Positive news from Switzerland
Quadriplegic Hiker Realizes His DreamSwitzerland - A Japanese quadriplegic on Monday partly realized his dream of ascending one of Switzerland's highest mountains, thanks to a friend who carried him up with the help of a high-tech robot suit. |
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Extrasolar-planet hunters find triple-Neptune systemA trio of Neptune-sized worlds has been spotted circling a star 41 light years away, in the southern constellation Puppis. |
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By air and water: a solar race around the worldSwitzerland - In the western corner of Switzerland, two teams are vying to be the first to circle the Earth using solar-powered craft. It's not officially a competition, but the similarity of the projects, the geographic proximity, and the chance to lead in a field with huge potential make it one. |
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Eskimo village on Swiss lakeMelch Lake, Switzerland - A group of Swiss eskimo enthusiasts is claiming a record after building a massive igloo village on a frozen lake. |
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Pond scum yields potential weapon against Alzheimer’sSwitzerland - Pond scum might have health benefits. One of its components, cyanobacteria, is the source of a newly isolated compound that scientists say might combat Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases. |
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Worldwide trade in wild caviar is bannedGeneva, Switzerland - The worldwide trade in wild caviar was banned on Tuesday after nine major caviar-producing countries failed to convince the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) that their stocks of wild sturgeon are sustainable. |
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Africa advances in war against polioGeneva, Switzerland - Polio has been stamped out in 10 African countries in a major boost to a global campaign to rid the world of the deadly disease, the UN health agency says in a report. |
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Witnesses Say Bears Back in SwitzerlandZernez, Switzerland - Bears may have returned to Switzerland, more than 100 years after disappearing from their Alpine habitat, according to eyewitnesses. |
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Supercomputing Project Aims to Simulate Human BrainSwitzerland - Using an IBM supercomputer known as Blue Brain, scientists are taking the first step toward the long-term goal of creating a 3-D computer simulation of the human brain. |
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WHO misses HIV targets, but makes progressGeneva, Switzerland - One million people in developing countries are now receiving antiretroviral drugs to combat HIV - more than double the 400,000 recipients in 2003. |
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News from Europe
- Six million turn out for global garbage clean-up
- Swiss Parliament Passes Plastic Bag Ban
- French move boosts shark sanctuaries
- First liver cancer ‘chemo-bath’ in the UK
- Scientists uncover gene behind skin disease
- Europe Now Creates Enough Solar Power to Fuel Austria
- London’s Eco-Friendly Olympic Games
- Portugal commissions world’s first Nissan Leaf electric car police fleet
- Long hunt detects possible ‘God particle’
- After damning research, France proposes banning pesticide linked to bee collapse