Storys zum Thema Swiss

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Quotas to promote gender equality in research

Bern (ots) - Gender equality is a prime concern of the Swiss National Science Foundation. To offer additional visibilty to women in academia, it is introducing gender quotas in its evaluation bodies with immediate effect. Political equality between men and women was achieved 50 years ago when women won the right to vote. But the underrepresentation of women in academic leadership roles continues: only 23 per cent of ...

swissstaffing - Verband der Personaldienstleister der Schweiz

Swiss Staffingindex - Coronavirus Summary 2020: Staff Leasing Sector Slumps 14.3%

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

How recruiters discriminate on employment websites

Bern (ots) - Researchers funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation conducted a large-scale study of discrimination on an online recruitment platform. The findings showed that, depending on the occupation, both men and women suffer from discrimination, and that discrimination against foreigners depends, among other things, on the time of day. Discrimination in hiring is a major societal problem. A new analysis of ...

Green

Green invests half a billion francs in the digital location Switzerland / Green is building its second data center campus, which will house three high-performance data centers and a business park

Switzerland - Zurich (ots) - With its IT infrastructure, Green helps to ensure that the economy is based on strong foundations and it serves as an important partner for international cloud providers. The company is now expanding its presence with a prominent statement: the Zurich Metro Campus - comprising three ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Goats enjoy mental gymnastics

Bern (ots) - A study funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation shows that goats like to earn a reward by 'working' for it, even if they can get the same reward without making any effort. This finding could benefit humane husbandry. Goats respond positively to challenges rather than just turning away. In a project funded jointly by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and the German Research Foundation (DFG), two breeding lines - dairy goats and dwarf goats - ...

Max Lehner AG

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Max Lehner AG (MAXOLEN) Switzerland and DEGAMA Srl (AUTOEQUIP LAVAGGI) Italia agree an exclusive partnership for the distribution and provision of washing systems in Switzerland.

Ricola Group AG

New model of corporate governance at Ricola

Laufen (ots) - Ricola separates the strategic and operational management of the company. As of January 2021, the members of the family owning the company will focus on their tasks in the Boards of Directors of Ricola Group Ltd. and the parent company Ricola Family Holding Ltd., leaving the operational management of the company to leaders from outside the family headed by CEO Thomas P. Meier. Eva Richterich, currently Head ...

Roche Diabetes Care

Roche teams up with Diabeloop to advance the management of insulin pump therapy

Basel (ots) - - The partnership will create new opportunities to lower the burden for people with diabetes in daily therapy management and to improve therapy outcomes(1). - By partnering with Diabeloop, Roche steps into the field of automated insulin delivery (AID) representing a milestone in Roche's strategy of integrated Personalised Diabetes Management (iPDM). Roche ...

Lodbrok Capital

Lodbrok Capital issues letter to Aryzta Board on AGM and decision on offer from Elliott Advisors (UK)

LONDON (ots) - Lodbrok Capital has today issued a letter to the Board of Aryzta in relation to binding offer from Elliott Advisors (UK) Limited ("Elliott") for the entire share capital of Aryzta at a price of 0.80 CHF per share. The letter makes clear our position that it would be highly inappropriate and grossly ...

Globalance Bank Ltd.

Globalance launches Globalance World - a digital, interactive globe for sustainable investments

Zurich (ots) - Globalance Bank, pioneer in sustainable investing is launching Globalance World, a world first in the form of a digital and interactive globe for sustainable investments. At www.globalanceworld.com, investors and other finance enthusiasts have free access to analyze and assess the future orientation and sustainability of currently over 6,000 listed ...

Women's Board Award

Isabelle Welton wins Women's Board Award 2020

Swiss Rockets AG

Swiss Rockets AG announces the founding of ROCKETVAX for the development of a next-generation SARS-CoV-2 vaccine

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

The 2021 SNSF Scientific Image Competition is underway

Bern (ots) - Share the beauty of your research! The Swiss National Science Foundation invites researchers to submit their photographs, images and videos to the SNSF Scientific Image Competition. This year, in addition to the official jury, the public will be able to choose their favourite works from among those submitted since 2017. The fifth edition of the SNSF Scientific Image Competition is now open. Once again this ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Listening or lip-reading? It's down to brainwaves

Bern (ots) - Researchers supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation have discovered that neural oscillations determine whether the brain chooses eyes or ears to interpret speech. To decipher what a person is telling us, we rely on what we hear as well as on what we see by observing lip movements and facial expressions. Until now, we did not know how the brain chooses between auditory and visual stimuli. But a ...

EMD - European Marketing Distribution

EMD: Eric Lemercier appointed director Business Development

EvoBiotiX

EvoBiotiX collaborates with Boehringer Ingelheim and the University of Salzburg on naturally derived Extracellular Vesicles (EVs)

Salzburg/Melide(CH) (ots) - Swiss Biotech EvoBiotiX SA today announced a multi-year collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim in the field of naturally derived EVs. A significant part of this program will fund research of the drug delivery potential of naturally derived EVs in the group of Prof. Meisner-Kober at the ...

iCapital Network

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iCapital Network® Leverages U.S. Success to Accelerate International Growth

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Protecting animals across the globe

Bern (ots) - This year, the Swiss National Science Foundation's Marie Heim-Vögtlin Prize has been awarded to researcher Charlotte Blattner, whose dissertation on animal rights shows how animals can be protected across national borders. Every year billions of male chicks are shredded worldwide. The chicks can neither be fattened for slaughter nor used any other way in the animal industry and therefore are considered ...

Tom Tailor GmbH

Fashion brand TOM TAILOR lays foundations for further enhancing its successful positioning in the casual lifestyle segment

Hamburg (ots) - - Tom Tailor GmbH (TOM TAILOR) retains its long-term strategic investor with extensive industry experience following its complete takeover by Fosun International Limited - Based on the milestones it has already achieved, TOM TAILOR will implement its development plan by taking specific strategic and ...

Debiopharm International SA

Belgian scale-up Oncomfort raises EUR10 million in Series A funding co-led by Debiopharm and Crédit Mutuel Innovation to further develop its Digital SedationTM through Virtual Reality

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

The Limitation Initiative is harmful to education, research and innovation

Bern (ots) - The Swiss universities and organisations that support the promotion of research and innovation are opposed to the popular initiative "For moderate immigration". The initiative jeopardises some of the basic parameters that favour Switzerland's role as a centre for science and enterprise. Adopting the initiative would halt the free movement of persons and ...

Swissmem

MEM industries: Massive drop in sales and new orders

Zurich (ots) - The repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic have led to a massive decline in the mechanical and electrical engineering industries (MEM industries). In the second quarter of 2020, new orders fell by 19.5% year-on-year, sales by 19.7%, and exports by 24.6%. Overall, the situation in the Swiss MEM industries presents a bleak picture at mid-year, though the impact on individual firms is varying considerably ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

28 new coronavirus research projects funded under NRP "COVID-19"

Bern (ots) - New research has been launched to better control COVID-19. 18.6 million francs have been invested in projects that will investigate innovative solutions and develop public health recommendations. Mandated by the Federal Council, the SNSF launched the National Research Programme "COVID-19" (NRP 78) on 30 April 2020 to advance our understanding of the ...

swissstaffing - Verband der Personaldienstleister der Schweiz

Swiss Staffingindex - Coronavirus slump of 22.8 percent, 20,000 short-time workers threatened with unemployment