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CSEM is a Swiss technology innovation center developing advanced technologies with a high societal impact, which it then transfers to industry to strengthen the economy. The non-profit orientated, public-private organization is internationally recognized.

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CSEM @csem.ch · 24/09/2026
⚙️ One engineering challenge can hold back a deep-tech start-up. CSEM’s new Start-up Elevate Program will support 5 selected companies with up to CHF 50,000 in engineering expertise to tackle one critical milestone. Applications close Nov 30. 👉 bit.ly/47257aN
Start-up Elevate Program inspirational picture ©CSEM - Guillaume Perret
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CSEM @csem.ch · 18/09/2026
☀️ Solar is moving beyond rooftops. In a new @natcomms.nature.com Energy Correspondence, @csem.ch’s Antonin Faes & European partners explore how integrated PV can bring energy generation into products, vehicles & buildings—where design matters too. #IntegratedPV 🔗 bit.ly/3UYVHKC
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CSEM @csem.ch · 15/09/2026
After 30 years at @csem.ch, from remote astronaut monitoring to digital wearable health used every day Jens Krauss is preparing to hand over our medtech activities to Matthias Peterhans. Matthias joins on 1 November. Full story: bit.ly/46jPjQD
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CSEM appoints Matthias Peterhans as Vice President Medtech
CSEM appoints medtech entrepreneur Matthias Peterhans to succeed Jens Krauss as Vice President Medtech, advancing digital health, AI and clinical innovation.
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CSEM @csem.ch · 09/09/2026
@hslu-luzern.bsky.social (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts) and @csem.ch launch a joint professorship in Collective Human Robot Intelligence, strengthening their partnership in AI and Robotics. ➡️ Read the press release lnkd.in/edPkPJUB ➡️ View the job description lnkd.in/e8crWa2n
Text announcing the joint professorship in Collective Human Robot Intelligence. The background displays a team of humans and robotoids working together.
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CSEM @csem.ch · 03/09/2026
What if industrial sensors could analyse data on the spot? CSEM and Miromico’s compact wireless node combines ultra-low-power AI with modular radio technology for long-term, battery-powered monitoring. www.csem.ch/en/press/cse...
CSEM's expert Daniel Besse presents the collaboration with Miromico.
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CSEM @csem.ch · 02/09/2026
Every injection counts. Socorex and @csem.ch teamed up to develop a smart vaccination system for real farm conditions, delivering precise doses and automatically recording each injection to reduce waste, simplify traceability, and support animal welfare and food security. 💉🐄 bit.ly/4x6a2lU
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CSEM @csem.ch · 31/08/2026
How do better measurements become better care? In Part 2 of our women’s health series, @csem.ch experts Samantha Paoletti and Alia Lemkaddem explore wearables, AI, clinical validation and patient-centered design, from prenatal monitoring to everyday health. 🔗 bit.ly/4cjABMM
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Women’s health wearables, AI and clinical care | CSEM
CSEM experts explore how wearables, AI, clinical partnerships and patient-centred design can turn women’s health data into better care.
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CSEM @csem.ch · 27/08/2026
One schedule change could cut annual CO₂ emissions by 6% and costs by 2% in a Viteos heating network, no new equipment needed. See how @csem.ch and Viteos turn digital twins and field expertise into results (🗣️: FR ONLY): www.bulletin.ch/fr/un-parten... #EnergyTransition
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Un partenariat agile pour l’innovation de terrain
Mutualiser les compétences pratiques et technologiques pour accélérer la~transition énergétique
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CSEM @csem.ch · 27/08/2026
☀️ Today’s sunshine, stored for tomorrow. Canal Alpha’s latest EUREKA episode visits @csem.ch’s Battery Innovation Hub in Neuchâtel to explore how solar energy can be stored until it’s needed. 🔋 Watch: bit.ly/4hXEpqK #BatteryInnovation #SustainableEnergy #EnergyTransition
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Le solaire passe à l’heure du stockage - Canal Alpha
Comment utiliser la nuit l’électricité solaire produite durant la journée? Eureka explore le stockage industriel, des premières installations aux batteries...
