Highlights
A selection of our success stories.
Chemistry and Bioanalytics
Animal experimentation: 3D for 3R
More than 600,000 animals a year are used in experiments in Switzerland alone. Despite tougher animal protection regulations, the number remains high due to ...
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Made to measure treatment
HLS researchers, in collaboration with firms in the Swiss medical sector, have developed a way to measure nutrients in the blood quickly and easily without the ...
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Brushing your teeth without detergents
Enzyme-based toothpaste uses less aggressive chemical substances than normal toothpaste, enabling gentler oral hygiene. The complex action of the enzymes it ...
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Nanotechnology in cleanrooms
Medicines must be produced in sterile conditions. Industry and research organisations use hydrogen peroxide for disinfection and sterilization but the ...
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Medical Engineering and Medical Informatics
Rehabilitation with virtual trees
Every year about 16,000 people in Switzerland suffer a stroke. Many lose arm or leg movement as a result and the length of time taken for even small ...
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Using data to cope with tremors
HLS researchers have developed a method to make deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease even more precise and thus more effective. Deep brain ...
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Measuring the knee
The knee is one of the largest and most important joints which, if damaged, can be replaced by an implant. Alex Ringenbach from the HLS has written software ...
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Tracking the patterns
Imaging with computer tomography and magnetic resonance tomography is an integral part of modern medicine. In 2014, Swiss radiologists did more than 800,000 CT ...
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New functionalities in MRI scanners
Modern magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners have a static magnetic field 60,000 times stronger than that of the Earth.
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Radiation protection with robotics
Minimally invasive surgical procedures such as tissue removal from internal organs or tumour treatments are often performed with radiology imaging, leading to ...
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Environment and Resources
Tailor-made membranes
Economic efficiency and environmental protection are often perceived as conflicting goals. Nevertheless, research shows that they can be combined if scarce ...
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Treasures in production waste
Researchers at the School of Life Sciences FHNW (HLS) have developed a process for recovering the rare earth metal scandium from acidic industrial wastewater ...
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A water filter for emergencies
Clean drinking water is a luxury. In many parts of the world water is polluted and full of harmful bacteria; the problem is particularly acute during ...
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500°C and potassium Methods
Sewage sludge produced during waste water purification contains not only biomass and pollutants but also precipitated phosphorus. By law, starting in 2026 this ...
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Using bacteria against crude oil spills
Crude oil spills are one of the greatest risks to the industrialised world. Oil spills in the sea are not only difficult to contain but also highly resistant ...
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Bacterial super-resistance decoded
Scientists and politicians agree: antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a major challenge for medicine, both now and in the future. The World Health Organization ...
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