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The first major solar project under the federal government’s “Solar Express” scheme is being built near the mountain village of Sedrun in southeast Switzerland.  
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A banknote's life is not eternal. What happens when it's time to retire?
6 min
Swiss scientists use the new CRISPR method of genetic engineering to try to boost crop yield.
3 min
This would be an “egalitarian” death, says Fiona Stewart, a founding member of the organisation The Last Resort.
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At the Paris Olympics, some of the best athletes will be wearing products made by the Swiss sportswear brand, On.
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Using a new type of instrument, two astrophysicists from the University of Bern are hoping to get a bit closer to unravelling the mystery of the origins of the solar system.
5 min
A group of farmers is betting on lentils and chickpeas as part of the solution to climate change in Switzerland.
3 min
A Swiss company believes it has a solution to help the concrete industry decarbonise and permanently remove one million tonnes of CO2 by 2030.
3 min
Dioxin-eating bacteria developed in a lab are to be used to help decontaminate polluted sites in Lausanne in western Switzerland.
3 min
Switzerland's pharmaceutical sector supplies drugs worldwide, but not all countries receive them with the same price tag. Here's why.
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At a stretch, people of retirement age could be persuaded to stay at work longer.
3 min
How do we ensure that our content is correct? Is there censorship at SWI swissinfo.ch? Editor-in-chief Mark Livingston answers your questions.
3 min
Over 150 Swiss start-ups have received a boost from California entrepreneurship, and three of them are already worth $1 billion.
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Over 150 Swiss start-ups have received a boost from California entrepreneurship, and three of them are already worth $1 billion.
2 min
As Swiss companies Novartis and Sandoz shift to complex, expensive medicine, they are increasingly dependent on the tiny Balkan nation of Slovenia.
9 min
Britain is banning disposable e-cigarettes, as part of a drive to curb youth vaping. What's the situation in Switzerland?
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Fribourg becomes the first municipality in Switzerland to offer menstrual leave, as a global debate on this workplace health taboo gathers pace.
2 min
Claude Zellweger is one of the heads of industrial design at Google, based in San Francisco. Meet a Lucerne native who is anything but a tech junkie.
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Ted Turlings was awarded the Swiss "Nobel Prize" for his research into farming that uses fewer pesticides.
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