Robotics
On the moon, there are raw materials that humanity could one day mine and use. Various space agencies, such as the European Space Agency (ESA), are already planning missions to better explore Earth's satellite and find minerals. ...
Jul 13, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Today, the latest animated film "Elemental" from Walt Disney Studios and Pixar Animation Studio is released in Swiss cinemas. The film revolves around the fiery Ember, who lives in Element City—a place where fire, water, ...
Jun 22, 2023
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Internet
Optical data communications lasers can transmit several tens of terabits per second, despite a huge amount of disruptive air turbulence. ETH Zurich scientists and their European partners demonstrated this capacity with lasers ...
Jun 20, 2023
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Engineering
Out of sight, out of mind: we've been flushing away human waste ever since sewers were invented, using copious amounts of fresh water to expel it from our homes and cities as fast as the pipes can carry it. Modern urban water ...
Jun 6, 2023
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Electronics & Semiconductors
What an international team of researchers actually set out to do was to detect a mysterious chemical object: a dielectron in solution. A dielectron is made up of two electrons, but unlike an atom, it has no nucleus. Up to ...
Jun 5, 2023
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Robotics
Divers are often put at considerable risk when searching for people or objects underwater. The ETH spin-off Tethys has developed an underwater robot that can be used in situations that are too dangerous for human divers.
May 31, 2023
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Computer Sciences
In theory, quantum computers vastly outperform classical computers in terms of computing speed. For them to do so in practice, it is necessary to design more and novel high-speed algorithms, says ETH supercomputing specialist ...
May 26, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
As with many other countries throughout the world, Switzerland has set itself the target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 at the latest. Recent developments such as the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine and ...
May 24, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Researchers from ETH Zurich created a new open-source platform and programming language called LMQL. This programming language makes it easier, cheaper, and safer to interact with large language models like ChatGPT.
Apr 26, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
The world needs cheap and powerful batteries that can store sustainably produced electricity from wind or sunlight so that we can use it whenever we need it, even when it's dark outside or there's no wind blowing. Most common ...
Apr 24, 2023
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