The Local Switzerland

First zero-gravity plane launches from Swiss soil

Tue, 22 Sep 2015 20:59:33 +0200

Scientists from two Swiss universities on Tuesday launched zero-gravity experiments in a specially equipped Airbus A310 plane that took off from Dübendorf air base in the canton of Zurich.

University locks down after shooting false alarm

Thu, 04 Dec 2014 13:54:00 +0100

About 5,000 students and teachers at a Zurich university were told to lock themselves in their classrooms during a security alert on Thursday prompted by a false alarm of a shooting on campus.

Study finds 'banker's oath' could spur honesty

Thu, 20 Nov 2014 22:07:00 +0100

Banks could change a business culture that “favours dishonest behaviour" by requiring their employees to take a professional oath of honesty and training programs in ethics, researchers from the University of Zurich say.

Server crash hits Zurich university online exam

Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:31:00 +0100

Red-faced administrators at the University of Zurich’s faculty of law are having to rethink a decision to allow students to take exams online after a server crash foiled one such experiment on Monday.

Zurich ranks among world’s top student cities

Wed, 20 Nov 2013 18:22:00 +0100

Zurich is one of the top six cities in the world for university students, according to a ranking issued on Wednesday by QS, the consulting firm.

Zurich university rector resigns amid controversy

Thu, 07 Nov 2013 12:22:00 +0100

Andreas Fischer, the rector (president) of the University of Zurich, has resigned amid controversy over the firing of a professor who leaked internal information to news media about another professor, Christopher Mörgeli, accused of not being stringent enough with doctoral students in the medical history department.

Skull leads Zurich boffins to 'rewrite' history of man

Thu, 17 Oct 2013 23:32:00 +0200

Scientists from the University of Zurich have put in question the history of man after uncovering a skull 1.85 million years old with colleagues from Georgia, where it was found.

Ten-year-old enrols in Zurich university course

Thu, 03 Oct 2013 01:19:00 +0200

A ten-year-old boy who passed a Swiss final high school maths exam for fun is taking a special course in the subject at prestigious Zurich University, the institution said on Wednesday.

Faulty radio collars force scientists to kill 18 deer

Tue, 03 Sep 2013 23:14:00 +0200

Researchers from the University of Zurich say they killed 18 fawns in the canton of Bern because they were fitted with flawed tracking collars that would have caused the young animals great suffering if they were allowed to live.

Swiss scientists help develop 'brain chips'

Wed, 24 Jul 2013 01:04:00 +0200

Researchers in Switzerland say they have made microchips that imitate the way our brains process information, unlocking some of the mystery around how the world's most efficient computer functions.

More Swiss army recruits are overweight: study

Tue, 09 Jul 2013 13:48:00 +0200

An increasing number of recruits for the Swiss army are obese, research from the University of Zurich’s Institute of Anatomy shows.

Dead man found jammed in Zurich uni window

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:53:00 +0200

Zurich city police are investigating the bizarre death of an 18-year-old man who was found jammed in the opening of a tilting window in a building at the University of Zurich.

'Ötzi the Iceman had bad teeth': Zurich scientists

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:43:00 +0200

Ötzi the Iceman went to the dentist in Switzerland and the results of the checkup are not good.

Lust and love: how our brains tell the difference

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:46:45 +0200

Swiss and American researchers have found that love and lust activate different but related parts of the brain.

Dolphins form groups like humans: Swiss study

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:00:02 +0200

A study carried out by the University of Zurich in Shark Bay, Australia found that male dolphins bond with one another in ways that are almost as complex as humans.