Why Are leading Swiss Pharmaceutical Companies Investing in Slovenia?
Pharmaceutical giant Novartis invested billions in Slovenia, helping turn the country into a global player in generic drug production. Now, as cheap Asian competitors increasingly dominate the market...
23 Apr 202416min
Swiss training for forensic scientists in Africa and Mexico
Forensic science is critical in the search for justice and the fight against impunity. Africa suffers from a dearth of forensic pathologists and Switzerland is helping to boost their numbers with trai...
16 Apr 202416min
Swiss Roman battle site reveals hidden secrets of historic clash
Over the past two years, experts have unearthed thousands of Roman military artefacts littering a hillside in southeast Switzerland. The first Roman battle site ever discovered in the Alpine country o...
9 Apr 202415min
The Future of Aviation: Hypersonic plane powered Hydrogen designed in Switzerland
It’s 20 years since Concorde made its final commercial flight, ending the first era of supersonic travel. A Swiss start-up is part of a new generation of aviation pioneers trying to re-introduce high-...
2 Apr 202411min
Drones capture eDNA in cutting-edge biodiversity research in Zurich, Switzerland
Researchers in Zurich are using drones to collect environmental DNA (eDNA) in a technique combining robotics and genetics that could change our understanding of Earth’s biodiversity. The article rela...
25 Mar 202417min
What CERN’s next-generation particle collider could look like?
Scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) near Geneva are taking the next steps towards creating a huge particle collider. With the Future Circular Collider (FCC), they want ...
12 Mar 202416min
Exploring Science in Davos: EP6 Lab 42 AI lab decoding the human brain
Artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT generate remarkably human-like results. But how intelligent is it really? SWI swissinfo.ch visits Lab42, a new AI lab in Davos, which is deploying playful...
7 Des 202312min
Exploring Science in Davos: EP5 Snow and avalanche research in Davos
When and where the next avalanche will happen is hard to predict. In a special cold laboratory in Davos, researchers simulate the effects of wind on fresh snow to better understand the mechanisms that...
21 Nov 202311min
