Posted in Science, tagged anatomy, art, biology, health, museums, Science, Switzerland, Zurich on September 21, 2009| Leave a Comment »
The immensely successful as well as controversial BODY WORLDS exhibition is now on in Zurich. It features bodies that have been specially prepared to reveal muscles, organs, bones – and just about anything one would find beneath the skin.
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http://www.swisster.ch/en/news/dead-bodies-displayed-at-zurich-exhibition_121-2393715
Posted in Environment, tagged Environment, green, Science, solar power, Switzerland, technology, Zurich on September 14, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Full of bright ideas: Professor Aldo Steinfeld
Posted in Environment, tagged aviation, Environment, green, Science, solar power, Switzerland, technology on July 5, 2009| Leave a Comment »
The Solar Impulse HB-SIA
After six years of research and planning, Swiss adventurers Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg will soon take to the skies with the Solar Impulse. Equipped with over 12,000 solar cells and a hefty battery pack, it is the first aircraft designed to fly both day and night without fossil fuel or pollution. Test flights for the prototype are scheduled for this year; a second version should circle the globe in 2012.
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http://www.swisster.ch/en/news/science_tech/solar-airplane-unveiled-in-zurich_118-1995992
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