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A Russian military satellite approached a Finnish satellite that supplies imagery to Ukraine, raising concern among space-security experts. An ETH Zurich researcher says the incident illustrates growing risks as satellites become more important and vulnerable.
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Switzerland
ETH Zurich researchers have built small robots powered by living muscle tissue grown from mouse cells on 3D-printed scaffolds. The prototypes can jump, swim, walk and grasp objects, with the new design producing substantially more movement than comparable systems.
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ETH Zurich
A new ETH Zurich facility in canton Lucerne will use satellite, drone and ground-sensor data to monitor landslides, crops and other environmental changes. The Earth Observation Lab is intended to improve early-warning systems and disaster management.
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space
Swiss space researcher Thomas Zurbuchen is leaving ETH Zurich to lead an advanced-concepts team at Blue Origin.
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education
Swiss lawmakers have backed equal tuition treatment for Swiss and EU students at the two federal institutes of technology as part of deliberations over Switzerland’s new package of agreements with the European Union. The decision could affect the cost of studying at ETH Zurich and EPFL for EU nationals.
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education
ETH Zurich and EPFL remain among the world’s leading universities, although both slipped in the latest Times Higher Education ranking as Tsinghua University moved ahead of ETH.
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space
Research using a small sample returned by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission suggests asteroid Bennu formed near the early solar system’s water-ice boundary rather than in its distant outer regions. The ETH Zurich analysis offers a fresh view of how planetary bodies formed 4.5 billion years ago.
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ETH Zurich
Analysis of dust returned from asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission suggests the asteroid formed near the Solar System’s water-ice boundary rather than in its distant outer reaches. ETH Zurich researchers say the findings revise assumptions about Bennu’s origins and the early architecture of the Solar System.
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science
Researchers from ETH Zurich and other Swiss institutions say the Moon once generated its own magnetic field. Their analysis of probe data supports the theory that movement in the lunar core powered an ancient geodynamo.
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climate change
New research by ETH Zurich and Leipzig University indicates that global warming could reach around 3.25°C by 2100 under current policies, making Switzerland’s previously worst-case climate scenario increasingly likely.
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ETH Zurich
ETH Zurich professor Nicola Spaldin has been named among Clarivate’s researchers considered to have Nobel-level influence in physics.
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Science
ETH Zurich professor Nicola Spaldin has been named among Clarivate’s potential Nobel laureates in physics. Her candidacy reflects the international impact of her research, although Nobel nominations remain confidential and predictions are inherently uncertain.
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start-ups
Swiss start-ups continue to attract founders who want to build businesses in Europe, but limited access to growth capital is making it harder to scale. The experience of returning ETH graduates highlights the funding gap between Switzerland and deeper venture-capital markets in the United States.
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ETH Zurich
ETH Zurich researchers have developed a freezing technique that gives lentils and other pulses a fibrous, meat-like texture.
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Switzerland
Canton Zug plans to invest CHF55 million in a joint ETH Zurich and business research centre, financed partly by additional OECD minimum-tax revenue.
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Science
In a pioneering experiment at the Bedretto Underground Laboratory, scientists have successfully induced microquakes deep beneath the Gotthard massif by injecting high-pressure water. The research aims to better understand and control seismic activity for geo-energy projects.
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Science
In an underground laboratory in the former Bedretto tunnel, ETH Zurich researchers are injecting water into a faultline to induce a magnitude 1 earthquake. The experiment aims to better understand seismic activity, with assurances that the risk of significant damage is low.
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Technology
Researchers at federal technology institute ETH Zurich have developed a novel chip that cryptographically signs images and audio as they are recorded, providing a powerful new tool to verify authenticity and fight the spread of manipulated content.
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business
E-commerce giant Amazon has purchased Rivr, a Zurich-based robotics start-up and spin-off from ETH Zurich that specializes in autonomous delivery robots capable of navigating stairs. The acquisition price was not disclosed, but Rivr was previously valued at approximately $110 million.
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Science
An international research team, co-led by ETH Zurich and the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), has retrieved a 228-metre sediment core from beneath the Antarctic ice sheet, the longest ever recovered. The core will help scientists predict the effects of global warming on future sea levels.
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