Newborn babies born with jaundice are usually treated with phototherapy in an incubator, but now researchers in Switzerland have come up with a nicer way of delivering treatment that allows the infant to remain clothed and warm in a parent’s arms. Researchers at the Federal laboratory for the testing of materials and research (Empa) have invented a luminous blue fabric …

The past year was one of the ten warmest since Swiss records began in 1864, according to MeteoSuisse. As a whole the year was 0.6-0.7 degrees warmer than normal across Switzerland, the federal weather office said in its round-up of the year’s weather, earning 2016 a place in the top ten mildest years on record. The year started with a …