List of Swiss inventions and discoveries
The following list is composed of items, techniques and processes that were invented by or discovered by people from Switzerland.
Biology and Ecology
DNA structure
- Dye-sensitized solar cell by Michael Grätzel (co-inventor)[1]
- Nucleic acid, DNA by Friedrich Miescher (1868)[2]
Chemistry
- Aluminium foil by Robert Victor Neher[3]
Cellophane bag
- Cellophane by Jacques E. Brandenberger
- Laudanum by Paracelsus
- Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) by Albert Hofmann
- Reichstein process by Tadeus Reichstein
- Glyphosate by Henri Martin
Clothes and Fashion
Computing
- Computer mouse by René Sommer, co-inventor[4]
- Smaky by Jean-Daniel Nicoud
- programming language Pascal by Niklaus Wirth
Cuisine
Dry muesli mix, served with milk
- Muesli by Maximilian Bircher-Benner
- White chocolate by Nestle
- Immersion blender by Roger Perrinjaquet
Economics
Medicine
- Laudanum by Paracelsus
- Diclofenac (Voltaren) (1973, company Ciba-Geigy)
- Panthenol (Bepanthen) (1944, company Roche)
Military
Victorinox "Huntsman" Swiss Army knife
Physics
- Argand lamp by Aimé Argand
- Twisted nematic field effect by Brown, Boveri & Cie
- 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
Religion and Ethics
Sports
The Swiss bobsleigh team from Davos, ca. 1910
Transportation
Miscellaneous
See also
References
- ↑ EarlyHistory. Workspace.imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved on 30 May 2013.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Mary Bellis (2012-04-09). "Charles Martin Hall - The History of Aluminum". Inventors.about.com. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
- ↑ "Computer mouse inventor dies in Vaud". World Radio Switzerland. 2009-10-14. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
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