A special year is soon coming to an end. In 2022, much has been researched, developed and invented at ETH Zurich. ETH News looks back on an eventful past year.
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January
Robot ANYmal can walk over hill and dale – thanks to its visual perception and sense of touch, made possible by artificial intelligence.
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February
Drawing inspiration from a butterfly, ETH researchers create structural colours using a nano 3D printer.
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March
ETH researchers break down Plexiglas into its chemical building blocks. This is a step towards the recycling of plastics.
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April
ETH spin-off Climeworks raises 600 million Swiss francs in a financing round, which it will use to build large CO2 filter plants worldwide.
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May
For the first time ever, a multidisciplinary research team successfully transplants a donor liver that had been treated in a machine for three days.
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June
Breast cancer tumours metastasize mostly when people are asleep. This finding could greatly change future diagnoses and treatment.
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July
With the help of satellite data, researchers at ETH Zurich develop a method to quantify the amount of carbon released from Arctic permafrost.
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August
ETH Zurich and UBS launch a strategic partnership aimed at promoting innovation and entrepreneurship, and raising interest in STEM subjects.
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September
ETH Zurich opens a new research and teaching centre with a focus on exploring the origin and prevalence of life on Earth and beyond.
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October
Mars has been generally considered a geologically dead planet. An international team of researchers led by ETH Zurich reports that seismic signals indicate vulcanism still plays an active role in shaping the Martian surface.
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November
For the first time, ETH Zurich researchers have been able to make a superconducting component from graphene that is sensitive to magnetic fields.
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December
Researchers from ETH Zurich have developed a new transparent gold nanocoating that harnesses sunlight to heat the lenses of glasses, thereby preventing them from fogging in humid conditions.
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Most read articles
The above selection is hand-picked by the editors. But which articles covering ETH research were read most often last year? Here are the top 3:
The ETH News editorial team wishes you merry christmas and a happy new year.