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This is the official Twitter account of ETH Zurich in English. Stay tuned for the latest news on research, technology and education. Deutscher Account: @eth

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From now on we are also represented on Threads where you will also receive our ETH News. We look forward to seeing you! Click here for the channel: 🧵
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Researchers at ETH Zurich and @WSL_research have for the first time reconstructed the extent of Switzerland’s glacier ice loss in the 20th century. @swisstopo @VAW_glaciology @SLFDavos
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Today, we celebrate Switzerland's 730th birthday. Happy #SwissNationalDay ! 🇨🇭🎉 #1August
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ETH Zurich professor @TWCrowther was honoured to meet His Royal Highness, The Duke of Cambridge and to have ETH Spinoff @Restor_eco featured as a finalist for the @EarthshotPrize . @CrowtherLab #EarthshotPrize #EarthshotLondon2021 #Time2Restor
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The @swissloop_t  team, claimes the Innovation Award at the Not-A-Boring Competition 2023 (by @boringcompany ) and is ranked 2nd overall. What an achievement! Congratiulations 👏 #SwissLoop #Innovation #TheBoringCompany
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ETH Zurich is now officially a partner of @Ripple 's University Blockchain Research Initiative. UBRI is addressing the demand for technological solutions and talent to solve key challenges in the global financial ecosystem.
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Albert Einstein was a student and a professor at #ETHZurich . This year marks the 100th anniversary of his Nobel Prize in Physics. But how much ETH was there really in Einstein? And how much Einstein is there in ETH? #Einstein #NobelPrize #Physics
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ETH Zurich climbs further up the @TopUnis @worlduniranking to make it into the top six of the world’s best universities and be crowned the second-best university in Europe. #QSWUR
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Happy Swiss National Day! 🇨🇭🐮🍫🧀
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Five days ago, Russia invaded #Ukraine . ETH Zurich condemns this act of aggression and is taking some first measures to support students and researchers from Ukraine.
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To keep the risk of coronavirus spreading as low as possible, everyone will be required to wear a facemask as soon as they enter any ETH building. This measure already applies from 24 August.
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Trust in science! Get vaccinated. We support the German campaign: #ZusammenGegenCorona #togetheragainstcorona
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ETH has been ranked sixth worldwide in the prestigious @worlduniranking since last year, making it the best university in continental Europe!
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ETH Zurich moves up two places to 7th in the latest @TopUnis  ranking. ETH Zurich maintains its top position in continental Europe thanks to strong scientific publications and a high reputation among researchers. 🏅🌍 #UniversityRankings Learn more: 👇
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Achieving its highest @TopUnis -ranking to date, ETH moves up to 7th place alongside some of the most prestigious universities in the world. #QSWUR
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Science needs women! ETH Rector Sarah Springman emphasises the importance of women in scientific research. #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM @WomenScienceDay #WomenInScienceDay
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#FunFact : The most downloaded doctoral thesis at the ETH Library today is still Albert Einstein's dissertation thesis "A New Determination of Molecular Dimensions". You can read the full report with the quarterly statistic here:
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The Executive Board is removing the pay connection to the Swiss National Science Foundation's Cost-of-living adjustments and a 5% salary raise for PhD students, #Postdocs , and #ResearchAssistants is planned for 2024. 🪙
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Congratulations to ETH Professor Alessio Figalli for being awarded the #FieldsMedal 2018! @ICM_2018
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Renowned planetary researcher and #Nobel laureate @DidierQueloz  is moving to ETH Zurich, where he will be joining with other professors to study the origins of life in a new centre.
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Today sees the start of the pilot phase for the tracing app jointly developed by teams at ETH Zurich and EPF Lausanne @EPFL_en   on behalf of the federal government. Switzerland is the first country in the world to use APIs from @Google   and @Apple  .
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With Markus Aebi’s retirement, ETH is losing a great scientist. The microbiologist has also made a name for himself as a teacher and mentor. His passion is reflected in his involvement in many university institutions and in a series of prestigious awards.
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We wish you a good start for the new year 2021!
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According to @worlduniranking ETH Zürich remains the top-​ranked university in continental Europe confirming its position among the leading universities worldwide.
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Today, Switzerland celebrates its 727th birthday. Happy #SwissNationalDay !
