July 2022

Seismic Missions Could Reveal the Solar System’s Underworlds

Researchers are currently investigating the possibility of mounting a sample-return mission to the dwarf planet (Mercury), based on a recommendation from the Planetary Science Decadal Survey released in April. external page“It would be crucial to do a survey of the tectonic activity of the region where you are taking the sample from,” says Simon Stähler, a seismologist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, who co-authored a recent preprint paper reviewing seismology in the solar system. “You want to know whether that region is geologically dead and the samples are billions of years old or whether you have cryovolcanism that makes the samples very young. I hope at least a simple seismometer could be on this mission.”call_made

Heat waves thawing Arctic permafrost

external pageIn the northernmost region of the earth the arctic permafrost is melting at an accelerated rate. For more than a decade, an international team of researchers from ETH Zurich, the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and the German Aerospace Center have observed topographical pock marks—large depressions referred to as, "retrogressive thaw slumps."call_made

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TECH POST AND SCIENCE, 29 July 2022, external pageHeat waves thawing Arctic permafrostcall_made

New quantum encryption method could lead to truly secure communication

external pageETH Zurich’s Prof Renato Renner said the history of cryptography has been a competition between cryptographers and the cryptoanalysts who attack new encryption methods...“But device-independent quantum cryptography may finally bring this competition to an end – there simply is hardly any room left for an attack,” Renner said.call_made

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AZO Quantum, 27 July 2022, external pageSecure Cryptography with Real-World Devices Now a Realistic Possibilitycall_made

PHYS.org, 27 July 2022, external pageQuantum key distribution based on high-quality quantum entanglementcall_made

EE News, 27 July 2022, external pageSecure quantum cryptography for real-world devicescall_made  

My Science (UK), 28 July 2022, external pageSecure cryptography with real-world devices is now a realistic possibilitycall_made

HPC Wire, 27 July 2022, external pageSecure Cryptography with Real-World Devices Now a Possibilitycall_made

HPC Wire, 28 July 2022, external pageDoes Quantum Entanglement Hold the Key to Unhackable Communications?call_made

Mirage, 28 July 2022, external pageSecure cryptography with real-world devices is now realistic possibilitycall_made

Carbon offsets alone won’t make flying climate-friendly

If the aviation industry wants to do its part to help meet global temperature goals, it’s better yet to think in terms of “climate-neutral,” says external pageNicoletta Brazzola, a climate policy researcher at ETH Zurich. In a study published this week in Nature Climate Change, she outlines all the ways to get there, including rules for more efficient flying...call_made

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Ars Technica, 28 July 2022, external pageCarbon offsets alone won’t make flying climate-friendlycall_made

E&T Engineering and Technology, 26 July 2022, external pageNet-zero aviation still contributes to global warming, according to researchcall_made

UK Today News, 27 July 2022, external pageEven ‘net zero’ aviation could still cause significant global warmingcall_made

New Scientist, 25 July 2022, external pageEven 'net zero' aviation could still cause significant global warmingcall_made

Moths are major pollinators for clover

external pageA team of researchers from Aarhus University and the Institute for Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich, has found that moths are major clover pollinators...the group describes how they studied imagery from time-lapse cameras they set up in the Swiss Alps and what they learned by studying images captured by the cameras at night.call_made

Creating a Microrobot to One Day Tackle Cancer

external pageBirgül Akolpoglu, a doctoral candidate at ETH Zurich and theMax Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems talks about her latest research into microrobotics and how these biohybrid microrobots could one day be used to tackle cancer.call_made

Talking leadership 36: Joël Mesot on having a fruitful dialogue with society

external pageETH Zurich president discusses building public trust in science, supporting apprenticeship schemes...For Mesot, closing the gap between academics and the general public is vital for tackling the world’s biggest problems. “This is about the future of democracies.”call_made

Here's What You Have to Know About the Rosenberg Space Habitat, the World's Tallest 3D-Printed Space Habitat

The prototype is the tallest 3D-printed polymer structure in the world at 23 feet (7 meters) in height. external pageThe Rosenberg Space Habitat also has a drone port and Spot®, a robot created in partnership with ETH Zurich that can wander around automatically, take pictures, and gather data in the nearby Climate Garden.call_made

Less buzz, less variety: fewer pollinators lead to lower plant diversity

external pageIn an unexpected twist on Darwin’s survival of the fittest, a research collaboration from Princeton University, US, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, has found that as plants compete for a declining population of visiting pollinators (bees, butterflies, and other insects), they experience population decline and an overall decrease in species diversity.call_made

