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TE Connectivity among best workplaces for innovators
Schaffhausen - TE Connectivity has been included on the list of the 100 best workplaces for innovators by the magazine “FastCompany”. The list is developed and published annually in collaboration with the corporate and strategic consultancy firm Accenture.
Parisian hospital teams up with Luciole Medical
Zurich - The Hôpital Fondation Adolphe de Rothschild is entering into a research partnership with the MedTech start-up Luciole Medical based in the Greater Zurich Area. The focus of this collaboration will be on the real-time monitoring of brain function.
ETH testing new ventilators
In the face of the coronavirus crisis, Munich Re and the Fraunhofer Society initiated a challenge for the development of emergency ventilation equipment. Three devices have been selected for the final. ETH Zurich is now testing the new ventilators.
Japanese insurer partners with dacadoo
Zurich/Tokyo – Sompo Himawari Life has announced a partnership with health tech company dacadoo from the Greater Zurich Area. The Japanese insurer intends to add dacadoo’s health app to its service offering.
Revolutionizing cell cultures transport
The biotech InSphero has developed revolutionary new transport technology. It is thereby enabling live cell cultures to be safely transported to laboratories worldwide.
Fotokite to supply German fire services
Brandschutztechnik Schlichtiger GmbH intends to offer the aerial situational awareness system created by Zurich start-up Fotokite to German fire services. To this end, the two companies have just agreed on a strategic partnership.
DeepCode well received by developers
Zurich – A total of four million developers have already agreed to have their coding reviewed by DeepCode. The software developed by the start-up is based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and can be used to uncover security vulnerabilities, for example. DeepCode also played a role in the development of Switzerland’s Covid-19 app.
Bitcoin Suisse secures CHF 45 million
The crypto exchange Bitcoin Suisse has raised a total of 45 million Swiss francs as part of a Series A financing round. It intends to use the fresh capital to offer new services and secure international growth. The next aim is to become a unicorn.
Messengers for cell communication discovered at ETH
Zurich – Researchers working at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH) have discovered how genes and viruses in a cell of origin can be silenced in far-off tissues and organs as well. The research group identified the mobile messengers for this protective mechanism seen in plants and animals.
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