News May 22, 2020 PXL Vision impresses with identity check PXL Vision has raised a total of 4.6 million Swiss francs as part of a financing round. The start-up has developed a solution for digital identit...
News May 20, 2020 Empa setting standards for textile masks Empa researchers have developed technologies and quality standards for protective textile masks together with the Swiss textiles industry. This w...
News May 19, 2020 Medela trebles production The MedTech firm Medela has more than trebled production of its respiratory tract suction pumps. This means the company has been able to react to...
News May 18, 2020 Lufthansa plans to fly clean with Swiss technology Lufthansa is teaming up with researchers from ETH Zurich and its two spin-offs Climeworks and Synhelion. The aim is to drive forward new aircraft...
News May 15, 2020 Artificial Intelligence set to make horse breeding easier The MedTech start-up Piavita is working together with researchers to improve wearable devices for horses. Thanks to the use of artificial intelli...
News May 14, 2020 Idorsia receives payment of 45 million US dollars The Allschwil-based pharmaceutical company Idorsia receives a payment of 45 million US dollars as part of an agreement with Neurocrine Bioscience...
News May 13, 2020 Neovii developing COVID-19 vaccine The biotech company Neovii Pharmaceuticals AG has agreed on a collaboration with Tel Aviv University. Together, both partners hope to develop a v...
News May 13, 2020 Expert System opens subsidiary in Geneva The Italian group intends to consolidate its position in the Swiss artificial intelligence market, with a focus on the finance, insurance, and ph...
News May 12, 2020 The University of Bern develops a new approach to control agricultural pests In a new study, researchers from the University of Bern developed an experimental approach that opens up a new avenue for the improvement of biol...
News May 12, 2020 Internet of Things makes cable car maintenance easier Sisag AG provides control systems for cable car networks. Together with the company bbv, it has developed a new platform based on the Internet of...
News May 12, 2020 How Swiss scale-up Smixin battles the spread of infectious disease worldwide If there is one thing that we have learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s that handwashing is the most effective way to prevent the spread of...
News May 11, 2020 An autonomous robot for disinfecting workplaces created in Fribourg Start-up Rovenso has just modified one of its machines to turn it into a disinfecting robot using the projection of ultraviolet rays. This robot ...
News May 08, 2020 Volvo uses Daphne’s design to help fight coronavirus In normal times, Daphne Technology fights against air pollutants. But in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lausanne-based company has promp...
News May 08, 2020 Space-saving storage impresses investors Zippsafe has been able to raise 1.1 million Swiss francs in the course of a capital increase. The startup has developed a space-saving storage so...
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...