He studied law and political science at the University of Lausanne.

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The firm has put the plastic work on ice, though it is still being pursued by Monsanto's former partners at the University of Durham, in England, and the University of Lausanne, in Switzerland.

ECONOMIST: Evanescent or evergreen?

"This simple experiment demonstrates that nest leaving is not caused by parasite manipulation but by the imminence of death, " says biologist Michel Chapuisat of the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, who studies the evolution of insect societies.

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In this scientific yet accessible book, Laurent Keller, a professor of ecology at the University of Lausanne, and his co-writer, Elisabeth Gordon, shed light on how these extraordinarily complex creatures operate and what we can learn from them.

ECONOMIST: Lessons from ants