Chemistry
Widespread illegal trade of hazardous chemicals
Politics
Empa
Researchers from Switzerland and China have studied the global trade in highly hazardous chemicals subject to a global treaty – the Rotterdam Convention. The results are sobering: Nearly half of the total trade volume of these chemicals crosses national borders illegally, calling for strong international and national action.
Cracking the tubulin code
Research
EPFL
Tubulins are the building blocks of microtubules, which make up the cell’s skeleton. A new method enables the detailed study of their role in diseases, including cancer.
Why urea may have been the gateway to life
Research
ETH Zurich
Urea reacts extremely quickly under the conditions that existed when our planet was newly formed. This new insight furthers our understanding of how life on Earth might have begun.
EPFL scientists unlock new horizons for cryogenic microscopy
Research
EPFL
EPFL scientists have developed a new research instrument for observing biological tissue samples prepared using a method discovered about forty years ago by Nobel Prize winner Jacques Dubochet, emeritus professor at the University of Lausanne. Their instrument – the only one of its kind in the world – opens up promising new avenues of research.
Slow electrons for more efficient reactions
Research
ETH Zurich
Researchers have managed to produce slow electrons in a solution. In the future, such electrons could help make certain chemical reactions more efficient.
Progress in alternative battery technology
Research
ETH Zurich
It is not easy to make batteries cheap, efficient, durable, safe and environmentally friendly at the same time. Researchers at ETH Zurich have now succeeded in uniting all of these characteristics in zinc metal batteries.
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