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A team of researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research (Empa) has studied various scenarios for reducing the Swiss carbon footprint tied to electricity consumption. The authors recommend the implementation of a domestic generation mix of wind and photovoltaic energy.
The UK has launched a research and development competition with South Korea, the latest in a string of recently announced collaborations with countries outside the EU. It comes as Brussels announces that it has entered official Horizon Europe association talks with South Korea and New Zealand.
Urban beekeeping is booming, heightening awareness of pollinator importance but also raising concerns that its fast growth might exceed existing resources and negatively impact urban biodiversity. To evaluate the magnitude of urban beekeeping growth and its sustainability, we analysed data on beehives and available resources in 14 Swiss cities in 2012-2018 and modelled the sustainability of urban beekeeping under different scenarios of available floral resources and existing carrying capacities. We found large increases in hives numbers across all cities from an average 6.48 hives per km2 (3139 hives in total) in 2012 to an average 10.14 hives per km2 (9370 in total) in 2018 and observed that available resources are insufficient to maintain present densities of beehives, which currently are unsustainable.
Excluding colleagues from Horizon Europe over political disputes is ‘sadomasochistic’
Switzerland-based early career scientists awarded funding by European Research Council (ERC) grants may have to move to another country to do their research.
As Switzerland celebrates and commemorates the 50th anniversary of the federal referendum on women’s suffrage, the Swiss Science Council takes the opportunity to look back at its own history.
The SNSF Starting Grants 2022 target researchers who wanted to apply for a 2022 ERC Starting Grant or for an SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship. Consequently, there will be no Eccellenza call 2022.
A new US strategy to expand international science diplomacy gathered speed, as the Biden administration announced collaborations with the Swiss and Canadians, and upcoming discussions with France, Japan and other science partners.
The aim is to help Swiss and US researchers carry out projects with partners in the respective countries.
Switzerland should agree to a timeline for ironing out broader political disagreements with the EU, the European Commission announced on Monday, signaling a long road ahead for Swiss association to Horizon Europe.
Let's not beat around the bush: science policy is political.
If all countries had a climate policy like Switzerland's, global temperatures could rise by 4°C by the end of the century.
Study of Swiss agency is among the first to examine how proposals by unorthodox scientists fared.
Concerns about a "new Cold War" over science and technology are a major reason behind the creation of a new think tank that looks out for future advances and development.
The Swiss parliament has agreed to pay overdue cohesion funds stretching back to 2012 - but this only removes one hurdle to reviving Horizon Europe association talks.
The University of Zurich has just taken a big step forward on the open science path.
Switzerland's ETH Domain call on the government to regain access to EU's Horizon Europe research collaborations.
Every year, the SNSF receives around one billion francs from the federal government. In 2019, a total of 22.9 billion Swiss francs was available for R&D in Switzerland. The country ranks seventh in terms GDP share spent on R&D.
Switzerland is to draw on its science diplomacy experience to help steer the construction and governance of the South East European International Institute for Sustainable Technologies (SEEIIST), the first large research infrastructure in the Western Balkans.
Switzerland has unveiled details of a funding scheme through which Horizon Europe applicants will still be able to carry on with their projects, despite the country's uncertain status in the EU research programme.
Switzerland will be excluded from Horizon Europe for at least two years, fears Yves Flückiger, president of the country's university association, swissuniversities and rector of the University of Geneva.
The famous number has many practical uses, mathematicians say, but is it really worth the time and effort to work out its trillions of digits?
A Swiss Ph.D. student tweeted critically about China. Afterward, his professor at the University of St. Gallen wanted nothing more to do with him, worried that her own ability to get a visa would be at risk.
Unsichere Jobs, unbezahlte Überzeit: Die Assistentinnen und Assistenten der Schweizer Unis fordern klare Perspektiven.
Transitional measures for researchers are envisaged following Switzerland's non-association to Horizon Europe.
Since 2009, the SNSF has financed a portion of the indirect research costs incurred by SNSF-funded projects at research institutions. In 2021, 102 million Swiss francs are available for these "overhead" costs.
Swiss programme favours mainstream work, but unconventional applicants aren't deterred, say Charles Ayoubi and colleagues.
Switzerland has been excluded for now from the EU's key Horizon Europe research programme. This is a big blow for Switzerland's research landscape.
The Swiss Academies has published the first comprehensive report on science communication in Switzerland - and formulated 20 recommendations for improving it.
Switzerland has been locked out of the EU's flagship Horizon Europe research and innovation programme until further notice.