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Ruedi Aebersold, a professor of molecular systems biology at ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich, is to receive the Swiss #SciencePrize Marcel #Benoist . He is being honoured for the part he has played in founding and advancing the field of #proteomics
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ETH Zurich retains its position as the best university in Switzerland!
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ETH Zurich wishes you a very happy new year 2020! 🎆 🍾 These beautiful pictures were taken by @Domeisen_D
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Due to the latest developments in the spread of the #coronavirus , the Executive Board has decided to suspend all classroom teaching from Monday, 16 March up to the end of Spring Semester 2020. ETH will expand its offering of online study alternatives.
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Proteomics pioneer Ruedi Aebersold is retiring soon. Protein analysis was his life’s work, and he paved the way for countless protein researchers around the world.
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Happy Swiss National Day!
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ETH Zurich engineers have created a magnetically controllable cilia carpet that can move like a millipede.
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#WomenInScience Today's the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! On this occasion we would like to recognize the critical role women and girls play in science and technology. #WomenInSTEM
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Congratulations to @TanjaStadler_CH and @TreutleinLab . The professors were awarded the Cloëtta Jubilee Prize for their outstanding achievements in biomedical and developmental biology research. 🏅 #CloettaPrize #Cloetta
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Our new video about our Master's programmes is here! Turn the sound on and check it out! #ethrealmaster
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The following statement signed by more than 300 scientists, sets out principles for the design of Covid-19 tracking apps and places an emphasis on systems that adopt a “privacy by design” approach. Read the Joint Statement on Contact Tracing here:
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Researchers at ETH Zurich have discovered major vulnerabilities in DRAM memory devices, which are widely used in computers, tablets and smartphones. #cybersecurity #blacksmith #rowhammer #CVE #CVE202142114 @IEEEEUROSP
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Annette Oxenius from @LabOxenius , an institute of @Microbio_ETH , was awarded the Cloëtta Prize for her outstanding research work in the field of infection immunology. Congratulations! #Immunology #CloettaPrize
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ETH Zurich researchers have discovered a serious security vulnerability in computer hardware. The vulnerability, called "Retbleed," affects microprocessors from market leaders @intel and @AMD . @wiknerj @kavehrazavi @GovCERT_CH
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ETH Zurich wishes you an inspiring and happy new year! 🎉 (Photo: ETH Zürich / Alessandro Della Bella; Montage: Steven Emmett)
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HAPPY EASTER 💐🐰
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On Sunday, Croatia and France are playing for the 2018 World Cup title. The robots of @anybotics and @leggedrobotics have also been infected by the worldwide football hype. The quadrupedal ANYmal has been training diligently in the last weeks and learned how to kick.
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Computer scientists at ETH Zurich have developed the first quantum programming language that enables solving complex computations elegantly, simply and safely.
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Mathematician and biostatistician @TanjaStadler_CH  will receive this year’s Rössler Prize for her achievements. Worth 200,000 Swiss francs, it is ETH Zurich’s most generous #research #award #corona
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At #ETHDay 2021, Aviv Regev, Head @Genentech Research and Early Development, received an honorary doctorate for inventing groundbreaking #bioinformatics and experimental methods for researching cellular systems. @MIT   @broadinstitute
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New #WorldRecord ! ETH students from @amzracing accelerate their self-built #Electric bolide from 0 to 100 in 0.956s, breaking the previous world record of 1.461 set by the University of Stuttgart. 🚀 🏁 More Info: 👉
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ETH Zurich came in 11th place this year in the prestigious THE rankings, meaning it is once again the highest-ranking university outside the English-speaking world. #THEWAS @THEworldunirank   @timeshighered
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 🎃🦇👻 These are spooky times. Eat your sweets at home.
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Also #robots are sometimes too lazy to take the stairs. Like #ANYmal from our Robotic Systems Lab.
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Of the 13 scientists receiving an SNSF Starting Grant for projects at ETH Zurich this year, 11 are women. Around 22 million Swiss francs will flow to ETH Zurich. @snf_ch
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Alessio Figalli received the #FieldsMedal 2018 for his research into #optimaltransport theory. What characterises his research? And how are clouds related to transport costs? @ICM_2018
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Eighteen years ago, Sara van de Geer was appointed the first female professor of #Mathematics at ETH Zurich. Now the #Professor , who has since been knighted, is taking a well-deserved #Retirement . 🎖️🧮 @eth_math To the article: 👇
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First coffee as official ETH employee 😉. The new ETH President Joël Mesot with Rector Sarah Springman.
