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Switzerland continues to dominate global talent competitiveness, topping the 2024 IMD World Talent Ranking. As AI disrupts the workforce across developed economies, the report highlights the need for new educational and labor policies to foster inclusion and retain highly skilled talent.

Switzerland tops IMD World Talent Ranking for 2024 amid rising AI concerns

1 October 2024

The newly inaugurated Genolier Innovation Hub, a 270,000-square-foot facility, offers companies, researchers and healthcare professionals an interdisciplinary platform to foster medical breakthroughs, backed by a CHF 100 million investment.

The Genolier Innovation Hub, a cutting-edge medical innovation center, was inaugurated

30 September 2024

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Top Stories from Western Switzerland (September 2024)

30 September 2024

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between KoreaBIO and the Switzerland Innovation Park West EPFL was signed during the Korea-Switzerland Partnering Day, strengthening industrial cooperation and joint research in biotech.

Switzerland strengthens biotech collaboration with KoreaBIO through new MOU

30 September 2024

The University of Fribourg has announced a new start-up grant to support the marketability and fundability of its spin-offs, focusing on early-stage IP protection and advanced project development.

University of Fribourg launches new start-up grant for its spin-offs

17 September 2024

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Business environment

Top Stories from Western Switzerland (August 2024)

30 August 2024

The University of Bern has successfully tested its "ND-LAr" detector prototype at Fermilab, marking the first detection of neutrinos in the world's largest neutrino experiment, DUNE.

University of Bern detects neutrinos with a prototype at the DUNE observatory

21 August 2024

GraphEnergyTech, a Lausanne-based start-up with offices in Cambridge, UK, has raised CHF 1.1 million in funding to accelerate the development and scaling of its advanced graphene electrodes for solar cells.

GraphEnergyTech secures CHF 1.1 million to advance graphene solar cell technology

19 August 2024

Scientists from the University of Geneva and the University of Fribourg have made significant strides in understanding how yeast cells sense and respond to physical stress on their membranes, shedding light on the critical role of membrane dynamics in cell survival.

UNIFR and UNIGE collaborate on breakthrough research in cell membrane dynamics

14 August 2024

Top Stories Western Switzerland

Top Stories from Western Switzerland (July 2024)

17 July 2024

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