18/Jun/2018
SNSF-funded researchers have developed a new technique for carving materials to create micromechanical systems. In particular, they have created a miniscule watch component out of synthetic single-crystal diamond.
Diamond watch components: Details
12/Jun/2018
Doctors are increasingly fighting cancer by stimulating patients’ immune systems. SNSF-supported researchers have now discovered a method for predicting the likelihood of treatment success.
Cancer: More targeted use of immunotherapy: Details
08/Jun/2018
The SNSF will fund 23 new Sinergia projects with a total amount of 53.4 million Swiss francs. Two to four research groups will participate in each of these interdisciplinary projects.
More than the sum of their parts: 23 new Sinergia projects approved: Details
05/Jun/2018
Decried as liars and know-it-alls, experts are going through troubling times. The new issue of Horizons shows why their contributions are all the more important today. Other topics - both online and in print: the new kilogram, online reviews and dangerous misunderstandings at the hospital bedside.
Horizons Newsletter: The impotence of experts: Details
04/Jun/2018
Social opposition to new high-voltage lines is delaying modernisation of the power grid. Two projects of the National Research Programmes “Energy Turnaround” and “Managing Energy Consumption” have determined the optimum design of hybrid overhead lines needed to increase the capacity of the power transmission grid and, at the same time, win popular acceptance for the new technology.
Hybrid overhead lines: More power, not more power lines: Details
30/May/2018
The SNSF has made available 10 million francs for clinical trials initiated by researchers. The fourth IICT call will be launched at the beginning of July 2018.
Four new "Investigator Initiated Clinical Trials" approved: Details
30/May/2018
Catalina Jossen Cardozo at the Lucerne School of Art and Design has created an intelligent production chain for commercialising shoes without exploiting workers or harming the environment.
An online platform for fair trade shoes: Details
30/May/2018
The new Bridge programme helps to turn scientific research into actual products and services. A year and a half into its launch, the results are already in.
From science to start-ups: Details
24/May/2018
The SNSF is further simplifying open access: it has become a member of Europe PMC, which maintains the world's largest repository for biomedicine.
Open access database: SNSF joins Europe PMC: Details
23/May/2018
If you are doing research at a university of applied sciences (UAS) or a university of teacher education (UTE), have a look at our new dedicated web page! It shows you which funding schemes might be particularly interesting for you.
New on the SNSF website: overview of all offers for UASs and UTEs: Details