10 Most Advanced Countries in Science

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8. Switzerland

Switzerland ranks eighth with 2,466 patents and 493,857 published journals. Swiss students rank eighth globally as the smartest in math and science. The country ranks tenth in space science with 2,959 published space researches and 51,649 citations.

Switzerland is where a lot of firsts in science come from such as the first discovery of the Orion nebula: M31 by Johann Cysat, creation of the first internal combustion engine by François Isaac de Rivaz, and discovery of the first planet outside of the solar system: System of 51 Pegasi by Michel G. E. Mayor and Didier Queloz.

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