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The market for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is growing at an above-average rate and is increasingly shaping the Swiss fund landscape. Since 2021, new money has been flowing into ETFs rather than traditional investment funds. At the same time, Swiss investors' knowledge of ETFs varies greatly, particularly with regard to fees.

Inequality Although wealth inequality is rising across Europe, taxes on wealth, inheritance, and capital gains have been weakened or abolished in many countries.

A project which helps people struggling with low mood during the winter months check out some sunlight from their local library is heading to one of Scotland's most remote communities this winter.

Anti-obesity medication semaglutide may help to prevent heart attacks and other major cardiac events regardless of how much weight people lose while taking the drug, according to a new study led by a UCL researcher.

As artificial intelligence (AI) takes on increasingly critical roles - from managing power grids to piloting autonomous vehicles - making sure these systems are safe has never been more important.

A powerful new telescope has captured its first glimpse of the cosmos, and could transform our understanding of how stars, galaxies and black holes evolve. The 4MOST (4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope), mounted on the European Southern Observatory's VISTA telescope in Chile, achieved its 'first light' on 18 October 2025: a milestone marking the start of its scientific mission.

A new development in affordable, open-source mobile networks which enables near-real-time control of robotic arms could help doctors work on patients in remote locations in the years to come.

The Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission has begun delivering its first preliminary data from space The first preliminary images from the European Union's Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission on Meteosat Third Gen

Researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology see living fashion as the future of the fashion industry: "By considering clothing as living organisms, we will hopefully take much better care of it.

National press release. The 4MOST instrument, installed in Chile on the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) VISTA telescope and developed largely by teams from the CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 , and ENS de Lyon, has just achieved first light.

The 4MOST instrument, installed on the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile and developed in large part by CNRS teams at Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 and ENS Lyon, has captured its first light.

Posted on: 21 October 2025 Astrophysicists are leading a project (TiDES) that will improve our understanding of the mysterious "dark energy" that comprises roughly two-thirds of the Universe and is responsible for its accelerating expansion.

PET imaging offers first human evidence of altered brain chemistry in users of both substances; could pave the way for the development of medications to treat cannabis use disorder People who use both cannabis and tobacco show distinct brain changes compared to those who use cannabis alone, according to a new study led by McGill researchers at the Douglas Research Centre.

In the largest computer systems project ever undertaken at EPFL, an international team of researchers has come up with a new way of building computers to help tackle the increasing challenges faced by data centers.

Researchers explored how women experience menopause care within the NHS, focusing on inequalities shaped by ethnicity, socioeconomic status and cultural norms.

A new revolution from metallurgy to materials science: A research team led by Assistant Professor Matheus A. Tunes from the [X-MAT] - Laboratory for Metallurgy in Extreme Environments at the C

After being treated with an electronic eye implant paired with augmented-reality glasses, people with sight loss have recovered reading vision, reports a trial involving a UCL and Moorfields clinical researcher.

Astronomers have long suspected that Betelgeuse - the bright red star blazing in Orion's shoulder - wasn't alone.

V2osk  on  Unsplash Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) causes progressive vision loss in many elderly people, and no treatment is available for the so-called atrophic form of the disease.

When machine learning is used to suggest new potential scientific insights or directions, algorithms sometimes offer solutions that are not physically sound. Take for example AlphaFold, the AI system that predicts the complex ways in which amino acid chains will fold into 3D protein structures. The system sometimes suggests "unphysical" folds-configurations that are implausible based on the laws of physics-especially when asked to predict the folds for chains that are significantly different from its training data.