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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 ...

philoro SCHWEIZ AG

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Swiss gold trader launches Crypto Vreneli / New Vreneli coin defines a new class of investment by fusing physical and digital value

Debiopharm International SA

DEBIOPHARM ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF THE PHASE 1/2 GaLuCiTM STUDY FOR ITS CA IX-TARGETED RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL PROGRAM

Lausanne, Switzerland (ots) - - Debiopharm is developing personalized radiotherapy through a theranostic approach, combining diagnostic imaging (Debio 0328 a gallium-labelled imaging tool) and therapeutic components (Debio 0228, a lutetium-labelled radioligand), thus allowing the pre-identification and treatment of ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Analysing how we work

Swiss ICT Investor Club (SICTIC)

Successful Swiss technology startups: SICTIC again facilitates more than 100 financing rounds

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

The journey to school is an important time for children

Bern (ots) - Going to school with friends is a precious time that offers numerous opportunities to learn and also unwind, according to children who were asked for their thoughts on this subject. Parents who do not accompany their children to school sometimes worry what could happen on the way. Children see things very differently: for them, the journey to school is a time of independence and socialisation that contributes ...

Debiopharm International SA

Iktos raises € 15.5m Series A round to expand its artificial intelligence-based drug discovery technologies and solutions

Paris, France and Lausanne Switzerland (ots) - ● The round is co-led by M Ventures and Debiopharm Innovation Fund with Omnes Capital; all joining as new investors ● Series A will enable Iktos to expand its AI technology platform and launch Iktos Robotics; an AI-driven automated end-to-end drug discovery service ...

Cornèr Banca SA

Good Results for the Cornèr Group

Lugano (ots) - Following a highly turbulent year, which saw the outbreak of the war in Ukraine and abrupt interest rate rises by the main central banks around the world, the Cornèr Group has now posted good results in its 71st Annual Report. Revenues increased to CHF 436 million, whilst the net profit rose to CHF 53.2 million, representing a strong increase compared to the previous year (CHF 22.7 million). ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Big data, big challenges

Bern (ots) - If handled responsibly, big data enables many useful applications: the National Research Programme "Big Data" (NRP 75) of the Swiss National Science Foundation investigated the opportunities and the challenges. The use of big data can improve our everyday lives: medical care, mobility and energy efficiency, or the supply of information. At the same time, the increasing use of big data poses a challenge - in terms of safeguarding democratic processes, equal ...

Swiss Fibre Net AG

Competition authority once again confirms important aspects of the SFN shunting model

Berne (ots) - In its response to an additional request for advice published today, the Secretariat of the Competition Commission (COMCO) once again confirmed important aspects of the competitive suitability of the SFN shunting model: The SFN shunting model does not violate the precautionary measures even if only one partner (e.g. SFN) is building a fiber optic network ...

Swissmem

Technology industry: better than feared and cautiously optimistic

Zürich (ots) - The performance of the Swiss technology industry (mechanical and electrical engineering and related technology sectors) has improved in the past year. Compared with 2021, sales were up by 9.4%, exports by 5.6%, and new orders received by 2.4%. This partially offset the slump in orders experienced in the third quarter of 2022. For the current year, businesses' expectations are cautiously optimistic. Having ...

IPZ

Innovation Park Zurich / Development company IPZ Property Ltd's shareholder base receives boost / The Angst+Pfister Group is acquiring substantial share

Zurich (ots) - Following the successful completion of the political process, the Innovation Park Zurich is registering another import step in its development - the Angst+Pfister Group, which operates internationally, is coming on board as a major investor in the generation project. This process is now well under way ...

Swissmem

New Swissmem Executive Board members: Adam Gontarz from April 2023 and Noé Blancpain from 2024

Zürich (ots) - Adam Gontarz and Noé Blancpain will be joining Swissmem's Executive Board from 1 April 2023 and 1 January 2024 respectively. Adam Gontarz has been Swissmem's Head of Industry Sectors & Technology since 2014. From 1 April 2023, he will be taking over the Digitalization & Innovation division and at the same time joining the Executive Board. Noé ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Brain scans of people with MS help us understand the effects of Covid

Bern (ots) - People affected by multiple sclerosis need to undergo regular MRI brain scans. The images are now being used to visualise the effects of a coronavirus infection. Brain fog, memory problems, loss of the sense of smell - Covid-19 affects the brain in a number of ways, yet the mechanisms behind this remain largely unknown. This is because disease-related changes in our brains are almost impossible to detect if ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

A quiet crisis manager

Sedus Stoll AG

Excellent development: Sedus Stoll AG on course for further growth

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Avoiding burnout of white blood cells

swissstaffing - Verband der Personaldienstleister der Schweiz

Swiss Staffingindex 2022 in review: comfortable increase, significant slowdown, unexpected final spurt

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Novel approaches to health care

Green Datacenter AG

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Green launches the most energy-efficient high-performance data center / The first of three data centers at the Dielsdorf site is live

Debiopharm International SA

DEBIOPHARM APPLIES EXTENDED-RELEASE FORMULATION EXPERTISE TO REDUCE TREATMENT FREQUENCY BURDEN FOR ACROMEGALY & GEP-NET PATIENTS

Lausanne, Switzerland (ots) - - Acromegaly and gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs) are rare diseases that require life-long chronic treatment. Monthly somatostatin analog (SSA) injections are the standard of care as first-line medical treatment. - Debiopharm is developing Debio 4126, a novel ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Sounding the alarm in time to save endangered species

Bern (ots) - Biodiversity loss is accelerating. To identify species in urgent need of protection, scientists from Fribourg want to combine AI with data collection and engagement by citizen scientists. A few years - or sometimes even just a few weeks - can be all it takes for a plant or animal to acquire "endangered species" status. For instance, when a new road is built through a forest, the chainsaws come out and a rare ...

Cornèr Banca SA

Cornèr Group launches Visa Commercial Pay as first banking group in Europe

Lugano/Zurich (ots) - Starting from Switzerland, Cornèr Group introduces Visa Commercial Pay (VCP), supporting companies to quickly digitize B2B payments. The increasing pace of digitalisation in business processes creates new demands for payment capabilities of companies. A comprehensivesolution by ...