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PNAS, 29 July 2022, external pageThe fight for pollinators can limit plant biodiversitycall_made

Breast cancer finding: Cell discovery could improve treatment

external page...These night-time CTCs appear to be more aggressive and better prepared to establish brand new tumours. The study was carried out by scientists in the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, and the University of Basel, in Switzerland.call_made

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ArchyNewsy, 22 July 2022, external pageStudy Indicates Breast Cancer Spreads Faster During Sleepcall_made

Frozen out of Horizon Europe, Swiss science feels the pinch

external pageNicola Spaldin, a materials scientist based at ETH Zurich who sits on the ERC’s scientific council. ‘In terms of funding, Swiss scientists are still in a very good situation,’ she notes. ‘But the replacement schemes are a bit like telling Swiss athletes that we won’t bother going to the Olympics this year, and instead will have an internal competition with the same prize money.’..Beyond the ‘healthy competition’ brought by international funding calls, Spaldin highlights the fact that scientists in Switzerland can no longer hold leadership roles on Horizon-funded collaborations and ‘the loss of brilliant young people, who are now going elsewhere’ as significant problems for Swiss science.call_made

Why Are Heat Waves Becoming So Common in Europe

external pageWet soils act as a buffer against extreme heat, climate scientist Sonia Seneviratne of ETH Zurich explained in a voice memo to VOA...'When the soil gets drier in regions where normally those soils are humid, you get less evapotranspiration, so less water that is evaporated through plants or directly from the soils,' Seneviratne said. 'Evapotranspiration normally takes up a lot of energy, which means that if it doesn't take place, because the soils are too dry, this energy is used instead to warm the air.'...Seneviratne agreed...that aridity likely contributed to this year's heat waves...'There is a clear indication that risers have contributed to the intensity of the heat waves that are currently being seen in Europe,' she said.call_made

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Q107, 20 July 2022, external pageClimate change makes heatwaves hotter and more frequent. Here's howcall_made

Imaging the Brain With Ultrasound Waves

external pageUsing ultrasound technology for brain imaging may be less harmful and more cost-effective than other current neuroimaging methods.call_made

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PHYS.org, 26 July 2022, external pageImaging the brain with ultrasound wavescall_made

Microalgae-based prawn substitute being developed in Switzerland

external pageTwo researchers at ETH Zurich (Lukas Boecker and Severin Eder) are advancing research into the development of a prawn-like product made with microalgae.call_made

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We are Aquaculture, 28 July 2022, external pageETH Zurich researchers develop seafood alternatives made from microalgaecall_made

Intelligent Living, 28 July 2022, external pageA Microalgae-Based Prawn Substitute May Soon Be Availablecall_made

This Tiny Magnetic Tube May Enable Remote-Controlled Surgery

external pageA magnet-controlled catheter lets surgeons probe the brain like never before. Researchers at ETH Zurich are developing a catheter that can be remotely controlled by magnets—opening the door for tele-surgery. They founded a company called Nanoflex (an ETH Spinoff) last November to fine-tune their device and get it ready for clinical use.call_made

The climate crisis is driving heat waves and wildfires. Here's how

external page"On average on land, heat extremes that would have happened once every 10 years without human influence on the climate are now three times more frequent," said ETH Zurich climate scientist Sonia Seneviratne.call_made

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Reuters (story source), 18 July 2022, external pageExplainer: How climate change drives heatwaves and wildfires in Europecall_made

Express (UK), 20 July 2022, external pageNew satellite images lay bare horror of Europe boiling in record-breaking heat as UK burnscall_made

News 18, 21 July 2022, external pageAs Worst Heatwave in 200 Yrs Bakes Europe, the World's in Hot Water Over Climate Changecall_made

Gulf Times, 21 July 2022, external pageHow climate change drives heatwaves and wildfires in Europecall_made

A magnetically steerable catheter for quick and safe stroke treatment

external pageETH spin-off Nanoflex has now developed a new type of catheter steered by remote control and computer via a magnetic field. "Not only can the catheter tip be bent in any direction thanks to a magnetic head; it's also smaller, more maneuverable and safer due to the softness of the material," explains ETH alumnus Christophe Chautems, one of the three founders of Nanoflex.call_made

MEGA Security Update

external pageToday, MEGA has released software updates that fix a critical vulnerability reported by researchers at one of Europe’s leading universities, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.call_made

Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship Europe Rewards Excellent Research in the Field of AI and Cybersecurity

external pagePatrick Jattke (ETH Zurich), supervised by Kaveh Razavi, has been selected for his proposal “Rowhammer Meets AI: Leveraging Deep Learning for Building a General Rowhammer Testing Methodology”. Patrick receives Mentorship and $40,000 in Research Funding.call_made

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Yahoo! Finance, 19 July 2022, external pageQualcomm Innovation Fellowship Europe Rewards Excellent Research in the Field of AI and Cybersecuritycall_made

Carbon-Neutral Jet Fuel? Scientists In Europe Say They’ve Successfully Created Synthetic Kerosene

external pageResearchers in Europe (from Prof. Aldo Steinfeld's lab at ETH Zurich) say they have successfully produced synthetic jet fuel using carbon dioxide, solar energy and water as a part of the European Union’s SUNlight-to-Liquid project.call_made

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Independent, 20 July 2022, external pageSolar-powered tower creates ‘first carbon neutral’ jet fuelcall_made

AZO Cleantech, 21 July 2022, external pageResearchers Develop Carbon-Neutral Fuel for the Aviation Industrycall_made

Tech Times, 20 July 2022, external pageFirst Carbon Neutral Jet Fuel Generated by Solar-Powered Tower! Here's How It Can Help the Airline Industrycall_made

Popular Science, 20 July 2022, external pageThis solar tower makes jet fuel from sunbeams, water, and gascall_made

CleanTechnica, 20 July 2022, external pageSustainable Aviation Fuel From Solar Energy: Not A Dream Any Morecall_made

Newsweek, 20 July 2022, external pageScientists Develop Futuristic Jet Fuel By Using Water, Sunlight and CO2call_made

Atlas, 20 July 2022, external pageAll-in-one solar tower produces jet fuel from CO2, water and sunlightcall_made

Engineering & Technology, 20 July 2022, external pageWater, CO2 and sunlight used to make carbon-neutral aviation fuelcall_made

Vice, 20 July 2022, external pageThis Solar Tower Generates Jet Fuel From Water and Lightcall_made

CNET, 20 July 2022, external pageThis Tower in Spain Creates Carbon-Neutral Jet Fuel From Just Water, Sun and Aircall_made

Cosmos, 21 July 2022, external pageTravelling around the globe might not have to cost the Earth: carbon neutral fuel productioncall_made

The Engineer, 22 July 2022, external pageSunlight derived fuel could help decarbonise aviation sectorcall_made

Chemistry World, 26 July 2022, external pageSolar jet fuel production from CO2 and water scaled up in field democall_made

Science News, 26 July 2022, external pageHow to make jet fuel from sunlight, air and water vaporcall_made

Euro Weekly News, 27 July 2022, external pageA modern-day miracle turns water into carbon-neutral jet fuelcall_made

Business Mayor, 20 July 2022, external pageAll-in-one solar-powered tower makes carbon-neutral jet fuelcall_made

DesignBoom, 22 July 2022, external pageETH zurich researchers design solar tower that produces jet fuel from water and lightcall_made

Business Fast (UK), 20 July 2022, external pageCarbon neutral plane fuel created from water and sunlightcall_made

Science Daily, 20 July 2022, external pageAll-in-one solar-powered tower makes carbon-neutral jet fuelcall_made

Interesting Engineering, 20 July 2022, external pageAn all-in-one solar-powered tower makes carbon-neutral jet fuel a realitycall_made

Inceptive Mind, 28 July 2022, external pageAll-in-one tower produces jet fuel using water, CO2, and sunlightcall_made

Anthropocene, 28 July 2022, external pageFirst-of-its-kind solar tower brews jet fuel from water and CO2call_made

Glacier Collapses Are a Growing but Hard-to-Predict Threat

external pageMedia reports have made much of the heat wave in the run-up to the incident, with temperatures of 10 degrees Celsius recorded near the Marmolada’s summit, 3,343 meters above sea level, on the day before the collapse...Matthias Huss, a professor of glaciology ETH Zurich comments, “It’s the long-term evolution of this glacier that caused this event to happen.”call_made

Increasingly heavy farm equipment is crushing fertile soils

external page“It's not rocket science,” says (Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics) Dani Or, who splits his time between the Desert Research Institute in Reno, Nevada, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, in Zurich. “For over a century, we have had a persistent increase in the size of [farm] machinery. Something has to give.”call_made

