Editing Switzerland (section)

=== Science ===
{{see also|List of Swiss Nobel laureates}}
Switzerland is among the [[List of Nobel laureates by country|countries with the highest number of Nobel laureates]], both in total and per capita; of the 28 Swiss nationals who have won the [[Nobel Prize]], 23 were recognised in the sciences. Among the most famous is [[Albert Einstein]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Snygg |first=John |url={{GBurl|id=qlX3CqMUHpUC}} |title=A New Approach to Differential Geometry Using Clifford's Geometric Algebra |publisher=Springer |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-8176-8282-8 |page=38}}</ref> who became a Swiss citizen in 1901 and developed his theory of [[special relativity]] in Bern. Among the Nobel laureates born or nautralised in Switzerland are [[Vladimir Prelog]], [[Heinrich Rohrer]], [[Richard R. Ernst|Richard Ernst]], [[Edmond H. Fischer|Edmond Fischer]], [[Rolf Zinkernagel]], [[Kurt Wüthrich]] and [[Jacques Dubochet]]. Over 100 laureates across all fields have a relationship to Switzerland.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/sci-tech/award-winners_what-s-behind-switzerland-s-star-studded-nobel-success/45286220 |title=What's behind Switzerland's star-studded Nobel success? |last=Stephens |first=Thomas |date=9 October 2019 |website=SWI swissinfo.ch |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241030223702/https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/sci-tech/award-winners_what-s-behind-switzerland-s-star-studded-nobel-success/45286220 |archive-date=2024-10-30}}</ref>{{efn|name=nobel prize|Nobel prizes in [[non-science]] categories included}} The [[Nobel Peace Prize]] has been awarded nine times to organisations headquartered in Switzerland.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.muellerscience.com/SPEZIALITAETEN/Schweiz/SchweizerNobelpreistraeger.htm |title=Schweiz: Rund um die Nobelpreisträger |last=Müller |first=Roland |date=<!--No date given.--> |website=Mueller Science |at=Friedenspreis für Organisationen, die in der Schweiz domiziliert sind |language=de |access-date=2024-10-30 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007161907/http://www.muellerscience.com/SPEZIALITAETEN/Schweiz/SchweizerNobelpreistraeger.htm |archive-date=2024-10-07}}</ref>

[[File:LHC, CERN.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Large Hadron Collider|LHC]] tunnel. CERN is the world's largest laboratory and also the birthplace of the [[World Wide Web]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome to info.cern.ch |url=http://info.cern.ch/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105103513/http://info.cern.ch/ |archive-date=5 January 2010 |website=CERN}}</ref>]]

Geneva and the nearby French department of [[Ain]] co-host the world's largest laboratory, [[CERN]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=CERN – the largest laboratory in the world |url=http://www.swissworld.org/en/switzerland/resources/story_switzerland/cern_the_largest_laboratory_in_the_world/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429221447/http://www.swissworld.org/en/switzerland/resources/story_switzerland/cern_the_largest_laboratory_in_the_world |archive-date=29 April 2010 |access-date=29 April 2010 |website=Swissworld.org}}</ref> dedicated to [[particle physics]] research. Another important research centre is the [[Paul Scherrer Institute]], which conducts [[Interdisciplinarity|multi-disciplinary]] [[Research institute|research]] in the [[Natural science|natural]] and [[Engineering physics|engineering sciences]]. 

Notable Swiss inventions include [[lysergic acid diethylamide]] (LSD), [[diazepam]] (Valium), [[Velcro]], and the [[scanning tunneling microscope|scanning tunnelling microscope]] (which earned inventors [[Gerd Binnig]] and [[Heinrich Rohrer]] the 1986 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]. [[Auguste Piccard]] became the first person to enter the [[Stratosphere]] with his pressurised hydrogen ballon, while his son [[Jacques Piccard]] became one of the first people to explore the deepest known part of the world's [[ocean]] (along with American [[Don Walsh]]).

The [[Swiss Space Office]] has been involved in various space technologies and programmes. It was one of the 10 founders of the [[European Space Agency]] in 1975 and is the seventh largest contributor to the ESA budget. In the private sector, several companies participate in the space industry, such as [[Oerlikon Space]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 November 2009 |title=Oerlikon Components Space – Oerlikon Space at a Glance |url=http://www.oerlikon.com/ecomaXL/index.php?site=SPACE_EN_company_overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091127232253/http://www.oerlikon.com/ecomaXL/index.php?site=SPACE_EN_company_overview |archive-date=27 November 2009 |access-date=8 February 2023}}</ref> and Maxon Motors.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 January 2004 |title=5 Years on Mars |url=http://www.maxonmotor.ch/ch/en/media_releases_5619.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430001717/http://www.maxonmotor.ch/ch/en/media_releases_5619.html |archive-date=30 April 2011 |website=Maxonmotor}}</ref>