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
DNA structure
- Nucleic acid, DNA by Friedrich Miescher (1868)[1]
- Restriction endonuclease by Werner Arber
- Research of the Immune system by Rolf M. Zinkernagel
Chemistry
- Laudanum by Paracelsus
- Aluminium foil by Robert Victor Neher[2]
Cellophane bag
- 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
- Computer mouse by René Sommer, co-inventor[3]
- 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
- 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)
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
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
Miscellaneous
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.
- 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. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
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