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CSEM @csem.ch · 27/08/2026
👁️ For people with photophobia, light can be overwhelming. Azalea Vision and @csem.ch are advancing a biocompatible smart contact lens that helps manage incoming light, powered by ultra-thin flexible electronics inside the soft lens. Read: bit.ly/4vJL63M
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CSEM @csem.ch · 25/08/2026
💊 Solubility testing in early drug discovery can take days and consume scarce sample material. ORYL Photonics, @csem.ch, EPFL & @fhnw.ch co-developed a light-scattering instrument that reads a 384-well plate in ~15 minutes using far less material. Faster, leaner R&D: bit.ly/4xVrkU7
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CSEM @csem.ch · 24/08/2026
What if the women’s health gap starts with what we measure? In Part 1, @csem.ch experts Samantha Paoletti and Alia Lemkaddem explain why hormonal variation isn’t noise - it’s information & how bioconvergence can help turn it into better evidence for healthcare. 🔗 bit.ly/4wGdFP3
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CSEM @csem.ch · 14/07/2026
The same air can warn your sinuses and your crops 🌾 @csem.ch and Swisens AG are using multimodal AI to classify pollen and fungal spores in real time—helping improve allergy forecasts and giving agriculture more precise signals for action. Read: bit.ly/4fbbMV2
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CSEM @csem.ch · 09/07/2026
🪐 Some planets are found in a wobble of light. For NIRPS at ESO’s La Silla Observatory, @csem.ch has co-created with for UNIGE a laser frequency comb: thousands of stable markers to help astronomers in the future measure tiny shifts in starlight. Read: bit.ly/3QxUZSN
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CSEM @csem.ch · 07/07/2026
A village does not decarbonize like a city. In Grandvaux, ANERGYCAD co-designed with @csem.ch + partners will use a low-temperature anergy loop under the roads so buildings can tap local heat and upgrade it with heat pumps. Smaller infrastructure. Lower-carbon heating. Read: bit.ly/4ged5ng
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CSEM @csem.ch · 06/07/2026
🚀 What if a battery frame could do more than hold battery cells? Together with Almatech, CSEM developed a lighter, multifunctional design for space applications using additive manufacturing—validated at TRL 6 and with potential far beyond space. Read more : bit.ly/4vjsdnd
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Smart Battery Packs | CSEM × Almatech Design for Additive Manufacturing
CSEM and Almatech develop and validate a smart, additively manufactured battery pack for space, reducing packaging mass and lead time while enabling maintenance and repair operations.
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CSEM @csem.ch · 03/07/2026
9,521 m, powered by sun and batteries ☀️ Raphaël Domjan and SolarStratos pushed solar-electric flight higher. @csem.ch helped with the ultra-light solar modules and battery expertise behind the aircraft. Not science fiction. Swiss engineering in thin air. Read: bit.ly/4oVaxfO
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CSEM @csem.ch · 02/07/2026
Proud to see CCRAFT, a spin-off from @csem.ch, raise USD 7.8m (CHF 6.3m) to scale Thin Film Lithium Niobate (TFLN) photonic chip manufacturing in Switzerland. A strong signal that Swiss deep-tech research can become industrial capacity in a strategic global market. Read more: bit.ly/4vbONy6
Hamed Sattari, Andreas Voelker, Hernán Furci who are professionally dressed stand on an indoor stairwell landing, leaning on metal railings and facing the camera in a modern building with bright white walls and industrial details.
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CSEM @csem.ch · 01/07/2026
The invisible work behind reliable electronics: fewer surprises. With Micro Precision Systems MPS, @CSEM.ch helped test failure risks, qualify materials and suppliers, and shape quality controls before scale-up. Reliability is built early, not inspected in at the end. Read: bit.ly/4vH8Sxc
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CSEM @csem.ch · 30/06/2026
🌟 We're pleased to announce the appointment of Annick Dubois as Chief People Officer and member of @csem.ch's executive leadership team. Bringing 20+ years of international HR leadership experience, she will lead CSEM's people strategy.🔗 bit.ly/4oZqDoX
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CSEM appoints Annick Dubois as Chief People Officer to drive talent strategy
CSEM appoints Annick Dubois as Chief People Officer. With 20+ years of international HR leadership experience, she will lead talent strategy, leadership development, workforce planning, and employee e...
