Storys aus Bern

Zentrum Paul Klee

Fokus. Architecture with Klee

SRG SSR

Eurovision Song Contest 2025: Executive producers named

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Back pain sufferers need patience more than anything else

Bern (ots) - Temporary complaint or chronic affliction: a research team funded by the SNSF has identified typical trajectories for back pain. Psychosocial factors play a smaller role than expected. Back pain is a widespread condition: at least once in their lives, almost 85% of people will experience pain in the area of the lumbar spine, in other words between the bottom rib and the tailbone. Treating this correctly is ...

SRG SSR

Eurovision Song Contest 2025: now it's up to the cities

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Research funders from around the world meet in Interlaken

Bern (ots) - The Global Research Council in Switzerland! The conference was hosted by the SNSF together with its partner organisation FONSTI from Ivory Coast. The main topic of this year's conference was sustainability in research. The annual conference of the Global Research Council (GRC) at the end of May in Interlaken brought together 60 research funders from 53 countries. The institutions that participate regularly in ...

SWISSAID

More than a tonne of gold leaves the African continent every day undeclared

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

The master of smart computer games

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

NRP "Welfare and Coercion" identifies areas for improvement in Swiss social policy

SRG SSR

Nemo wins the "Eurovision Song Contest" 2024

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Compassion doesn't help all couples

Bern (ots) - More compassion = a better relationship. This is an obvious rule of thumb for couples. But it doesn't apply to everyone, as a study shows. Some people prefer to do without it. Whether irrevocably estranged or merely bored with the daily routine: "Couples counselling can improve communication and the quality of the relationship. And it has a positive effect on mental health", says Andrew Gloster, Professor of ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Breath analysis to monitor health status in intensive care

SIFEM AG

SIFEM reaches milestone: active investment commitments surpasses USD 1 billion

Bern (ots) - For the first time in its history, SIFEM's active investment commitments surpassed USD 1 billion at the end of 2023. In 2023, SIFEM added a total of USD 143.8 million to 10 new investments and closed the year with a positive operating result of CHF 13.1 million. Thanks to growing commitments, SIFEM is effectively pursuing the development goals set by the ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

In 2023: 1800 innovative projects and major impetus for Switzerland as a research location

Bern (ots) - From nitrogen pollution to bullying in schools: in 2023, the SNSF invested 961 million francs in its regular research funding. It approved a further 235 million francs for the Horizon Europe transitional measures. Excess nitrogen pollutes water and the air. To what extent can nitrogen emissions from agricultural land be reduced by an indigenous plant, ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

She deciphers how tomato roots communicate

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Myriad visions of research

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Essential investments in education, research and innovation

Bern (ots) - The Federal Council draft of the Dispatch on the promotion of education, research and innovation (ERI Dispatch) for the period 2025-2028 is strongly influenced by concerns about the overall state of government finances. Thus there will be fewer financial resources available to the ERI sector in 2025 than in the previous year. As a consequence, there is a risk that the level of services will be cut back and ...

Swissmint

Latest special coin to be issued: The Schilthorn cable car silver coin is the third in a three-part series on Swiss cable cars

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Ten years of research deliver sustainable solutions across the world

Bern (ots) - The r4d programme of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and the Swiss National Science Foundation is ending. It funded 57 research partnerships between Switzerland and countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Research can help solve global economic, environmental and societal problems. With this aim in mind, the Swiss Programme for ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

A breath of fresh air for vertical wind turbines

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Preventive drone attacks based on digital traces are a grey area under international law

Bern (ots) - Identifying terrorists by analysing their online activities is an approach that is sometimes at odds with international law, especially if the outcome is death. A study has documented this problematic legal and ethical issue. These days, virtually everyone leaves footprints in the digital world. Terrorists are no exception. Intelligence agencies realised ...

Berner Fachhochschule (BFH)

Media Release: International doctoral network for digital finance launched

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

She observes children's digital habits - and doesn't demonise smartphones

Zentrum Paul Klee

Exhibition: Sarah Morris. All Systems Fail (29.3.–4.8.2024)

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Wie Fadenwürmer altern - und was das für die Menschen bedeuten könnte

Bern (ots) - Ein Protein reduziert die Lebenserwartung von Fadenwürmern. Diese Entdeckung wirft die Frage auf, ob es beim Menschen ebenfalls den Alterungsprozess mitbewirkt. Selbst von den am besten erforschten Genen und Proteinen kennt man noch längst nicht alle Geheimnisse. Wie das Schweizer Taschenmesser haben sie zahlreiche, teilweise unbekannte Funktionen. Mit ...

Polaroid Therapuetics

Polaroid Therapeutics completes pre-clinical milestones in the development of superior antimicrobial technology for acute and chronic wounds

Bern, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - - Its proprietary innovative polymer technology reduces bacterial bioburden without triggering antimicrobial resistance, one of the top global public health threats - The Advanced Wound Dressing (AWD) market is valued at 4.5 billion USD and is witnessing increasing demand and ...

Zentrum Paul Klee

Exhibition: Tracey Rose. Shooting Down Babylon (23.2.–11.8.2024)

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Robot swings its way to unexplored treetops

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

An architect of nano power plants

Zentrum Paul Klee

Exhibition: Hamed Abdalla (1917–1985)

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