Storys zum Thema Swiss

Cornèr Banca SA

Solid growth for Cornèr Group

Lugano (ots) - Faced with an uncertain geopolitical and economic situation, Cornèr Group's prudent policy and long-held pragmatic approach have once again proven to be winning qualities. Cornèr Group's 72nd financial year closed with revenues reaching CHF 506 million (+16 %) and a net profit of CHF 74.9 million (+41 %). This result allows the Group to further strengthen its capital solidity with its capital ...

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 ...

swissstaffing - Verband der Personaldienstleister der Schweiz

Swiss Staffingindex: a mixed year for staff leasing companies

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Robot swings its way to unexplored treetops

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

An architect of nano power plants

Kickfund AG

Launch of Kickfund to boost the Swiss Deep Tech Startup Ecosystem

Acousia Therapeutics GmbH

Acousia Therapeutics attracts new investor on its path to make hearing loss a treatable disease

Tübingen (ots) - - German pioneer biotech accelerates hearing loss solution development with fresh capital boost Acousia Therapeutics GmbH, a clinical-stage biotech company developing drug candidates against acute and chronic forms of hearing loss, proudly announces Esperante Ventures as the latest addition to its esteemed group of investors. The infusion of fresh ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Torsten Schwede appointed as new President of the SNSF Research Council from 2025

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Fishing for DNA to measure biodiversity

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Observing apes to get a better understanding of humans

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

How robots make people hear voices

Bern (ots) - Researchers have developed a method for triggering auditory hallucinations in healthy people. They are investigating the causes of a phenomenon that can be a huge burden for people with psychiatric illnesses. Studies indicate that five to ten per cent of all people sometimes hear voices - those of dead relatives or higher beings, for example - without having any kind of illness. In other words, the phenomenon is not restricted to people with psychiatric ...

Grünenthal Group

BehaVR and Fern Health Merge To Form RealizedCare, Launch Digital Care Management Platform to Unlock the Value of Digital Therapeutics

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aachen, Germany (ots) - The merger will accelerate a new digitally-powered care management solution for chronic pain and beyond; Pharmaceutical company Grünenthal becomes the largest investor in the combined enterprise BehaVR, a pioneering force in digital therapeutics (DTx) experiences, and Fern ...

SIFEM AG

Government-owned SIFEM reports on its economic, social, and environmental impact achievements in developing countries/ SIFEM'S 2023 IMPACT REPORT

Geneva (ots) - In 2022, the Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets (SIFEM) created important economic, social, and environmental impacts in developing countries. Over 600 companies in SIFEM's investment portfolio supported more than 483,000 jobs, increased their financing for microentrepreneurs by 7% and for ...

swissstaffing - Verband der Personaldienstleister der Schweiz

Press Release by the Social Partners of the CBA on Staff Leasing / Higher Minimum Wage for Temporary Workers: The Biggest Collective Bargaining Agreement in Switzerland Has Been Renewed for Four Years

Bern/Dübendorf (ots) - After some intensive negotiations, the social partners have agreed on a new collective bargaining agreement on staff leasing for the next four years. It brings with it a higher minimum wage (+3.2% in 2024) with automatic ...

Swissmem

The industrial recession has reached the technology industry

Zurich (ots) - The downturn in the Swiss technology industry (mechanical and electrical engineering and related technology sectors) that began in the first half of 2023 has intensified in the third quarter of the year. Compared to the same quarter of the previous year, new orders fell by 10.5%, goods exports by 5.5% and sales by 1.5% in the third quarter of 2023. The sometimes very low figures for the global Purchasing ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

New SNSF Foundation Council from 2024

Bern (ots) - The new SNSF Foundation Council has been elected. Smaller in size, it brings together leading figures from science, business and government, and will take up its duties at the beginning of 2024. The SNSF is a foundation under private law with a funding mandate under public law. As the senior governing body, the Foundation Council is responsible for ensuring that the foundation stays on mission and for ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Covid-19: Research findings form the basis for scientific communication with public authorities

Bern (ots) - Insights into Covid-19, recommendations for health authorities and vaccines: the findings and synthesis report for the Swiss National Science Foundation's National Research Programme "Covid-19" (NRP 78) were presented today. The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) launched the National Research ...

Getir Germany GmbH

Getir, the world's first ultrafast grocery delivery company, acquires FreshDirect / Deal is expected to close within this month

swissstaffing - Verband der Personaldienstleister der Schweiz

Swiss Staffingindex: staff leasing market down just under 8 percent

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Phosphorous - too much in lakes, too little in the soil

Bern (ots) - Over-fertilised waterways, impoverished soils: the use of phosphorous in agriculture is creating a dilemma, and it all began thousands of years ago. This has been verified by an analysis funded by the SNSF. It is well known that phosphorous from agricultural fertilisation and wastewater is harmful to lakes. But the entry of phosphorous into water is also contributing to the scarcity of this substance, which ...

Anapaya Systems AG

Anapaya Systems Secures 2 million USD from Mysten Labs to Establish a SCION-based Web3 Communication Infrastructure

AvS - International Trusted Advisors GmbH

High-profile new addition to AvS Advisors – Cornelia Sengpiel advises family enterprises and privately-held businesses on their development into sustainable, future-proof organizations

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

On a quest for new particles

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Agency photos aestheticise dying