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Zurich - Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich have proven that bacteria used as vehicles for cancer drugs can efficiently penetrate the blood vessel wall and into tumor tissue. This is made possible by magnetic fields.

Zurich - Several financial backers have invested a total of 12 million US dollars in LatticeFlow’s computer vision platform based on artificial intelligence (AI). It supports engineers who use models by detecting and correcting blind spots in their data and models.

Opfikon - The virtual advertising and computer vision specialist uniqFEED AG from the Greater Zurich Area has successfully concluded a Series C funding round. The multi-million investment was raised entirely from Patinex AG.

Dübendorf - Scientists led by the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) in the canton of Zurich have developed a process for the miniaturization of infrared spectrometers. This miniaturization allows for integration in ultra-small satellites and can be used to detect counterfeit medicines.

Kloten - The new winter timetable at Zurich Airport includes flights to Hong Kong again after an absence of two years. The first Ethiopian Airlines flight from Zurich to Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, is also scheduled for take-off on October 31.

Schlieren/Brisbane - LimmaTech Biologics has entered into a partnership with Griffith University in Australia. The company is licensing a technology developed at the University. The initial aim is use this to develop the world’s first vaccine against gonorrhea.

The Greater Zurich Area is a leading hub in artificial intelligence. The recent AI + X Summit organized by the ETH AI Center brought together the leading experts in the field and connected them with the attending over 2000 visitors and industry representatives.

Zurich/Altdorf - Rhomberg Sersa Rail Group and Datwyler IT Infra are testing a data center housed in a construction container on a building site. The Q-tainer provides a 5G network and WiFi. It is intended to collect large amounts of data and therefore generate efficiency gains for construction site management processes.

Pfäffikon - According to information from the company itself, Jua has launched the first global, high-resolution weather model with deep learning technology on the market. These forecasts should offer a significant improvement on existing approaches. As part of the launch, the start-up from the Greater Zurich Area has also raised a total of 2.5 million US dollars as part of a pre-seed financing round.