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Swiss News - Num. 2005, Janvier 2005

Science City aims to fuel world-class research: the Federal Institute of Technology is targeted for sweeping change beginning in November 2005. Swiss News looks at plans for the new 'Science City.'.

... Gerhard Schmitt, ETH vice-president of planning and logistics, said the university is pursuing partnerships with industry in Switzerland and abroad, "especially in biotechnology and life sciences." In one initiative, ETH and Zurich University ...

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Swiss News - Num. 2004, Mai 2004

The science cafe: the French idea of average citizens debating great scientific issues in coffeehouses is now being tested in Switzerland--but with mixed results.

There could hardly have been a timelier site for gauging popular reaction to the 'science cafe' notion than the Swiss Federal Institute ......" In Alaska, Lynas told science cafe guests, "entire forests have disappeared" ...

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Swiss News - Num. 2003, Juin 2003

Mystery man.

... In science, you have two possibilities of proving something....

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Swiss News - Num. 2003, Juin 2003

Space institute boss says research will go on.

Space research will continue, despite the recent shuttle disaster, according to the new head of Switzerland's International Space Science Institute (ISSI). Roger-Maurice Bonnet says ...

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Swiss News - Num. 2007, Avril 2007

Business, science and art--a liaison Baloise: the Basel area, situated in the tri-country region where Switzerland, Germany and France come together, is not only international but also surprisingly innovative and chock-full of cultural attractions.

In 2006, the region gained not just one but two new institutions: the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland opened the new School ...

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Swiss News - Num. 2002, Juin 2002

Latsis prize goes to developer of telecom laser.

... The prize, which comes with a cheque of Sf100,000, is awarded by Switzerland's National Science Foundation, and is aimed at encouraging young ...

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Swiss News - Num. 2009, Janvier 2009

Science in action: Swiss technical universities are getting courted by an increasing number of international companies. Powerhouses like Microsoft, IBM and Disney all have running 'brain-power' contracts with the technical schools in both Zurich and Lausanne. But are corporations simply colonising academic minds? Swiss News looks at these emerging ventures from both sides.

... Professor Markus Gross, former head of the Institute of Computational Science, is the new director of Disney Research Zurich. ...... In the name of science Moreover, the spin-off for science is ...