GOOGLE GLASS
The future is coming to your face soon
The wearable technology Google Glass has not hit the market yet, but developers – including a handful in Switzerland – are rushing to build apps for the new device to take advantage of what they hope is the “next big thing”.
PHISHING ATTACKS
Hacker arrested in Thailand
A hacker wanted by Swiss prosecutors has been arrested in Thailand following a request for extradition by the Swiss federal prosecutor, the justice ministry has confirmed.
CLIMATE CHANGE
South to bear brunt of new weather patterns
Southern Switzerland will feel the biggest effects of climate change in the future, but the rest of the country will not escape unscathed as temperatures rise, according to a University of Bern report.
NET GOVERNANCE
‘Compromise’ deal may secure internet’s future
As the world wide web marks its 25th anniversary, a Geneva-based internet governance expert tells swissinfo.ch why, despite these turbulent times, a global political compromise may be within reach to preserve its future.
ERASMUS, HORIZON, MEDIA
Cabinet offers stopgap for EU research funding
The government is preparing interim solutions for Swiss researchers and students following the European Union’s decision to suspend Switzerland from educational projects in the wake of a controversial immigration vote in February.
POLLUTION
Pesticide ‘cocktail’ found in Swiss rivers
Five rivers in Switzerland’s central plateau region are heavily polluted in spring and summer by a cocktail of different pesticides, of which a third are problematic and exceed official limits, according to a study commissioned by the government.
MENTAL DISORDER
Study finds more adults have ADHD
Four out of 100 young men in Switzerland suffer from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) – making the ailment almost as common among adults as it is with kids, says a Swiss study. Among children and adolescents in Switzerland, 6% are affected.
RESOURCEFUL INSECTS
Ants build rafts to escape flood, protect queen
When facing a flood, ants build rafts and use the buoyancy of the brood and the recovery ability of workers to protect their queen and minimise injury and death, scientists at the University of Lausanne have shown.
UNI BERN RESEARCH
ESA approves space telescope project
The world will soon have a new space telescope, thanks to the European Space Agency’s approval of a University of Bern-led project known as CHEOPS, which will develop such a new device.
VOTE BACKLASH
EU freezes Switzerland out of research funds
The European Union has halted talks to include Switzerland in multi-billion euro research and education schemes in retaliation to last week’s Swiss vote to impose limits on the movement of EU citizens across its borders.
GLACIER SIMULATION
Researchers shed light on accident 88 years ago
Four hikers who disappeared 88 years ago on the largest glacier in the Alps froze to death after becoming disoriented, according to glacier simulations conducted by a mathematician from Germany and a glaciologist at the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ).
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