The following list is composed of items, techniques and processes that were invented by or discovered by people from Switzerland.

Biology

* Nucleic acid, DNA by Friedrich Miescher (1868) * Restriction endonuclease by Werner Arber * Research of the Immune system by Rolf M. Zinkernagel

Chemistry

* Laudanum by Paracelsus * Aluminium foil by Robert Victor Neher * 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 (chemist), Henri Martin

Clothes and Fashion

* Velcro by George de Mestral

Computing

* Computer mouse by René Sommer, co-inventor * Smaky by Jean-Daniel Nicoud * programming language Pascal (programming language), Pascal by Niklaus Wirth * World Wide Web at CERN

Cuisine

* Muesli by Maximilian Bircher-Benner * White chocolate by Nestlé * Immersion blender by Roger Perrinjaquet * Hazelnut chocolate by Charles-Amédée Kohler * Conching by Rudolf Lindt * Milk chocolate by Daniel Peter (disputed) * 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

* Swiss Army knife * Full Metal Jacket bullet

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

* Bobsleigh * Schwingen * Hornussen

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

Miscellaneous

* International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, The Red Cross by Henry Dunant

Notes

References

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