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Projin News (S. Korea), 19 July 2022, external pageIncreasingly heavy farm equipment is crushing fertile soilscall_made

Attosecond measurement on electrons in water clusters

external pageResearchers at ETH Zurich led by Hans Jakob Wörner, professor of physical chemistry, in collaboration with colleagues at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (U.S.) have now succeeded in studying the dynamics of electrons in clusters made of water molecules with a time resolution of just a few attoseconds.call_made

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Tech and Science Post, 23 July 2022, external pageAttosecond measurement on electrons in water clusterscall_made

Have we been measuring gravity wrong this whole time?

external pageJürg Dual, a professor of mechanics and experimental dynamics at ETH Zurich...conducted a new experiment to redetermine the gravitational constant.call_made

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Universe Today, 19 July 2022, external pageThe Gravitational Constant is Tricky to pin Down Accurately. Here’s a new way to Measure itcall_made

Science Alert, 23 July 2022, external pageScientists Have Developed a New Way to Measure The Ever-Elusive Gravitational Constantcall_made

Microbial growth governs biofilm flow paths

Researchers at ETH Zurich and Eawag show that the competition between hydrodynamics and microbial growth governs the opening and closing of preferential flow paths. external pageThis discovery advances research in bio-clogging of porous materials and has potential impact for flow and chemical transport within medical, environmental, and technological settings.call_made

Traffic jam at the Gotthard: An eternal story

external pageKay Axhausen, Professor of Traffic Planning and Transport Systems at ETH Zurich, takes away any hope that automated cars could make traffic jams disappear. He says: “Such vehicles can use the road space more effectively, but they make driving more comfortable and cheaper – and therefore more attractive. Traffic will therefore increase, also because Switzerland is continuing to grow. The situation may not improve at all. You keep walking to stand still.”call_made

Microprocessors from Intel and AMD hit with data swiping ‘Retbleed’ attack

This week's top story - external pageResearchers from the university ETH Zurich have discovered a speculative execution attack that can secretly leak password data and other sensitive materials from multiple kinds of Intel and AMD microprocessors.call_made

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iTechNews UK, 19 July 2022, external pageLinux kernel team has conquered Retbleed, Torvalds sayscall_made

Security Week, 15 July 2022, external pageSoftware Vendors Start Patching Retbleed CPU Vulnerabilitiescall_made

Newsbreak, 19 July 2022, external pageLinux kernel team has conquered Retbleed, Torvalds sayscall_made

National Cyber Security News Today, 20 July 2022, external pageNew Retbleed Speculative Execution Attack Threaten CPU Securitycall_made

Latest Hacking News, 19 July 2022, external pageNew Retbleed Speculative Execution Attack Threatens CPU Securitycall_made

National Cyber Security News Today, 24 July 2022, external pageBenchmarking The Linux Mitigated Performance For Retbleed: It’s Painfulcall_made

Crypto Quantique announces first post-quantum computing IoT security platform compliant with new NIST standards

external pageCrypto Quantique...developed with researchers at the Department of Computer science at ETH Zurich...led by led by Professor Kenny Paterson, Professor of Computer Science at ETH Zurich. He commented, “It’s been very exciting working with the Crypto Quantique team to research and develop PQC protocols, and to see our research ideas entering deployment in such a short space of time. Kudos to Crypto Quantique for being the first to market with solutions offering security for the long term.”call_made

Heat waves and meltdowns: Why Europe’s glaciers are dying and bringing tragedy with them

external page“Obviously, heat waves are not any good for glaciers,” said Daniel Farinotti, a professor of glaciology at ETH Zurich. “You can get really big losses in a very short amount of time.”call_made

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MENAFN, 21 July 2022, external pageSwitzerland's Dangerous Glaciers Under Close Surveillancecall_made

Using AI to improve your dental care and keep you smiling

external pageCEO Severin Stalder, ETH Spinoff, Zaamigo brings health teeth and a beautiful smile within everyone's reach.call_made

Pox viruses deliver proteins that directly interfere with the body's innate immune system

external pageAccording to a new study by researchers at the University of Birmingham and ETH Zurich, the pox virus starts to do this immediately after infection -even before it has begun to replicate - using proteins specifically designed to target key components of a host's immune response.call_made

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The Science Advisory Board, 14 July 2022, external pageU.K.-Swiss team uncovers poxvirus immunosuppressing protein mechanismscall_made