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Ready? Go! Find out everything about ETH Zurich in just 120 seconds:
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No. It could not. 😎🌞
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Enjoying the spring view from my office @ETH_en this morning: could it be more Swiss? 🐄🏞️🏔️🤩😍
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What a turbulent year! ETH Zurich wishes everyone a happy New Year with lots of success, happy moments and achievements.
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According to the 2023 European Deep Tech Report, ETH Zurich is leading the value creation through spinouts. . #Ranking #Entrepreneurship @ETH_Entprenship   #Spinoffs
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ETH Zurich and other Swiss universities are committed to reducing animal suffering. However, an outright ban on animal testing – being put to the vote in a popular initiative this coming February – would put an end to progress in medical research.
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Today we’re officially starting the ETH #vaccination #campaign ! Each week, we’re going to share with you the motivation of ETH #community members, for getting vaccinated against the #coronavirus . Are you also getting vaccinated? Tell us what motivates you by using #aheartforeth
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Happy #Easter ! 🐰🥚🐥 We've hidden lots of Easter eggs around the Main Building of ETH Zurich – how many can you find in this picture?
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This year, the Wolfgang Pauli Lectures will highlight the CRISPR technology, its origins and its current applications in research and medicine. The speaker is Jennifer Doudna, the 2020 Nobel Prize Laureate. 6-8 November ETH Zentrum & Hönggerberg
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Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a #condenser for countries where #water is in short supply. It's the first zero-​energy solution for harvesting water from the #atmosphere . It relies on a self-​cooling surface and a special radiation shield.
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#Physics professor Ursula Keller has received the #SciencePrize Marcel #Benoist for her pioneering work in ultrafast lasers. Her theoretical models and experimental discoveries have repeatedly tested the boundaries of ultrafast #laser physics. @UrsiKeller
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An international team of researchers used a #computer model to reconstruct the #history of #glaciation in the #Alps . The result is an #ice age lasting 115,000 years, visualised in two minutes.
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During droughts, plants absorb less CO2. A new study from the ETH lab of @SISeneviratne used satellite observations of water storage to show: On a global scale, this effect is more pronounced than has so far been estimated. Paper:
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We congratulate our Honory Doctor Frances Arnold ( @francesarnold ) for the Nobel Prize 2018 in #chemistry ! #NobelPrize
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The ETH Board and the institutions of the ETH Domain reaffirm their solidarity with Ukraine.
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🇨🇭🇺🇦 Der ETH-Rat sowie die sechs Institutionen des ETH-Bereichs bekräftigen ihre Solidarität mit der Ukraine. Unsere Stellungnahme ➡️ @ETH @EPFL @psich_en @Empa_CH @WSL_research @EawagResearch #Ukraine #StopWar
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16 degree programs by ETH Zurich ranked amongst the Top Ten of the QS World University Rankings by Subject ( @TopUnis )! 🏅 Check out the different placements. 🎉 #UniversityRankings #TimesHigherEducation #UniversityRanking #Ranking
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Fifteen talented young researchers from ETH Zurich are each to receive an #ERCStartingGrant , which is more than for any year previously. This will result in a total of 23 million euros in European funding for ETH. @ERC_Research
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Eight tons of hope: the world's strongest NMR magnet is now at ETH Zurich!
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The latest QS @worlduniranking subject #ranking reveals that ETH Zurich improved across almost all subject areas and is now in the #topten across 13 subject areas. ETH ranks in first place in earth sciences ( @ETH_ERDW ). Congratulations to all departments!
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Andreas Krause is one of Europe’s leading #machinelearning researchers. He has now been awarded the #R össlerPrize, ETH Zurich’s most generous research award. Congratulations!
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#ETHZurich achieved a top place in this year’s third external pagelist of the world’s best universities published by the Times Higher Education (THE).
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ETH Zurich is opening a new research #centre for artificial intelligence #AI . It is intended to promote interdisciplinary #research into this key #technology .
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Switzerland’s Federal Council has appointed Joël Mesot, #Director of the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), as the new #President of ETH Zurich. On 1 January 2019 Joël Mesot will take over from the current President Lino Guzzella.
