Further news

The chemical and pharmacognostic collection D-CHAB contains 17 fabric pattern books by the Swiss textile manufacturer and chemist Adolf Jenny-Tr¨¹mpy.

Guided by D-BSSE researchers Niko Beerenwinkel and Tanja Stadler and other steering group members from the University of Basel, the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB) opens a dedicated centre for computational pathogen research and surveillance.

With her concepts mathematician Svitlana Mayboroda has not only helped to save energy with new semiconductors. She also wants to find out what is behind complicated cosmic objects like the Orion Nebula.

Nicolas Gruber, Professor for Environmental Physics at the Department of Environmental Systems Science at ETH Zurich, has been awarded the Roger Revelle Medal by the American Geophysical Union.

Cities are critical to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. New research shows that European cities tend to prioritize environmental and technical issues while their residents prefer issues linked to everyday needs. This is reported by D-BAUG researchers in the journal ¡°Nature Sustainability¡±.

As atmospheric CO2?levels continue their steady climb, the ocean persistently takes up a quarter of our CO2?emissions, curtailing the pace of climate change. But the ocean does not soak up carbon uniformly. Researchers from ETH Zurich and the University of Exeter, Great Britain, released a new product that uses satellites to map the ocean carbon sink at an unprecedented resolution, offering unique insights into its highly variable nature.

A joint study by researchers from ETH Zurich and BOKU University has analysed the age distribution of Alpine rivers in Switzerland and Austria and shown that a large proportion of the annual runoff is significantly older than one month.

Richard Hahnloser of the Institute of Neuroinformatics (ETH Zurich and UZH) was awarded a prestigious fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS) in Princeton.

The Director General of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization recently visited ETH Zurich to discuss innovation and collaboration for sustainable food systems.