ETH Zurich

Nanoscale assembly line

C2D2 fighting corrosion

Why global warming is taking a break

Curing arthritis in mice

A novel scaffold-molecule allows developing new anti-tuberculosis drugs. (Montage: Keystone / Science Photo Library / Eye of Science)

New approach for tuberculosis drugs

Artist's rendering of the functional principle. (llustration: SOLAR-JET)

SOLAR-JET: Fuel directly from sunlight, water and carbon dioxide – potentially a fuel revolution

Artist’s rendering of the two-layered graphene membrane (grey honeycomb structure) with molecules (blue) being able – as a function of their size – to pass the pores. (Illustration: Ben Newton / ETH Zurich)

Thinnest feasible membrane produced – nano-membrane made out of the “super material” graphene

First step towards “programmable materials“

The soil bacterium Shewanella oneidensis can respire electrons to humic substances. (Photo: Andreas Kappler, University of Tubingen)

Peat soils as gigantic batteries

Ultra-thin and transparent sensors and circuits

Cube-shaped robot balances on one corner and can move on its own

Scientists Warn That Warming ‘Will be Hard to Reverse’

Could a cybernetic implant really help you lose weight?

The room with 260 million surfaces: 3D printed architecture is here

Niacin, the fountain of youth