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

Velcro by George de Mestral

Computing

Computer mouse by René Sommer, co-inventor^[3]
Smaky by Jean-Daniel Nicoud
programming language Pascal by Niklaus Wirth
World Wide Web at CERN^[4]

Cuisine

Dry muesli mix, served with milk

Muesli by Maximilian Bircher-Benner
White chocolate by Nestlé And his Partner
Immersion blender by Roger Perrinjaquet
Hazelnut chocolate by Charles-Amédée Kohler^[5]
Conching by Rudolf Lindt^[5]
Milk chocolate by Daniel Peter^[5] (disputed)^[a]
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

Victorinox "Huntsman" Swiss Army knife

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

The Swiss bobsleigh team from Davos, ca. 1910

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

The Red Cross by Henry Dunant
Helvetica Typeface by Max Miedinger

Notes

^ Jordan & Timaeus claims to have created milk chocolate using donkey milk in 1839 in Dresden^[6]

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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[a-7] Jordan & Timaeus claims to have created milk chocolate using donkey milk in 1839 in Dresden^[6]

[1] 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.

[2] 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.

[3] "Computer mouse inventor dies in Vaud". World Radio Switzerland. 2009-10-14. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2009-10-28.

[4] "The birth of the Web | CERN". home.cern. Retrieved 2022-11-16.

[Swissinfo-5] Thomas Stephens (13 December 2017). "The pioneers of Switzerland's 'Chocolate Revolution'". Swissinfo. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

[6] "Wie zwei Dresdner die Milchschokolade erfanden". Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk. 7 July 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

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