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Switzerland bans large events due to coronavirus; Geneva International Motor Show cancelled three days before opening

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The Swiss Federal Council—the group that constitutes the federal government of Switzerland—held an extraordinary meeting today, categorized the situation in Switzerland as “particular” in terms of the Epidemics Act, and banned large-scale events involving more than 1,000 people. All persons have been infected abroad.

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This Rwandan Engineer is Learning How to Manage Humanitarian Projects

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The program, offered virtually and in person, combines theory and hands-on training on topics such as community outreach and engagement, health care, the environment, and sustainability. She also got involved in organizing conferences in Africa. Her first event was the 2019 PowerAfrica Conference , held in Abuja, Nigeria.

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Big Data Could Accelerate Drug Approvals

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The way in which quality is assured hasn’t changed much in about 25 years, says Timothé Ménard , head of quality data science at pharmaceutical company Roche in Basel, Switzerland. The technology could have been used during COVID-19 shutdowns, when auditors were unable to make in-person visits to clinical-trial locations, Ménard says.

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The Maestro Behind Design-Software Behemoth Synopsys

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Much like jazz musicians improvising, engineers go with the flow at team meetings, he says: One person comes up with an idea, and another suggests ways to improve it. Creating the first circuit synthesizer Born in Vlaardingen, Netherlands, de Geus grew up mostly in Basel, Switzerland. In the early 1980s, while pursuing a Ph.D.

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Drones That Can Fly Better Than You Can

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So we called 20 subjects from all across Switzerland, some people also from outside Switzerland, with different levels of expertise. We’re basically trying to automate the things where we can give the best tool to somebody to then apply the judgment that they have as a person and an operator to get done what they want to get done.

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How Disney Packed Big Emotion Into a Little Robot

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On Wednesday, at the 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) , in Detroit, a Disney Research team presented a brand new robotic character during their evening keynote address. Disney Research This particular robot was developed by a team led by Moritz Bächer from Disney Research in Zurich.

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Asad Madni and the Life-Saving Sensor

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Madni says he and members of his research and marketing teams went to every sensors conference they could find, talking to anyone who used inertial sensors, regardless of whether the applications were industrial, commercial, or space. “If I couldn’t affect humanity, I felt that I would have an unfulfilling career.”. The hunt was on.