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The European Space Agency (ESA) announced Monday, the selection of ‘Biomass’ as the subject of its seventh Earth Explorer mission. The planned satellite will measure, to great accuracy, biomass and carbon stored in the world’s forests.
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Oslo -
Per Sandberg, a Norwegian member of parliament has caused a stir in France by calling for his country’s borders to be closed to what he termed ‘organised groups’ of Roma, Bulgarians and French who, Sandberg considers, are ‘notoriously criminal’.
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After the recent discovery of the Higgs boson, a group called ALPHA at CERN's Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland, is continuing the quest to find answers to the riddles of the universe.
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Geneva -
Today is a birthday of sorts - twenty years ago today, CERN donated the technologies underpinning the World Wide Web to the public domain.
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Lugano -
A recent study by the University of Tennessee found that one-quarter of businesses fail in their first year. It appears incompetence and lack of management experience are the main causes. Farbod Sadeghian doesn't seem to have a paucity of either.
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Boston -
It was only moments after Stacy Shaw crossed the finish line before chaos erupted at the Boston Marathon. Shaw was the last runner to cross the finish line before the explosions. She spoke with Digital Journalist Micki Hogan candidly about her experience.
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Basel -
Today's Champions League semi final draw could not be more perfect. It pits the best of Spain against the best Germany has to offer. Bayern Muenchen will host FC Barcelona and Dortmund hosts Real Madrid in the first leg of the semi final on April 23-24.
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New research has shown that individuals can be identified by the unique chemical signatures in their breath, suggesting that exhalations could be used to scan for diseases or test people for drug abuse. Such tests could also replace blood and urine tests.
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Basel -
The international football association FIFA has chosen Germany's GoalControl GMBH to provide goal line technology ahead of three other companies. The company was the last to be licensed for the FIFA testing process. Simplicity of the system was the key.
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Geneva -
Art may be considered for the affluent, the refined and those involved in high society. But one man is looking to continue to bring art and culture to the poorest regions of the world through his charitable foundation: the Foundation de Hoop Cartier.
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Sydney -
You get tired of writing about nothing but human stupidity after a while. The Cyprus case, however, is exceptional in its sheer bastardry. A bailout with no specifics, a policy with no objectives and less economic planning, you name it, it’s all there.
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Basel -
The draw for the Champions League quarter finals has been completed and there are some difficult match ups, pitting Europe's best teams against each other. Opinions will vary on the pros and cons, but based on the Group of 16, no opponent is a pushover.
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After last summer's announcement that they may have discovered the Higgs boson popularly called the "God particle," CERN physicists announced Thursday that the latest results of data analysis confirm they have found the Higgs boson.
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The European Space Agency and the Russian federal space agency, Roscosmos, announced today that they entered a formal agreement to work together on the ExoMars programme, looking ahead to the launch of two missions to the planet Mars in 2016 and 2018.
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It’s not quite the Borg Collective of Star Trek fame but this week, the prospect of sentient, reasoning robots took a step closer as the European Roboearth project deployed its alpha version of a standardised knowledge base for robots.
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Geneva -
Designed in Germany and manufactured in Shanghai,China by Qoros Auto with Israeli financing and Chinese partners the new Qoros 3 Sedan may be the luxury ride that captures that new emerging market for transport.
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Geneva -
The three-wheeled electric micro car is a combination of scooter and automobile and is specifically designed for urban transport in a future world which may be coming to you soon.
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Geneva -
Chevrolet's new Corvette Stingray stole the thunder from everyone else at this year's auto show in Detroit, and now it is poised to conquer the affections of design and car lovers around the globe in Geneva.
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Astronomers say they have obtained photographs that provide what could be first direct evidence of a giant alien planet forming in the orbit of its parent star embedded in a thick disc of gas and dust.
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A shooting incident at a factory in Menznau, Switzerland has claimed "several lives" and injured several people, according to local police. (Updates - 2).
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