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January 26, 2023
 
 
 
SLF test site on the Weissfluhjoch, Davos. (Photo: Roman Oester, SLF)
SLF becomes WMO's Snow Monitoring Competence Centre
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has appointed the SLF to be the world's leading competence centre for snow monitoring. The WMO's Infrastructure Commission based its decision on the fact that the SLF already possesses high-quality measuring infrastructure and over 80 years of knowledge.

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Yoon Suk Yeal and Günther Dissertori shaking hands. (Photograph: Alessandro Della Bella / ETH Zurich)
Visit of the President of the Republic of Korea
The visit of Yoon Suk Yeol, President of the Republic of Korea, on January 19 to ETH Zurich focused on Quantum Science.

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The LLR was installed on Säntis and focused above a transmitter tower (© TRUMPF / Martin Stollberg)
Deflecting lightning with a laser lightning rod
A European consortium involving EPFL has managed to guide lightning using a high-power laser installed at the top of Mount Säntis in Switzerland.

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A tool to detect higher-order phenomena in real-world data
EPFL researchers have developed a novel approach to network analysis that allows them to reveal and interpret, for the first time, interactions among multiple variables in data from neuroscience, economics, and epidemiology.

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Lake Oeschinen near Kandersteg in the Bernese Oberland. (photo: istock)
Protecting ecosystems with ecological theory
Ecosystems respond sometimes very differently to human impacts. However, it is still poorly understood what causes these differences. A team of researchers from Eawag and WSL is now proposing an integrative approach based on four fundamental processes shaping biodiversity on land and in water. The approach provides guidance for how biodiversity in blue (water) and green (land) ecosystems can be better protected.

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The underground fauna of Switzerland
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On the Path to Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence
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