Further news
Here you will find a selection of the latest notifications, articles and news from the departments as well as from various administrative departments of ETH Zurich.
Side effects of antimalarial drug explained
Researchers have investigated how drugs interact with the tiny channels through which neighbouring biological cells communicate with each other. The scientists have thus provided a possible explanation for the known neuropsychiatric side effects of an antimalarial drug. In addition, the new findings could enable the development of drugs against numerous other diseases.
Digital twin for safety training
Researchers at ETH Zurich are working with Lufthansa Aviation Training to develop a complete replica of an Airbus aircraft. This digital twin will be used for safety and emergency training of cabin and cockpit crews in virtual reality.
Building bridges between people and machines
The ongoing development of artificial intelligence is often presented as a race between humans and machines. ETH professor Menna El-?Assady takes a different approach: she wants to develop an AI that can be used interactively and that shapes its capabilities only in collaboration with humans.
Final design of ELT's METIS instrument completed
METIS is the first instrument of the Extremely Large Telescope to pass its final design review.
Global effort to gather environmental DNA
Inspired by the United Nations International Day for Biological Diversity, Kristy Deiner and her research team launched “LeDNA” – a project to gather global biodiversity data from nearly 500 lakes with the help of citizen scientists in more than 80 countries.
A bionanomachine for green chemistry
ETH Professor Volodymyr Korkhov has contributed to the structural elucidation of an enzyme.
“The term ‘Alpine fallow lands’ was a provocation”
Sociology professor Christian Schmid will retire this year. In the interview, he looks back on his time at the ETH Studio Basel, which sparked discussions with the book and whose publications will be freely available online as Open Access from May.
“The image of Heidi's Switzerland will change and there will be new natures”
Climate change leads to more landslides and flooding. ETH professor Martina Voser is investigating how landscape architecture can respond to this in the sandbox, on the computer and in dialogue with the population.
ETH Zurich sells district heating to the City of Zurich
The City of Zurich intends to take over ETH’s district heating system in the Zentrum area. With the sale, ETH is strengthening its focus and is drawing a line under a situation that has developed over time.
Substantial global cost of climate inaction
Pioneering study reveals that limiting global warming to 1.5?C could reduce the global economic costs of climate change by two thirds. If warming continues to 3?C, global GDP will decrease by up to 10 percent - with the worst impacts in less developed countries.