October 2020
Magic Cube: bringing electrical engineering to life
News
Magic Cube is a new teaching tool developed by ETH Zurich, ABB and mint & pepper. It uses a playful approach to teach junior high and high school students the basics of electrical engineering and awaken their interest in the field.
Leading European universities unite to battle climate change
Press release
Researchers from four leading European technical universities, all members of IDEA League, are looking for new solutions against climate change in the EASYGO project.
Spread of a novel SARS-CoV-2 variant across Europe in summer 2020
News
A research team led by the University of Basel and ETH Zurich has identified a novel SARS-CoV-2 variant that has spread widely across Europe in recent months, according to an un-peer-reviewed preprint released this week
Paracetamol poisonings up
News
In 2003, the painkiller paracetamol (acetaminophen) became available in Switzerland in tablets with a higher dose of the active ingredient. This correlates with an increase in cases of paracetamol poisoning in the country, as a data analysis by ETH researchers shows.
Doubly curved concrete roof complete
News
Together with industry partners, researchers at ETH Zurich have developed new construction methods for building a doubly curved concrete roof. Now it is complete and under the open sky for the first time.
Biodegradable flip-flops coming soon
News
Biodegradable plastics are very much on trend. But there are still very few sustainable alternatives for products containing foamed plastic. ETH Pioneer Fellow Zuzana Sediva is developing a process that could one day be used to make shoe soles and yoga mats from organic waste.
Back to the future of climate
News
Hot and humid: Using minerals from ancient soils, ETH researchers are reconstructing the climate that prevailed on Earth some 55 million years ago. Their findings will help them to better assess how our climate might look in the future.
"In two weeks ICU capacities could be at their limit"
News
ETH Professor Thomas Van Boeckel and his colleagues have developed a model that enables them to predict the occupancy of intensive care beds. At the moment, this does not bode well for the coming weeks, if the corona virus continues to spread unchecked.
ETH Zurich to suspend most classroom teaching
News
With the number of coronavirus cases growing rapidly, ETH Zurich sees no choice but to extensively restrict classroom teaching starting on 2 November. The ETH community will receive detailed information over the course of the next week.
School children benefit from preventive malaria treatment
News
A large study shows that preventive treatment of children with antimalarial drugs reduces clinical malaria and anaemia in sub-Saharan Africa.