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| Speeding up materials research with robots |
Will there still be a need for human researchers when automation enters the laboratory? Battery researcher Corsin Battaglia and materials scientist Johann Michler from Empa believe that it will be a case of working together, not against each other.
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Switzerland and AI: tiny but mighty
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While the US and China battle for AI supremacy, Switzerland is charting a different course – one that prioritizes quality over scale, public-private collaboration, and ethical AI development.
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AI paves the way towards green cement
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The cement industry produces around eight percent of global CO2 emissions. Researchers at PSI have developed an AI-based model that helps to accelerate the discovery of new cement formulations that could yield the same material quality with a better carbon footprint.
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| City trees provide cooling even in extreme heat |
Plane trees in cities have an important cooling effect even in extreme heat, according to a new study conducted by the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) and EPFL. The next step is to identify which tree species are particularly effective in cooling.
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A degree for the quantum age
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In 2019, ETH Zurich launched one of the world’s first Master’s degrees in Quantum Engineering. Since then, interest in the programme has soared – and its first graduates are already making their mark in industry.
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Bacteria eat bacteria
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Many bacteria produce a protein complex to inject poison in their neighbouring cells. This was previously thought to eliminate their competitors. But now researchers at Eawag and ETH Zurich have shown: The killer bacteria can act as biological predators that feed on their prey.
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