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Largest Irish insurer places trust in dacadoo
Zurich – Manager of life assurance and pension assets Irish Life is launching a digital health app in collaboration with the startup dacadoo from the Greater Zurich Area. It is hoped this will motivate policyholders to adopt a healthier lifestyle.
Innovation center in Grisons to give boost to the Greater Zurich Area
InnoQube Swiss, an innovation center planned in Greater Zurich, wants to become an engine for good ideas and talented minds. Researchers, industry and most of all startups will find a new home and networking partners in this private flagship project.
Swiss universities are amongst the most innovative in Europe
Zurich - Thomson Reuters has published its annual report on Europe's most innovative universities. Switzerland has four in the top 25. They include ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich. The latter has moved up four places.
University Hospital Zurich successfully uses new treatment method
Zurich - A patient with life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia has been treated at University Hospital Zurich using an MRI-directed radioablation for the first time anywhere in world. The hospital is now looking for partners with the aim of further investigating the procedure in joint studies.
Electric lorry weight reduced with ecovolta batteries
Brunnen SZ/Beckenried NW – E-Force One AG from Nidwalden is the world’s first supplier of purely electric lorries. A partnership with the Swiss battery system manufacturer ecovolta will now help reduce battery weight and make vehicles lighter as a result.
Game development becomes child's play
The Game Creator is a new app that boosts children's creativity. Stéphane Magnenat of the ETH Game Technology Center presents his new and intuitive game programming platform for the design of games.
HTW Chur receives accreditation for Photonics degree
Chur – The Chur University of Applied Sciences (HTW Chur) has received program accreditation for its Bachelor’s degree in Photonics. The assessors were impressed by the close cooperation of the program with industry, among other aspects.
Modum sensor monitors temperature inside packages
Bern/Zurich – Swiss Post is offering a new service that monitors temperatures inside packages along the entire transportation route. The sensor technology has been provided by the startup Modum.
Swiss researchers analyze data from the chromosphere
Locarno TI – In April, a sounding rocket was launched into space as part of an international experiment. It is collecting data in the chromosphere, which will be evaluated by the Istituto Ricerche Solari Locarno using sophisticated computational methods.
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