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Victims of a tsunami or human sacrifice? What happened to these 20 Celts 2000 years ago?
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Back pain sufferers need patience more than anything else
Bern (ots) - Temporary complaint or chronic affliction: a research team funded by the SNSF has identified typical trajectories for back pain. Psychosocial factors play a smaller role than expected. Back pain is a widespread condition: at least once in their lives, almost 85% of people will experience pain in the area of the lumbar spine, in other words between the bottom rib and the tailbone. Treating this correctly is ...
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Research funders from around the world meet in Interlaken
Bern (ots) - The Global Research Council in Switzerland! The conference was hosted by the SNSF together with its partner organisation FONSTI from Ivory Coast. The main topic of this year's conference was sustainability in research. The annual conference of the Global Research Council (GRC) at the end of May in Interlaken brought together 60 research funders from 53 countries. The institutions that participate regularly in ...
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The master of smart computer games
plusTHE LEGO GROUP CELEBRATES CHILDREN'S UNIQUE CURIOSITY ABOUT THE COSMOS BY ASKING THEM TO EXPLORE SPACE THEIR WAY
New York (ots/PRNewswire) - The LEGO Group invites kids to see space as a playground for their imagination as it blasts their predictions of space travel above the New York City skyline - A new global study1 by the LEGO Group reveals that 86 percent of kids are interested in finding new planets, stars and galaxies, ...
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NRP "Welfare and Coercion" identifies areas for improvement in Swiss social policy
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Compassion doesn't help all couples
Bern (ots) - More compassion = a better relationship. This is an obvious rule of thumb for couples. But it doesn't apply to everyone, as a study shows. Some people prefer to do without it. Whether irrevocably estranged or merely bored with the daily routine: "Couples counselling can improve communication and the quality of the relationship. And it has a positive effect on mental health", says Andrew Gloster, Professor of ...
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Breath analysis to monitor health status in intensive care
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In 2023: 1800 innovative projects and major impetus for Switzerland as a research location
Bern (ots) - From nitrogen pollution to bullying in schools: in 2023, the SNSF invested 961 million francs in its regular research funding. It approved a further 235 million francs for the Horizon Europe transitional measures. Excess nitrogen pollutes water and the air. To what extent can nitrogen emissions from agricultural land be reduced by an indigenous plant, ...
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She deciphers how tomato roots communicate
plus$10 million Artificial Intelligence Mathematical Olympiad Prize appoints further advisory committee members
London (ots/PRNewswire) - D. Sculley, Kevin Buzzard, Leo de Moura, Lester Mackey and Peter J. Liu appointed to the advisory committee for the Artificial Intelligence Mathematical Olympiad Prize. XTX Markets' newly created Artificial Intelligence Mathematical Olympiad Prize ('AIMO Prize') is a $10mn challenge fund ...
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Myriad visions of research
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Essential investments in education, research and innovation
Bern (ots) - The Federal Council draft of the Dispatch on the promotion of education, research and innovation (ERI Dispatch) for the period 2025-2028 is strongly influenced by concerns about the overall state of government finances. Thus there will be fewer financial resources available to the ERI sector in 2025 than in the previous year. As a consequence, there is a risk that the level of services will be cut back and ...
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Ten years of research deliver sustainable solutions across the world
Bern (ots) - The r4d programme of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and the Swiss National Science Foundation is ending. It funded 57 research partnerships between Switzerland and countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Research can help solve global economic, environmental and societal problems. With this aim in mind, the Swiss Programme for ...
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A breath of fresh air for vertical wind turbines
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Preventive drone attacks based on digital traces are a grey area under international law
Bern (ots) - Identifying terrorists by analysing their online activities is an approach that is sometimes at odds with international law, especially if the outcome is death. A study has documented this problematic legal and ethical issue. These days, virtually everyone leaves footprints in the digital world. Terrorists are no exception. Intelligence agencies realised ...
plusKeyless and fidentity Form Strategic Partnership to Enhance Digital Security and Identity Verification
London (ots/PRNewswire) - Keyless, the leader in privacy-preserving biometric authentication, announces a strategic partnership with fidentity, the Swiss online identification and digital signature pioneer. This collaboration extends fidentity for continuous authentication across the entire identity lifecycle. Users ...
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She observes children's digital habits - and doesn't demonise smartphones
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Wie Fadenwürmer altern - und was das für die Menschen bedeuten könnte
Bern (ots) - Ein Protein reduziert die Lebenserwartung von Fadenwürmern. Diese Entdeckung wirft die Frage auf, ob es beim Menschen ebenfalls den Alterungsprozess mitbewirkt. Selbst von den am besten erforschten Genen und Proteinen kennt man noch längst nicht alle Geheimnisse. Wie das Schweizer Taschenmesser haben sie zahlreiche, teilweise unbekannte Funktionen. Mit ...
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Robot swings its way to unexplored treetops
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Early Smartphone Use in Children? Two Studies Highlight Long-Term Consequences
Milan (ots) - A group of researchers from the University of Milano-Bicocca and SUPSI, by means of longitudinal data provided by INVALSI (Italian Institute for the Evaluation of the Education System), has confirmed that early smartphone usage before the age of 12 does not bring benefits. Instead, it is associated with lower digital skills, higher problematic smartphone ...
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An architect of nano power plants
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International Diabetes Federation and Sanofi Global Health Unit collaborate to strengthen diabetes response in 40 countries
Brussels (ots/PRNewswire) - The partnership will enhance diabetes care through training aimed at building capacity among healthcare professionals in low and middle-income countries. The International Diabetes Federation (IDF), in collaboration with Sanofi's Global Health Unit (GHU), is taking significant steps to ...
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Torsten Schwede appointed as new President of the SNSF Research Council from 2025
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Fishing for DNA to measure biodiversity
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Observing apes to get a better understanding of humans
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How robots make people hear voices
Bern (ots) - Researchers have developed a method for triggering auditory hallucinations in healthy people. They are investigating the causes of a phenomenon that can be a huge burden for people with psychiatric illnesses. Studies indicate that five to ten per cent of all people sometimes hear voices - those of dead relatives or higher beings, for example - without having any kind of illness. In other words, the phenomenon is not restricted to people with psychiatric ...
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New SNSF Foundation Council from 2024
Bern (ots) - The new SNSF Foundation Council has been elected. Smaller in size, it brings together leading figures from science, business and government, and will take up its duties at the beginning of 2024. The SNSF is a foundation under private law with a funding mandate under public law. As the senior governing body, the Foundation Council is responsible for ensuring that the foundation stays on mission and for ...
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Covid-19: Research findings form the basis for scientific communication with public authorities
Bern (ots) - Insights into Covid-19, recommendations for health authorities and vaccines: the findings and synthesis report for the Swiss National Science Foundation's National Research Programme "Covid-19" (NRP 78) were presented today. The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) launched the National Research ...
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