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In 2020, the ICRC, ETH Zurich and EPFL launched Engineering for Humanitarian Action (EHA), an initiative that uses innovative tech and scientific expertise to help those in need.

The REMOPTI project aims to develop an innovative decision-making framework for the energy retrofitting of buildings, integrating a holistic approach that goes beyond traditional methods by explicitly managing uncertainty and risk analysis.

At Carnegie Mellon researchers are helping cities learn how to make room for too much of a good thing: renewable energy.

The number of FinTech companies in Switzerland and Liechtenstein increased slightly in 2025. At the same time, the technological focus is shifting towards data- and AI-based solutions.

VHLGenetics invested in an advanced Aviti sequencer in autumn 2025, while WUR-Bioscience guarantees a minimum number of runs per year.

VHLGenetics invested in an advanced Aviti sequencer in autumn 2025, while WUR-Bioscience guarantees a minimum number of runs per year.

Legal scholar Josef Drexl calls for a new remuneration model to protect against AI displacement The value of human creativity: Josef Drexl, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Com

Wealth inequality has bedeviled society for centuries, and in many places around the globe, the gap between the haves and have-nots continues to grow.

Researchers from have discovered serious security vulnerabilities in three popular, cloud-based password managers.

Climate change is not just an environmental issue. Lint Barrage examines how it influences the global economy - and argues that the economic risks are already apparent today.

Companies that continue to degrade nature not only endanger ecosystems, but ultimately put their own survival at risk.

Women in the UK who use online banking tools are nearly five times as likely to manage their household finances and about twice as likely to have the final say in major financial decisions, compared with women who don't bank online, a new UCL-led study has found. Using nationally representative data of heterosexual couples aged 20-64 from the United Kingdom Household Longitudinal Study, researchers show how online banking enhances its usersfinancial influence within their relationship, making them more likely to manage the couple-s money and have the final say in major financial decisions.

A team of students from Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy helped the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) build the first known

A study using data from Catalonia shows that collaboration between local councils and regional councils significantly increases the coverage of rental assistance, while having no significant effect on guaranteed citizen income.

Cantonal Innovation and Creativity Index (KIKI): Canton Zug remains at the top, Jura takes a leap forward The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU) has compiled the Cantonal Innovati