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Schlieren - CUTISS AG is seeking to bring its personalized skin therapy denovoSkin to a final development phase with the help of a Series C financing round. The company is also striving to ensure that the machine used to bioengineer these individualized skin grafts is ready for use in clinical settings.

Schaffhausen - Various filters used in the sunglasses made by CARUSO & FREELAND protect pilots against the risks of cataracts, age-related macular degeneration and retinal detachment. This has now also been proven in a two-year scientific study carried out in conjunction with the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW).

Lugano/Washington D.C. - Société de l'Eau Aerienne Suisse (SEAS) from the Greater Zurich Area is partnering with Xylem to further develop its air-to-water technology. With this, the American company, a global player in the water management sector, is seeking to promote an alternative form of water supply.

Zurich - Copresence is launching an app that creates lifelike digital facial avatars for users. These can be used for computer games or video conferences, for example. Users’ facial expressions are depicted in real time.

Dübendorf - Aurora, the robot platform from the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), is to take over material selection, assembly, and analysis for battery cells in the lab in an automated and independent manner. This will enable Empa to develop innovative energy storage ten times as fast.

Zurich/Lucerne - An electric racing car built by students of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts has broken the world acceleration record. The electric racing car, named mythen, accelerated from zero to 100 km/h in 0.956 seconds.

Zug - Siemens Smart Infrastructure has opened a modernized research and development facility at its global headquarters in the Greater Zurich Area. The construction of the climate-neutral campus has now been officially completed after seven years and an investment of 250 million Swiss francs.

Schindellegi/Paris - Zynnon, a life sciences firm based in the canton of Schwyz, has developed a model with the capacity to accurately diagnose and predict viral respiratory infections. This has now been verified in a study. This development should make hospital treatment and nursing care more effective, in addition to cutting the use of antibiotics.

Zürich/Lugano - The DFINITY Foundation and Lugano have agreed a partnership. This will allow users of the MyLugano app to also manage both Internet Computer blockchain infrastructure and Chain-key Bitcoin. In addition, DFINITY has established a fund worth 1 million US dollars to promote blockchain start-ups.