New research reveals mutation responsible for disease resistance in Cassava

external pageGroundbreaking research (from an international collaboration including ETH Zurich researchers) has identified a genetic mutation that confers resistance to cassava mosaic disease (CMD). Their findings have significant implications for improving cassava yield and sustaining farmer income in the face of a widespread disease, and their discovery could also shed light on disease-resistance in other major crops.call_made

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Archynewsy, 27 July 2022, external pageCassava mosaic resistance explainedcall_made

Nature World News, 28 July 2022, external pageResearchers Find Gene for Breeding Virus-Resistant Cassava - Africacall_made

Costa Rica Working with Crowther Lab on Groundbreaking Eco-transparency Program

external pageETH Zurich, via its Crothwer Lab, is partnering with the government of Costa Rica and the nature restoration hub (and ETH spinoff) Restor to develop and implement scientific tools and methods to enhance transparency around ecosystem management.call_made

Forests are becoming less resilient because of climate change

external pageTom Crowther at ETH Zurich in Switzerland, who wasn’t involved in the research, says the study provides insights into the increasing vulnerability of biodiversity hotspots in warm, dry regions of Earth. “As we move into a warmer, drier world, these trajectories of forest resilience are likely to weaken the ecological integrity of these ecosystems, limiting their capacity to capture carbon,” he says.call_made

RETBLEED - New working speculative execution attack sends Intel and AMD scrambling

Some microprocessors from Intel and AMD are vulnerable to a newly discovered speculative execution attack that can covertly leak password data and other sensitive material, sending both chipmakers scrambling once again to contain what is proving to be a stubbornly persistent vulnerability. external pageResearchers from ETH Zurich have named their attack Retbleed because it exploits a software defense known as retpoline...call_made

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WIRED, 13 July 2022, external pageNew ‘Retbleed’ Attack Can Swipe Key Data From Intel and AMD CPUscall_made

Bleeping Computer, 14 July 2022, external pageNew Retbleed speculative execution CPU attack bypasses Retpoline fixescall_made

Apple News - Decipher, 13 July 2022, external pageNew Retbleed Speculative Execution Flaw Emergescall_made

Semiconductor Engineering, 13 July 2022, external pageRETBLEED: New Spectre-BTI Attack (ETH Zurich)call_made

HotHardware, 13 July 2022, external pageAMD And Intel CPUs Rocked By New Speculative Execution Attack With A Huge Performance Hitcall_made

Security Week, 13 July 2022, external pageRetbleed: New Speculative Execution Attack Targets Intel, AMD Processorscall_made

TechRadarPro, 14 July 2022, external pageAMD and Intel chips are at risk from another major vulnerabilitycall_made

IT Security News, 13 July 2022, external pageRetbleed: New Speculative Execution Attack Targets Intel, AMD Processorscall_made

IT Security News, 14 July 2022, external pageThe new Retbleed speculative execution attack impacts both Intel and AMD chipscall_made

TechUnwrapped, 13 July 2022, external pageRetbleed, another Specter-type vulnerability affecting Intel and AMDcall_made

PC Perspective, 13 July 2022, external pageSpectre Never Dies. Retbleed Is A New Speculative Execution Attack Against Older Chipscall_made

Tech Investor News, 13 July 2022, external pageAMD and Intel chips are at risk from another major vulnerabilitycall_made

CyberSecurityHelp, 13 July 2022, external pageRetbleed: New Spectre variant that affects AMD and Intel chipscall_made

Cyber Security News, 13 July 2022, external pageRetbleed hardware-level flaw brings overhead woe to Intel and AMDcall_made

ARN, 14 July 2022, external pageNew speculative execution attack Retbleed impacts Intel and AMD CPUscall_made

Business Mayor, 13 July 2022, external pageNew 'Retbleed' Speculative Execution Attack Affects AMD and Intel CPUscall_made

Security Affairs, 14 July 2022, external pageThe new Retbleed speculative execution attack impacts both Intel and AMD chipscall_made

CSO, 14 July 2022, external pageNew speculative execution attack Retbleed impacts Intel and AMD CPUscall_made

Phoronix, 13 July 2022, external pageBenchmarking The Linux Mitigated Performance For Retbleed: It's Painfulcall_made

Research Snipers, 19 July 2022, external pageRetbleed on Linux: Kernel 5.19-RC7 Closes CPU Vulnerabilitiescall_made

Channel Asia, 14 July 2022, external pageNew speculative execution attack Retbleed impacts Intel and AMD CPUscall_made

