Swiss Stories

Jacques Dubochet

Jacques Dubochet, Nobel Laureate

Science & Education
Swiss biophysicist Jacques Dubochet, 75, has being doing volunteer work since he retired. He intends to take advantage of his sudden fame to raise awareness of issues he cares deeply about, like migration and climate change.
VANILNOIR

Swiss wheat breeding know-how

Science & Education
Swiss bread is famous for both its quality and diversity, with each region of the country boasting its own speciality. Switzerland's success story is down to the work of its wheat breeding programme, which is more than a century old and continues to produce new varieties for the bread of tomorrow.
© Urban Games

The Swiss video game scene

Science & Education
When it comes to video game developers, the US and Japan are probably more likely to come to mind than Switzerland. And yet the Swiss video game scene is booming. While still a nascent business, it is growing at full speed and now an export industry. In less than a decade, Swiss game design has evolved from its startup roots to a fully fledged industry, holding its own at some of the world's leading video game conferences.
humanitarian aid

International Geneva - a laboratory for the digital revolution in humanitarian aid

Science & Education
The fifteen international organisations as well as many NGOs located in Geneva are using technological advances to bring innovation to their processes and humanitarian missions. An overview of the latest technologies being used in humanitarian aid.

by Mehdi Atmani

CSEM

Switzerland showcases its capacity for sustainable energy innovation in Astana

Science & Education
In keeping with the overall theme of Expo 2017 – “Future Energy” – the Swiss pavilion in Astana focuses on renewable resources. This international showcase enables Switzerland to highlight its leading-edge expertise and capacity for innovation in energy.
Science safeguards Swiss cheese

Science safeguards Swiss cheese

Science & Education
Secret bacteria to trace cheese and exclusive ‘protected designation of origin’ (AOP in French) cultures are being developed by the Swiss centre for agricultural research, Agroscope.
Swiss Living Challenge

Solar Decathlon - Switzerland in pursuit of the house of tomorrow

Science & Education
The Swiss team at the Solar Decathlon 2017 is made up of students from four universities in the French-speaking part of Switzerland and is one of the finalists this year.