Storys zum Thema Swiss

Green

Green welcomes IFM Investors to drive next phase of expansion / IFM Global Infrastructure Fund acquires Switzerland’s leading data center operator Green

swissstaffing - Verband der Personaldienstleister der Schweiz

Swiss Staffingindex: slowdown continues

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

How often red kites actually collide with wind turbines

PLAN-B NET ZERO

PLAN-B NET ZERO AG Successfully Completes CHF 4.5 Million Capital Raise

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Federal budget cuts: SNSF to adapt its research funding from 2026

Bern (ots) - The SNSF rejects the massive budget cuts planned by the Federal Council from 2027. At the same time, it is preparing itself. After close dialogue with all partners, it has decided to cut costs across several funding schemes. The SNSF supports research in Switzerland on behalf of and with funding from the Confederation. As part of relief package 27, the Federal Council is planning to reduce the SNSF's funding ...

Green

Green expands into Europe – further data centers planned / Swiss data center provider Green is continuing its growth trajectory: the first stage of the expansion is kicking off in Germany

VACUUMSCHMELZE GmbH & Co. KG

VAC and Torngat Metals Announce Strategic Partnership to Strengthen Rare Earth Supply Chain

Hanau/Berlin (ots) - VACUUMSCHMELZE (VAC), a global leader in the production of rare earth permanent magnets and Torngat Metals, a Quebec-based rare earths development company, have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to pursue an offtake agreement for Torngat Metals to supply VAC with long-term security of fully traceable and responsibly produced ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Getting a grip on pointless antibiotics prescriptions

Bern (ots) - Patients often push their doctors to prescribe antibiotics unnecessarily, increasing bacterial resistance. More trust in patients could help here. This is the surprising outcome of a study supported by the SNSF. Five million people die each year from bacterial infections because the pathogens are resistant to anti-biotics. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), this figure will double by 2050. ...

swissstaffing - Verband der Personaldienstleister der Schweiz

Swiss Staffingindex: staffing service providers see drop for third year in a row

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

More and more children are allergic to cashew nuts

Bern (ots) - Nuts account for around a quarter of all food allergies. Recently, cashew nuts have been causing a particularly high number of severe reactions in children. This is probably because of increased consumption. Whether as a savoury snack or disguised in gluten-free flour and vegan milk, cashew nuts, which originally come from Brazil, are very much in demand. They are rich in protein but contain less fat and ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Tackling antibiotic resistance by capturing bacteria

Bern (ots) - Rapidly identifying certain bacteria allows antibiotic treatments to be optimised. A team from the University of Zurich, supported by the SNSF, has developed molecules to detect and capture certain species. The discovery of antibiotics revolutionised medicine in the 20th century, saving countless lives. However, the emergence of resistant bacteria has quickly become a new challenge. One key factor in tackling ...

Green

Innovation from Switzerland: New pump drive developed by Green’s Andrea Luigi Campomilla providing more efficiency in data center cooling

SERV Schweizerische Exportrisikoversicherung

International comparison of Swiss Export Risk Insurance SERV: efficient but operating within a tight legal framework

Zurich (ots) - Swiss Export Risk Insurance SERV had an international benchmarking study carried out. A total of 18 different public export credit agencies (ECAs) were compared on the basis of 20 indicators relating to a range of key areas. SERV scored very highly in the study overall. However, SERV operates within a ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

What if we had a third arm?

Bern (ots) - According to a recent study, the brain can adapt to an artificial third arm and use it for simple tasks. This keeps alive the dream of precision mechanics and surgeons deftly using a third arm sometime in the future. About 20 study participants are learning to use an artificial arm in a laboratory setting. The rudimentary limb, equipped with a clamp at its end, is fixed to a table next to the participants who, while seated, control it using a belt placed on the ...

Eidgenössisches Nuklearsicherheitsinspektorat ENSI

Federal Council approves ENSI Board's 2024 activity and business report

Brugg (ots) - The ENSI Board has assessed ENSI's regulatory activities in relation to Switzerland's nuclear installations as responsible, appropriate and of high quality. Strategic oversight of ENSI As ENSI's strategic and internal supervisory body, the ENSI Board sets the authority's long-term goals in a service mandate issued every four years. These goals are ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

She is reprogramming cells to cure diabetes

Grünenthal Group

Grünenthal announces acquisition of the rights to Cialis® from Lilly in Mexico, Brazil & Colombia

Aachen, Germany (ots) - - Grünenthal announces that it agreed to acquire the commercial rights to Cialis® from Eli Lilly and Company in Mexico, Brazil and Colombia, further strengthening Grünenthal's footprint in Latin America. - As part of the acquisition, Grünenthal will transfer the manufacturing of Cialis® to its production site in Chile. - Since 2017, ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Why slower-sinking microorganisms are bad news for the climate

Bern (ots) - Organic particles that settle on the seabed ensure CO2 stays locked. However, natural gel-like substances slow down this process. Such microscale mechanisms play a crucial role in enhancing climate predictions. Divers are familiar with marine snow, tiny particles of dead algae and other microorganisms that slowly sink to the bottom of the ocean. In total, the enormous accumulation of organic particles ...

Astrasana Holding AG

Astrasana Group receives Swissmedic license for the cultivation of medical cannabis

Zurich (ots) - The Astrasana Group is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Astrasana Pharma AG, has been granted the official cultivation license for medical cannabis by Swissmedic. This authorization permits the controlled cultivation of cannabis plants with a THC content above 1% and marks an important milestone in the expansion of the Group's pharmaceutical ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

New SNSF co-directors: bolstering research, shaping change, securing the future

Eidgenössisches Nuklearsicherheitsinspektorat ENSI

ENSI Publishes its 2024 Research and Experience Report: New Findings for Long-Term Operation

Brugg (ots) - ENSI's research projects generate important background principles for oversight, strengthen independent expertise and enable findings that would not be attainable without international cooperation. The 2024 Research and Experience Report is focused on research into earthquake risks, fire propagation in reactors and the health effects of ionising ...

Ricola Group AG

Ricola delivers solid results in a challenging market environment

Laufen (ots) - 2024 was a year of consolidation and transition for Ricola, including theacquisition of a production facility in Lenzburg. The generational handover on the Board of Directors was concluded at the Annual General Meeting on 14 May 2025. After two very successful years in 2022 and 2023, Swiss family company Ricola achieved moderate organic growth in 2024 in a challenging market environment. The US market grew ...

SIFEM AG

SIFEM publishes its 2024 Business & Financial Report - a record investment year under a new legal mandate

swissstaffing - Verband der Personaldienstleister der Schweiz

Swiss Staffingindex: a Sobering Start to the Year for Staffing Service Providers