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Exploring Science in Davos: EP5 Snow and avalanche research in Davos
Episode 5
When and where the next avalanche will happen is hard to predict. In a special cold laboratory in Davos, researchers simulate the effects of wind on …
2 years, 9 months ago
Exploring Science in Davos: EP4 How solar cycles influence climate?
Episode 4
Solar irradiance provides heat and light for life. It waxes and wanes with the cycle of solar activity, which currently cannot be predicted accuratel…
2 years, 9 months ago
Exploring Science in Davos: EP3 Why house dust mites, pollen and food additives cause allergies?
Episode 3
The small city of Davos in southeastern Switzerland, located at an altitude of 1,560m above sea level in the Swiss Alps, attracted tuberculosis patie…
2 years, 9 months ago
Exploring Science in Davos: EP2 Studying bones at the AO Research Institute Davos
Episode 2
Before 1960, broken bones were treated simply by using plaster casts or traction. Then 13 Swiss surgeons began rethinking fracture treatment: they st…
2 years, 10 months ago
Exploring Science in Davos: EP1 Orthopaedics gathering at the AO Davos Courses 2022
Episode 1
The Swiss town of Davos is famous for mountain slopes, winter sports and the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. But did you know that it als…
2 years, 10 months ago
Using sound to find prehistoric ruins under Lake Lucerne
Construction workers got a surprise recently while laying a pipeline underneath Lake Lucerne in central Switzerland. On the lake floor they found the…
4 years, 8 months ago
Why these Japanese patients wanted to die in Switzerland
In this second part of our two-part series on assisted suicide, SWI reporter Kaoru Uda tells host Susan Misicka what it was like to accompany two Jap…
4 years, 9 months ago
Why this Swiss doctor supports assisted suicide
Every year, over 1,000 seriously ill people end their lives in Switzerland with the help of suicide assistants.
Assisted suicide is legal in severa…
4 years, 9 months ago
Meet couples saying 'I do' to gay marriage
Now that Switzerland has approved marriage for all, host Susan Misicka talks with some couples who explain why it's important to them. We also hear f…
4 years, 10 months ago
Why we still need pens and pencils
In this encore episode of The Swiss Connection, we visit Swiss century-old pen and pencil maker Caran d'Ache. Podcast host Susan Misicka takes a tour…
4 years, 11 months ago