November

Finding the smallest defects in materials is a daily task in many industries, but existing tests are destructive or time-consuming. The Optical Nanomaterial Group of Professor Rachel Grange has developed a microscopy solution for fast quality control.

Swiss manufacturer Nova partnered with inspire and ETH Zurich to develop a new generation of high-pressure valves for hydrogen fuelling stations. Incorporating intelligence into the valve will enable future IoT and industry 4.0 networks.

Can you envisage a bendable and even stretchable battery, which you could embed into wearable electronics such as on-skin sensors? The ETH Multifunctional Materials Laboratory has recently achieved a breakthrough.  

The threat of millions of deaths due to antibiotic resistance by 2050 has challenged an interdisciplinary group of ETH Zurich students to enter the annual competition iGEM with their solution for this global problem. The team gained a lot of experience and is happy with the positive feedback and their gold medal.