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Selected from 23 applications by a jury chaired by EPFL professor Christophe Ballif, the three start-ups will compete for the CHF 150,000 award, which supports innovative economic and scientific projects in the canton of Neuch\u00e2tel and ranks among the most significant of its kind in Switzerland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cassio-p.com\/\">Cassio-P<\/a>, a spin-off of EPFL led by Antoine Delgoffe, designs laser sources able to produce a billion ultra-short, high-intensity light pulses per second. 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