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16 February 2024 - Thomas Zurbuchen, ETH Zurich, David Malaspina, University of Colorado, Boulder, Michelle, Hanlon, The University of Mississippi, and Nadia Drake, Quanta Magazine talk about how to advance space exploration through diverse collaborations and ethical policies at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting held this year in Denver, Colorado.

4 March 2023, Researchers from ETH Zurich, University of Cambridge, and the University of Minnesota offer their collective intelligence on the "Origins of Life: Humanity’s Quest to Discover the Nature of Life in the Universe" during the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting in Washington DC.

Scientists and public health experts have been raising the alarm for decades to prepare for the inevitability of a viral pandemic. Infectious epidemics seemingly as benign as "the flu" and as deadly as Ebola provided ample warning, yet the world seemed unprepared for COVID-19.

ETH Zurich and The University of Tokyo connected researchers in a multi-disciplinary symposium that renewed existing alliances and forged new research relationships between science and industry.

Known as the "dark ages," the first billion years of the universe are the final frontier of Astrophysics. Professor Kevin Schawinski studies the co-evolution of galaxies and supermassive black holes not only with the support of his own research group at ETH Zurich, but also thousands of volunteer Citizen Scientists. He will present his work at the EuroScience Open Forum in Manchester on July 26th and 27th.

Imagine healing your body with thoughts, trapping bacteria with magnets, and designing micro robots to swim like Salmonella. Speaking on the interface between biology and engineering, ETH Zurich professors step into the Ideas Lab at the World Economic Forum in Tianjin, China.

Christian Kerez' "Incidental Space" exhibit in the Swiss Pavilion proposes a tangible experience with fundamental architectural research – one in which you can step inside the cloud.

ETH Zurich students' Commitments to Action win a seat at the Clinton Global Initiative University 2016 meeting held last weekend in Berkeley, California. Joining a strategic network they will address some of the world's most pressing global issues through their innovative project proposals.

SPARKED A Live Interaction Between Humans and Quadcopters produced and presented by Cirque du Soleil, ETH Zurich, and ETH spin-off company, Verity Studios has been nominated to the New York City Drones Film Festival.

ETH Zurich researchers used solar-powered aircraft to survey the aftermath and environmental impact of a sunken cargo ship carrying 5,000 cattle and more than 700 tons of diesel fuel in the Amazon river port of Barcarena near Belém, Brazil.

On the 16th of October 1855, 160 years ago, a first group of 68 students began their studies at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic, now known as ETH Zurich. Today more than 18,500 students from 110 different countries study at one of the world's leading universities for technology and the natural sciences.

If you thought ETH Zurich research was out of this world, you might just be right. Technology developed by researchers in the Aerospace Electronics and Instrument Lab along with U.S. and European partners will be included in the NASA 2016 InSight mission to Mars.

ETH Zurich, revisits New York City bringing a cutting-edge artifact of the future to the East Village: A pavilion made of waste materials. Recasting "trash" as a valuable asset, the  ETH Zurich Future Garden and Pavilion redefines the notion of waste by acknowledging its value as a resource. As a producing partner for the New Museum's IDEAS CITY Festival, ETH Zurich will curate a 3-day program of events from May 28 – 30^th, 2015 in the First Street Garden.

Sereina Z. Riniker, Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich was named this month to the highly reputed, "Forbes 30 Under 30 in Science" in 2015 list for her work in combining technology with science to develop to further computer-aided drug design.

President Ralph Eichler, ETH Zurich signed agreements this week facilitating research cooperation and student exchanges that strengthen the institution's relationship with South Korean universities.

ETH Zurich hosted an IdeasLab at the World Economic Forum in Tianjin, China this week. The Annual Meeting of New Champions afforded ETH Zurich a valuable opportunity to portray its research activities in an international forum including leaders from politics and multi-national corporations to academia.

French-Swiss Innovation Forum for Cybersecurity from 3–4 June 2014, ETH Zurich.