Exploring Science in Davos: EP4 How solar cycles influence climate?
Solar irradiance provides heat and light for life. It waxes and wanes with the cycle of solar activity, which currently cannot be predicted accurately. Solar storms can have a great impact on technolo...
14 Nov 202311min
Exploring Science in Davos: EP3 Why house dust mites, pollen and food additives cause allergies?
The small city of Davos in southeastern Switzerland, located at an altitude of 1,560m above sea level in the Swiss Alps, attracted tuberculosis patients back in the 1800s and 1900s after scientists di...
7 Nov 202313min
Exploring Science in Davos: EP2 Studying bones at the AO Research Institute Davos
Before 1960, broken bones were treated simply by using plaster casts or traction. Then 13 Swiss surgeons began rethinking fracture treatment: they standardised instruments, screws and nails, scientifi...
31 Okt 202311min
Exploring Science in Davos: EP1 Orthopaedics gathering at the AO Davos Courses 2022
The Swiss town of Davos is famous for mountain slopes, winter sports and the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. But did you know that it also attracts scientists and doctors from all over the...
25 Okt 20238min
Using sound to find prehistoric ruins under Lake Lucerne
Construction workers got a surprise recently while laying a pipeline underneath Lake Lucerne in central Switzerland. On the lake floor they found the traces of a prehistoric village! This finally conf...
22 Des 202120min
Why these Japanese patients wanted to die in Switzerland
In this second part of our two-part series on assisted suicide, SWI reporter Kaoru Uda tells host Susan Misicka what it was like to accompany two Japanese patients who came to Switzerland to die. Send...
29 Nov 202125min
Why this Swiss doctor supports assisted suicide
Every year, over 1,000 seriously ill people end their lives in Switzerland with the help of suicide assistants. Assisted suicide is legal in several countries, including Switzerland, Canada and th...
9 Nov 202110min
Meet couples saying 'I do' to gay marriage
Now that Switzerland has approved marriage for all, host Susan Misicka talks with some couples who explain why it's important to them. We also hear from opponents of Swiss legislation granting same-se...
12 Okt 202119min
