Further news

The City of Zurich intends to take over ETH’s district heating system in the Zentrum area. With the sale, ETH is strengthening its focus and is drawing a line under a situation that has developed over time.

Pioneering study reveals that limiting global warming to 1.5ºC could reduce the global economic costs of climate change by two thirds. If warming continues to 3ºC, global GDP will decrease by up to 10 percent - with the worst impacts in less developed countries.

Greenhouse gas emissions have led to substantial warming. However, the observed warming in Europe is stronger than typically projected in regional climate models. A new study shows that this is due to insufficient consideration of changes in aerosols in the models and implies higher warming than expected for the future.

Organisms exposed to consistent interactions across generations often coevolve to optimize their coexistence. However, it is not known if plants coexisting over multiple generations in a community evolve to avoid competition and boost individual fitness. A study conducted by researchers at the Agricultural Ecology group at ETH Zurich tackles this question.

A university building in St. Gallen needs to be enlivened. The joint project by the Department of Architecture and a sociologist combines analysis, design and self-​construction. And brings together architecture and economics students from ETH and HSG.

Using a novel microfluidic chip, ETH researchers have shown that bacteria not only recognise small food molecules, but also swim towards large, complex polymers. A startup is now using these findings and applying the technology to find microbes that can break down pollutants.  

Antarctica harbours a large concentration of meteorites imbuing the icy continent with an unparalleled wealth of information on our Solar System. However, these precious meteorites are rapidly disappearing from the ice sheet surface due to global warming.

Environmental monitoring is challenging in areas where dense vegetation limits data collection. Researchers have built a new drone that can find its way through branches, just like animals do.

Newspaper articles accuse the Department of Architecture of fomenting antisemitism. Dean Matthias Kohler comments on the allegations on behalf of the department board.