AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoSoft Robotics: EPFL researchers have developed a flexible, fiber-shaped motor that can bend with soft robots rather than making them rigid. Bundled motors lifted a small load and flexed a robotic finger in tests. Swiss Biotech: Roche won US approval for Tecentriq with chemotherapy after surgery for stage III dMMR colon cancer, adding an immunotherapy option for patients at risk of recurrence. Gene Therapy: A Swiss-developed treatment for blindness has shown further encouraging progress, according to new reports. Quantum Computing: Infineon and Swiss startup ZuriQ are teaming up to scale qubits, a step toward larger quantum computers. Weather Technology: Swiss firm Meteomatics unveiled a drone designed to reach the stratosphere, potentially expanding how high-altitude weather data is collected. Climate Research: Switzerland’s glaciers lost more than 5% of their ice in a year, among the sharpest annual losses on record.
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