Technology
How the latest sensors analyse body fluids
Research
ETH Zurich
A new generation of wearable sensors will fundamentally change medicine. Researchers at ETH Zurich and international experts have now published an overview showing what is possible with such sensors and what questions their developers should consider to ensure their successful future use.
And it keeps on turning
Research
ETH Zurich
The coloured Cube has been around for 50 years. Its inventor, Ernő Rubik, celebrated his 80th birthday this year. At the invitation of the ETH Department of Mathematics, he spent some time in Zurich to discuss the fascination of the Rubik’s Cube with researchers, students and children.
Today's buildings hold the key to housing tomorrow's population
TechTransfer
EPFL
Curbing new-build construction, renovating existing buildings at pace and rethinking how we use them: according to Philippe Thalmann, an urban and environmental economics professor at EPFL, these are the steps we’ll need to take to both meet climate targets and accommodate an ever-growing population.
Simulating how fruit flies see, smell, and navigate
Research
EPFL
Scientists at EPFL have advanced their NeuroMechFly model, simulating fruit fly movement in the real world. With integrated vision and smell, it helps us understand brain-body coordination, setting a path for neuroengineering's role in robotics and AI.
Technology transfer at Empa
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Empa
How do innovations get out of the lab and into the wider world? There are different ways, summarized under the term technology transfer. In this interview, Marlen Müller, Head of Knowledge and Technology Transfer at Empa, explains why collaboration with industry is in Empa's DNA, what got Switzerland to the top of international innovation rankings and how researchers benefit from projects with partners from industry.
Record broken for the longest Hyperloop trial at EPFL
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EPFL
As part of the LIMITLESS project, scientists from EPFL, HEIG-VD and Swisspod have completed the longest-ever vacuum capsule journey in Europe's first operational Hyperloop test facility.
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