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High-tech ski wax promises new record times
Zurich – Researchers from the Greater Zurich Area have developed an innovative ski wax that remains in place for twice as long as existing products. Able to enable a 1.5 per cent improvement in performance, it will be deployed during the Winter Olympics in South Korea.
ETH lessons to use HoloLens
Zurich – Students at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH) will now be using Microsoft’s HoloLens to examine molecules. A specially developed app makes it possible to analyse proteins in the room.
qiibee attracts investors
Zug – qiibee has secured funding of €3.25 million at the end of a seed round. The startup from the Greater Zurich Area is developing a customer loyalty ecosystem based on blockchain technology.
UBS is the best private bank
Zurich – Banking peers have recognized UBS as the best private global bank for the third consecutive year. Euromoney’s annual survey also shows that the Zurich-based banking giant is a leader in innovative technology and other areas.
ETH Domain generates a further 100,000 jobs
Zurich – Each job in the ETH Domain created an additional five jobs in 2016, leading to a further 100,000 jobs overall, finds a new study. The ETH Domain generated a gross value added of more than 13 billion Swiss francs.
EU supports Swiss inventiveness
Researchers programme phages to fight pathogens
Zurich – Researchers at the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich have developed a technology platform that allows them to systematically modify bacteriophages. This marks a major step towards uses phages for therapeutic purposes.
Zedra to open office in Greater Zurich Area
Zurich – Global finance company Zedra will open an office in Zurich in an effort to build its presence in the German-speaking region.
InSphero participates in nanosecurity project
Schlieren ZH - InSphero is participating in an international project to develop safety testing methods for engineered nanomaterials. The aim is to reduce the materials' damaging effect on people and the environment.
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