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Swiss inventions

  • LSDOn the 16th of November 1938, Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann synthesized lysergic acid diethylamide at Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.
  • Pumped-storage hydroelectricityIn 1907, the Engeweiher facility near Schaffhausen in Switzerland began pumping water uphill to store energy. This simple mechanical process defines…