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Schlieren/Frankfurt - The biotech company InSphero has signed an agreement with Genome Biologics to commercialize the 3D Cardiac Organoid Platform. The platform is at the forefront of research into heart disease.

Dübendorf - The EuroTube Foundation is starting construction of its hyperloop test facility at the Innovation Park Zurich. Vacuum tests in the chamber are to be started as early as mid-July. At the same time, student engineering teams from across the world will present their hyperloop prototypes.

Baar/London - Sphaira Innovation has acquired Playmob, a company specializing in market insights through video gaming. Playmob and Sphaira Innovation’s PlanetPlay are bringing the gaming industry and players together to combat climate change.

Zurich - Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH) have for the first time made visible the formation of vortices during the flow of electrons in a material. They used the extremely thin material graphene. The experiment was conducted at room temperature.

SpaceX’s Starship is making waves in the space industry, promising to redefine space travel and commercialization. We spoke with Professor Oliver Ullrich, a leading figure in aerospace medicine and Director of the UZH Space Hub, to discuss the impact of Starship and the future of space exploration.

Zurich/Hellisheidi - Climeworks has started operations at its largest plant for the direct air capture and storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) in Iceland. The project known as Mammoth has a capacity of up to 36,000 tonnes of CO2 per year.

Zug/Rotkreuz/Lucerne - The canton of Zug is contributing to the costs of setting up an institute for blockchain research. The project of the University of Lucerne and Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts is to receive almost 40 million Swiss francs over five years for the project. The canton aims to become a global centre for blockchain technology.

Schlieren - Memo Therapeutics has successfully raised 20 million Swiss francs as part of an extension of its Series C financing, bringing the total amount raised in the financing round to 45 million francs.

Zurich - Technologies developed by Beyond Gravity (formerly RUAG Space), Thales Alenia Space Switzerland and APCO Technologies are being installed in the European and Japanese space agencies’ EarthCARE satellite. The most complex Earth observation mission to date will be launched in May 2024 to investigate the role of clouds and radiation in the climate system.