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April 6, 2023
 
 
 
Andrea Rinaldo in his lab. © EPFL / Fred Merz | Lundi13
“A development freeze would jeopardise transparency”
In an open letter, tech luminaries from the worlds of science and industry are calling for a freeze on training new AI models that are more powerful than GPT-4. ETH AI experts Andreas Krause and Alexander Ilic from the ETH Zurich AI Center consider this to be difficult to enforce and associated with risks.

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Warming of lakes reduces interactions in plankton networks – in the picture a microscope image is shown of a plankton community from Lake Greifen. (Photo: Marta Reyes, Eawag).
Climate change and nutrient fluctuations disrupt networks in lakes
Thanks to a unique data set from lakes, Eawag has succeeded in determining how plankton networks respond to climate change and phosphate levels.

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Due to a warming climate, the amount of cooling energy is likely to increase further in future and have a major impact on the energy balance of buildings. Image: Adobe Stock
Why are forests turning brown in summer?
Increasing summer heat and drought are affecting European forests – some years, trees brown prematurely and some even start to die back. Researchers from ETH Zurich and the WSL are showing how exceptional weather conditions over several years are turning forests brown.

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The consequences of stress and trauma can be passed on to the offspring via epigenetic factors. (Photograph: Adobe Stock)
New drug types can help counter antibiotic resistance
EPFL scientists are developing a new approach that can help stem the tide of antibiotic resistance.

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Künstlerische Darstellung der Juice-Mission zur Erforschung des Jupitersystems. (Grafik: ESA/ATG medialab)
Jupiter mission to explore conditions conducive to life
The JUICE mission of the European Space Agency ESA, which aims to explore the planet Jupiter and its three largest moons, is all set to go. The space probe will carry on board the high-tech detector RADEM developed at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI. Among other things, this will provide information about the complex radiation conditions and the highly dynamic magnetic environment of the Jupiter system.

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Tom Bertrand and Mathieu Falbriard, cofounder of Bearmind, with their smart helmet © 2023 Alain Herzog
Smart helmets to prevent head trauma
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