AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoSwiss Research: University of Bern scientists showed that trace elements and water trapped in quartz can reveal how pegmatite deposits form, offering new clues to sources of lithium and other critical minerals. Biotech: A Basel-led retinal therapy trial has helped some people with retinitis pigmentosa recognize object outlines, an encouraging early step for treatment of the inherited disease. Clean Energy: A Swiss initiative to ease planning rules for solar plants fell short of the required valid signatures, ending its bid to accelerate installations. Climate Innovation: Four Swiss students say sheep’s wool coverings slowed melting on an Alpine glacier by 50%, testing a low-tech way to protect ice. Weather Tech: Swiss firm Meteomatics unveiled a drone designed to reach the stratosphere, extending its high-altitude weather data work.
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