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Wojciech Hajdas with so-called scintillation bars, which in this form were also built into the POLAR detector. Bid: Paul Scherrer Institute/Markus Fischer

The POLAR detector developed at the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) is trying to find out the origin of gamma-ray bursts in space. Scientists from t...

Patrik Wermelinger holding award

A new ranking presented at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas rates Switzerland as the world’s number two for innovation. The country scor...

Swiss Nordic Bio 2019

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Image Credit: RUAG

In Emmen, RUAG is upgrading eight Cougar helicopters belonging to the Swiss Air Force. Set to receive the latest technology, the helicopters will...

Building of HES-SO Valais Wallis

Operational from 1 January 2019, the new Institute for Energy and the Environment of the HES-SO Valais-Wallis brings together technical, economic...

Image Credit: ETH Zürich/Florian Bachmann

A record-breaking 27 companies were founded as spinoffs from the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH) in 2018. Most of the companies a...

EPFL Innovation Park

2018 was an excellent year for EPFL startups, who accumulated no less than CHF 217 million in fundraising. Almost a historical record.

View of the capital Seoul

The tempo in South Korea is set by new technologies. The country drives innovation like no other and is one of the largest export countries in th...

Graphic animation of a potential data storage device

Basel researchers and their international colleagues are exploring new methods for controlling the physical state of individual molecules within ...

ANYmal

The robot ANYmal developed at the ETH can see and hear, and even open doors. In a research mission, ANYmal has now explored the drains and tunnel...

Istanbul

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Increase efficiency and save costs through optimized procurement

Internationalization is not a one-way street: the focus not only lies on the sales potential abroad, but also on optimizing procurement for the p...

The new drones can retract their propeller arms in flight, making themselves small to fit through narrow gaps and holes. Image Credit: UZH

Researchers from Zurich and Lausanne have developed a new drone that can retract its propeller arms in flight, making itself small to fit through...

Image Credit: SFS

Bosch has named SFS one of its best and most reliable suppliers. The fastenings technology specialist was awarded the Crazy for SuCCess award for...

Samples being tested in a laboratory

The healthcare equipment and medical device market in Indonesia remains attractive for foreign medical technology suppliers. The Indonesian medic...

The ETH institutions are particularly strong in the areas of drones. Image Credit: ETH Zürich/Raffaello D’Andrea

The Domain of the Federal Institutes of Technology has been placed third worldwide when it comes to the quality of patents. One in three of the E...

Roger Zbinden is Head of the Swiss Business Hub in Korea

Roger Zbinden, Head of the Swiss Business Hub Korea, explains why Swiss life science companies should not automatically think first of China or J...

Google

The location marketing services of Greater Zurich Area AG (GZA) is contributing to the sustainable development of the Greater Zurich Area economi...

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