Tuesday, 7 February, 2012

‘Lausanne’ News


Top Speakers at Europe’s Largest Annual Nanotechnology Conference: Nanotech Europe 2009

Sunday, 5 July, 2009 21:01

... Nanoscience and Technology (China); Jeffrey A. Hubbell, Professor, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland); Emmanuel Desurvire, Director, Thales Research & Technology (France); Masakazu Aono, Director General, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (Japan); Andre Moreira, Investment Manager, BASF Venture Capital (Germany).Source : PRWeb ...

From the Fairs Cup to the Europa League

Saturday, 4 July, 2009 23:09

... than the Fairs Cup in April 1955. Teams from Barcelona, Basle, Birmingham, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Lausanne, Leipzig, London, Milan and Zagreb took part in the inaugural Fairs Cup. Similar to the Europa Cup today, British teams hardly saw the tournament as a priority, as the F.A.’s historian explains : “In ...

Farewell Kodachrome

Saturday, 4 July, 2009 22:52

... Kodachrome for a critical assignment in Sikkim and sending the film by courier to a Kodak lab in Lausanne, Switzerland. The anxious wait for the film and the opening of the yellow Kodak slide boxes and loading up the slide projector that led to vibrant colours being ...

2016 candidate cities brief IOC members

Friday, 3 July, 2009 23:40

The four candidate cities bidding to host the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in 2016 - Chicago (USA), Tokyo (Japan), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Madrid (Spain) [1] � were all at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne (Switzerland) today to give a technical briefing to the 93 members of ...

Speedskater Pechstein gets 2-year doping ban

Friday, 3 July, 2009 19:14

Olympic speedskating great Claudia Pechstein of Germany was banned for two years because of blood doping Friday and will miss the 2010 Vancouver Games.Source : SI.com (subscribe)Explore : Sports

Speedskating’s Pechstein gets 2-year doping ban

Friday, 3 July, 2009 17:55

LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- Olympic speedskating great Claudia Pechstein of Germany has been banned for two years because of blood doping.Source : Seattle Post-Intelligencer (subscribe)Explore : Sports

Rugby: Lausanne aim to spoil Geneva ‘double’ hopes

Friday, 3 July, 2009 9:56

In Saturday's final match of the season, Geneva Plan-les-Ouates hope to capture the showcase Swiss Cup to add to the league title they won last weekend. Their opponents, Stade Lausanne, who enjoy home advantage, a renovated stadium and celebrate their 40th anniversary, are unlikely to feel very accommodating.Source : ...

Lausanne meet draws track and field champions

Friday, 3 July, 2009 9:20

Eight Olympic track and field champions are among the star athletes set to compete in this year's Athletissima event at Lausanne's Olympic Stadium. Jamaican sprinter and world record holder Usain Bolt will join the likes of fellow countrywoman Shelly-Ann Fraser, the 100-metre gold medal winner and world champion ...

Hump-Day* History: The Rise of the Austrian School of Economics

Friday, 3 July, 2009 8:40

*Apologies for late submission! The “Austrian School” in economics traces its tradition to the work of Carl Menger (1840-1921). Menger’s theoretical development of the origins of price has grouped him with the contemporary “Lausanne School” (identified with the axiomatic mathematical economics of Leon Walras) and the work of British ...

Back in Switzerland

Friday, 3 July, 2009 8:40

I saw a fantastic drive past of old cars outside Lausanne but will do another blog as it will be alll car photos. The trip from the border was relatively easy. The lady at one of the hotels on the way booked me in on the wrong day but I ...