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No human-like robot is able to outperform humans in a range of tasks but robots are catching up, according to a new study.

The number of patent applications worldwide reached a new record last year: 3.46 million, an increase of almost 1.8% on the previous year.

Normal operations in the Gotthard Base Tunnel will not be possible until September 2024. The southern Swiss canton of Ticino is irritated by what it considers slow communication from the Swiss federal railways.

By Riham Alkousaa and Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) - The leader of Lebanons Hezbollah warned the United States on Friday that preventing a regional conflict depended on stopping the Israeli attack on Gaza, and said there was a possibility of fighting on the Lebanese front turning into a full-fledged war. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in his first speech since the Israel-Hamas war erupted on Oct. 7, also threatened Israels main ally the United States, hinting his Iran-backed group was ready to confro...

Mpox (formerly known as Monkeypox) has been circulating among humans since 2016, a research team with Swiss participation has found.

Switzerland will continue to offer special protection to Ukrainian refugees. This was decided by the Federal Council at its meeting on Wednesday. A sustainable stabilisation of the situation in Ukraine is not foreseeable, writes the Federal Council. The S protection status will therefore not be lifted before March 4, 2025. Status S has been in effect since March 12, 2022, when the Federal Council activated it due to Russias war of aggression against Ukraine. It serves as temporary protection for...

The Russian hacktivists who attacked Swiss government websites last spring were politically motivated, says a new report.

The more often a man reaches for his mobile phone, the lower the quality of his sperm, according to a Swiss study.

Switzerland will continue to offer special protection to Ukrainian refugees. This was decided by the Federal Council at its meeting on Wednesday. A sustainable stabilisation of the situation in Ukraine is not foreseeable, writes the Federal Council. The S protection status will therefore not be lifted before March 4, 2025. Status S has been in effect since March 12, 2022, when the Federal Council activated it due to Russias war of aggression against Ukraine. It serves as temporary protection for...

Work on an ambitious project to build underground tunnels for self-driving freight pods is still in its early stages but attracting attention abroad.