Storys zum Thema Swiss

Ricola Group AG

Ricola: A strong second half of 2021 after a challenging start into the year

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

882 million francs invested in research in 2021

Bern (ots) - Last year, the SNSF selected around 1800 research projects for funding. It also launched new funding measures because Swiss researchers are not able to participate in important areas of the Horizon Europe programme. Expanding knowledge and solving problems. That is what thousands of SNSF-funded research teams do at Swiss universities and other higher education institutions. Their curiosity and their ...

SIFEM AG

Positive operating result for SIFEM in 2021 - and new investment cooperation with SDC

Bern (ots) - In 2021, the Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets (SIFEM) committed a total of USD 84 million to seven new investments and concluded the year with a positive operating result of CHF 40.3 million. Also, 2021 marked the beginning of a new type of cooperation between SIFEM and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). The two partners have ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Gravestones show that Neolithic people were skilled builders

Bern (ots) - People 5000 years ago were already skilled builders and probably lived in the same place for generations - an old burial site reveals Stone Age secrets. A Neolithic grave discovered in 2012 near Oberbipp (BE) has turned out to be a real treasure trove for science. After ten years, a multidisciplinary research team co-funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation has published the last study on this subject ...

swissstaffing - Verband der Personaldienstleister der Schweiz

Swiss Staffingindex: Staffing service providers on growth trajectory in the first quarter of 2022

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Scientific images that ask questions

Bern (ots) - The SNSF Scientific Image Competition casts an unconventional light on research conducted in Switzerland. The jury for the 2022 edition has recognized 14 works that provoke, amaze and often amuse. The winning images will be exhibited at the Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography in May 2022. A virtual rendering of a historic building, the dance of neurons, a floating saucer and decomposing cadavers are just some ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Weather data predict risk of hospital congestion

Bern (ots) - A team of researchers supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation has developed a mathematical model that anticipates flu peaks in hospitals based on weather data. When too many people fall ill at the same time, hospitals run the risk of congestion, as the Covid-19 pandemic showed to a certain extent. The flu virus can cause the same problems. A team of researchers supported by the Swiss National ...

X-Technology Swiss R&D AG

X-Technology moves into the future with strong new leadership

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Show me your posts, and I'll tell you if you're burned out

Bern (ots) - Artificial intelligence helps to detect burnout. Researchers supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation have developed a promising technique based on automatic analysis of text data. Burnout refers to a state of profound physical and mental exhaustion. It is difficult to detect because its symptoms can overlap with those of depression and anxiety. But artificial intelligence may hold the key to better ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Fjords in the Swiss Plateau

Bern (ots) - A team of researchers supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation drilled a borehole into the Bernese subsoil. Their discoveries have now been published: a few hundred thousand years ago, fjords shaped the face of the Central Plateau. A few hundred thousand years ago, inhabitants roaming the Swiss Plateau could feast their eyes on a spectacular scene. The Alpine peaks descended steeply into a huge lake - a veritable fjord landscape. A team of researchers ...

Powertage / MCH Group

Powertage 2022: The Swiss electricity industry's key event to focus on personal contact

Freespirited Drinks AG

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Zurich startup REBELS 0.0% receives 1 million investment for EU expansion

Hostpoint AG

Hostpoint achieves record growth once again in its anniversary year 2021

Anapaya Systems AG

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The SCiON Internet is picking up speed

Debiopharm International SA

DEBIOPHARM AND ASPEN PARTNER TO LAUNCH PROSTATE CANCER DRUG TRELSTAR® IN SOUTH AFRICA

Lausanne, Switzerland and Durban, South Africa (ots) - Debiopharm (www.debiopharm.com), a Swiss biopharmaceutical company and Aspen, a South African headquartered multinational pharmaceutical company announced today their partnership to launch Trelstar® (Triptorelin) in South Africa for the treatment of locally advanced and metastatic hormone dependent prostate ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

India: using co-working spaces to recycle e-waste sustainably

Bern (ots) - A team of Swiss and Indian scientists are developing an environmentally responsible, solidarity-based business model that aims to reduce the pollution associated with e-waste recycling. In India, more than 90% of e-waste is handled by the informal sector. While this provides income for many families, it also often has a negative impact on the environment and on workers' health. Introducing and enforcing ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Animal experiments and 3R: Interview with animal ethicist Herwig Grimm

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Animal experiments and 3R: Immune cells live in a complex world

Bern (ots) - Some research relies almost entirely on animal models. An example is the SNSF-funded project on virus surveillance in the mouse brain. "The immune system has a place where it is born, a place where it is educated and a place where it goes to work." Natalia Pikor, research group leader at St. Gallen cantonal hospital, is studying one of the most complicated systems in the bodies of vertebrate animals and ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Animal experiments and 3R: mucous membrane as a model

Bern (ots) - In an SNSF-funded project, researchers are studying how bacteria infect the lungs. They are developing an alternative to animal testing that complements existing methods. When bacteria enter our lungs or live in our guts, they physically interact with our own cells that line the openings of our body like a protective layer. Some bacteria help us digest, others make us sick. Alexandre Persat from EPF Lausanne ...

Debiopharm International SA

DEBIOPHARM IINVESTS IN VERISIM LIFE’S $15M SERIES A ROUND TO ADVANCE AI-ENABLED DRUG RESEARCH

Lausanne, Switzerland - San Francisco (ots) - Funding to support BIOiSIMTM computational platform to reduce the need for animal testing by selecting compounds showing promise to cure a disease prior to research in humans Debiopharm (www.debiopharm.com), a Swiss biopharmaceutical company, announced today their co-investment in California-based start-up VeriSIM Life’s ...

Debiopharm International SA

VeriSIM Life Secures $15 Million Series A Funding

San Francisco, CA (ots) - Financing led by Morpheus Ventures supports further revenue growth for the company’s next-generation AI platform, redefining the preclinical translational drug development landscape by accurately predicting and accelerating clinical outcomes VeriSIM Life (VeriSIM) www.verisimlife.com, the leading artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled, unique R&D decisions de-risker for breakthrough drug ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Animal experiments and 3R: Wound healing in mice and cell cultures

Bern (ots) - Research projects involving animal experiments employ a variety of methods. An SNSF-funded project on skin diseases, ulcers and cancer exemplifies this. Sabine Werner, professor of cell biology at ETH Zurich, studies how wounds heal. Knowledge of cell and tissue processes helps to better understand, diagnose and treat certain skin diseases. Here the focus is not primarily cuts and abrasions but rather wounds ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Gut bacteria linked to infant sleep patterns

Bern (ots) - A study funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation shows that the link between sleep behaviour and intestinal flora is already present in infancy. The gut flora of infants is connected to their sleep patterns. This effect is evident from the age of three months, as sleep researchers Salome Kurth of the University of Fribourg and Sarah Schoch of the University of Zurich have now shown. For example, ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Wastewater provides new insight into Covid-19 dynamics

Bern (ots) - An interdisciplinary team funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation shows that the R number of coronavirus can be estimated quickly and cost-effectively from wastewater. Since the start of the coronavirus (Sars-Cov-2) pandemic, many public health measures have been decided based on its dynamic of spread, more precisely, on the reproductive number of the virus, known as the R number. This value indicates ...