IT Pro. 13 July, 2022, external pageRetbleed hardware-level flaw brings overhead woe to Intel and AMDcall_made

Second glacier avalanche in a week shows dangers of a warming climate

external pageDaniel Farinotti, a glaciologist at ETH Zurich, agreed. “It is long known that meltwater caused by high temperatures increase the pressure in the glaciers’ subglacial drainage system, which in turn can accelerate glacier motion,” said Farinotti in an email. “This increase in pressure and motion have certainly a role to play in such collapses.”call_made

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MSN, 12 July 2022, external pageSecond glacier avalanche in a week shows dangers of a warming climatecall_made

Researchers remeasure gravitational constant

external pageJürg Dual, a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering at ETH Zurich and his colleagues conducted a new experiment to redetermine the gravitational constant and have now presented their work in the scientific journal Nature Physics.call_made

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ScienceNews, 11 July 2022, external pageWiggling metal beams offer a new way to test gravity’s strengthcall_made

Science Daily, 12 July 2022, external pageResearchers remeasure gravitational constantcall_made

Daily Beast, 12 July 2022, external pageThe Zany Quest to Solve Gravity in an Abandoned Bunker Under the Swiss Alpscall_made

Tech Explorist, 13 July 2022, external pageScientists remeasured gravitational constantcall_made

Nature-based solutions: How can they work for climate, biodiversity and people?

external pageNoting that people already manage around three-quarters of the planet’s surface, Prof Rachael Garrett from ETH Zurich pointed out the need to appreciate trade-offs when planning nature-based solutions, citing case studies involving cattle farming in Brazil and forest restoration in Malawi: “Embedded in the conversation over the last day has been an assumption that there’s always co-benefits. That may not be the case.”call_made

Electron whirlpools seen for the first time - Long predicted but never observed

external pageKlaus Ensslin, professor of physics at ETH Zurich in Switzerlandcall_made (comments) “Signatures of viscous electron flow have been reported in several experiments on different materials. The theoretical expectation of vortex-like current flow has now been confirmed experimentally, which adds an important milestone in the investigation of this novel transport regime.”

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SciTechDaily, 11 July 2022, external pageElectron Whirlpools Seen for the First Time – Fluid Flow Could Enable Next-Generation Electronicscall_made

Archynewsy, 13 July 2022, external pageElectronic whirlpools appear for the first timecall_made

Ozone depletion in the Arctic leads to weather anomalies

external page...A team of experts led by ETH Zürich ran simulations which integrated ozone depletion into two different climate models, and discovered that the main cause of the weather anomalies in the northern hemisphere observed in 2011 and 2020 is most likely ozone depletion over the Arctic...“What surprised us most from a scientific point of view is that, even though the models we were using for the simulation are utterly different, they produced similar results,” said study co-author Gabriel Chiodo, an expert in Climate Dynamics at ETH Zürich.call_made

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AZO Cleantech, 8 Jul 2022, external pageDestruction of Ozone Over the Arctic Causes Abnormal Weather Throughout the Northern Hemispherecall_made

Nature World News, 8 July 2022, external pageResearch Suggests Depletion of Ozone Layer in the Arctic Causes Abnormal Weather Activitycall_made

IFL Science, 7 July 2022, external pageOzone Thinning Over The Arctic Is Causing Erratic Weather Across Northern Hemispherecall_made

The Times Hub, 10 July 2022, external pageArctic ozone depletion causes weather anomalies – studycall_made

South Africa plunged into darkness during power crisis

Even in such challenging times, there are small success stories...Business at Mohammed Hussein’s corner convenience store in the PJS informal settlement in Khayelitsha has been good external pagethanks to a project funded by a Swiss research university, ETH Zurich, to install small solar lights on 750 houses in the area.call_made

Severe flu risk as immune cells swap with age

external pageA team of researchers lead by Manfred Kopf, an immunologist and Professor of Molecular Biomedicine at ETH Zurich, has shown that in mice originally resident scavenger cells in the lung...rapidly die when the animals are infected with the influenza virus and are replaced after a few days by macrophages from the bone marrow. The more severe the infection, the more embryonic alveolar macrophages die.call_made

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Mirage, 8 July 2022, external pageSevere flu risk as immune cells swap with agecall_made

ETH Zurich creates dramatically contoured concrete slab ceiling

Researchers at technology university ETH Zurich have created a deeply ridged ceiling called the HiRes Concrete Slab, which they claim saves energy while offering a spectacular aesthetic.

