Storys zum Thema Swiss

swissstaffing - Verband der Personaldienstleister der Schweiz

Swiss Staffingindex: Labor shortage impacts staffing service providers

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Are your backup data secure?

Bern (ots) - The new backup protocol for Whatsapp messages was subjected to a comprehensive security analysis by a research team. One identified weakness can be resolved with a strong password. Every day, people around the world exchange billions of messages using the Whatsapp messaging service. End-to-end encryption is used to ensure they are secure. However, until recently the automatic backups of chats did not enjoy the same level of security, as the personal key to the ...

Anapaya Systems AG

K-Businesscom AG Switzerland announces strategic partnership with Anapaya amidst ongoing expansion

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

The insatiable virus hunter

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

The news? - too complicated...

Bern (ots) - People are sometimes reluctant to read a newspaper or follow the news on TV. Why should that be? Although negativity is often cited as a reason for avoidance, it's not the only reason - according to a researcher from Fribourg. Many people deliberately avoid anything to do with current affairs. According to a recent survey by Reuters, 40 per cent of Americans prefer not to read a newspaper or watch the news on a screen. The anxiety caused by current affairs is ...

Swissmem

Securing the bilateral approach: Swissmem welcomes the Federal Council's decision

Zurich (ots) - The approval today of the main points of a negotiating position with the EU is a key stage in securing the bilateral approach. The progress made in the exploratory discussions now needs to be utilized quickly - with a negotiating position by the end of the year and an agreement by summer 2024. With regard to wage protection, a negotiated solution is ...

Ballenberg - Freilichtmuseum der Schweiz

Swiss Open-Air Museum posts a positive result

Astrasana Holding AG

Astrasana and Clever Leaves Partner to Establish International Supply Agreement For Medical Cannabis Extracts in Czech Republic and Switzerland

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

The age of blood stains says more about the crime

Bern (ots) - The composition of blood stains changes over the course of weeks and months. Forensic medicine hopes to make use of this fact in future to convict suspects - or to prove their innocence. The blood-stained paper lay on the roof terrace for almost a year, protected from the rain but otherwise exposed to the elements. Fortunately it wasn't evidence of a violent crime; no, the drops of blood were part of a ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Mosquitoes prefer cooler temperatures

Bern (ots) - Mosquitoes have thermal preferences. This is an important parameter to better predict outbreaks of diseases transmitted by these insects. "If they have a choice, when it's hot, mosquitoes hide in a cool place to rest," says Niels Verhulst, author of a study recently published in the journal Thermal Biology (*). The entomologist from the University of Zurich summarises the results of the experiment he ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

1,500 new research projects and 400 fellowships abroad in anniversary year

Bern (ots) - In 2022, the SNSF approved 910 million francs for its regular funding schemes. We awarded a further 173 million for the Horizon Europe transitional measures. Coronavirus research generated a wealth of knowledge. On 1 August 2022, the SNSF celebrated its 70th anniversary. Founded in 1952 out of concern that Swiss research might sink into mediocrity after ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Transition to a sustainable economy: policy recommendations

Bern (ots) - How can economic progress be aligned with social and environmental responsibility? In closing, the National Research Programme "Sustainable Economy" (NRP 73) presents recommendations in this regard. To mark its conclusion, the National Research Programme "Sustainable Economy: resource-efficient, future-oriented, innovative" (NRP 73) is presenting a white paper with recommendations to policymakers for the ...

Swissmem

Technology industry: subdued outlook for 2023

Zurich (ots) - The business situation in the Swiss technology industry (mechanical and electrical engineering industries and related technology sectors) is currently still good. Both sales (+4.9%) and exports (+2.8%) rose in the first quarter of 2023 compared with the previous year. However, the decline in new orders in the first quarter (-4.8%) and the low worldwide Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) indicate considerably ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

The Covid-19 pandemic is preparing us for future crises

Bern (ots) - The SNSF Corona Research Conference shows how the Covid-19 pandemic has enabled us to accumulate knowledge that will be useful in dealing with future crises. "If we ever have to deal with a new pandemic in future we will not be starting from scratch, as was the case when we were confronted with the coronavirus." These are the words of scientist Barbara Rath. As an active participant in the Vienna Vaccine ...

Credaris AG

Credaris to acquire Crédits Conseils and expand its position as the leading Swiss credit broker

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Woodland versus wind turbine

Bern (ots) - Special permission is required to clear forest in Switzerland. Until now, the system has worked well. However, plans to increase wind and solar electricity generation could increase conflicts. Around 185 hectares of forest - equivalent to 260 football pitches - are cleared in Switzerland each year. This is not due to felling or storm damage, but to create space for roads, mobile phone masts, drinking water catchment installations, gravel pits and other ...

swissstaffing - Verband der Personaldienstleister der Schweiz

Swiss Staffingindex: Economy and labor shortage having negative impact on temporary staffing via staffing service providers

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Photographs reveal the hidden beauty of research

Bern (ots) - Nineteen works particularly impressed the international jury of the 2023 SNSF Scientific Image Competition. They reveal hidden beauty in research, tell tales of happy coincidences and explore new perspectives on the world around us. The transparent belly of a frog, the caring gesture of a veterinarian, a colony of bees residing on an electronic circuit, and mesmerising vortices: the selection by the jury of ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Our movements predict our electricity needs

Bern (ots) - Artificial intelligence can predict electricity grid loads from road and rail usage data. To satisfy demand and manage consumption peaks, electricity suppliers have to be able to predict grid loads. A team of scientists from Zurich University of Applied Sciences funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) has developed an artificial intelligence system capable of accurately anticipating grid loads ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

If paradise were made of concrete

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Traffic noise - the enemy of our brains

SERV Schweizerische Exportrisikoversicherung

Swiss Export Risk Insurance SERV creates and preserves jobs in Switzerland

Zurich (ots) - Swiss Export Risk Insurance SERV conducted a study on the export and employment effects it generates with Offenburg University's Institute for Trade and Innovation (IfTI). The analysis shows that SERV compensates for exporting and financing risks on a large scale, thus creating and preserving up to 21,000 jobs in Switzerland. SERV also makes additional ...

Makerverse

MakerVerse Secures 9.4 Million Euro Series A Funding to Expand On-Demand Manufacturing

Berlin (ots) - The funding will grow the company's AI-powered platform, helping companies build resilient supply chains. With manufacturers seeking an easier way to source industrial-quality parts, MakerVerse raised EUR9.4 million in series A funding to meet that need. MakerVerse will scale its AI-powered on-demand manufacturing platform for even faster growth. 9.5 ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Mummies provide the key to reconstruct the climate of the ancient Mediterranean

Bern (ots) - Swiss scientists are reconstructing the climate of the ancient world using small wooden artefacts hung on mummified remains. Throughout history, the earth's climate has undergone natural fluctuations. Although insignificant compared with the current crisis, these fluctuations would nevertheless have been enough to make and unmake empires. According to ...