2017
Xavier’s post on ETH ambassador Blog
Xavier has written a blog article on the ETH ambassador blog.
FML research at EU Summit
FML researchers presented the 3D-printed soft artificial heart at the Tallinn Digital Summit to various EU Prime Ministers.
Not air con, but a cooling curtain
Mario Stucki, doctoral student at the Functional Materials Laboratory, has developed an alternative to electrically powered air conditioning: a cooling curtain made of a porous membrane.
The Soft Artificial Heart featured by science communicator Hashem Al-Ghaili
The FML-developed soft total artificial heart was picked up by influential science communicator Hashem Al-Ghaili and the tech blog NowThisFuture.
Prof. Grass interviewed as expert on DNA storage on Swiss television
Swiss television presented and discussed the field of DNA data storage in the evening news.
Our work on soft artificial hearts highlighted in the media
Media coverage on how Nicholas Cohrs, PhD student in the Functional Materials Laboratory, developed and tested a soft artificial heart.
FML spinoff hemotune wins Venture Kick finale
The medtech startup hemotune develops a radically new medical device for blood purification. After winning the three-stage competition of Venture Kick, hemotune receives 130'000 CHF.
FML Technology explained in a short movie
Watch the video explaining the tracing technology used by FML spin-off Haelixa.
Haelixa wins second place at >>venture>> Business Plan competition
FML spin-off Haelixa was amongst the best 25 business plans and business ideas.
Successful collaboration with Prof. Takashi Ogi from Hiroshima University Japan
Dr. Elia Schneider and Dr. Samuel Hess have successfully collaborated on projects with Prof. Takashi Ogi.