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Winterthur/Boston - Burckhardt Compression and LIFTE H2 are developing hydrogen solutions for the market within the context of a new partnership. Together they plan to manage supply chains and push the industry forward to mass market acceptance of hydrogen.

Zurich - Decentriq has won Swiss Startup of the Year in the Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards from Microsoft Switzerland. Second and third places went to Qumea and Acodis. All three startups are headquartered in the Greater Zurich Area.

Zurich/Houston - FemTec Health, a Texan health and beauty company, has acquired Ava AG in the Greater Zurich Area. Worn during sleep, the Ava bracelet collects data to determine a woman’s most fertile days. It was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration at the start of 2021.

Dübendorf ZH - The new laboratory building of the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technologies (Empa) has celebrated its topping-out ceremony. The building at the so-called co-operate research campus is extensively protected against vibrations and is expected to open its doors in summer 2024.

Altdorf/Schattdorf - Datwyler has launched new central Technology & Innovation Labs in the Greater Zurich Area. The industrial supplier intends to optimize the enhanced surface treatments of existing products and develop new technologies. Customers will also benefit from improved speed-to-market for their products.

Zurich - Individual cells make autonomous decisions and leverage information from external and internal sources to do so. Researchers from the University of Zurich have now discovered that cells are therefore able to make adequate context-dependent decisions. This goes some way beyond what scientists previously thought cells to be capable of.

Schlieren/Toronto/Los Angeles - Endogena has treated the first patient with its active ingredient to combat retinitis pigmentosa. It is intended to preserve or restore a person’s ability to see. Endogena belongs to the Rejuveron group, which operates out of Bio-Technopark Schlieren-Zurich as well as the Canadian city of Toronto.

Dublin/Lugano - Switzerland ranks in third place in terms of the most crypto-friendly countries around the world. This is based on the new Coincub rankings for the second quarter of 2022. Switzerland’s improved performance comes on the back of progressive legislation and high trading volumes.

Rüschlikon - The National Institute of Standards and Technology in the USA has announced four winning algorithms that are regarded as particularly promising in the area of quantum computing. IBM’s Swiss research lab based in Rüschlikon in the canton of Zurich played a key role in developing three of the four algorithms.