Top news of the week: 22.04.2021.
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Endeavour Vision closes second Medtech Growth fund at USD 375m
Geneva-based Endeavour Vision today announced the closing of Endeavour Medtech Growth II LP at USD 375 million in capital commitments. The fund will pursue the same strategy as …
Perovskite solar cells exceed 25% power-conversion efficiency
Physical chemists and chemical engineers led by EPFL have used a chemical tweak to push the power-conversion efficiency and operational stability of perovskite solar cells to 25.6% and at ...
Go-ahead for Swiss m4m Center
Technology transfer center for medtech certified Since 15 April, it is official: The Technology Transfer Center for 3D Printing in Medical Technology – Swiss m4m Center, in short …
Targeted therapies thanks to biomedical informatics
To achieve its goals, the center brings together specialist knowledge in the fields of biomedicine, clinical research and bioinformatics from the University of Zurich, ETH Zurich …
AXA Switzerland Accepts Bitcoin for Insurance Payments
Swiss AXA announced that it will allow customers to pay their bills with bitcoin from April, being the first insurer to offer this solution.
Water and quantum magnets share critical physics
Water can freeze from liquid to solid ice or boil into a gas. In the kitchen these “phase transitions” aren’t smooth, but their discontinuous nature is smoothed out at high pressure. ...
The Green Fintech Action Plan to Turn Switzerland Into a Sustainable Digital Finance Hub
The Green Fintech Network, a group of startups and experts in digital and sustainable financial services, has released an action plan to improve the framework conditions of green fintech ...