Engineering

A bioinspired robot developed at EPFL can change shape to alter its own physical properties in response to its environment, resulting in a robust and efficient autonomous vehicle as well as a fresh approach to robotic locomotion.

In a four-year EU project led by Empa, eleven collaborators from research and industry succeeded in significantly improving batteries for electric cars. One of the main objectives of the project was to scale up the new materials and technologies so that they can be brought to market as fast as possible.

The upgrade of the Swiss Light Source SLS, one of the large research facilities of the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, is moving ahead: the electrons are back now in the completely new electron storage ring. A report from the SLS control room.
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To extend the lifespan of existing railway bridges and conserve resources, ETH researchers are working with Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) to develop new prediction models using machine learning algorithms. An AI assistant also helps civil engineers with the design of new bridges.

ETH Zurich researchers have investigated how tiny gas bubbles can deliver drugs into cells in a targeted manner using ultrasound. For the first time, they have visualised how tiny liquid jets generated by microbubbles penetrate the cell membrane enabling the drug uptake.

Three researchers have each been awarded one of the prestigious grants from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) for their research at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI. Over the next few years, they will use the grants totalling 5.5 million Swiss francs to take a closer look at concrete, gain a better understanding of chemical catalysis and help in the search for a new theory that explains our world.