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How trees could save the climate: A new @sciencemagazine  study published by ETH ecologists @CrowtherLab shows that #reforestation is one of the most effective strategies for #ClimateChange mitigation.
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To question the "standard picture" of a #scientist , the Wall of Scientists tries to credit those who were never given the recognition they deserved. This exhibition takes place at ETH Zurich, campus Hönggerberg. Photo credits: Wall of Scientists @ETH_DCHAB @AV_ETH @ICBPETH
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In his speech at the ETH Day, ETH Zurich president @Joel_Mesot talks about how in today's world with its numerous crises, universities are faced with the question of how they can help society to become more resilient. #ETHTag
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Congratulations! The ETH @swissloop team made it to the final of @SpaceX  's @Hyperloop competition. They will compete today with the teams of @epfloop , @TUM_Hyperloop  and @DelftHyperloop . We keep our fingers crossed!
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Congratulations to ETH Zurich’s Photonics Lab researchers! Their illustration of how focused laser beams simultaneously cool nanoparticles to near absolute zero emerged from a lunchtime sketch to the cover of @NatureNano .
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A team of ETH researchers led by @AthinaAnastasa1 have succeeded in breaking down #plastic into its molecular building blocks and in recovering over 90 percent of them. A first step towards genuine plastic #recycling . @ETH_Materials
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We wish you all a happy new year! 🍾 Come and take a look back with us on what students and researchers at ETH Zurich have achieved in 2023. 🎦
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The ETH Board ( @ETH_Rat ) appointed ten professors. Congrats and welcome Rosa Barba, Yuansi Chen, @michellefrei13 , @Mschoelmerich , @AprilWang95 ; Congratulations for being promoted: Daniel Farinotti, Guillaume Habert, Jing Wang, @RobertFinger1 , @mtibbitt
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Yesterday, ETH Zurich was ranked 11 in the @timeshighered 2023 ranking. An achievement, we cannot take for granted, as ETH Zurich president @Joel_Mesot says. Ranking: #WUR2023 #THEunirankings #StickToScience #HorizonEurope
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Researchers from Basel and Zurich are creating a high-res atlas that depicts the development of the retina. One technique they use is a method that allows them to visualise more than 50 proteins simultaneously. @TreutleinLab   @GrayCampLab   @lucaspelkmans
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Climate researcher @Knutti_ETH will be awarded the 2018 prize of Dr J.E. Brandenberger Foundation for his achievements in the field of climate change research and the communication of his results to the public. Congratulations!
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How can ETH Zurich further improve teaching? How does it contribute to a strong Switzerland and what does it take for it to continue fulfilling its mission? Read about this year's ETH Day here 👇 @Joel_Mesot @G_Dissertori @SNB_BNS
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ETH Zurich and EPFL, in cooperation with their longstanding Swiss industry partners Bühler, Givaudan and Nestlé, are launching the Future Food Initiative. The initiative promotes innovative research approaches for sustainable food production.
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Scientists at #ETHZurich have succeeded in using a new approach to produce a wide range of fluorescent dyes. 🎨
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Researchers from ETH Zurich have developed a #wristband equipped with sensors to enable free-hand, intuitive working in #virtual reality ( #VR ) that remains non-fatiguing over prolonged periods of use. #technology @cholz   @CSatETH
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In the latest QS rankings by subject, ETH Zurich was among the top ten in 15 different disciplines. For the sixth consecutive time, the university remains the global leader in #earthsciences . @usys_ethzh @worlduniranking #QSWUR
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ETH and the Dieter Schwarz Foundation have signed a far-reaching letter of intent to establish a new teaching and research centre for responsible digital transformation in Heilbronn. Over the next 30 years, around 20 professorships shall be established. 🇩🇪
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In the eye of the storm: As Chair of the National Science Task Force, Martin Ackermann has to perform a constant balancing act between science, politics, the media and society. So how does he do it?
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In her research, Athina Anastasaki focuses on the next generation of #polymers & #recycling processes for these. She wants to recover all the starting #materials and use them to produce new materials for other applications. @AthinaAnastasa1   @ETH_Materials
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Swissloop will continue: ETH Zurich students took second place in Musks Hyperloop competition. Next year, the degree of difficulty is to be significantly increased, with bends and a 10-kilometer tube.
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