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CSEM @csem.ch · 26/06/2026
A kids’ game that doesn’t fight screens with another screen 🕹️ Spin & Play developed by swip SA with @csem.ch + partners turns movement into the interface: jump, dodge, react. No cameras. No wearables. Just smart engineering for active play, now in Decathlon Switzerland. Story: bit.ly/3QGmXvC
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CSEM @csem.ch · 25/06/2026
🏆 A new award for research that moves innovation forward. @csem.ch’s Claude Nicollier Research Excellence Award celebrates outstanding work shaping Switzerland’s innovation landscape. Congratulations to first winner Kerem Artuk for his contribution to a solar world record: bit.ly/4g6byQ8
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CSEM Launches Claude Nicollier Awards for Research Excellence
CSEM launches the Claude Nicollier Awards to honor research excellence and innovation. The inaugural award goes to Kerem Artuk for a world-record solar cell breakthrough.
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CSEM @csem.ch · 23/06/2026
25 years in Central Switzerland 🎂 What started as a local bridge between research and industry is now part of a 640+ expert network helping Swiss companies build with robotics, sensors, AI, fluidics and more. Happy birthday, @csem.ch Alpnach. Read: bit.ly/3QCv6B1 #SwissInnovation
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CSEM Alpnach Marks 25 Years of Industrial Innovation
For 25 years, CSEM Alpnach has accelerated industrial innovation through robotics, AI, sensors and automation, supporting businesses across Central Switzerland.
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CSEM @csem.ch · 22/06/2026
🎬 Movie-trailer energy, real-world tech. @csem.ch's Annual Report is out: faster medicines, trusted chips, solar skies, airborne AI, exoplanet hunting—and more stories of research moving into the world. Watch/read: bit.ly/4uNmOEw #DeepTech #SwissInnovation
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CSEM @csem.ch · 17/06/2026
@jeremiahchronister.bsky.social we couldn't have said it better ourselves.
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CSEM @csem.ch · 17/06/2026
The image above shows a close-up of a @csem.ch solar cell with copper metallization. Copper can help reduce reliance on constrained materials such as silver in photovoltaic manufacturing.
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CSEM @csem.ch · 17/06/2026
Critical minerals are becoming a key pressure point in the energy transition. Proud to see @csem.ch ’s Bertrand Paviet-Salomon recognised by EQT Foundation for work on resource-light PV technologies, helping solar scale with fewer material bottlenecks: bit.ly/3Qano14
Close-up of a solar cell with copper metallization, showing fine conductive grid lines. Copper can help reduce reliance on constrained materials such as silver in photovoltaic manufacturing.
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CSEM @csem.ch · 16/06/2026
@csem.ch spin-off Actival has won the Medtech & Healthcare category at >>venture>>startup competition 2026 🏆A proud moment for Swiss deep-tech and for the startup ecosystem helping lab-born oral health innovation reach patients: bit.ly/43HbJKa
On stage at the >>venture>> Awards 2026, Actival is announced as the winner of the Medtech & Healthcare category. A presenter hands the award trophy to the Actival team while their logo appears on the large screenTwo people stand in front of >>venture>> event signage, smiling and holding an award trophy. The image celebrates Actival as the winner of the >>venture>> startup competition’s MedTech vertical. >>venture>> is a Swiss startup competition that awards vertical winners CHF 50,000.
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CSEM @csem.ch · 11/06/2026
🎉 Big win for @csem.ch ! ORYL F1 won the Impact Expected award at EARTO Conference 2026. Built by Oryl Photonics, CSEM & @fhnw.bsky.social, the tech helps pharma researchers test drug solubility faster while reducing chemical, material & energy use: bit.ly/3QtqXzr
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CSEM wins EARTO Award 2026 for Solubility Testing
CSEM and ORYL Photonics win the EARTO Innovation Award 2026 for a breakthrough solubility testing technology that enables pharmaceutical companies to develop new drugs up to 100 times faster while red...
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CSEM @csem.ch · 09/06/2026
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Industrial Research and Development | Technological Innovation
CSEM is an internationally recognized Swiss innovation center that develops disruptive technologies with a high societal impact and multiple industry applications.
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CSEM @csem.ch · 09/06/2026
New materials matter when they become reliable space hardware. A €1M @csem.ch-led project will 3D-print new alloys into metal engine parts that run hotter, last longer & carry more load. With @empa-materials.bsky.social, Pave Space SA & @esa.int Phi-Lab Switzerland: bit.ly/4xcNOzE
Promotional graphic for HERMES, featuring translucent blue 3D rocket-material components on a cyan technical grid background. Large cream text reads “HERMES,” with the tagline “Printing the future of rocket materials.” Partner logos along the bottom include Empa, ESA Phi-Lab NET, Switzerland, pave, and CSEM.
