Their names are Marianne Liebi Adrian Wanner. Two young researchers who make the nanostructure of macroscopic samples, such as bones or brain tissue, visible in three dimensions using high-resolution images.

Empa researchers have developed novel materials made of carbon that exploit quantum effects to exhibit previously unattainable electronic and magnetic properties. The Werner Siemens Foundation is providing the CarboQuant project with a grant of CHF 15 million. Graphene, nanotechnology and quantum science are now widely used at Empa.

Professor of number theory Maryna Viazovska has solved a mathematical problem that has stumped researchers for centuries. This achievement brought her recognition with the Fields Medal, which is something like a “Nobel Prize for Mathematics”.

The institutions of the ETH Domain produce around 60 spin-offs each year. Among them, five are valued at over one billion dollars. Here is an introduction to these five “unicorns”.

The Swiss energy system is expected to be climate-neutral by 2050. The key to this is science: CO2 can be converted by electrolysis into raw materials for chemicals or synthetic fuels and the cost of a fossil-free energy system can be calculated using modelling.

Matthias Saurer is a physicist and heads the WSL isotope laboratory where complex measuring procedures are used to determine plants’ isotope ratios. These provide answers to questions about the nutrient and water balance in forests, for example, and provide important foundations for environmental and climate research.

Anna Kiesenhofer has a doctorate in mathematics and was doing research as a postdoc at EPFL on partial differential equations when she qualified for the cycling road race at the Olympic Games in Tokyo and won the gold medal in sensational fashion. She sees parallels between mathematics and cycling which were instrumental in her success.   

Cyanobacteria are ancient organisms. The most varied types of shells without a core, which, at high density in warm waters, can secrete complex substances and also toxins. Some are toxic to both humans and animals. Elisabeth Janssen is on the trail of these natural toxins: applied research, the results of which can be incorporated into water protection or water management.

Quantum physics has a long tradition at ETH Zurich. Now it is further expanding its teaching and research activities. Around 150 students are completing the novel Master’s degree programme in Quantum Engineering, there is a “Quantum Center” and quantum computers are to be built in the ETHZ-PSI Quantum Computing Hub.

Failing to perform an experiment, considering the wrong hypothesis, having a paper rejected: failure is not only normal in science, it is also essential for cutting-edge research. What is the experience of researchers in the ETH Domain with this sensitive topic?

A pan-European initiative launched at the behest of the Swiss and British research communities calls for the two countries to be rapidly reintegrated into European science.

What are the institutions of the ETH Domain doing to reduce the CO2 emissions of their buildings? An overview shows: quite a lot, from anergy and waste heat to district heating and photovoltaics.

Rückblick 2025

Eawag

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Kennzahlen

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Blue-Green Infrastructure

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Empa

In Zürich-Oerlikon liefert ein hundeähnlicher Roboter von dem ETH Zürich Spin-off RIVR Essen aus. ANYmal wiederum inspiziert Raffinerien und Chemieanlagen und meldet Lecks oder Unregelmässigkeiten an die Leitstelle. Die Forschung hinter diesen Entwicklungen kommt aus dem «Center for Robotics» der ETH Zürich rund um Marco Hutter. Und der Robotikforscher denkt weiter – bis ins Weltall.

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Rapporto di gestione 2025 (in inglese)

Lista degli appalti per l’anno 2023 (solo in tedesco)

Consultazione sui risultati dei negoziati Svizzera-UE

Presa di posizione del Consiglio dei PF ǀ Consultazione sulla legge federale sulle piante ottenute mediante nuove tecnologie di selezione

Posizione del Consiglio dei PF ǀ Procedura di consultazione sull’agevolazione dell’ammissione di cittadini di Stati terzi che hanno conseguito una formazione in Svizzera

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Fact sheet ǀ Una Svizzera forte ha bisogno di un Settore dei PF forte

Strategia per la diversità, l’uguaglianza e l’inclusione 2025‒2028

Lista degli appalti per l’anno 2023 (solo in tedesco)

Factsheet del Settore dei PF sul Messaggio FRI (in francese)

Classifiche universitarie 2023/2024