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Designboom, 10 July 2022, external pageETH zurich's new 3D printing method creates functional and decorative 'HiRes concrete slab'call_made

New insights into the Earth's formation

external pageAn international research team led by ETH Zurich and the National Center of Competence in Research PlanetS is now proposing a new answer to this question based on laboratory experiments and computer simulations. The researchers have published their study in the journal Nature Astronomy.call_made

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INDEPENDENT, 8 July 2022, external pageScientists think they’ve solved the Earth’s oldest mysterycall_made

Yahoo News, 8 July 2022, external pageScientists think they’ve solved the Earth’s oldest mysterycall_made

The Science Times, 8 July 2022, external pagePlanetesimal Theory Is Behind the Formation of Earth, Study Claimscall_made

Tech Explorist, 9 July 2022, external pageScientists propose a new theory for Earth’s formationcall_made

Science Alert, 11 July 2022, external pageA Compelling New Hypothesis Could Finally Explain How Earth Formedcall_made  

Geeky.news, 12 July 2022, external pageScientists propose a new theory to explain the formation of the Earthcall_made

Archynewsy, 14 July 2022, external pageA new “convincing” hypothesis could finally explain how the Earth formed!call_made

Escooter Rentals Aren’t as Green as You Think

by William Ralston

external pageEarlier this year, a study by Daniel Reck and Kay Axhausen at ETH Zurich concluded that, on average, a shared escooter creates 51 more grams of CO2 per kilometer than the means of transport it’s replacing. “The bottom line is that shared escooters are currently damaging the climate,” Reck said in an interview with German newspaper Die Zeit.call_made

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Tech Times, 7 July 2022, external pageRentals of e-Scooters: Environmentally-Friendly or Not?call_made

Bacterial nanosyringes are drug and delivery all in one

The discovery of bacterial nanosyringes has a few unlucky insect larvae to thank...external pageCharles Ericson who is now a PhD student at ETH Zurich, investigated which bacterial genes were required for the nanosyringes to induce tubeworm metamorphosis.call_made

A fungal safari

external pageAmerican ecologist, Colin Averill works in the (ETH) Zurich-based lab of ecologist Thomas Crowther, which specializes in mapping the global distributions of organisms such as trees, nematodes, and mycorrhizal fungi, using computer algorithms to “fill in” areas lacking field data. Toby Kiers, Free University of Amsterdam, and Averill co-founded the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN), a new fungus-focused nonprofit that has raised some $3.5 million for an ambitious effort to map the global distribution of mycorrhizal fungi, which can create subterranean networks that are thought to play a key, but often overlooked, role in shaping ecosystems.call_made

Researchers Use Fiber Optic Technology To Detect Tremor From Subglacial Volcano in Iceland

external pageAccording to Andreas Fichtner, a professor of seismology and wave physics at ETH Zürich, this looks to be the first observation of a floating ice sheet serving as an amplifier of tremor...He noted that although ice shelf oscillations in Antarctica and Greenland have long been recognized, they are often triggered by ocean waves.call_made

How Important is the European Ecosystem to Life Sciences Research?

external pageJan Lichtenberg, CEO and Founder of InSphero (an ETH Zurich spinoff) talks about the advantages for early phase start-ups in Switzerland and the origins of InSphero technologies at ETH Zurich and University of Zurich.call_made

Physicists see electron whirlpools for the first time

external page“Signatures of viscous electron flow have been reported in a number of experiments on different materials,” says Klaus Ensslin, professor of physics at ETH Zurich in Switzerland, who (commented on) the study.call_made

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Knowridge Science Report, 8 July 2022, external pagePhysicists see electron whirlpools for the first timecall_made

Warming world creates hazard for Alpine glaciers

external pageAccording to Daniel Farinotti, a professor of glaciology at ETH Zurich and WSL Birmensdorf, Switzerland, climate change might reduce the risk of certain avalanches. Glaciers need cold weather and snowfall to grow. If glaciers grow on a steep slope, ice that is pushed over ledges can break and cause avalanches. But with warming temperatures, glaciers retreat, and smaller glaciers create fewer hazards, he said.call_made

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NZ Herald, 6 July 2022, external pageClimate change: Warming world creates hazard for alpine glacierscall_made

Scientists warn MEPs against watering down EU deforestation law

external pageOne of the signatories, Prof Jaboury Ghazoul from ETH Zurich, said the new definition of forest degradation would not be recognised by scientists or forest-dependent peoples.call_made
“It ignores the considerable damage that continues to be inflicted on forests through unsustainable logging, deliberate burning, and mining, as well as road construction that fragments forests thereby facilitating further degradation,” he said.

