Zurich (ots) - The world seems to be at a turning point - and not just because of the war in Ukraine. Systemic competition between the United States and China is also intensifying. What can Switzerland do if relations between the West and China cool further? A new Avenir Suisse study entitled "Navigieren in ...
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Bern (ots) - In the common eye disease retinitis pigmentosa, the rods and cones of the retina slowly die. Single cell analysis provides insights into the onset of this process. First night blindness and tunnel vision, then the loss of contrast and colour and, in the worst case, total blindness: this is the typical course of retinitis pigmentosa, a hereditary disease of ...
Wuppertal (ots) - With record sales of 3.4 billion euros, the Vorwerk Group continued its growth course in 2021. After the positive effects from the implementation of Strategy 2025 and the performance of the Vorwerk direct sales system were already reflected in an extraordinarily successful annual result in 2020, the Wuppertal-based family-owned company was able to ...
Zurich (ots) - The Swiss mechanical and electrical engineering industries (MEM industries) are in good shape. In the first quarter of 2022, new orders rose by 11.9% year-on-year, sales by 12.8%, and goods exports by 9.2%. The earnings situation, which had been difficult in the last few years, also eased somewhat. Key indicators suggest further growth. However, rising ...
Berlin/Lausanne/Barcelona/Munich (ots) - New investors with a successful track record in digital oncology support German Digital Therapeutics (DTx) company Fosanis to broaden patient access of Mika - an app-based DTx platform empowering people affected by cancer. Berlin-based digital health company Fosanis, the ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
Bern (ots) - The Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets (SIFEM) made its first investment in Nepal, a focus country of Switzerland's development cooperation.SIFEM supports NMB Bank Limited with a loan of USD 12 million that will be used for lending to local businesses.This investment will give micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) access to finance and will ...