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3D structures thanks to electron diffraction: Collaboration with ELDICO Scientific enables structural elucidation of tiny crystals

Using electron diffraction in tiny crystal needles, researchers from Basel have succeeded in determining the three-dimensional structure of a compound produced by Professor Christof Sparr’s group using a special synthesis method. The team…

Das Team from YQuantum
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YQuantum — why quantum? A new partner in the network

YQuantum, a new start-up in the SNI network, has been based at Park Innovaare in Villigen since January 2025. The four-person team behind this fledgling company produces innovative, miniaturized and scalable hardware for quantum computers…

Heart model with cells in the background
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Origami-based artificial heart tissue

Researchers from the SNI network have developed a new method for producing artificial heart tissue. In the form of a plaster, the multi-layered tissue could support the healing process of dead tissue in the event of a heart attack, for…

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Nanostructures for better implants

Researchers from the SNI network investigated how nanostructured titanium surfaces can improve dental implants. The interdisciplinary team investigated the viability of osteoblasts and fibroblasts and controlled how different bacterial…

The inside of the electron diffractometer, ELDICO ED-1
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Electron diffractometer from ELDICO Scientific: First delivery to Germany

The start-up ELDICO Scientific, which was founded in 2019 as part of the SNI network, has delivered and installed its first electron diffractometer in Germany. Based at Park Innovaare, the young company is collaborating with the…

TEM Image of SiNP(grün) in Matrix (orange)
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Method for detecting nanoparticles in early life nutrition

Researchers from the SNI network have developed a technique that can detect nanoparticles (that is, particles with a diameter of less than 100 nanometers) in early life nutrition products with a high sample throughput. Nanoparticles are…

Nicolas Candia explains the cryoWriter.
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Automatic preparation for cryo-EM analysis with no loss of material - Start-up cryoWrite delivers its first unit

For several years, the name cryoWrite has cropped up within the SNI network in connection with an instrument used to prepare samples for cryo-electron microscopy. Moreover, a company has existed with this name since 2020 (and from October…

Chip mit Elektrode
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New approach in biosensor technology

Researchers from the SNI network have developed a novel coating of a polymer and carbon nanotubes that is suitable for coating miniaturized electrodes. Such electrodes, in which conductive nanomaterials are embedded in an anti-fouling…

Eric Hovestreydt
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Opportunity for SNI members – Electron Diffraction Experience Center inaugurated in Basel

In 1928, a groundbreaking experiment by Devisson and Germer showed that electrons are diffracted like waves, thereby confirming the theory of quantum mechanics. Almost 100 years later, the young start-up ELDICO Scientific has inaugurated…

Sebastian Loy und Tino Matter
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Swiss MNT Start-up Prize – Encouraging award for young start-up anavo medical

At the Swiss NanoConvention, the young start-up anavo medical was awarded the Nanotechnology Start-up Prize from the Swiss MNT Network. Co-founder Dr. Tino Matter studied nanosciences in Basel, and in 2018 he won the prize for the best…

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