Urban Games launches new video game
Schaffhausen – Games developer Urban Games from Schaffhausen in the Greater Zurich Area is launching Transport Fever 2 at the start of December. It worked with Dutch company Good Shepherd Entertainment on the development.
Microrobots could operate on the human body
Zurich/Villigen AG – Researchers at ETH Zurich and Paul Scherrer Institute have developed a microrobot shaped like a bird. It is controlled by magnetic fields and could one day perform operations on the human body.
ETH Zurich plans competence center for people with disabilities
Zurich – The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH) is planning to partner with clinics, foundations and public authorities to build a competence center for holistic rehabilitation. It will offer eight new professorships and a new Master’s programme.
RUAG Space enables quieter journey to space
Zurich/Emmen LU – RUAG Space has developed a new low shock jettison system for payload fairings, which enables a quieter journey to space. The development has already been successfully tested.
InSphero wins award for breakthrough platform
Schlieren ZH – InSphero has developed a platform that can be used to test drugs in vitro for liver diseases. The company from the Greater Zurich Area has now won a Sino-European Innovation Award for its breakthrough platform.
Cloud provider Tresorit to become Swisscom partner
Zurich – Tresorit, a start-up based in the Greater Zurich Area, will in future be responsible for the secure storage of Swisscom data. Companies that handle confidential information stand to particularly benefit from this.
TreeCoin launches token offering to fund reforestation
Hünenberg ZG – Global TREE Project AG has launched TreeCoin, a token offering that will raise funds to purchase fallow land in Paraguay and plant 10 million eucalyptus trees.
Dental stem cells can generate milk-producing cells
Zurich – Researchers at the University of Zurich have discovered that dental stem cells can contribute to the regeneration of milk-producing cells. The finding could support post-surgery tissue regeneration in breast cancer patients.
Artificial intelligence supports biomedicine
Lugano – Researchers at the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) have developed a new artificial intelligence method to analyze biomedical data. It could support work in cardiology or oncology.
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