A team of researchers has developed a neutrino detector made of germanium crystals. When they installed the detector at the ...

That's important because it is becoming increasingly clear that the existing Swiss nuclear power plants will continue to operate for decades to come. Pautz therefore sees the preservation of ...

Energy company Axpo, which runs the plant in northern Switzerland that first began operating in 1969, said in a statement that it had decided "to secure the operation of the Beznau nuclear power ...

A compact method of detecting neutrinos provides new tests of physics theories and could lead to new reactor-monitoring methods.

Switzerland's government said Friday it wanted to change the law to get around a 2018 ban on building more nuclear power stations to help guarantee the country's energy needs. "The aim is to keep ...

See Acknowledgements for a list of the members of the Swiss Paediatric Oncology Group ... between childhood cancer and residence near nuclear power plants at birth and at diagnosis.

If energy transition in Switzerland is to succeed, a pragmatic approach is necessary. Energy company Axpo has shown that wind energy and new nuclear power plants are more economical than ...

"Gas imports have a key role to play in the design of a robust Swiss energy system," says Savelsberg. As soon as gas imports are available, nuclear power plants no longer offer an economically ...