Dübendorf, St. Gallen und Thun, 09.01.2025 - A battery that needs feeding instead of charging? This is exactly what Empa researchers have achieved with their 3D-printed, biodegradable fungal battery.

Innovative Swiss companies and universities are successfully and boldly living the energy future and putting new technologies into practice. To honour these efforts, the Swiss Federal Office of Energy ...

How much money is devoted to R&D in Switzerland? Who are the main stakeholders? What are the most important types of research? And how does this compare internationally? This press conference will be ...

Bern, 08.01.2025 - Darko Savic, Director department Procurement Integrated Air Defence, will leave the Federal Office for Defence Procurement armasuisse at the end of ...

Neuchâtel, 07.01.2025 - The consumer price index (CPI) fell by 0.1% in December 2024 compared with the previous month to 106.9 points (December 2020 = 100). Inflation was +0.6% compared with the same ...

In the Nanovision project, researchers at Empa and the Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen are developing novel nanocomplexes that kill resistant germs and protect the eye tissue at the same time. In ...

Since 1 January 2025, the Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) has two units specialising in cybersecurity and the security of telecommunications networks. The Market Access and Cybersecurity ...

Viola Amherd was elected President of the Swiss Confederation for 2025 on 11 December 2024. It is her first term as president ...

The coating process developed at PSI opens up new ways to increase the energy density of different types of batteries: “We can assume that our lithium fluoride protective coating is universal and can ...

Bern, 30.12.2024 - In 2026, Switzerland will chair the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) for the third time, following its chairpersonships in 1996 and 2014. Switzerland was ...

Bern-Wabern, 30.12.2024 - On 1 January, Switzerland will take over the chair of the Inter-Governmental Consultations on Migration, Asylum and Refugees (IGC). In this forum, 17 participating states ...