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Jan Dirk Wegner uses artificial intelligence to research different aspects of the Earth's surface. In doing so, he hopes to help raise people's quality of life and protect the environment. His work has now earned him a place in the World Economic Forum's Young Scientists community.

Walking despite paraplegia: at an event in the run-up to Cybathlon 2020, two teams consisting of students, researchers and people with disabilities show that it can be done. Highlights from the Cybathlon Experience.

Julia Wysling combines a flair for numbers with social engagement to help society progress. The mathematician and former VSETH president simulates and optimises pedestrian flows.

As a doctoral student in Helsinki, Anna Maria Feit used algorithms to optimise the French keyboard. Now at ETH Zurich, she is researching how the user, the computer and the algorithm can work together to improve text entry.

The ETH Alumni Association is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. Here we look back at the activities, accomplishments and evolution of what began as the association of former polytechnic students.

February 11^th is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. ETH Rector Sarah Springman emphasizes the importance of women in scientific research.

ETH researchers from the Group for Complex Materials led by André R. Studart successfully replicated the structure of biological nacre at three length scales.