In the case of dye-based cells, which were invented at the Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne, in Switzerland, in the 1990s, the light is first captured by molecules of a photosensitive dye.

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At IMD business school in Lausanne, Switzerland, leadership professor Ben Bryant introduces his executive-education students to techniques for concentrating on their breathing and becoming aware of sounds and sensations, which he says can help them center themselves at the office or in a business meeting.

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Educated at Turkey's top school, Robert College in Istanbul, Mr Cem studied law in Lausanne and politics in Paris before becoming a columnist for the left-leaning daily newspaper, Cumhuriyet (the Republic).

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