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swissstaffing - Verband der Personaldienstleister der Schweiz

Flexwork: more and more highly qualified workers are in temporary work

Anapaya Systems AG

Anapaya partners with Extreme Networks to deliver the first SCiON-enabled switches for the Swiss Finance Industry

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Innovative research into new vaccines

Bern (ots) - Projects taking part in the National Research Programme "Covid-19" (NRP 78) of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) are pursuing highly promising approaches in a drive to develop new vaccines. Three research groups have adopted interesting approaches to the highly topical issue of vaccines. The team led by Steve Pascolo is investigating ways of improving functionality and stability of mRNA vaccines, ...

Swissmem

MEM industries: strong demand but greater uncertainty

Zürich (ots) - The vast majority of companies in the Swiss mechanical and electrical engineering industries (MEM industries) were able to benefit from the strong recovery of the global economy in the first nine months of the year. New orders rose by 30.6% year-on-year, sales by 10.5%, and exports by 14.9%. Companies in the MEM industries generally remain positive regarding the outlook for the next 12 months. However, ...

Debiopharm International SA

Swiss-based Debiopharm co-invests in the future of cell therapies on a chip through the latest $25 million Series A round for Mekonos

Lausanne, Switzerland - San Francisco (ots) - Funding to accelerate the development of Mekonos’ System on a Chip (SoC), expand commercial partnerships Debiopharm (www.debiopharm.com), a Swiss biopharmaceutical company, announced today having invested $4M inMekonos, a biotech company building the future of cell ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Heterosexual norms impact same-sex couples

Bern (ots) - Society stigmatises homosexuals. Individuals who internalise this stigma are more critical of their partners when under stress, according to a study funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. Couples handle stressful episodes better when partners support and listen to each other. Homosexual couples are no exception. But in contrast to other couples, homosexuals also face the enduring stigma of ...

swissstaffing - Verband der Personaldienstleister der Schweiz

Swiss Staffingindex: Continued growth for the staff leasing sector points to strong recovery in the coming winter months

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

The ethical dilemma of forensic therapy

Bern (ots) - Therapy and reporting to the judiciary - psychiatric professionals in prison have a conflict of loyalties. How do they deal with it? The treatment of people for whom a therapeutic measure has been ordered by the court creates a conflict of loyalties for medical professionals. A study(*) supported by the SNSF reveals how they deal with this in practice. Approximately one thousand people in Switzerland are ...

Roche Diabetes Care

Roche and the Zur Rose Group announce collaboration to offer innovative health journeys for people living with diabetes

Basel (ots) - - Roche, a world leader in integrated Personalised Diabetes Management, and the Zur Rose Group, provider of a European digital healthcare ecosystem, announce their collaboration to improve everyday therapy management and better address the needs of 60 million people living with diabetes in Europe [1] - ...

Universum Communications Switzerland AG

Swiss professionals seek out Swiss companies, even during the so-called Great Resignation

Zürich (ots) - Universum's 2021 Swiss professional survey shows that Swiss employers are making strong gains to attract talent. Universum officially released the 2021 results of their annual professional talent survey, which surveys nearly 6,000 Swiss professionals with Bachelor, Master or PhD degrees. The responses this year point to important shifts in work ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Women's session in parliament: SNSF supports motion

Bern (ots) - At the women's session, taking place this week in Bern, research funding will be a topic of debate. A motion proposes to link third-party research funding to gender equality standards. Women are still significantly underrepresented in research: the share of women professors is currently 24 per cent; in research projects funded by the SNSF, women hold a 39 per cent share, spread across different career stages. ...

CDP Cassa Depositi e Prestiti

1 tn in 'green' plans from public banks - CDP / Finance in Common Summit ends with sustainability pledge

Rome (ots) - The Finance in Common Summit (FICS), hosted this year in Rome by Italian public investment bank Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP), in partnership with the UN's International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), ended with the encouraging prospect of an ever 'greener' future for our planet, grappling ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

SNSF opposes initiative to ban animal and human experimentation

Bern, 14.10.2021 (ots) - The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) strives consistently and continuously to improve the quality of research. A ban on animal and human experiments would massively restrict the opportunity to gain knowledge and adversely affect Switzerland as a research hub. On 13 February 2022, the Swiss electorate will vote on the initiative to ban animal and human experiments. Acceptance of the ...

