On 14 November, around 330 children took part in the National Future Day at ETH Zurich and explored the diverse range of careers in science and technology in twenty different programmes. Highlights ...

Researchers have identified a potentially toxic compound – an end product of a chemical used to disinfect drinking water in some countries. Identifying the compound required a more complete ...

They also found evidence for this mechanism in humans. The ETH Zurich researchers analysed fat tissue biopsies from formerly overweight people who had undergone stomach reduction or gastric bypass ...

Christian Wolfrum, Vice President for Research at ETH Zurich since 1 January 2023, will become Deputy President & Provost of Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) as of 1 July 2025. As ...

Team ETH BiodivX awarded a quarter of a million USD in the XPRIZE Rainforest competition to develop novel technologies to advance monitoring of tropical rainforests. New drone tech, backpack lab, and ...

When Ernő Rubik invented his cube 50 years ago, he was not thinking of a toy, but of solving a geometric problem. But with around 500 million copies sold, the Magic Cube became the world’s most ...

The most recent call for applications for SNSF Starting Grants went rather well for ETH Zurich: four women and four men from six different departments will each be receiving funding from the Swiss ...

There are thousands of mutations in the human genome that are suspected of playing a role in cancer, but whose exact function has never been clarified. Using a new approach developed by ETH Zurich ...

ETH researchers have developed methods that use everyday actions as secure login processes in the smart home. These new methods for logging in are simpler and less obtrusive than the familiar process ...

ETH Zurich welcomed guests from politics, business and science as it celebrated its 169th birthday on 16 November. In his address, Rector Günther Dissertori presented a new reform package that will ...

What she does every day is difficult to convey to laypeople, Yiwen Chu says. Because in everyday life we don’t see anything that behaves quantum mechanically. As Professor of Solid State Physics at ...

It is reported that over 13 billion exercises are executed every week in Duolingo, the world’s most popular language learning app. Are you one of them? Join us as we explore the evolution of the ...