Technology in sport represents a significant sector of the Swiss economy, with over 400 companies generating an estimated turnover of CHF8 billion ($9.6 billion) accounting for around 17,000 full-time jobs. The sector’s scale is comparable to that ...

Roche's chief executive officer has lambasted Europe’s lack of pharmaceutical innovation and support for the industry, which he said deprive patients of access to the latest medicines. “The US and Asia really play to win, and I feel Europe is mor...

After a few months in which the Swiss franc was not in particularly high demand, it has recently been rising sharply once again. This is primarily due to the weakness of the euro. Political developments in France are weighing on the single currency. ...

Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis welcomed his Finnish counterpart, Elina Valtonen, to Bern on Thursday. Their working lunch focused on security in Europe, the situation in Ukraine and the role of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in...

A research team at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich has created robots with real muscles. They can jump, swim, walk and grasp objects. Until now, muscle tissue grown in the laboratory often contracted so weakly that movements were...