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August 22, 2024
 
 
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AI-based predictions — A blessing or a curse?
Artificial intelligence (AI) promises to revolutionise the way we make predictions. But how reliable are such predictions and modelling? What issues of trust arise? There are different approaches to analysing, translating and predicting the future with AI and the ETH Domain has recognised the potential.

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Licor device in the Kermes oak woodland in Spain (Valencia). © Charlotte Grossiord / EPFL
New research shows how trees cope with extreme heat
Extreme heatwaves are on the rise. When do they become critical for forest trees? In the hot summer of 2023, a research team led by the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) investigated this in Switzerland, southern France and Spain.

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Countless temptations can stop us from exercising. (Photograph: Adobe Stock, montage)
Sport or snack? How our brain decides
The brain chemical orexin is crucial when we choose between sport and the tasty temptations that beckon everywhere we turn. This research finding could also help people who find it difficult to motivate themselves to exercise.

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People at a bono in Dulecha Tibirako, Ethiopia, collecting water to take home (Photo: Anna Wettlauffer).
Four billion people estimated to lack safe drinking water services
More than half of the global population were estimated to lack safely managed drinking water services in a recent study lead by Eawag researchers. This is shown in a global map that researchers compiled using machine learning based on data from household surveys and data derived from Earth observations.

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 The new Empa-Eawag research campus co-operate opened its doors in June 2024. (Image: Empa)
Research campus co-operate: just the place for new ideas
The joint campus of Empa and Eawag in Dübendorf has grown by three buildings in the past three years. These offer employees and guests more comfort, attractiveness and security – and provide significantly more space for research and innovation.

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