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Climate-KIC Innovation projects involving ETH Zurich researchers launched

2012-05-23T03:05:00Z

Three Climate-KIC Innovation projects, “ENERVIS”, “Off4Firms” and “Smart Urban Adapt”, were launched in early April. These projects are taking different approaches, yet they all have the same aim: partners in research and practice are joining forces to develop climate-friendly innovations. [23.05.12]

Innovation: the elixir of life for industry

2012-04-30T03:00:00Z

Switzerland is still a top performer when it comes to developing new technologies, and the ETH Domain plays a vital role in this. To keep ahead of the growing global competition, industry is calling for more investment from the state. [30.04.12]

Avi Wigderson: The Computational Lens

2012-04-30T03:00:00Z

The Wolfgang Pauli Lectures in 2012 are devoted to mathematics: The Israeli mathematician Avi Wigderson examines the world’s major problems from a computer scientist’s point of view. [30.04.12]

An extended family for forty years

2012-04-10T03:00:00Z

The ETH Zentrum’s pioneering nursery Kikri celebrates its fortieth anniversary this year. Although the independent parents’ association fits seamlessly into the established nursery landscape in the Zurich higher education area today, it still retains its own individual identity. [10.04.12]

The Global Holcim Innovation 1st Prize 2012 presented to architects of ETH Zurich

2012-04-02T12:30:00Z

A community center project in São Paulo, Brazil, and a high-efficiency concrete formwork technology, both projects led by architects of ETH Zurich, are ranked at the top of the winners of the Global Holcim Awards for 2012. [02.04.12]

What constitutes consciousness?

2012-03-30T03:00:00Z

This year, the Richard R. Ernst medal of ETH Zürich will be awarded to British mathematician and physicist Sir Roger Penrose. He will visit Zürich and give a lecture in which he will explain his theory of human consciousness. [30.03.12]

An overview of ETH year 2011

2012-03-27T12:50:00Z

The Annual Report of ETH Zurich offers an overview of the number of students, knowledge transfer and other highlights of the past university year. It is available for download now. [27.03.12]

ETH Research Centre in Singapore Inaugurated

2012-03-16T14:18:00Z

Researchers and guests from Switzerland and Singapore, in the presence of Swiss Federal Counsillor Alain Berset, took part in the official inauguration of the Singapore-ETH Centre for Global Environmental Sustainability (SEC). The subject of current research is The Cities of the Future. [16.03.12]

CSCS moves into new computer centre in Lugano

2012-03-13T04:00:00Z

The staff at CSCS have moved to their new office at Lugano-Cornaredo. The new ultra-modern office building will provide ideal working conditions for this innovative team of people. The supercomputers will follow in April, where they will be installed in the new facility which is to house Switzerland's high-performance computers for the next 40 years. [13.03.12]

Lino Guzzella will be Rector of ETH Zurich

2012-03-12T14:10:00Z

The ETH Board has elected Lino Guzzella, ETH Professor of Thermotronics, as a member of the Executive Board. This complies with the request of ETH President Ralph Eichler. Lino Guzzella is following in the footsteps of Heidi Wunderli-Allenspach, who is due to retire at the end of July 2012. [12.03.12]