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Zum Tod von Charles Kleiber
Freund der Akademien, Staatssekretär für Bildung und Forschung, Visionär: Charles Kleiber hatte die Stiftung Science et Cité ins Leben gerufen, das jüngste Mitglied in unserem Akademienverbund. Die Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz verdanken diesem Mann von Überzeugung und Offenheit viel. Er scheute nie die Öffentlichkeit, wenn es darum ging, mit seinen Ideen zu überzeugen. Charles Kleiber ist am 14. Januar 2025 im Alter von 82 Jahren verstorben.
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SPHN: Clinical data from 800’000 patients unlocked
After eight years of coordinated effort, the Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN) released the metadata of a uniquely rich national clinical dataset, spanning more than 800’000 patients and billions of semantically harmonized data points across diagnoses, procedures, labs, medications, vital signs, and more. Researchers can now easily discover what data exists in Switzerland and how to access it.
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Call for nominations: Prix de Quervain 2026 for Polar Research
The Prix de Quervain 2026 will be awarded for outstanding research conducted in, or originat-ing from, the two polar regions, across all scientific disciplines.
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Update of the Swiss Health Care Atlas with data for 2024
Published by the Swiss Health Observatory (Obsan), the Health Care Atlas documents the use of healthcare services based on over 100 indicators, ranging from ADHD medication to cardiac catheterization and radiotherapy. Obsan recently announced that the Healthcare Atlas has been updated with data for the year 2024.