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Swiss students are propelling the future of space travel with innovative reusable rocket technology, putting Switzerland on the map in the global space race. SWI swissinfo.ch took a closer look at their projects in northern and western Switzerland.

Visit SWI swissinfo.ch for more on these exciting rocket projects and a video on this story. Please come to SWI swissinfo.ch for more of our science stories from Switzerland.

Jounalist: Christian Raaflaub
Host: Jo Fahy
Audio editor/video journalist: Michele Andina
Distribution and Marketing: Xin Zhang

SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern Switzerland.

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Using a new type of instrument, two astrophysicists from the University of Bern hope to get a little closer to unravelling the mystery of the solar system's origins. They believe the key to this lies in the ice that can occur in a dust layer on comets.

Please visit SWI swissinfo.ch for more information about this research and a video about ice on comets. Please come to SWI swissinfo.ch for more of our science stories from Switzerland.

Jounalist: Christian Raaflaub
Host: Jo Fahy
Audio editor/video journalist: Michele Andina
Distribution and Marketing: Xin Zhang

SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern Switzerland.

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Swissinfo talks to Herwig Schopper, former CERN director, the grandfather of the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, who helped promote peace through a Middle Eastern science hub and has his qualms about the Nobel Prize. If Herwig Schopper has learned anything during his 100 years on Earth, it’s that breakthroughs only happen when we work together.

Please read here this interview and the full biography of Herwig Schopper,  and please come to Swissinfo.ch  for more of our science stories from Switzerland.


Jounalist: Zeno Zoccatelli
Host: Jo Fahy
Audio editor/video journalist: Michele Andina
Distribution and Marketing: Xin Zhang

SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern Switzerland.

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The Swiss Connection Podcast is back on October 22 with six new episodes on science happening in Switzerland.

SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern Switzerland. It publishes independent news and information in 10 languages about Switzerland for a global audience.

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For artist and researcher Şerife (Sherry) Wong the popular image of visionary geniuses who change the world from their garages is an illusion. “We are idealising the myth of the inventor, the American dream of the man who, from nothing, becomes super rich and changes the world for the better, but...for whom?” asks Wong, who studies the social implications of emerging technologies. She is also an affiliate research scientist at the University of California, Berkeley.

You can find more written content about this story on SWI swissinfo.ch: 

in English 

in Italian (original) 

in German 

Journalist: Sara Ibrahim

Host: Jo Fahy 

Audio editor / Video journalist: Michele Andina 

Distribution and Marketing: Xin Zhang

SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern Switzerland.

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In this episode, we talk to Stanford University professor Fred Turner, who’s been studying the impact of new media technologies on American culture for decades. Turner is also among those most vocal in denouncing the injustices faced by people living and working in Silicon Valley.

You can find more written content about this story on SWI swissinfo.ch: 

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in Italian (original) 

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Journalist: Sara Ibrahim

Host: Jo Fahy 

Audio editor / Video journalist: Michele Andina 

Distribution and Marketing: Xin Zhang

SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern Switzerland.

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Pamela Munster, a world-renowned oncologist, has been working in San Francisco for 15 years.  In this episode, she recounts her battle against breast cancer. 

You can find more written and video content about this story on SWI swissinfo.ch: 

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in French (original) 

in German 

Journalist: Marc-André Miserez 

Host: Jo Fahy 

Audio editor/Video: Michele Andina 

Distribution and Marketing: Xin Zhang 

SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern Switzerland.

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In this episode, SWI swissinfo.ch sat down with Claude Zellweger, Google's in-house design guru. We discussed the role of designers in tech innovation, AI, and the future of education. He also shared his thoughts on the challenges facing the tech industry and how we can overcome them by putting people first. 

You can find more written and video content about this story on SWI swissinfo.ch: 

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in French (original) 

in German 

Journalist: Marc-André Miserez 

Journalist: Marc-André Miserez 

Host: Jo Fahy 

Audio editor/Video: Michele Andina 

Distribution and Marketing: Xin Zhang 

SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern, Switzerland. It publishes independent news and information in 10 languages about Switzerland for a global audience. 

SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern Switzerland. It publishes independent news and information in 10 languages about Switzerland for a global audience.

SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern Switzerland.

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More than 150 Swiss start-ups have received a boost from California entrepreneurship, and three of them are already worth $1 billion. This is a source of pride for Swissnex in San Francisco and its CEO, Emilia Pasquier. Hear what she has to say about Swiss innovation in this episode.  

You can find more written and video content about this story on SWI swissinfo.ch: 

in English 

in French (original) 

in German 

Journalist: Marc-André Miserez 

Host: Jo Fahy 

Audio editor/Video: Michele Andina 

Distribution and Marketing: Xin Zhang 

SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern, Switzerland. It publishes independent news and information in 10 languages about Switzerland for a global audience. 

SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern Switzerland.

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In his 50 years in the USA, St. Gallen psychologist and consultant Herman Gyr has never lost faith in human ingenuity, the ability to learn and adapt to even the most adverse circumstances. This is despite the fact that climate change is his biggest concern.

In this exclusive interview with SWI swissinfo.ch, Gyr shared his insight into what he thinks are the key influences that drive innovation in Silicon Valley.

An article and a video about this interview can be found here on SWI swissinfo.ch:
in German
in French (original)
in Italian

Journalist: Marc-André Miserez
Host: Jo Fahy
Audio editor/Video: Michele Andina
Distribution and Marketing: Xin Zhang

SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern Switzerland.