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Mathematician works in radiation protection
After studying maths, experimental physics and astronomy, Cristina Poretti wanted to become a secondary school teacher. But then she ended up at the National Emergency Operations Centre. There she would coordinate radioactivity measurements to protect the population in the event of a nuclear disaster.
Image: Benedikt VogelSie sind die besten Nachwuchsphysiker:innen der Schweiz
28 Jugendliche haben am vergangenen Wochenende in Aarau am nationalen Finale der Schweizer Physik-Olympiade teilgenommen. Je fünf von ihnen wurden mit Gold-, Silber- und Bronzemedaillen gekürt. Ausnahmsweise werden sie dieses Jahr nicht an der Internationalen Physik-Olympiade teilnehmen - ihnen stehen andere Abenteuer bevor.
Image: Physik-OlympiadeAn interactive exhibition on the fascinating world of numbers and data
A '3D' journey between Digits (mathematics), Dice (probability) and Data (statistics, Data Science, Big Data).
SQI supports a first series of events and conferences
The Swiss Quantum Commission has decided on a first round of events and conferences that will be financially supported as part of the Swiss Quantum Initiative.
Image: Jens P. Raak auf PixabayNeutrino experiment comes back to life
Good news from the “T2K” neutrino experiment project in Japan: it has started taking data again at the end of last year after an extensive upgrade of its neutrino beam and the near detector. The near detector is very firmly in the hands of Swiss institutes – University of Geneva and ETH Zurich. Federico Sánchez from the University of Geneva gives an update of what has happened and what we can expect.
Image: J-PARC/Rey.HoriCERN 70th anniversary
2024 will mark the 70th anniversary of CERN. To celebrate this milestone, a series of events will be organised throughout the year.
Image: CERNQuantum Computing in STEM Education
One of the member countries of Science on Stage, Science on Stage Germany, works with secondary school teachers from all over Europe in an international project to develop teaching materials on "Quantum Computing in STEM Education".
Image: Science on Stage SwitzerlandWebsite of the Swiss Statistical Society now at SCNAT
The Swiss Statistical Society (SSS) has successfully migrated its website to SCNAT. The site now has a new look.
Image: PexelsMathematik als Sprungbrett ins Management
Die promovierte Mathematikerin Anne-Thérèse Morel leitet bei Swisscom eine Division mit 160 Mitarbeitenden, die für die Umsetzung der Digitalisierungsstrategie im Geschäftskundenbereich verantwortlich ist.
Image: PrivatThe planners of the future are ready to go
The international particle physics hub CERN in Geneva has big plans for the future. Literally. While its current flagship, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), is scheduled to continue data taking until the 2040s, the international community of particle physics is already busy conceiving potential follow-up projects to complement the discoveries made at the LHC.
Image: FCC/CERN