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Urban and rural poor are different
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Student preferences are reverting the impact of Covid-19/ New learned habits are here to stay when it comes to future careers
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Press Release: THE CARL F. BUCHERER HERITAGE BICOMPAX ANNUAL HOMETOWN EDITIONS: A COLORFUL HOMAGE TO THE CITIES WE LOVE
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Mathias Flückiger wins the UCI Mountain Bike Overall World Cup
plus In partnership with Europe's public service media, SWI swissinfo.ch offers "A European Perspective"
plusForeign Residents in Switzerland Report Satisfaction with the Country of Their Choice
plusMEM 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 ...
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The Swiss National Science Foundation and Innosuisse to step up cooperation
Bern (ots) - The implementation of research results is of central importance for the economy and society. The SNSF and Innosuisse have signed an agreement to further strengthen the interaction between science and innovation. Through this agreement, the SNSF and Innosuisse are reiterating their shared understanding of the fact that the innovation chain - from basic ...
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Quotas to promote gender equality in research
Bern (ots) - Gender equality is a prime concern of the Swiss National Science Foundation. To offer additional visibilty to women in academia, it is introducing gender quotas in its evaluation bodies with immediate effect. Political equality between men and women was achieved 50 years ago when women won the right to vote. But the underrepresentation of women in academic leadership roles continues: only 23 per cent of ...
plusGreen invests half a billion francs in the digital location Switzerland / Green is building its second data center campus, which will house three high-performance data centers and a business park
Switzerland - Zurich (ots) - With its IT infrastructure, Green helps to ensure that the economy is based on strong foundations and it serves as an important partner for international cloud providers. The company is now expanding its presence with a prominent statement: the Zurich Metro Campus - comprising three ...
plusHelsana Drug Report: Spitex patients exposed to significant medication risks
Zurich (ots) - In 2019, medication costs in Switzerland totalled approximately CHF 7.6 billion. The front runners remained cancer and immune system drugs, followed by nervous system medications and metabolic preparations. The use of biosimilars (generic preparations) offers significant savings potential that unfortunately remains almost completely unexploited. In an ...
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The Limitation Initiative is harmful to education, research and innovation
Bern (ots) - The Swiss universities and organisations that support the promotion of research and innovation are opposed to the popular initiative "For moderate immigration". The initiative jeopardises some of the basic parameters that favour Switzerland's role as a centre for science and enterprise. Adopting the initiative would halt the free movement of persons and ...
plusMEM industries: Massive drop in sales and new orders
Zurich (ots) - The repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic have led to a massive decline in the mechanical and electrical engineering industries (MEM industries). In the second quarter of 2020, new orders fell by 19.5% year-on-year, sales by 19.7%, and exports by 24.6%. Overall, the situation in the Swiss MEM industries presents a bleak picture at mid-year, though the impact on individual firms is varying considerably ...
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28 new coronavirus research projects funded under NRP "COVID-19"
Bern (ots) - New research has been launched to better control COVID-19. 18.6 million francs have been invested in projects that will investigate innovative solutions and develop public health recommendations. Mandated by the Federal Council, the SNSF launched the National Research Programme "COVID-19" (NRP 78) on 30 April 2020 to advance our understanding of the ...
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Swiss Staffingindex - Coronavirus slump of 22.8 percent, 20,000 short-time workers threatened with unemployment
Un documentplusEANS-News: ams AG / ams announces the successful pricing of additional EUR 200 million 6% senior notes due 2025 and of additional USD 50 million 7% senior notes due 2025
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plusEANS-Adhoc: ams AG / ams announces the offering of additional EUR 200 million 6% senior notes due 2025
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plusEANS-Adhoc: ams AG / ams announces the successful pricing of EUR 650 million and USD 400 million senior notes
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Towards a Swiss Food Strategy for 2050
Bern (ots) - NRP 69 recommends that the government develop a Swiss Food Strategy for 2050. This strategy should enable the entire population to eat healthy food sourced from a sustainable production and distribution system. Is it possible to follow a healthy diet that includes more vegetables, fruit and nuts while still reducing the environmental impact that consumption has both in Switzerland and abroad? Funded by the ...
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Is Switzerland ready for change?
Bern (ots) - Climate change, biodiversity loss, deforestation and the current pandemic crisis make it obvious. The need for a more sustainable world has never been as urgent as it is today. But how do we transition to a sustainable economy? The National Research Programme "Sustainable Economy: resource-friendly, future-oriented, innovative" (NRP 73) is creating knowledge that can support Switzerland in addressing this question. It has now published its first report, on the ...
plusSwiss Medtech survey: Medical technology industry does its homework / The ball is in the politicians' court: maintaining direct access to the EU single market
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Jürg Stahl is the new President of the SNSF Foundation Council
Bern (ots) - The SNSF Foundation Council has elected Jürg Stahl as its new President. The former president of the National Council replaces Felicitas Pauss, who had led the Foundation Council as interim president since April 2018. The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) promotes scientific research in Switzerland based on a federal mandate. As its supervisory body, the Foundation Council ensures that the SNSF is on ...
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Davos, Vaduz = DAVUZ / Liechtenstein Think-Tank pushes system change: THEHUS.institute competes with the WEF
Vaduz (ots) - On Monday, the think and action tank THEHUS.institute united more than 100 international people in the Alpine Rhine Valley in the second edition of the conference series "DAVUZ". This year's meeting, called "World Systemic Forum", set an example of genuine new and rethinking; in contrast to the Davos ...
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Transforming the energy system is possible - if we set our minds to it
Bern (ots) - More than 300 researchers have generated innovations and knowledge within the framework of the National Research Programmes "Energy Turnaround" (NRP 70) and "Managing Energy Consumption" (NRP 71) for implementing Switzerland's Energy Strategy 2050. The programmes have now ended, and the Swiss National Science Foundation has published a joint summary titled ...
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Does Social Partnership Still Have a Place in a Liberal Labor Market?
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Switzerland's influence on European energy policy continues to decline
Bern (ots) - What would be the consequences of failed negotiations over an electricity agreement between Switzerland and the EU? Researchers from EPFL and the University of St. Gallen have investigated this question within the scope of the "National Research Programme Energy", shining a light on how it will affect the Swiss electricity sector, overall economic ...
plusxplor Startup Competition / Switzerland's biggest Startup Competition in the energy sector
plusQuality-related problems concerning the prescription of medication / Helsana Drug Report
Zurich (ots) - The medication costs in Switzerland amounted to about CHF 7.6 billion in 2018. Since 2010, costs have risen by 46 percent, whereby half of this increase was attributable to immunosuppressants and cancer medication. Great savings potential is above all associated with the use of biosimilars. One of the other findings of this year's Helsana Drug Report is ...
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