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CSEM @csem.ch · 03/06/2026
Hamilton’s GlucoSense RS485 225 enables real-time glucose monitoring directly in bioreactors, helping improve process control in biologics manufacturing. Great collaboration with @csem.ch to turn advanced sensing and engineering into a practical tool for industry. 🧬⚙️: bit.ly/49ClEnD
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Real-Time Bioreactor Glucose Monitoring with Hamilton GlucoSense
Discover how Hamilton’s GlucoSense, developed with CSEM support, enables real-time bioreactor glucose monitoring to improve biologics process control and performance.
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CSEM @csem.ch · 02/06/2026
Explore the science behind tomorrow’s technologies! @csem.ch’s 2025 Scientific & Technical Report brings together applied research in digitalization, precision manufacturing and sustainable energy — and the partners making it real. Read, explore, connect: bit.ly/4odp2eZ
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CSEM @csem.ch · 28/05/2026
One industrial problem can be the start of a bigger digital shift. @csem.ch's Digital Journey 2026 helps Swiss SMEs turn a concrete idea into a real project with CSEM experts — with up to CHF 100k in technical support or transfer hours: Apply by Sept 14: bit.ly/4o40Z1N
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CSEM @csem.ch · 27/05/2026
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CSEM @csem.ch · 27/05/2026
🧠 Could brain-inspired chips make future electronics smarter and more energy efficient? In this SwissChips Spotlight, @csem.ch/@ethz.ch doctoral student Xi Chen shares how his work on neuromorphic and human brain interface technologies could shape tomorrow’s healthcare and computing. bit.ly/49dNaHX
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SwissChips Researcher Spotlight: Xi Chen, CSEM/ETH Zürich
What if a chip could listen to the brain? In this edition of SwissChips Spotlights, we speak with Xi Chen about designing next-generation neural recording systems, the challenges of capturing tiny bra...
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CSEM @csem.ch · 22/05/2026
Image: © MOMM Diagnostics - A close up of préXclude. The setup is used for rapid point-of-care analysis from small blood samples.
Close-up of a rapid diagnostic testing setup on a white laboratory table, including a pipette, reagent bottles, disposable microfluidic test cartridges, and a compact electronic reader device with a small display screen. The setup is used for rapid point-of-care analysis from small blood samples.
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CSEM @csem.ch · 22/05/2026
🌍 On World Preeclampsia Day, @csem.ch and MOMM Diagnostics highlight faster maternal diagnostics. The préXclude rapid test aims to assess preeclampsia risk from a fingertip blood sample in minutes — with new clinical results coming this fall: bit.ly/49zXfiL
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CSEM and MOMM Diagnostics introduce revolutionary preeclampsia test
The system resembles a pregnancy test with electronic result analysis and allows a rapid diagnostic test carried out in the doctor’s office.
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CSEM @csem.ch · 20/05/2026
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CSEM @csem.ch · 20/05/2026
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CSEM @csem.ch · 20/05/2026
🔋 We’re proud to open the doors of @csem.ch’s new battery dry room to Canal Alpha — where lithium-metal cells and next-gen pouch prototypes move closer to industrial reality. A rare glimpse inside the infrastructure helping Swiss SMEs and startups compete in the global battery race 🎥 bit.ly/4a1mhXZ
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Une nouvelle salle sèche pour créer des batteries du futur - Canal Alpha
37 m² de rareté. C’est la taille de la nouvelle salle sèche mise en service par le Centre suisse d’électronique et de microtechnique.
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CSEM @csem.ch · 13/05/2026
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CSEM @csem.ch · 13/05/2026
@csem.ch spin-off CCRAFT was proud to stand among the finalists of the ZKB Pionierpreis Technopark 2026, one of Switzerland’s leading deep-tech entrepreneurship awards. While not taking home the main prize, the team won the Audience Award 🏆: bit.ly/4nlLQsc
A speaker from CCRAFT presents on stage at the ZKB Pionierpreis Technopark event in Zürich. Behind him, large screens display the CCRAFT logo and slides highlighting energy-efficient photonic technology, including “10x less power” and “Made in Switzerland.”The CCRAFT team stands on stage holding the Audience Award prize cheque at the ZKB Pionierpreis Technopark 2026 ceremony, surrounded by organizers and attendees in a packed auditorium.The CCRAFT team poses together at their event booth after the ceremony, smiling and raising glasses in celebration beneath ZKB Pionierpreis Technopark branding and a large CCRAFT display.
