Bern (ots) - swissuniversities has adopted a new transformative pilot agreement with Elsevier for research access and Open Access publishing in Switzerland. The agreement is the result of the negotiations organised by the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries (CSAL) and Elsevier, a global information analytics business specialising in science and health. Yves ...
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Bern (ots) - Under the special call on coronaviruses, the societal and biomedical aspects of epidemics will be investigated with a total budget of 10 million francs. The projects will start as of 1 June 2020. As the coronavirus pandemic began to take hold, the SNSF took swift action by launching a special call on coronaviruses on 6 March 2020. The call was enthusiastically received in the research community. - ...
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Bern (ots) - Seismic monitoring of glaciers is essential to improving our understanding of their development and to predicting risks. SNSF Professor Fabian Walter has come up with a new monitoring tool in the form of optical fibres. The fibres are capable of monitoring entire glaciers. Glaciers are constantly moving and they therefore need monitoring. Satellite images give clues to their development. By listening to ...
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Bern (ots) - Researchers supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation analysed how sadistic sexual murderers assaulting child victims commit their crimes and discovered a number of specific patterns. A better understanding of these crimes may help police in their investigations. Sexual homicides involving children are often highly publicised. These events are traumatic for the public, especially while the offender ...
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Bern (ots) - Only science can provide us with the insights needed to tackle technical, ecological and societal challenges. 5750 SNSF-funded projects were under way at year-end 2019 - 1000 of them on digitalisation. Philippe Block, Professor of architecture and structure at ETH Zurich, exudes an air of confidence. "The building industry is responsible for more than a third of all carbon emissions. Until now, it has made ...
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Bern (ots) - Spectacular photographs, provocative videos and intimate stories shed new light on contemporary research. The jury for this year's SNSF Scientific Image Competition has awarded four first prizes and seven distinctions. The fourth SNSF Scientific Image Competition has been a great success. "These stunning images offer a view of science that is very different from the usual clichés of white coats, antiseptic laboratories and faceless researchers", says Nadine ...
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Bern (ots) - In a study supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation, researchers have shown that it is possible to predict the risk of relapsing into depression after stopping antidepressant medication. People who relapse take longer to decide how much effort to invest for a reward. Depressive disorder is a major public health problem with an unpredictable course. It often recurs, with episodes of depression ...
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Bern (ots) - Prosthetic hands restore only some of the function lost through amputation. But combining electrical signals from forearm muscles with other sources of information, such as eye tracking, promises better prostheses. A study funded by the SNSF gives specialists access to valuable new data. The hand is a precious limb. Its 34 muscles and 20 joints enable movements of great precision and complexity which are ...
Lucerne (ots) - World Cancer Day every 4th of February is a global uniting movement led by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). MSD (Merck Sharp & Dohme) is a proud sponsor of this initiative, joining the conversation to create a groundswell of awareness and action that will enable powerful ...
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Bern (ots) - The SNSF Foundation Council has elected Jürg Stahl as its new President. The former president of the National Council replaces Felicitas Pauss, who had led the Foundation Council as interim president since April 2018. The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) promotes scientific research in Switzerland based on a federal mandate. As its supervisory body, the Foundation Council ensures that the SNSF is on ...
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Bern (ots) - More than 300 researchers have generated innovations and knowledge within the framework of the National Research Programmes "Energy Turnaround" (NRP 70) and "Managing Energy Consumption" (NRP 71) for implementing Switzerland's Energy Strategy 2050. The programmes have now ended, and the Swiss National Science Foundation has published a joint summary titled ...
Lausanne (ots) - - Novadiscovery pioneers the use of in silico clinical trials to predict drug efficacy and optimize clinical development, an approach meeting the strong expectations from pharmaceutical companies for faster and more efficient development, and benefiting from increased endorsement from health ...
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Bern (ots) - What would be the consequences of failed negotiations over an electricity agreement between Switzerland and the EU? Researchers from EPFL and the University of St. Gallen have investigated this question within the scope of the "National Research Programme Energy", shining a light on how it will affect the Swiss electricity sector, overall economic ...
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Bern (ots) - Patient safety in intensive care units could be significantly improved if false alarms could be greatly reduced and critical complications such as epileptic seizures could be predicted. This is where the "ICU Cockpit" project of the National Research Programme "Big Data" (NRP 75) comes in: The large amounts of data from intensive care medicine will be used to develop procedures for early warning systems and ...
