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UZH Tumor Profiler advances personalized cancer treatments
Zurich - The Tumor Profiler project of the University of Zurich (UZH) allows tumor cells to be analyzed with a degree of precision never seen before. This individual tumor profiling has already helped a third of the cancer patients in a study, causing their tumors to shrink.
IDUN receives EU funding for sleep improvement platform
Opfikon - The neurotech start-up IDUN Technologies has received Eurostars funding together with its project partners Cerebra Medical Ltd. and Pilotfish Nederland BV. This grant will be put towards the development of a personalized sleep improvement platform.
Graphene paper makes rapid tests far more accurate and cost-effective
Zurich - The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich has developed a rapid test on the basis of graphene paper that contains detection electrodes. This facilitates significantly more sensitive and cost-effective applications, even in the most remote corners of the world.
New textile sensor measures exhaustion
Zurich - Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich have developed a textile sensor that can measure in real time how exhausted people become during physical exertion. Electronic components such as sensors, batteries and chips are not needed to achieve this.
SynSense banks investment of 10 million US dollars for neuromorphic computing
Zurich/Chengdu - SynSense has topped up its capital by 10 million US dollars following a financing round. This investment will be used to accelerate the mass production of its smart vision sensor Speck, which features an integrated neuromorphic AI processor.
HeiQ achieves breakthrough in conductive coatings
Schlieren - HeiQ has announced a breakthrough in the development of transparent, conductive coatings. The HeiQ ECOS coating uses silver wire to facilitate energy generation through photovoltaics that, for example, can be used to power sensors.
Hemotune gains AstraZeneca as project partner
Schlieren/Cambridge - The medtech firm hemotune is initiating a joint feasibility study with the global pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. This will focus on exploring applications in connection with hemotune’s innovative blood purification system.
Relio gains fintech license
Zurich - Relio has received a fintech license from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority. This means that the startup can launch a business account for SMEs independently of partner banks, driving the digitization of compliance and sparing its customers from bureaucracy.
Switzerland has the best higher education system in the world
London - A total of 32 higher education programs from Switzerland feature in the top ten in the world for their discipline. This means that Swiss universities occupy 6 percent of all top ten subjects and lead in the most subjects. This is according to the current ranking of the British university analyst Quacquarelli Symonds.
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