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CSEM @csem.ch · 13/05/2026
AI-driven data growth is pushing silicon to its limits. Advanced photonics, especially #TFLN chips are enabling faster, more energy-efficient AI infrastructure. Proud to see CSEM.ch spin-off CCRAFT shape Europe’s next-gen photonics ecosystem. Interview by StartupValley Magazine 🇩🇪: bit.ly/4diCfhk
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Photonische Chips statt Silizium: Wie CCRAFT die Datenwelt neu denkt
CCRAFT entwickelt photonische Chips auf Basis von TFLN und setzt damit neue Maßstäbe für ultraschnelle und energieeffiziente Datenübertragung. Im Interview spricht das Team über die Grenzen von Silizi...
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CSEM @csem.ch · 05/05/2026
Battery ideas need the right conditions to scale. 🔋⚡ @csem.ch new dry room in Neuchâtel (CH) is ready for teams working on next-generation battery cells. With BCN & SENE - Etat de Neuchâtel. Industrial-grade infrastructure, closer to Swiss innovators. Read more: bit.ly/4waA7Ro
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CSEM opens battery dry room in Neuchâtel to boost Switzerland’s energy innovation
CSEM launches a new dry room at its Battery Innovation Hub in Neuchâtel, giving Swiss industry access to advanced battery development infrastructure for next-generation energy storage technologies.
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CSEM @csem.ch · 30/04/2026
We can’t reduce what we can’t measure. ⚠️🌊 @csem.ch ’s #microplastic detector, from the EU-funded H2020 Nautilos project (ec.europa.eu), is now in the EU Mission Ocean & Waters Solutions Library. Tiny particles, better data, smarter action. Will you take the tech forward? info@csem.ch: bit.ly/49mcdZh
Close-up of CSEM’s microplastic detector system: a compact metal-and-glass scientific instrument designed to identify and count microplastic particles in water one particle at a time. Text on image reads: “Counting microplastics one particle at a time.”
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CSEM @csem.ch · 23/04/2026
What if fetal monitoring in labor needed no gel, repositioning, or added constraints? VidaSense is a wearable system using non-invasive fetal ECG and dry electrodes to capture fetal and maternal signals during labor. Now in clinical study with @inselgruppe.bsky.social ppe.bsky.social: bit.ly/4dRvqW6
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VidaSense clinical study advances wearable prenatal monitoring
CSEM spin-off VidaSense has entered a clinical study during labor, advancing wearable prenatal monitoring toward clinical use in obstetric care.
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CSEM @csem.ch · 16/04/2026
Bern is building #medtech momentum @csem.ch's applied research agreement with @inselgruppe.bsky.social and the @unibe.ch has been extended for 3 more years—helping turn clinical needs into practical technologies. Read all about it: bit.ly/4cuzdX2 #Medtech #DigitalHealth
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Bern medtech partnership extended by three years: Insel Gruppe, UniBE and CSEM
The Insel Gruppe, University of Bern and CSEM extend their Bern medtech partnership for three more years, advancing applied research with 32 selected projects to strengthen innovation and patient care
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CSEM @csem.ch · 15/04/2026
@csem.ch is now part of Morphotonics’s Global Lab-to-Fab Partner Network—helping move nanoimprint lithography closer to scalable industrial use in photonics and advanced manufacturing. Discover what we can do: bit.ly/4vuNPht More about the network: bit.ly/4cGz8k9 #Photonics #AdvancedManufacturing
An upscaled AR waveguide co-developed be CSEM & Morphontics
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CSEM @csem.ch · 14/04/2026
Quantum matters when it meets a real need. In QuardiOPM, @csem.ch contributes its physics package and microfabricated alkali vapor cells to a compact magnetocardiography project supported by Innosuisse (Innovation Project 121.247 IP-LS). Discover more quantum tech: bit.ly/4sBSxHV #WorldQuantumDay
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