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Académie suisse des sciences techniques SATW
Microbes instead of crude oil: How biotechnology can defossilise the chemical industry
Industrial sectors such as organic chemistry are structurally dependent on carbon and are therefore still largely fossil-based. Biotechnological processes could offer a decisive solution here. They enable the direct utilisation of captured CO₂ as a raw material and thus pave the way for circular chemistry. At the third SATW forum on defossilisation, around 30 experts discussed how far these technologies have already been developed and what is still needed to make them a reality.
Académie Suisse des Sciences Médicales ASSM
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Invitation à la rencontre des bibliothèques biomédicales
La Commission des bibliothèques biomédicales, rattachée à l’ASSM, invite à une manifestation «Meet and Greet» pour favoriser les échanges, le mercredi 26 août 2026 à Berne. Les inscriptions sont ouvertes jusqu’au 9 août 2026.
Académie suisse des sciences humaines et sociales
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Qu’est-ce qu’une « bonne vie » ? Un défi scientifique mondial pour y répondre
Le Centre LIVES lance le Good Life Data Challenge, un projet collaboratif réunissant 95 chercheur·es à travers le monde pour identifier les facteurs d’une vie heureuse, riche et pleine de sens à partir de données suisses inédites.
Académie suisse des sciences techniques SATW
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Medicine at a turning point
Modern medicine is at a turning point thanks to the groundbreaking biological findings that are driving it forward. However, it has so far remained focused on average patients and concentrated on a few large, centralised institutions. The decisive change lies in overcoming the "medicine of snapshots" in favour of decentralised, personalised support that works continuously and regardless of location. Three technological pillars support this change: networked infrastructure, human augmentation and high-precision, biologically customised therapies.