News May 08, 2020 COVID-19 in Brazil: Economic and trade related response measures In response to the sudden health and economic crisis due to Covid-19, the Federal government in Brazil has decided several measures, seeking to p...
News May 08, 2020 Standing strong: Switzerland remains the world’s most innovative country Ever since 2011, the UN has named Switzerland the most innovative country in the world – and has done so again in its latest edition of the Globa...
News May 08, 2020 Swiss higher education system ranks second in the world The Universitas 21 (U21) Ranking assesses national higher education systems as a whole rather than individual universities. In its 2018 ranking, ...
News May 08, 2020 Switzerland Leads World Talent Ranking For Fifth Consecutive Year Switzerland confirms its pole position as an important global talent hub for the fifth consecutive year in 2018. The yearly ranking issued by the...
News May 08, 2020 Three Swiss Universities on Global Top 100 List In the 2018 Times Higher Education University Rankings, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) figures among the top ten o...
News May 07, 2020 Bern synthetic coronavirus clone goes “viral” In mid-February, a team of researchers from the University of Bern succeeded in reconstructing a synthetic clone of the novel coronavirus using a...
News May 07, 2020 Digital Health: Swiss solutions are in demand The effects of COVID-19 are having a major impact on the development of digital healthcare solutions all over the world. Innovative Swiss compani...
News May 07, 2020 EPFL and the University of Bern help launch International Climate Alliance The International Universities Climate Alliance was established earlier this month to promote and support climate-related research. EPFL and the ...
News May 07, 2020 ETH Zurich is leading university in continental Europe In the latest QS World University Rankings, the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich) moved up to rank 7 and is now the best uni...
News May 06, 2020 Lokalhelden.ch raises half a million Swiss francs for SMEs Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Raiffeisen Group has opened up its platform to crowdfunding for companies as well. Since mid-March, lokalhel...
News May 05, 2020 Valais company Steiger invents 3D knitting Since inventing the world's first fully electronic knitting machine in 1979, Steiger has been a pioneer in the design of industrial knitting mach...
News May 05, 2020 Fribourg institutions launch a smell test to detect Covid-19 Researchers from the SICHH and the University of Fribourg are conducting a study to determine whether loss of taste and smell is a reliable bioma...
News May 05, 2020 Optimyze brings Silicon Valley investor on board The private Californian venture capital group Andreessen Horowitz has led the early financing round for Optimyze.Cloud AG. This is the first time...
News May 04, 2020 Roche authorized to distribute coronavirus antibody tests Roche has received Emergency Use Authorization in the USA for an antibody test in connection with the novel coronavirus. The tests are already be...
News May 04, 2020 Switzerland is resistant and innovative during times of crisis Switzerland is exceptionally well prepared to deal with external shocks, ranking third in an international comparison for this. In addition, the ...
News May 04, 2020 EPFL develops a new app that can help detect COVID-19 EPFL researchers have developed an artificial intelligence-based system that can listen to a person’s cough and indicate if this person is infect...
News Apr 30, 2020 Terra Quantum receives investments Terra Quantum AG has received 10 million euros from investors. The company founded in 2019 is based in the area of quantum computing research. It...
News Apr 30, 2020 Update on Canada’s COVID-19 Economic Response Plan from April 29 2020 Canada's two largest provinces, Ontario and Quebec, have this week released plans for the partial re-opening of their economies. Ontario has not ...