Global challenges such as pandemics, climate change and the governance of artificial intelligence highlight a key reality: effective solutions emerge when scientific knowledge and international cooperation come together. To further advance technology-driven social innovations for addressing global challenges, ETH Zurich and the United Nations have renewed their partnership.
Creating new pharmaceutically active compounds involves modifying existing molecules. A new AI model can now predict where and how a molecule can be modified. The new method, developed by ETH Zurich researchers in collaboration with the industry, enables to identify promising sites on a computer. This saves on laboratory experiments and accelerates the search for new drugs.
Among the newly recognised Fellows of the American Physical Society is Rainer Wallny, whose group in the Department of Physics works on data analysis and hardware development in elementary particle physics.