City trees provide cooling even in extreme heat Research WSL EPFL Plane trees in cities have an important cooling effect even in extreme heat, according to a new study conducted by the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) and EPFL. The next step is to identify which tree species are particularly effective at cooling. Environment Climate Change Urban Design Further Reading Underground microbial life more stable than expected Eawag The Panorama of the Battle of Murten becomes an immersive experience EPFL Bacteria eat bacteria Eawag ETH Zurich Spring in mountains starting earlier and earlier WSL “The lack of vision has led transport policy down a dead end” ETH Zurich Subscribe to our monthly newsletter A degree for the quantum age Teaching ETH Zurich In 2019, ETH Zurich launched one of the world’s first Master’s degrees in Quantum Engineering. Since then, interest in the programme has soared – and its first graduates are already making their mark in industry. Quantum Physics Campus Switzerland and AI: tiny but mighty Politics EPFL While the US and China battle for AI supremacy, Switzerland is charting a different course – one that prioritizes quality over scale, public-private collaboration, and ethical AI development. Artificial Intelligence Computer Science Data Future AI paves the way towards green cement Research PSI The cement industry produces around eight percent of global CO₂ emissions – more than the entire aviation sector worldwide. Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have developed an AI-based model that helps to accelerate the discovery of new cement formulations that could yield the same material quality with a better carbon footprint. Artificial Intelligence Energy Materials Science Environment The ETH Domain strives to strengthen the competitiveness of Switzerland in the long term and contribute to the development of society through excellence in research, teaching and knowledge and technology transfer. Speeding up materials research with robots Research ETH Board Empa Will there still be a need for human researchers when automation enters the laboratory? Battery researcher Corsin Battaglia and materials scientist Johann Michler from Empa believe that it will be a case of working together, not against each other.