EW Nutrition GmbH

Harvest to bring significant quality challenges for feed, says EW Nutrition

VISBEK, GERMANY (ots) - Bad news for feed producers: after supply chain disruptions and raw material unavailability, now weather-related challenges in Europe will most likely affect this year’s crop quantity and quality. Cold temperatures, heatwaves, tornados, and hailstorms are expected to adversely affect the quality and quantity of the harvest. The moisture ...

Anapaya Systems AG

Anapaya Strengthens Board of Directors with International Industry Leaders

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Cancerous tumours: how likely are they to metastasise?

Bern (ots) - A very aggressive type of cancer has provided a team of researchers supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation with an answer to the question of which tumour cells are at risk of spreading. Cancer treatment is sometimes complicated by the heterogeneity of the cells that form the tumour mass. The problem is how to identify the few cells that are capable of triggering metastases. Thanks to work carried ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Clinical research: patients and the public have their say

Bern (ots) - The Swiss National Science Foundation has been funding clinical studies on under-researched topics in medicine since 2016. In a first, it successfully involved representatives of patients and the public in evaluating applications. The aim of the SNSF's Investigator Initiated Clinical Trials (IICT) programme is to answer medical questions that are important to society but not a priority for industry. This ...

AWK Group AG

Consulting firms AWK Group and Ginkgo Management Consulting grow to 800 advisors and strengthen footprint in Europe and Asia through merger with Quint Group

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

The complex organisation of an ant colony

Bern (ots) - A study on predatory ants, supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation, explains how small differences between individuals can change the collective organisation of the colony. The colonies of social insects are complex systems that are entirely self-organised. Scientists who looked at the demographic, genetic and morphological structure of ant colonies were able to show how this self-organisation ...

Anapaya Systems AG

Anapaya closes 6.8M CHF financing round with lead investor SIX Fintech Ventures

nccr - on the move

Foreign Residents in Switzerland Report Satisfaction with the Country of Their Choice

Hostpoint AG

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Hostpoint celebrates its 20th anniversary and looks back on a successful history

Loterie Romande

224.7 million francs to support social action, sport and culture

Lausanne (ots) - For over a year now, many associations and bodies involved in the areas of social welfare, sport and culture have been battling to deal with repercussions from the public-health crisis. In response to this challenging predicament, Loterie Romande is delighted to announce it will be distributing CHF 224.7 million for public-interest projects, on a par with the figure for the previous year, even though ...

Swissmem

MEM industries: new orders above pre-crisis level

Zurich (ots) - Figures for the first quarter of 2021 released by the Swiss mechanical and electrical engineering industries (MEM industries) show a significant easing: new orders rose by +4.8% compared to the same period last year. Exports were also up, increasing by +3.3%. The key indicators suggest that most of the past year's pandemic-related declines will have been made up by the end of 2021. Margins in the MEM sector ...

swissstaffing - Verband der Personaldienstleister der Schweiz

More Than Equivalent: New Analysis of Wages and Overtime in Temporary Work

SIFEM AG

SIFEM played its counter-cyclical role in 2020 - and Dr Dominique Biedermann elected as new SIFEM Board member

Bern (ots) - In 2020, the Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets (SIFEM) committed a total of USD 85.6 million to ten new investments and concluded the year with a negative operating result of CHF -28.6 million, amid the global COVID-19 crisis. More than ever, SIFEM has been able to play its counter-cyclical ...

Ricola Group AG

Ricola resists the Corona crisis and achieves a solid result in 2020

Laufen (ots) - Ricola realized a satisfactory overall result in 2020, despite the worldwide Corona pandemic and the associated restrictions. The company further expanded its position in various markets and achieved good progress in the promising areas of sustainability and innovation. After a dynamic start to 2020 with high sales in the first quarter, the global impact ...

Bullfinch AG

Bullfinch AG and Aquila Capital launch Joint Investment Vehicle for energy-efficient assets

swissstaffing - Verband der Personaldienstleister der Schweiz

Swiss Staffingindex - Second lockdown causes strain, but optimism for the summer

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Intriguing scientific insights

Bern (ots) - The winners of the 2021 SNSF Scientific Image Competition offer a fresh look at cutting-edge research, from COVID-19 to the study of volcanoes, from churches to alpine geography. The public have also chosen their favourites among the images submitted over the last five years. The works singled out by the jury of the 2021 SNSF Scientific Image Competition show both the variety of top-flight research being conducted in Switzerland and its aesthetic aspects, from ...