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Bern (ots) - Capturing the beauty of science: the Swiss National Science Foundation is once again holding its photo and short video competition in 2020. Nadine Wietlisbach, director of the Fotomuseum Winterthur, will chair the jury. The images will be exhibited for the first time at the Biel/Bienne Photography Festival in May and will be freely available to the public and the media. The 2020 edition of the SNSF Scientific ...
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Bern (ots) - Political scientist Dominik Hangartner (ETH Zurich) analyses the effects of migration policies and proposes improvements. In recognition of his work, the Swiss National Science Foundation has awarded him the National Latsis Prize 2019. "We bring cool-headed analysis to a heated debate. Using data and ...
Berlin (ots/PRNewswire) - 25th-26th November 2019, Berlin RESTORE-Health by Advanced Therapies invites you to join the First Advanced Therapies Science Meeting (ATSM), an EACCME® accredited event, which will be held at the Maritim Hotel, Stauffenbergstraße in Berlin from the 25th - 26th November 2019. Advanced Therapies are one of the most recent and significant advances in medicine. They include gene and cell therapies ...
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Lisbon, Portugal (ots/PRNewswire) - WeDo Technologies, now part of the Mobileum group, has been named a Sample Vendor in Gartner's Hype Cycle for Data Science and Machine Learning, 2019. According to the report, "data and analytics leaders should use this Hype Cycle to understand key trends and innovations, ...
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Not intended for US, Canada and UK-based media -- EU approval based on JAVELIN Renal 101 trial results demonstrating significant improvement in progression-free survival with BAVENCIO in combination with axitinib compared with sunitinib -- Combination regimen approved across all IMDC prognostic risk groups and ...
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Bern (ots) - Only one out of a hundred houses per year are renovated to make them more energy efficient - less than half the number needed to achieve the goals of the Energy Strategy 2050 for buildings. The National Research Programme "Energy" shows that the necessary technologies are available, but there is a lack of appropriate planning, building and energy laws, as well as of expertise. Approximately half of the energy ...
Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - Andrew Alliance and Brooks Life Sciences today announced a co-marketing relationship that will enable Brooks Life Sciences consumables to be added to Andrew Alliance's groundbreaking OneLab software environment, developed to support the design, execution and sharing of life science ...
- One-year outcomes of real-world edoxaban-treated European patients from the Global ETNA-AF registry showed low rates of potentially life-threatening bleeding and low CV events in elderly NVAF patients1 - The Global ETNA-AF programme is currently the largest and most comprehensive repository of routine clinical ...
Not intended for US, Canada and UK-based media Darmstadt, Germany, and New York (ots/PRNewswire) - Merck and Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today announced the presentation of multiple analyses from the JAVELIN clinical development program assessing BAVENCIO® (avelumab) alone or as part of combination regimens for the ...
Not intended for US, Canada and UK-based media - Opinion based on Phase III data showing combination lowered risk of disease progression or death by 31% and improved objective response rate compared with sunitinib1 - Decision by the European Commission anticipated in fourth quarter of 2019 Darmstadt, Germany and ...
- Global and European real-world outcome analyses in non-selected atrial fibrillation (AF) patients on edoxaban, including those who are elderly with comorbidities, were reported at ESC Congress 2019 - At present, the Global ETNA-AF programme is the largest and most comprehensive repository of routine clinical ...
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Bern (ots) - It is probable that primordial galaxies triggered the period in the history of the universe known as"cosmic reionisation". The Geneva-based astronomer Anne Verhamme has succeeded in demonstrating this by studying green pea galaxies. In recognition of this work, the SNSF will award her this year's Marie Heim-Vögtlin prize on 16 September 2019. Following the Big Bang some 14 billion years ago, the universe ...
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Bern (ots) - There is an ongoing debate in society about sex education. Now a study funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation suggests that the best approach is a combination of parents and school. And that using friends and the internet as main sources of information on sexuality can cause problems. Sex education in school remains a controversial subject. That's why Yara Barrense-Dias, researcher on adolescent ...
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Bern (ots) - Chemists funded by the SNSF have created a new compound for flexible drug delivery that specifically targets prostate cancer cells. Incorporating four different molecules, the compound prevents tumour cells from multiplying, can be detected by medical imaging and has staying power in the bloodstream. Usually, a drug is administered indiscriminately and most of it does not reach the diseased tissues. The goal ...