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Urea is considered a possible key molecule in the origin of life. ETH researchers have discovered a previously unknown way in ...
Researchers are developing a living material that actively extracts carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Photosynthetic cyanobacteria grow inside it, forming biomass and solid minerals and thus binding ...
Researchers at ETH Zurich are developing a model in the lab made from human breast milk cells. They hope it will help them understand how breast milk is made – a little-researched area of female ...
Christian Wolfrum has played a key role in the evolution of medical research at ETH Zurich. Now he’s taking on a new challenge in Singapore.
The ETH professor has received one of the most prestigious awards in space research. According to the laudation, Thomas Zurbuchen has distinguished himself by his contributions to the aerospace ...
In Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne and Zurich, housing construction has increasingly contributed to urban densification over the past twenty years. Replacement buildings, vertical extensions, and the ...
Six spin-offs of ETH Zurich were among the 18 finalists in this year’s Venture Awards. Three of them won in their respective categories, and three came in second. The Grand Prize went to spin-off ...
Following the resignation of the ETH Alumni Association Board of Directors, outgoing President Jeannine Pilloud looks back on the last two years and explains where the Association stands today.
Sarbajit Banerjee receives the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Centenary Prize for original insights into structure and chemical bonding far from equilibrium, and for excellence in communicating chemical ...
Florian Dörfler develops algorithms that keep our power grids stable using mathematics and, as he says, a strong willingness to take risks. He has now been awarded the Rössler Prize, the most ...
Should you go offline completely during the holidays – or check your work emails regularly? Lorin Schöni and Nina Indina discuss this in the latest issue of the ETH ‘life’ magazine. What is your ...