Planetary Researchers Surprised to Find a “Ring of Fire” on Venus
ETH researchers used computer simulations to classify the current activity of corona structures on the surface of Venus. To their surprise, they found a previously…
ETH researchers used computer simulations to classify the current activity of corona structures on the surface of Venus. To their surprise, they found a previously…
Combined theoretical and experimental work unveils a novel mechanism through which criticality emerges in quasiperiodic structures — a finding that provides unique insight into the…
Several technical advances have been achieved recently in the pursuit of powerful quantum computers. Now, Computer scientists from ETH Zurich have made an important breakthrough…
A research team from ETH Zurich and the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Göttingen counted over 136,000 rockfalls on the moon caused…
Plants need nitrogen in the form of ammonium if they are to grow. In the case of a great many cultivated plants, farmers are obliged…
ETH physicists have developed the first high-repetition-rate laser source that produces coherent soft x-rays spanning the entire ‘water window,’ heralding the beginning of a new…
Fifteen months after the successful landing of the NASA InSight mission on Mars, first scientific analyses of ETH Zurich researchers and their partners reveal that…
Researchers at ETH have measured the timing of single writing events in a novel magnetic memory device with a resolution of less than 100 picoseconds….
Researchers from ETH Zurich and the National University of Singapore have developed a new kind of bandage that helps blood to clot and doesn’t stick…
ETH researchers have created an incredibly lightweight 18-carat gold, using a matrix of plastic in place of metallic alloy elements. Lovers of gold watches and…
Climate Signals Detected in Global Weather Searched for and found: climate researchers can now detect the fingerprint of global warming in daily weather observations at…
Living beings contain their own assembly and operating instructions in the form of DNA. That’s not the case with inanimate objects: anyone wishing to 3D…
The first sub-femtosecond study of the linear photon momentum transfer during an ionization process provides unprecedented insight into the birth of photoelectrons. The interaction between…
ETH researchers used a 3D printing process to produce complex and highly porous glass objects. The basis for this is a special resin that can…
Switching light beams quickly is important in many technological applications. Researchers at ETH have now developed an “electro-opto-mechanical” switch for light beams that is considerably…
With the demonstration of a sub-picosecond thin-disk laser oscillator delivering a record-high 350-W average output power, the group of Ursula Keller sets a new benchmark…
ETH scientists have developed cube-shaped magnetic building blocks that can be assembled into two-dimensional shapes and controlled by an external magnetic field. They can be…
ETH researchers use artificial intelligence to improve quality of images recorded by a relatively new biomedical imaging method. This paves the way towards more accurate…