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Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed ultra-flexible brain probes that accurately record brain activity without causing tissue damage. This opens up new avenues for the treatment of a range of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders.?

No¨¦ Brasier is fascinated by the emerging field of sweat analysis. He plans to measure the effect of heat stress directly on people¡¯s skin ¨C and help them protect themselves from health risks.

Mohammed Said is in his third semester of the Bachelor of Human Medicine at ETH Zurich. He plans to work abroad as a doctor and researcher one day and put his knowledge into practice in countries where people are not as fortunate as in Switzerland.

Artificial intelligence seems to be on the rise ¨C and not just in the headlines. Florian von Wangenheim from ETH Zurich¡¯s Chair of Technology Marketing and researcher at the ETH AI Center explains this trend in a short interview.

With the help of artificial intelligence and four collaborative robots, researchers at ETH Zurich are designing and fabricating a 22.5-metre-tall green architectural sculpture.

Elena Roos had a tough start in the world of professional sport, but her perseverance took her to the top of the international orienteering rankings. Even a global pandemic can¡¯t stop this ETH alumna.

ETH Professor Emeritus Anne Lacaton and her partner Jean-Philippe Vassal have received this year¡¯s Pritzker Prize for their social and sustainable architecture. The prize is regarded as the Nobel Prize of the architecture world. ETH celebrated this success on Wednesday with a virtual event of honour, which was attended by ETH President Jo?l Mesot as well as the two prize winners.

The participation of ethnic minorities in the government can decide between war and peace. ETH postdoc Andreas Juon researches how different forms of power-sharing affect the stability and quality of political systems.

ETH Zurich researchers can predict how tightly a cell¡¯s protein synthesis machinery will bind to RNA sequences ¨C even when dealing with many billions of different RNA sequences. This binding plays a key role in determining how much of a specific protein is produced. The scientists are developing their prediction model using a combination of synthetic biology experiments and machine learning algorithms.

The Professor of Exercise and Health advises: Stay active and exercise!

The Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour is currently planning a new study on how feedback affects the motivation and focus of people working remotely.

Remote research, what does that mean? Andreas Wallraff is currently running the Quantum Device Lab from home.

Samuel Kunz has been a quadriplegic since a swimming accident. Right now he¡¯s preparing to take part in the CYBATHLON 2020

As part of ETH Day celebrations tomorrow, Randall Platt will be awarded the ETH Zurich Latsis Prize. The professor in the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering at ETH Zurich in Basel has carried out exceptional work in the field of genome engineering ¨C an achievement made all the more impressive given his young age.

Microcontaminants place a considerable burden on our water courses, but removing them from wastewater requires considerable technical resources. Now, ETH researchers have developed an approach that allows the efficient removal of these problematic substances.

Researchers from ETH Zurich demonstrate that genetically identical cells exhibit differing responses in their motility towards chemical attractants. Average values hide the full picture when it comes to describing the behaviour of bacteria.

How the InSight mission toMars was prepared with the help of calculations from the supercomputer "Piz Daint" at CSCS.

New research findings from biology and chemistry are a blessing for the world of medicine. However, if they are misused for military purposes, they can reveal a darker side. How to deal with the ¡°dual-use dilemma¡±? This was the subject of a course aimed specifically at biology and chemistry students.

On this year¡¯s Materials Day, the Department of Materials will award the Materials Research Prize to a talented young researcher for the first time. The prize winner is Bozhi Tian, Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago.

Fifty students from ETH Zurich and other Swiss universities want to revolutionise transport. For a race set up by Elon Musk, they have developed a zero emission capsule that could in future transport people and goods through a vacuum tube at almost the speed of sound.

Artificial implants such as pacemakers often cause complications because the body identifies them as foreign objects. Researchers at ETH Zurich have now demonstrated a simple method to fabricate cellulose-sheaths for implants, whose micro-structured surface makes them especially biocompatible.

ETH Zurich and the Wilhelm Schulthess Foundation are set to expand their research and teaching collaboration. ETH Zurich will establish a new chair to study how physical activity affects human physiology and long-term well-being. The Wilhelm Schulthess Foundation is supporting the creation of the Chair of Physical Activity and Health with 10 million Swiss francs over a 10-year period.

At the ETH Health Talk, researchers met with representatives from business, administration and various associations to discuss the Herculean task of making the Swiss healthcare system ready for the future. Participants called for more transparency, more interdisciplinary research and better underlying data.

This year¡¯s Max R?ssler Prize has gone to the nutritional biologist Christian Wolfrum in the Department of Health Sciences and Technology at ETH Zurich. He received the award and its CHF 200,000 prize money for his outstanding research in the field of adipocyte biology and lipid metabolism.

The ETH Biosystems Department is moving to a new home: the Life Sciences campus on Basel¡¯s Sch?llem?tteli is to be converted into a striking, pentagonal teaching and research facility by 2020.

Students of ETH's Department Biosystems got a gold medal at iGEM competition for their "Colisweeper". This copy of the Windows game Minesweeper can be played with E.coli bacteria.