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A new technique that promises to increase storage capacity in computers greatly

Confessional compulsory

‘Europe will witness more extreme megadroughts in the years ahead’

Down To Earth speaks to climate historian Christian Pfister from the University of Berne about Europe’s tryst with drought this year, in …

SWITZERLAND

Fresh flowers

Green palm oil

Speed in tennis

The number one rule

The Swiss government regulates even the numbers of polluting particulate matter

Zurich’s Dr Dolittle is a lawyer

ANTOINE GOETSCHEL, 51, is a Swiss government advocate for animals. A specialist in animal welfare law for 25 years, he explained to SUMANA …

Why Europe is the epicentre of COVID-19 protests

The reasons for the protests were wide-ranging

Nerve cell found to fight epilepsy, schizophrenia

Arsenic fixer identified

Knocking off the plant gene could check arsenic poisoning

Friends for rice

Third generation of a benign fungus could boost yield

Scientists develop new molecule to fight antibiotic resistance

A piece of synthetic DNA has been developed that restores effectiveness of a carbapenem

High on power

Lithium-ion battery would be doubly efficient in near future

Quest for life

Will any of the 716 planets discovered outside the solar system be habitable?

On thin ice

Sweden blows hot and cold on Iceland's reinduction into whaling panel

Goa set to soar

Sky bus project promises to be environment-friendly and economical

Breach in drug resistance

New synthetic compound works differently on malaria

Targeting silk industry

A vote for alien seeds

The Swiss vote overwhelmingly against a ban on the genetic modification of plants and animals

A Swiss canton that banished cars

Vitaminimum

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