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The Swiss Connection episodes

July 30, 2024 What Switzerland can learn from Silicon Valley: EP3 Connected through Innovation
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:
in English
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
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14 min
July 23, 2024 What Switzerland can learn from Silicon Valley: EP2 Swiss start-ups in California
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.
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15 min
July 16, 2024 What Switzerland can learn from Silicon Valley and Hippies: EP1 The potential of human beings
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
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20 min
April 23, 2024 Why Are leading Swiss Pharmaceutical Companies Investing in Slovenia?
Pharmaceutical giant Novartis invested billions in Slovenia, helping turn the country into a global player in generic drug production. Now, as cheap Asian competitors increasingly dominate the market, Swiss drug companies see the tiny Balkan nation playing a key role in their shift to more complex, expensive medicines.

Articles and videos on Switzerland's investment in Slovenia are available on swissinfo.ch. For other science stories from Switzerland please go to www.swissinfo.ch/science.

Journalist: Jessica Davis Plüss
Host: Jo Fahy
Audio editor/video journalist: Céline Stegmüller & Michele Andina
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17 min
April 16, 2024 Swiss training for forensic scientists in Africa and Mexico
Forensic science is critical in the search for justice and the fight against impunity. Africa suffers from a dearth of forensic pathologists and Switzerland is helping to boost their numbers with training. In Mexico, forensic scientists need support to help identify the tens of thousands of victims of Mexico's drugs war. The University Centre of Legal Medicine Lausanne-Geneva (CURML) is developing tools to find graves.

Articles and videos on forensic training in African countries and Mexico are available on swissinfo.ch. For other science stories from Switzerland please go to www.swissinfo.ch/science.

Journalist: Julie Hunt
Host: Jo Fahy
Audio editor/video journalist: Michele Andina
Distribution and Marketing: Xin Zhang
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17 min
April 09, 2024 Swiss Roman battle site reveals hidden secrets of historic clash
Over the past two years, experts have unearthed thousands of Roman military artefacts littering a hillside in southeast Switzerland. The first Roman battle site ever discovered in the Alpine country offers clues about what happened there over 2,000 years ago.

The article related to this episode and the video interview is available on swissinfo.ch. For other science stories from Switzerland please go to www.swissinfo.ch/science.

Journalist: Simon Bradley
Host: Jo Fahy
Audio editor/video journalist: Michele Andina
Distribution and Marketing: Xin Zhang
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16 min
April 02, 2024 The Future of Aviation: Hypersonic plane powered Hydrogen designed in Switzerland
It’s 20 years since Concorde made its final commercial flight, ending the first era of supersonic travel. A Swiss start-up is part of a new generation of aviation pioneers trying to re-introduce high-speed travel using clean hydrogen. But the road ahead is long and expensive.

The article related to this episode and the video interview is available on swissinfo.ch. For other science stories from Switzerland please go to www.swissinfo.ch/science.

Video journalist: Julie Hunt
Audio editor: Michele Andina
Distribution and Marketing: Xin Zhang
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12 min
March 25, 2024 Drones capture eDNA in cutting-edge biodiversity research in Zurich, Switzerland
Researchers in Zurich are using drones to collect environmental DNA (eDNA) in a technique combining robotics and genetics that could change our understanding of Earth’s biodiversity.

The article related to this episode and the video interview is available on swissinfo.ch. For other science stories from Switzerland please go to www.swissinfo.ch/science.

Jounalist: Zeno Zoccatelli
Audio editor/video journalist: Michele Andina
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18 min
March 12, 2024 What CERN’s next-generation particle collider could look like?
Scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) near Geneva are taking the next steps towards creating a huge particle collider. With the Future Circular Collider (FCC), they want to search for new physics and answer fundamental questions about our universe. We visited the CERN sites to learn more about particle physics and their plans.

The video version of this episode and other science stories from Switzerland is available at www.swissinfo.ch/science.

Jounalist: Simon Bradley
Audio editor/video journalist: Michele Andina

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17 min
December 07, 2023 Exploring Science in Davos: EP6 Lab 42 AI lab decoding the human brain
Artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT generate remarkably human-like results. But how intelligent is it really? SWI swissinfo.ch visits Lab42, a new AI lab in Davos, which is deploying playful techniques to better understand the fundamentals of human intelligence.

In addition to the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) gathering, Davos is home to several leading research institutes. The newest is Lab 42, which opened its doors in July 2022, an AI lab that aims to better understand the fundamentals of human intelligence. The experts working at the research institute in southeast Switzerland are convinced that decoding the human brain is the key to developing AI that can help humanity solve big issues like the climate crisis or finding cancer treatments.

In the last episode of our "Exploring Science in Davos" series, we hear from the team at Lab42 about how they plan to develop human-level AI. Gamers participate in their research. Lab42 works as a hub, creating competitions and platforms where talented individuals and experts from all over the world bring their ideas to solve problems and exercises together in a playful way.

This podcast is an audio version of the SWI swissinfo.ch video series with the same title. Find out more about science research in Switzerland on www.swissinfo.ch/science
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Journalist: Sara Ibrahim
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The Swiss Connection takes you inside scientific discoveries from Switzerland and shows how they are shaping global conversations. Each episode dives into the big questions impacting our future,…