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Having greater purpose in life associated with a reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease
Seeded on Tue Mar 2, 2010 5:46 PM EST (EurekAlert!)
A study published in the "Archives of General Psychiatry" found that elderly participants who said "yes" to questions like "I feel good when I think of what I have done in the past and what I hope to do in the future" and "I have a sense of direction and purpose in life" four to …
swiss scientist sees bisphenol a (bpa) influence puberty in mice
Seeded on Sat May 24, 2008 1:46 PM EDT (swiss public radio drs)
while cathrine brisken, researcher @ swiss federal institute of technology in Lausanne, observes changes in female offspring of mice that had minuscule quantities of bisphenole in their drinking waters, swiss authorities await european food safety authoritys reevaluation on this …
eliza developer Joseph Weizenbaum dies at 85 in Berlin
Seeded on Thu Mar 6, 2008 9:11 PM EST (heise online News)
Joseph Weizenbaum, computerpioneer turned computer skeptic and developer of one of the first AI-programs that made headlines, "eliza", died last wednesday at the age of 85 in Berlin, Germany. (article in german)
non-stop flight Europe - Oshkosh ends in crash
Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:41 AM EDT
a single engine plane planning to cross the atlantic for a "spirit of st. louis memorial flight" crashed on monday 11:25 a.m. local time shortly after its start in Basel, Switzerland, close to the french border.
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Bayer stops research into male oral contraceptive
Seeded on Thu Jun 7, 2007 6:39 AM EDT (SPIEGEL ONLINE)
The german pharmaceutical company Bayer, who bought Schering, will stop all the research into oral contraceptives for men. The division at Schering called "Andrology" does not appear anymore in the new research strategy of "Bayer Schering Pharma".
Man Made Quakes Stop Heat Mining
Sat Dec 9, 2006 4:48 PM EST
Looking for geothermal power in a deep heat mining project, interested parties dug a borehole 5 kilometers into the ground close to the town of Basel in NW-Switzerland, home to pharmaceutical companies like Roche and Novartis.
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ITU decides phase out of analogue broadcasting for major regions
Seeded on Mon Jun 19, 2006 3:55 PM EDT (itu.int)
ITU's Regional Radiocommunication Conference in Geneva decided the digitalization of broadcasting in Europe, Africa, Middle East and the Islamic Republic of Iran by 2015. It marks the beginning of the end of analogue broadcasting for these regions.
toxics from chemical waste found in drinking water of Basel
Seeded on Sat Jun 17, 2006 10:19 AM EDT (info.greenpeace.ch)
A Paris lab analyzed water samples, Greenpeace Switzerland had taken from fountains that are feeding the drinking water system of Basel, a city of close to 200'000.
Boys with ADHD calm down with dance therapy
Seeded on Thu Jun 8, 2006 10:03 AM EDT (alphagalileo.org)
Dance therapy can be a successful method for reaching children and adolescents with problems. This has been shown in a research project at Karlstad University and the University College of Dance in Stockholm, Sweden.
Holy Father Remains a Scientist at Heart, German Scientist says
Seeded on Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:11 AM EST (alphagalileo.org)
"Professor Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker, President of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation, DFG), was deeply impressed after a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI in Rome last week. The Pope has remained a scientist at heart, said Winnacker.
poultry industry has central role in bird flu crisis says NGO GRAIN
Seeded on Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:09 PM EST (grain.org)
"Backyard or free-range poultry are not fuelling the current wave of bird flu outbreaks stalking large parts of the world. The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu is essentially a problem of industrial poultry practices.
Methodology of Community Surveys Leads to an Overestimate of Mental Illness
Seeded on Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:37 AM EST (asanet.org)
"According to widely reported community-based research, almost half the U.S. population suffers from depression.
Cannabis destroys cancer cells
Seeded on Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:13 AM EST (alphagalileo.org)
"Researchers investigating the role of cannabis in cancer therapy reveal it has the potential to destroy leukaemia cells, in a paper published in the March 2006 edition of Letters in Drug Design & Discovery.
Bird flu arrives in Switzerland
Seeded on Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:11 AM EST (swissinfo.org)
"A first case of avian flu has been detected in Geneva – with two further positive tests reported just across the German border near the Swiss town of Stein am Rhein."
Japanese researchers produce Tamiflu via chemical synthesis
Seeded on Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:43 AM EST (Yahoo! News)
"A Japanese research team has developed a method to make Tamiflu, an antiviral drug that is considered the best defense against bird flu, from a chemical compound without using a botanical ingredient used by the Swiss manufacturer F.
British American Tobacco overturned Uzbek health legislation
Seeded on Fri Feb 24, 2006 9:00 AM EST (alphagalileo.org)
"A paper in the British Medical Journal reveals for the first time how British American Tobacco actively undermined and eventually overturned groundbreaking legislation that would have served to protect the health of the Uzbek population."
Men in their 50s have more satisfying sex lives than men in their 30s
Seeded on Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:38 AM EST (alphagalileo.org)
"Men in their fifties are more satisfied with their sex lives than men in their thirties and forties, recording similar levels to 20-29 year-olds, according to a survey published in the February issue of BJU International." That's what this norwegian study claims, as it found out
german zoologist sees fish meal as vector for h5n1
Sun Feb 19, 2006 12:31 PM EST
Professor Josef H. Reichholf, zoologist in Munich, is quoted in both respected german weekly news magazines SPIEGEL and Focus as saying, that chickenfood may be a relevant way of transport for the h5n1 virus. Chicken are often fed with fish meal, he argues.
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Cellphone could crack RFID tags, says cryptographer
Seeded on Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:36 PM EST (eetimes.com)
"A well known cryptographer has applied power analysis techniques to crack passwords for the most popular brand of RFID tags.
possible cases of H5N1 bird flu in germany
Seeded on Tue Feb 14, 2006 3:30 PM EST (tagesschau.de)
Of 4 dead swans found on the baltic sea island of Ruegen two have been tested possibly positive for H5N1. In german: "In Deutschland ist der erste Verdacht auf Vogelgrippe aufgetreten.
Researchers claim to have built worlds longest laser
Seeded on Tue Feb 14, 2006 9:03 AM EST (alphagalileo.org)
"Academics at Aston University in Birmingham, UK have invented what is thought to be the world's longest laser.
Roche pays 6 Mio. to long term study on children
Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:32 AM EST
The university of Basel announced today that pharmaceutical company Roche, headquartered in Basel, will pay 6 Million swiss francs to a longterm study in Switzerland which wants to observe 3'000 children starting from week 12 during pregnancy until they are 20 years old.
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Finetuning Einsteins theory of gravity
Seeded on Mon Feb 13, 2006 8:40 AM EST (alphagalileo.org)
"A Chinese astronomer from the University of St Andrews has fine-tuned Einstein's groundbreaking theory of gravity, creating a 'simple' theory which could solve a dark mystery that has baffled astrophysicists for three-quarters of a century. The 'problem' with the golde
elections in swiss canton Basel-Town to end in a draw
Sun Feb 12, 2006 6:39 AM EST
In elections for a seat in the local government of Basel-Stadt no candidate reached the absolute majority in the first round, according to the results of those votes entered by "snail-mail", which represent usually over 90% of all.
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Novartis targets youth with banned doping substance
Fri Feb 10, 2006 2:22 PM EST
Although containing 7% nikethamide, a substance on the 2006 list of prohibited ingredients of the World Anti-Doping Agency, the swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis, has started in Switzerland a new marketing campaign to relaunch a drug called "Gly-Coramin".
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