January 2018

Olympic gold medallist and former Alpine ski racer Dominique Gisin reveals how sports shaped her life, how injury inspired new passion, and, ultimately, how sports bridges gender, geopolitical, and cultural boundaries in society.

Ernst Hafen is convinced that new teaching methods will make it easier for students to learn relevant skills. He helped to develop the new course in medicine at ETH.

An international team led by ETH researchers has developed a technique that uses electrical brain signals to more precisely evaluate the effect of drugs on the brain. It could be of particular use in the early development phase of anti-epilepsy medication.

Unploughed fields and brighter cities could help to noticeably lower extreme temperatures during periods of hot weather, particularly in important agricultural regions and densely populated areas of Europe and North America.

Science is never truly objective. Charles Darwin and his failed theory on the Parallel Roads of Glen Roy can provide an excellent role model, writes Jaboury Ghazoul.

ETH Zurich had a presence at the World Economic Forum in Davos for the second time. With the tagline “RETHINKING INTELLIGENCE” the university invited not only WEF participants but also the locals on a voyage of discovery into the world of artificial intelligence.

ETH researchers have identified a rock glacier in canton Valais that is degrading and moving very quickly. Fortunately, it does not present an immediate threat to people and infrastructure.

The best universities in the world, including ETH Zurich, are responsible for a relatively large proportion of the world's relevant scientific publications. This is shown in an analysis conducted by the ranking organisation THE together with the scientific publisher Elsevier.

ETH Zurich students are learning about self-driving vehicles using a model with a fleet of mini-taxis. As part of the Duckietown course, they are working together with students in Montreal and Chicago on problems that concern developers of self-driving cars around the world.

ETH Zurich is launching the ETH Mobility Initiative together with the Swiss federal railways (SBB). At the WEF annual meeting, ETH and SBB announced a significant expansion of research and teaching in the field of mobility which is to include new professorships.