List of Swiss inventions and discoveries
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The following list is composed of items, techniques and processes that were invented by or discovered by people from Switzerland.
Biology
- Nucleic acid, DNA by Friedrich Miescher (1868)
- Restriction endonuclease by Werner Arber
- Research of the Immune system by Rolf M. Zinkernagel
Chemistry
- Cellophane by Jacques E. Brandenberger
- DDT by Paul Hermann Müller
- Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) by Albert Hofmann
- Reichstein process by Tadeus Reichstein
- Glyphosate by Henri Martin
Clothes and Fashion
Computing
- Smaky by Jean-Daniel Nicoud
- programming language Pascal by Niklaus Wirth
- World Wide Web at CERN
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Cuisine
- Muesli by Maximilian Bircher-Benner
- White chocolate by Nestlé And his Partner
- Immersion blender by Roger Perrinjaquet
- Hazelnut chocolate by Charles-Amédée Kohler
- Conching by Rudolf Lindt
- Milk chocolate by Daniel Peter (disputed)
- Absinthe
Economics
- Discovery of economic cycles and propagation of Social policy against the classic liberal economy by Simonde de Sismondi
- Bank secrecy
Medicine
- Laudanum by Paracelsus
- Diclofenac (Voltaren) (1973, company Ciba-Geigy)
- Panthenol (Bepanthen) (1944, company Roche)
Military
Physics
- Argand lamp by Aimé Argand
- Twisted nematic field effect by Hoffmann-La Roche
- Scanning tunneling microscope by Heinrich Rohrer (co-inventor with German Gerd Binnig)
- Super-twisted nematic display by Brown, Boveri & Cie
- Swatch Internet Time by Swatch
- Research on Nuclear Magnetic Resonance by Kurt Wüthrich
Sports
Technology
- Constant escapement by Girard-Perregaux
- Cross-beat escapement and remontoire for watches by Jost Bürgi
- LCD projector at Brown Boveri & Cie
- Riggenbach rack system by Niklaus Riggenbach
- Solar Impulse by Bertrand Piccard in co-operation with EPFL
- Tourbillon by Abraham-Louis Breguet
- Turbocharger by Alfred Büchi
Transportation
- Bathyscaphe Trieste by Auguste Piccard
- Articulated locomotive by Anatole Mallet
- Diesel electric locomotive traction control by Hermann Lemp
Miscellaneous
See also
List of Swiss inventors and discoverers
Notes
- ^ Jordan & Timaeus claims to have created milk chocolate using donkey milk in 1839 in Dresden
References
- ^ Dahm, R (Jan 2008). "Discovering DNA: Friedrich Miesc research". Human Genetics. 122 (6): 565–81. doi:10.1007/s00439-007-0433-0. ISSN 0340-6717. PMID 17901982. S2CID 915930.
- ^ Mary Bellis (2012-04-09). "Charles Martin Hall - The History of Aluminum". Inventors.about.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
- ^ "Computer mouse inventor dies in Vaud". World Radio Switzerland. 2009-10-14. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
- ^ "The birth of the Web | CERN". home.cern. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ^ a b c Thomas Stephens (13 December 2017). "The pioneers of Switzerland's 'Chocolate Revolution'". Swissinfo. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "Wie zwei Dresdner die Milchschokolade erfanden". Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk. 7 July 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
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