Because it neglects the rights of forest-dependent communities, “the definition is not only untenable, it is also unjust”, he said.

For His Sporting Approach to Math, a Fields Medal

external pageProfessor Wendelin Werner, a mathematician at ETH Zurich comments on Hugo Duminil-Copin winning the Fields Medal this week: "He enjoys sharing his ideas with others, taking them apart and putting them back together as a group, being part of a team. His way of doing math is “very sporty,” he said — energetic, dynamic, collaborative.call_made

When to introduce STEM? The earlier, the better

external pageInstitut auf dem Rosenberg partners with (organizations) such as ETH Zurichcall_made, Boston Dynamics and ABB to bring unique, educational experiences to life on campus.

Rising to global challenges together

external page“You can see companies absorbing a workforce prepared in universities or you can see companies being part of the education system, which is what we see at Bühler, and many other companies based in Switzerland,” said Joël Mesot, President of ETH Zurich. He described to delegates the merit of the Swiss education system and the recognition of the need for a social contract between companies and society to take care of the next generation for the good of the community.call_made  

Seismic safety of dams: Protecting hydroelectric dams from earthquakes

external pageDr. Martin Wieland, Chairman of the Committee on Seismic Aspects of Dam Design, International Commission on Large Dams, reflects on the seismic safety of dams...I first got involved in the dynamic analysis and safety assessment of concrete dams and was working in the Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology at the ETH Zurichcall_made, Switzerland, some dam engineers believed or hoped that by means of earthquake prediction or early warning it would be possible to ensure the seismic safety of dams.

Semi-automated offside technology to feature at FIFA World Cup 2022

external pageFurther insights into the technological capabilities of such multi-camera tracking systems are being provided by a research team at ETH Zurich.call_made

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Big News Network, 2 July 2022, external pageSemi-automated offside technology to be used at FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022call_made

View Magazine, 16 July 2022, external pageSemi-automated offside technology to be used at FIFA World Cup 2022call_made

Plant Waste can Filter Heavy Metals from Water, Study Shows

by Rich Co

external pageProfessor Raffaele Mezzenga, a co-author of the study from ETH Zurich, Switzerland, pointed out that Other metals, such as platinum, have valuable applications in the creation of electronics and other sensitive equipment, whereas metals like lead or mercury are poisonous and can be safely disposed of.call_made

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Singapore Times, 3 July 2022, external pageScientists Discover Simple Way to Remove Heavy Metal From Water Using Plant Wastecall_made

'Robo-arm' could help millions regain arm strength, say researchers

by Jim Drury

external pageResearchers (at ETH Zurich)say a wearable robot they have created, which acts like an external layer of muscles, could potentially help millions of muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, and stroke patients regain lost movement.call_made

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Singapore Times, 3 July 2022, external page“Muscle shirt” increases arm endurance by more than 200%call_made

Health Tech Insider, 12 July 2022, external pageSoft Exoskeleton Shirt Lowers Costs and Improves Mobilitycall_made

Bees manipulate plants into flowering early by intentionally damaging them

external pageScientists from the Department of Environmental Systems Sciences at ETH Zürich recently discovered that some bees trick plants into flowering early when availability of pollen within their foraging range falls short. Their findings were published in the journal Science.call_made

The Highest Residential Building in the World Made of Wood

external pageThe high-rise building is based on a new type of timber construction that researchers at ETH Zurich helped to develop...call_made

Nestlé makes sustainability progress as 2030 emission target draws near

external pageIn partnership with the Sustainability in Business Lab at ETH Zurich, Nestlé has developed a simulation tool to evaluate actions and costs for dairy, which represents most of its livestock emissions.call_made

Battrion and Jagenberg Group demonstrate Aligned Graphite® Technology for fast-charging lithium-ion batteries at 100 m/min

ETH Zurich Spinoff, Battrian AG has announced along with partner Jagenberg Group that they have successfully demonstrated the Aligned Graphite® Technology on a large-scale coating line with speeds up to 100m/min. This achievement marks an important milestone in Jagenberg's and external pageBattrion's collaboration, as it validates the feasibility of the technology for mass scale anode production.call_made