3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (310+ words) Around a year ago, the five-year programme ‘Barrier-Free at ETH Zurich’ was made permanent. Since then, the various departments have been responsible for ensuring the accessibility of their services. The departments have also been invited to promote inclusion. At the…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (750+ words) Researchers at ETH Zurich have structured a wafer-thin silicon membrane in such a manner that it can direct mechanical waves along specific paths. Such structures offer interesting opportunities for converting unwanted vibrations into usable energy or for processing mechanical signals....

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (160+ words) ETH Studio, in partnership with Bloomberg, offers ETH Zurich students a tailor-made AI-Security-Challenge in New York City. Bloomberg and ETH Zurich are excited to offer the Fourth Bloomberg-ETH Challenge in Bloomberg's New York Headquarters. The theme of this year's challenge…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (214+ words) A great honour for Nora Lüthen, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering at ETH Zurich: She has received an Early Career Prize from the US Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics for her mathematical…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (377+ words) Staffnet ETH Zürich Paul Wrede selected as 2026 Schmidt Science Fellow Paul Wrede, doctoral student at the professorship for biomedical imaging led by Prof. Daniel Razansky, has been awarded the 2026 Schmidt Science Fellowship. His goal is to explore how artificial cells…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago   (257+ words) Three quantum researchers were presented with the Nobel Prize in Stockholm on 10 December. Meanwhile, this year marked the centenary of quantum mechanics as a field of research. In this two-part interview, ETH Professor Klaus Ensslin looks back at its beginnings…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago   (76+ words) In addition to mandatory semester- and master projects, students can choose from optional research projects and/or an industry internship. For students with a background in engineering sciences, the teaching offer is supplemented by lectures in Biology, Anatomy and Physiology....

9+ mon, 2+ week ago   (678+ words) Researchers from ETH Zurich have manufactured organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) on a nanoscale – that’s around a hundred times smaller than a human cell. This not only enables ultra-sharp screens and microscopes, but also opens up entirely novel possibilities for wave…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (208+ words) Resources vital for life, such as soil, water and air, are becoming increasingly scarce on earth. This development is exacerbated by the persistent global trend towards living in urban areas. Society's needs concerning safety, cleanliness and mobility are rising. Our…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (328+ words) Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed artificial muscles that contain microbubbles and can be controlled with ultrasound. In the future, these muscles could be deployed in technical and medical settings as gripper arms, tissue patches, targeted drug delivery, or robots....