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Microbiologist Julia Vorholt is being honored for her groundbreaking work on plant microbiomes. Her research has transformed scientific understanding of how these microbial communities are composed, influence plant immunity, and improve plant health and resilience. (in English)

The collection, which includes some antique specimens, is now available to the public in the virtual world of the nahima (Natural History Collections Management digitally) database.

Noémie Martin, a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, is investigating how different metal alloys can be combined in 3D printing. Her goal is to create high-quality machine components that optimise performance while minimizing their environmental impact.

The Executive Board has recently adopted a policy recommendation by the Ad Hoc Commission on Institutional Positioning, proposing that ETH Zurich should refrain from taking positions on geopolitical crises. Interview with the chairperson of this commission, Effy Vayena.

An international collaboration headed by researchers in the Department of Physics has shown that additive manufacturing offers a realistic way to build large-scale plastic scintillator detectors for particle physics experiments.

ETH Zurich has a centre for project-based learning in electrical engineering and information technology. In this interview, its director, Michele Magno, takes stock of the first five years.

In a study published in the scientific journal Nature, an interdisciplinary team of researchers presents a novel machine learning method to analyse gravitational waves emitted from neutron star collisions almost instantaneously – even before the merger is fully observed. 

As the speaker of the third edition of the COPL Colloquia, Sara Seager presented her current research on the atmosphere of Venus, showing how its chemistry and cloud characteristics are compatible with Venusian life.

Data poisoning poses a serious threat to AI language models such as ChatGPT and DeepSeek. New research results from ETH Zurich show how difficult it is to remove malicious data once it has been injected.