matter, but modern petrol engines produce 100 times more. That's the conclusion of ...

WIRELESS WONDER Could paraplegics soon be cured?

Scientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) have helped a paralysed ape to walk again, by inserting a computer chip ...

House building robot Advantage: humans, but for how long?

Architects, robotics researchers, material scientists and digital fabrication specialists at ETH Zurich are putting new digital building ...

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US immigration Scientist stranded because of travel ban

Samira Asgari is one of the people affected by Donald Trump's immigration ban. She was due to go the US to work in a Harvard University lab.

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Innovation: Switzerland discovers

Research news

Science Saturday Geneva-led team gets good look at tailed planet

Understanding the brain Swiss team deciphers fruit fly brain’s visual network

Technology in our lives

Scientifica 2017 On the trail of big data

science saturday Self-powered gym opens in Switzerland

Connected agriculture The rise of the machines: robots and the future of farming

‘Natural’ foods How a meaningless word has come to mean everything

The business of innovation

Cryptic investment Swiss super-rich want slice of cryptocurrency boom

Crypto sausage Currywurst? That’ll be 0.0019 bitcoins please

Novartis cancer therapy Will exclusive collaborations yield more drug breakthroughs?

Commons knowledge How innovation can solve society’s problems

Doing science

Spoof award Swiss researcher can blow his own didgeridoo thanks to Ig Nobel Prize

International Brain Lab ‘Driving’ mice to steer neuroscience research

Thomas Stocker Climate researcher awarded top Swiss science prize

Louis Agassiz SAC keeps racist scientist on honorary member list

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