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Vontobel launches digital knowledge platform
Zurich – The Zurich-based private bank Vontobel has launched a digital platform to improve access to information on transactions on the Swiss equity capital market.
Researchers make breakthrough in nanoelectronics
Dübendorf ZH – An international research team working with Empa has succeeded in producing nanotransitors from graphene ribbons that are only a few atoms wide. This means that transistors based on carbon nanostructures could become reality in just a few years’ time.
ABB unveils new robot
Zurich – ABB is to unveil the newest member of the YuMi family at a conference in Tokyo. The single-arm robot is designed to work alongside humans on the factory floor. It requires less space that its dual-arm counterpart YuMi.
Magnetised particles mimic blood cells
Zurich – Scientists at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich have developed a system that enables aggregates composed of magnetised particles to roll like blood cells along blood vessels. The innovation could transport nanodrugs to areas of the body that are difficult to reach.
Nanosensor to enable new therapies
Zurich – Researchers in Zurich have developed a peptide that is able to detect the tensional state of tissue fibres. It could open the door to new research approaches in medicine and pharmacology.
BearingPoint uses Appway’s software
Zurich – The consulting firm BearingPoint and the Zurich-based fintech company Appway are working together to offer German financial service providers assistance with their digitalization project.
Tend to help people share luxury goods
Zug – The startup Tend wants to launch an app that will allow people to purchase smaller shares of luxury goods, which they can these use at set times. The app will be based on blockchain technology, and an ICO is already being planned.
ABB and Kawasaki team up on collaborative robots
Zurich – The Zurich technology group ABB is entering into a partnership with the Japanese company Kawasaki Heavy Industries to pursue a joint strategy on collaborative robots, or ‘cobots’.
Researchers develop battery of the future
Dübendorf ZH – Researchers at Empa and the University of Geneva have developed a novel solid-state sodium battery. Safer than lithium-ion batteries, it also has the potential to store more energy.
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