Science and technology in Switzerland

The Swiss National Science Foundation, mandated by the Federal government, is the most important institute for promoting scientific research.

He is known for his theory of relativity and specifically mass–energy equivalence, expressed by the equation E = mc2 and also contributed in many other areas (cosmology, solid state physics).

The neurologist Walter Rudolf Hess (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1949) mapped the areas of the brain that were responsible for the control of several vital bodily functions.

The biochemist Werner Arber (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1978) is known for his discovery of restriction endonucleases which are essential for all modern biotechnology.

The Swiss born Edmond H. Fischer (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1992) discovered how reversible phosphorylation works as a switch to activate proteins.

Jung is considered the first modern psychiatrist to view the human psyche as "by nature religious" and make it the focus of exploration.

The still active NASA 's Mars Exploration Rovers are powered by Swiss-built motors. [ 1 ]
The Learning Center of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). A famous building of the Lausanne campus .
The Tokamak à configuration variable research fusion reactor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
The Swiss solar aircraft Solar Impulse 2 achieved the longest non-stop solo flight in history and was the first to perform a solar-powered aerial circumnavigation of the globe between 2015 and 2016.
Some famous Swiss scientists: Leonhard Euler , Louis Agassiz , Albert Einstein and Auguste Piccard
Oerlikon Space supplies the payload fairings for the Ariane 5 launcher .