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Proton therapy: a success story that started 25 years ago
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PSI
25 November 1996: a world first for PSI’s Center for Proton Therapy in treating a cancer patient using the spot-scanning technique. Meanwhile this technique has become a standard procedure worldwide and since 1996 has been used to treat around 2000 cancer patients at PSI alone – over a third of them children and young people. The fact that the success story started at PSI was more than just a coincidence.
EPFL Part of New Alliance for Equal Access to Dialysis Therapy
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EPFL
The dire need of dialysis therapies in low- and middle-income countries has prompted the creation of an interdisciplinary and international alliance that brings together experts from key organizations including EPFL.
Serious security vulnerabilities in computer memories
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ETH Zurich
Researchers at ETH Zurich have discovered major vulnerabilities in DRAM memory devices, which are widely used in computers, tablets and smartphones. The vulnerabilities have now been published together with the National Cyber Security Centre, which for the first time has assigned an identification number for it.
A first for Switzerland: proton therapy to treat lung cancer
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PSI
On 9 November 2021 a lung cancer patient was given proton therapy at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI for the first time in Switzerland.
How electric cars help to reduce electricity imports
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Empa
Swiss electricity generation has a very low carbon footprint. However, this is often not the case for imports. Researchers from the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Automation, led by Empa researcher Loris di Natale, investigated how electric cars could help reduce the need for energy imports from fossil fuels.
Finding inspiration in starfish larva
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ETH Zurich
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a tiny robot that mimics the movement of a starfish larva. It is driven by sound waves and equipped with tiny hairs that direct the fluid around it, just like its natural model. In the future, such microswimmers could deliver drugs to diseased cells with pinpoint accuracy.
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