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Top Stories from Western Switzerland (June 2025)

25 June 2025

Superlab Suisse will open a new laboratory at Campus Biotech in Geneva in January 2026, strengthening the region’s innovation infrastructure for life sciences start-ups.

Superlab expands to Geneva with new lab at Campus Biotech

25 June 2025

Launched in Hamburg, the ORYL F1 marks a new milestone for EPFL spin-off ORYL Photonics, combining speed, precision, and sustainability for drug development.

ORYL Photonics launches breakthrough solubility and aggregation measurement platform

24 June 2025

Ecublens-based Composite Recycling signs strategic agreement to scale up industrial reuse of reclaimed composite fibers in collaboration with Owens Corning.

Composite Recycling and Owens Corning team up to advance circular solutions for composite waste

17 June 2025

With continued leadership in government efficiency and infrastructure, Switzerland has been named the world’s most competitive economy in the 2025 edition of the IMD World Competitiveness Ranking.

Switzerland tops IMD’s 2025 World Competitiveness Ranking

17 June 2025

In the heart of Fribourg, the Adolphe Merkle Institute (AMI) has grown into a globally recognized center of excellence in materials science. Founded in 2008 through the visionary endowment of Swiss entrepreneur Dr. Adolphe Merkle, the institute was built on a simple yet powerful belief: fundamental science can bridge the gap to real-world impact.

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Adolphe Merkle Institute: Where science meets application in the heart of Fribourg

In an era increasingly defined by intelligent machines, researchers at EPFL are peering into the minds of AI models, and finding familiar patterns. In a discovery that blurs the boundaries between human cognition and artificial computation, they have identified specific units in large language models (LLMs) that mirror the brain’s language network.

EPFL researchers uncover “language neurons” in AI that echo the human brain

20 May 2025

In collaboration with MITdesignX, Institut Le Rosey is launching a new start-up acceleration program in Rolle, aiming to support early-stage ventures with global impact.

MITdesignX brings global accelerator to Le Rosey in Rolle

19 May 2025

Neuchâtel-based CCRAFT, a new spin-off from CSEM, has been officially launched as the world’s first production-ready foundry for Thin-Film Lithium Niobate (TFLN) photonic integrated circuits. The company aims to deliver millions of high-performance chips per year to support next-generation optical communication, quantum technologies, and advanced sensing.

CSEM spin-off CCRAFT launches world’s first industrial foundry for TFLN photonic chips

14 May 2025

Neuchâtel’s CSEM is playing a central role in the QUESTIONED project, an initiative aiming to reduce postoperative delirium (POD) in elderly patients through real-time brain activity monitoring during anesthesia.

CSEM technology supports breakthrough in EEG monitoring to reduce postoperative delirium

12 May 2025

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