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“We should take a more relaxed approach to sleep”
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ETH Zurich
Sleep problems have become a widespread issue. In a new popular science book and in an interview with ETH News, ETH sleep researcher Caroline Lustenberger describes the do’s (and don’ts) for when you can’t get to sleep.
Spark Award 2024: procedure for recycling rare earth metals receives award
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The prize for the most promising invention of the past year goes to Marie Amélie Perrin and Victor Mougel. They have developed a method that enables rare earth elements to be efficiently recovered from electrical waste.
Previously unknown compound in chloraminated drinking water identified
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ETH Zurich
Since the 1980s, its been known that a mysterious contaminant forms in chloraminated drinking water, but only now has a Swiss-American research team been able to identify the unknown product in US drinking water systems.
Eight SNSF Starting Grants for ETH researchers
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ETH Zurich
Four women and four men successfully applied for Starting Grants from the Swiss National Science Foundation via ETH Zurich.
And it keeps on turning
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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.
Cause of the yo-yo effect deciphered
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ETH Zurich
Researchers at ETH Zurich have discovered a mechanism behind the yo-yo effect: fat cells have a memory that is based on epigenetics.
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